Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the tax on hotels and motels.
Out of committee1
Offender serving sentence in technical violation center for violation report; require sentence to run concurrently for each violation.
In committee44
Universities and colleges; require to establish trust fund to benefit members of certain athletic teams.
Universities and colleges; require to provide mental health assessment to member of school athletic teams.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as a disciplinary alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
School resource officers; clarify ability to make arrests on school property.
School administrators; require to report acts of violence resulting in injury to local law enforcement authorities.
Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Youth and Community Safety Act; create.
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
"Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2018"; create.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2018; create and divert portion of state gaming revenue to assist in carrying out purposes of.
Rural broadband initiative; create.
Smoking; prohibit in motor vehicle with child passenger under age six.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. Government course.
Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public school or private school approved by the SBE.
Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; reconstitute.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Chronic Diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs to reduce incidence of.
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require taking of course related to offices upon being elected.
Youth court; authorize electronic monitoring as disposition alternative in delinquency cases.
Purchase of automatic weapon; place certain restrictions on.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; create.
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
HIV crimes; increase penalties for intentional exposure to blood or seminal fluid.
Medical marijuana; authorize Alcorn State University to enter memoranda of understanding for local farmers to grow for out-of-state vendors.
State lottery; create to fund road improvements.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new state flag design.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new flag to be unveiled in September 2019.
State Flag; provide for statewide referendum on removing Confederate Battle Flag from the design of.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; create.
"Sandusky Rule"; create.
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville with extension of Colorado Street.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Memorial highway; designate various segments of highways as.
Kaelin Kersh Act; create.
Passed the House · 3
Delta State University; authorize to transfer certain real property to Coahoma Community College.
City council and board of aldermen; shall be held personally liable for excess compensation paid to part-time law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a multipurpose building at the Greenville Higher Education Center/Mississippi Delta Community College.
In committee · 11
2018 First Extraordinary Session · Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education scholarship program.
State holidays; designate the third Monday of January as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and designate the fourth Monday of January as Robert E. Lee's birthday.
No Gag Rule on Pharmacists Act; create.
Smart State Act; create.
Teachers salaries; provide for $4,000.00 increase over four years at $1,000.00/year beginning with the 2018-2019 term.
Youth Employment Grant Program; create.
Prescription drugs; require Attorney General to compile certain lists of those essential for treating diabetes and costs of.
Youth Unemployment Task Force; create.
Medicaid; provide coverage for certain children if federal authority or funding for CHIP is terminated.
Teachers' salary; implement a five-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Mississippi Delta Alternative Teacher Licensure Program; create to alleviate teacher shortage in Delta Region.