Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Becky Currie
Sponsored
Became law1
Retirement; exclude value of maintenance furnished to PERS members after 7-1-13 for retirement purposes.
Passed the House1
Free port warehouse; clarify date ad valorem tax exemption takes effect.
Out of committee1
Immigration status; strengthen enforcement of E-verify law.
In committee27
Immigration; revise E-Verify.
Medicaid; prohibit division from implementing or operating any managed care program after July 1, 2014.
Social media privacy; prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide passwords.
Human Trafficking; revise.
Mental health; executive director of the department shall be appointed by the Governor.
Inspection stickers; require to display month so that it is visible from the outside and inside of the vehicle.
Medicare Advantage plans & Prescription Drug plans; provide civil & criminal penalties for violating federal marketing restrictions on.
Mississippi ID Protection Act; create.
Sheriffs; revise how salaries are calculated.
Community health workers; prohibit activities within scope of practice of other professions without being licensed.
Motor Carrier Division; prohibit elimination of or transfer of powers and duties from DPS to any other agency.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; require policies and practices to be consistent with the Public Trust Doctrine.
Retirement; exclude value of noncash maintenance furnished to new PERS members for retirement purposes.
Mississippi Public Works Employment Verification Act; create.
Public funds; prohibit use of to pay cost of drugs used for treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction.
Armed robbery; provide for minimum prison sentence of 10 years.
Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation.
State law enforcement officers; not required to use personal or major medical leave when injured in line of duty.
Mental Health, Department of; employees who are provided housing on facility grounds must pay rent.
Mental Health; reconstitute membership of board and revise qualifications of executive director.
Public benefits; deny to any person not lawfully present in the United States.
Public benefits; require applicants for to provide certain ID and execute affidavit of lawful presence in U.S.
Crisis Intervention Teams; revise various provisions of laws providing for.
Teacher's contracts; impose fine upon school districts for failure to provide timely period for.
State institutions; patients admitted for less than three months not required to pay social security disability benefits to the institution.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
State contractors; prohibit participation in future contracts for employing illegal immigrants.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Passed the House · 5
Education Works: Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act/performance-based pay; create.
Eligibility of children in certain licensed residential facilities to receive federal education funds; provide.
Reading Proficiency Program; establish in public schools to achieve grade level reading by end of 3rd grade.
Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Out of committee · 4
School choice; establish opportunity scholarships and open enrollment for public school students.
Vehicle management system; require Board of Trustees of State IHL to develop for each institution.
Occupational diploma; revise manner of issuance to increase employment opportunities for students with special needs.
Nate Rogers Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program; create to provide students with disabilities with school choice.
In committee · 10
School superintendents; revise minimum qualifications for elected and appointed.
Election polling places; specify persons who may be present.
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Legislative subpoenas; provide for enforcement of and disallow protection of certain confidential information.
School property; authorize district superintendents to select certain employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
Dept. of Health regulations for advanced life support personnel; define EMT-paramedic critical care.
Assault; create felony for assaulting a pregnant woman.
Task Force on domestic violence; create and provide for composition and objectives.
CON; require for new offering of certain services.
State boundaries; define in statute.