Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a multipurpose building at the Greenville Higher Education Center/Mississippi Delta Community College.
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Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
School board members; authorize excused absences from board meeting in event of family emergency.
Public officers; prohibit elected and appointed from participating in certain political activity.
Mississippi Department of Human Services employees; remove prohibition on participating in political campaigns for.
Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; create.
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.
Universities and colleges; require to provide mental health assessments to members of school athletic teams.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Rural broadband initiative; create.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
School administrators; require to report acts of violence resulting in injury to local law enforcement authorities.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2019; create and divert portion of state gaming revenue to assist in carrying out purposes of.
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Chronic Diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs to reduce incidence of.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new flag to be unveiled in September 2020.
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2019; create.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; create.
Smoking; prohibit in motor vehicle with child passenger under age six.
Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Purchase of automatic weapon; place certain restrictions on.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Youth and Community Safety Act; create.
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
State Flag; provide for statewide referendum on removing Confederate Battle Flag from the design of.
Child support enforcement and collection; terminate contract with private entity for and DHS shall perform.
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic degrees and licensure requirements.
Video lottery terminals; authorize lottery board to allow with certain restrictions.
Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission.
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.
School board members; establish annual salary based on student enrollment.
License professional counselors; revise qualifications for eligibility to sit for licensure exam.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Appropriation; DFA to pay salaries of federally funded state agency employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville with extension of Colorado Street.
Income tax; revise certain provisions to address investment in federally designated qualified opportunity zones.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 40
Windstorm Underwriting Association; authorize to levy recoupable and nonrecoupable assessments.
Health insurance; revise mandatory policy provisions to penalize late payments of claims.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish.
Child abuse; require CPS to notify applicable military installation family adovacy program in certain cases.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children.
Eye examinations; require SBE to recommend for first grade students whose initial screening indicates need for comprehensive.
Criminal Justice Reform Act; create.
Tax exemptions; revise requirements that a business enterprise in the aerospace industry must meet to be eligible for.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Vetoed · 1
Secure detention; raise minimum age for youth.
Passed the House · 9
voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; increase amount of short-term debt that DFA may incur to implement and administer projects.
Youth court; revise who may attend hearings and require to send certain monthly cumulative data to Administrative Office of Courts.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program; revise definition of deficient bridge.
"Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable loan Program"; delete automatic repealer on and other applicable provisions.
The Law Enforcement Identity Protection Act; create to protect the identities of officers involved in fatalities until investigation is complete.
Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund; revise to provide that grants are for short line railroads.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Center for STEM Education and Advancement.
Bonds; authorize issuance improvements to certain state-owned emergency alert transmission towers.
In committee · 11
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Appropriation; MDOC to pay regional facilities $29.74 per day for each state inmate.
Charter schools; require MAEP funds to be transferred to student's home school district when student disenrolls.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi".
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Ridgeland with extension of Lake Harbour Drive.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Arts Klassical, Inc., with purchase or lease of building in Jackson.