Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
In committee56
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; create.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt a policy and educate students on.
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
Youth and Community Safety Act; create.
"Mississippi Youthbuild Act"; create.
Purchase of automatic weapon; place certain restrictions on.
Video lottery terminals; authorize lottery board to allow with certain restrictions.
Universities and colleges; require to provide mental health assessments to members of school athletic teams.
Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; create.
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2020; create and divert portion of state gaming revenue to assist in carrying out purposes of.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
HIV crimes; increase penalties for intentional exposure or contact with blood or seminal fluid.
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact.
"Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act"; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students.
School board members; authorize excused absences from board meeting in the event of family emergency.
Licensed professional counselors; revise qualifications for licensure for applicants who meet certain requirements.
Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission.
Mississippi Department of Human Services employees; remove prohibition on participating in political campaigns for.
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Mississippi History and United States Government; require to be included in curriculum for all students in Grades 9-12.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville with extension of Colorado Street.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2020; create.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
Chronic Diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs to reduce incidence of.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
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 credit.
Medical marijuana; authorize Alcorn State University to enter into MOU for local farmers to grow for out-of-state vendors.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
School board members; establish annual salary based on student enrollment.
Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by to not more than five percent.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
Unemployment compensation; revise weekly benefit amount for.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
Regional correctional facilities; prohibit from operating as a private correctional facility.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving other similar employment.
Medicaid; require managed care organizations to use certain level of care guidelines in determining medical necessity.
Businesses; require laws and regulations affecting must allow existing businesses to continue operating under previous laws or regulations.
DHS; shall not require cooperation with child support enforcement to receive federal CCDF assistance.
Health insurers; require to use certain standard for hospital inpatient admissions.
Mississippi Board of Human Services; create.
Appropriation; Human Services for youthbuild programs eligible for grants under Youthbuild Act.
Appropriation; Employment Security for youthbuild programs eligible for grants under Youthbuild Act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Alcoholic beverages; allow individuals to purchase wine from a winery and have the wine shipped to a package retailer in this state.
Part-time law enforcement officers; revise salary threshold determination for deputy sheriffs and police officers.
Suffrage; restore to Kentrell Liddell of Oktibbeha County.
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; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
Appropriation; MDE for Mississippi Broadband Availability Act purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; several agencies for addressing the public health emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Passed the House · 6
Memorial Highway; designate U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County as "Speaker William J. 'Billy' McCoy Memorial Highway."
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Teacher licensure; revise qualifications for candidates to enter an approved teacher education program.
Appropriations; Dept. of Health for COVID-19 expenses incurred by hospitals for FY20 and FY21.
Appropriation; Dept of Finance and Administration for COVID-19 expenses incurred by municipalities and counties for FY20 and FY21.
Appropriations; Dept of Education, IHL, and Community Colleges for COVID-19 expenses for FY20 and FY21.
In committee · 29
Early voting; authorize.
Starkville High School AP Government Class of 2019 Motor Voter Act; create to establish the procedure for the automatic registration of voters.
Amusement rides; provide inspection and incident reporting requirements for.
Medicaid; eligible pregnant women shall remain eligible for maternal care services for 12 months after end of pregnancy.
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students.
Suffrage; restore to all upon meeting all terms and conditions of sentence.
Nursing facilities; require initial assessment of patients by a physician within 10 days after admission.
Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create.
Parole; change length of sentence to be served before offenders may request judicial recommendation of.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.
Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Habitual offender law; authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more.
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Habitual Offender Law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenders from.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
Student Athlete Bill of Rights; enact.
State flag; change design to that of the Magnolia flag.
Uninsured motorist coverage; require to include claims involving certain vehicles protected by MTCA immunity.
Minimum Wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by and revise who can be appointed to child care advisory council by state Health Officer.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenses and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates.
United States Highway 49; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic highway.
IHL Board; dissolve and provide for independent university boards of trustees.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Income tax; revise certain provisions to address investment in federally designated qualified opportunity zones.
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
Appropriation; State Auditor for forensic audit of DHS's TANF expenditures during certain period.