Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Earle S. Banks
Sponsored
Became law1
Municipal judges; revise maximum number for certain municipalities.
Out of committee1
Department of Corrections; require to provide certain notice to certain city before offender is released.
In committee23
Capital murder; include murder of uniformed security guard.
Sex offender propensity; chancery court may order custody in mental health facility.
Judges; provide additional judge for Seventh Circuit Court District.
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Jury consultants; prohibit contact with potential jurors.
Handicapped parking; delete requirement for physician's certification annually upon renewing special tag.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Highways; add segments of certain roads within the corporate limits of the City of Jackson to the state highway system.
Legal holiday; last Monday of April celebrated as Confederate Memorial Day and Civil Rights Memorial Day.
Exceptional children; require school districts to develop policy for disciplining.
Board of Education; require those in district having a mayor-council form of government to be elected.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation if they provide living arrangements for one or more persons.
Law enforcement; require pursuit policy of alleged crime perpetrator.
Marriage license; previously married applicant must provide certified copy of divorce or annulment.
Crimes; create for unauthorized use of minor's name and social security number as dependent on income tax return.
Individual driving a stolen vehicle causing an accident; provide penalty for.
Scholastic year; increase days for school with accreditation rating grade of "D" or "F".
City of Jackson; remove condition imposed by the state upon certain real property sold to creating a reversionary interest to the state.
Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Motor vehicles; prohibit texting by operator of and make secondary offense until January 1, 2016.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making improvements to the Woodrow Wilson Avenue bridge.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Passed the House · 4
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.
In committee · 10
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Controlled substances; revise penalty for possession of small amount of certain.
Lien on amount due contractor; require due process hearing for monies withheld to enforce.
Child support; noncustodial parent must pay 1/2 of reasonable cost of child care expenses as required for custodial parent to be employed.
Funeral directing; issue license for to persons who meet certain criteria and apply within 30 days.
Mortgages; establish alternative foreclosure procedures giving borrowers a chance to modify their loans first.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.