Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Earle S. Banks
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
In committee39
Scholastic year; increase number of days for school with accreditation rating designation of "D" or "F".
Exceptional children; require school districts to develop for the discipline of.
Legal holiday; last Monday of April celebrated as Confederate Memorial Day and Civil Rights Memorial Day.
Life insurance; authorize funeral services provider to obtain certain information regarding a deceased's.
School boards in municipalities with a mayor-council form of government; revise qualifications of and prescribe term limits for members of.
Funeral home and chapel; prohibit Board of Funeral Service from regulating size of.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Department of Corrections; require to provide certain notice to certain city before offender is released.
Boards of Education; require those in districts having a mayor-council form of government to be elected.
Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Election; require Secretary of State to authorize early voting for overseas military.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Handicapped parking; delete requirement for physician's certification annually upon renewing special tag.
Highways; add segments of certain roads within the corporate limits of the City of Jackson to the state highway system.
Marriage license; previously married applicant must provide certified copy of divorce or annulment.
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Judges; provide additional judge for Seventh Circuit Court District.
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Jury consultants; prohibit contact with certain jurors.
Courts; prohibit from requiring identification.
Crimes; create for unauthorized use of minor's name and social security number as dependent on income tax return.
Capital murder; include murder of uniformed security guard as.
Law enforcement; require pursuit policy of alleged crime perpetrator.
Vulnerable Persons Act; delete exemption from for certain adult day services program.
Sex offender propensity; chancery court may order custody in mental health facility.
Individual driving a stolen vehicle causing an accident; provide penalty for.
Municipal courts; prohibit requirement that individuals have a photo I.D. to enter into such courts.
Chancellor; provide one additional for the Tenth Chancery Court District.
Motor vehicles; prohibit texting by operator of and make secondary offense until January 1, 2017.
City of Jackson; remove condition imposed by the state upon certain real property sold to creating a reversionary interest.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Jackson State University with Endowed Professorship Challenge Grant Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain lighting improvements to Rose E. Mccoy Auditorium at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of College of Education and Human Development at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making improvements to the Woodrow Wilson Avenue Bridge.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.
Appropriation; Hinds County for renovating and making security improvements to Adult Detention Center.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for police coverage and traffic control at state-sponsored events.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
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; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation: Department of Finance and Administration grant to Mississippi Home Corporation.
Industrial Development Authority of Marshall County; authorize to create Spring Economic Development Area.
In committee · 3
Drone Prohibition Act; create.
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn to $1,000,000.00.
Appropriation; Hinds County Board of Supervisors for construction of Byram-Clinton Norrell Road Parkway Project.