Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Earle S. Banks
Sponsored
In committee78
Firearms; revise limits placed on counties and municipalities to regulate.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.
Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public Act; create.
Funeral director assistants; authorize to perform all activities of funeral directors with certain exception.
Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Fund; revise regulations for.
Firearms; impose fee on retail sales of.
Voting systems; require those purchased to be able to scan actual ballot.
State holiday; designate the first Monday of April as National Day of Reunion.
Retirement; county boards attorneys and city attorneys shall be members of PERS regardless of hours/week worked.
Case plans for inmates who committed violent offenses; require certain programs be placed within.
Conjugal visits; require Department of Corrections to provide for married inmates.
Department of Corrections; require implementation of an Extended Family Visitation Program for eligible offenders.
Department of Corrections; authorize to administer the "Halfway House Grant Program."
Crimes; create for unauthorized use of minor's name and social security number as dependent on income tax return.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Marriage license; require previously married applicant to provide certified copy of divorce or annulment when applying for.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Courts; prohibit from requiring identification for entrance into court building.
Funeral home and chapel; prohibit Board of Funeral Service from regulating size of.
Chancellor; provide one additional for the Tenth Chancery Court District.
Department of Corrections; require to provide certain notice to certain city before offender is released.
Victim Assistance Coordinator; authorize one additional for Seventh Circuit Court District.
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
Life insurance; authorize funeral services provider to obtain certain information within two business days.
Perpetual care cemeteries, new; require certain acreage and trust fund deposit to establish.
Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.
Crime; create for accidents caused by drivers of stolen vehicles.
Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds.
Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority; repeal.
Fuel tax; authorize certain municipalities to impose after an election to be used for road and bridge repair/maintenance.
Domestic terrorism; create state crime with penalty of life imprisonment.
Circuit Judges; add to the Seventh Circuit Court District.
Venomous snakes; classify as inherently dangerous to humans and unlawful to possess without a permit.
Automated consumer electronic device purchasing machines; prohibit in the state.
Violent offenders, certain; may be paroled by Parole Board if sentencing judge authorizes parole consideration.
Inmates convicted of capital offenses; provide parole eligibility after certain requirements are met.
Municipal courts; prohibit requirement that individuals have a photo I.D. to enter into such courts.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Rose E. McCoy Auditorium at Jackson State University.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create.
State podiatric forgivable loan program; create.
Credit reports; prohibit release of information unless authorized by the consumer.
Body-worn cameras; prohibit law enforcement from recreating past activities with.
Breast-feeding; revise and strengthen statutes supporting and promoting.
Voter rolls; prohibit purging names from Statewide Elections Management System 120 days or less before the date of any election.
Scholastic year; increase number of days for schools with an accountability rating of "D" or "F."
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Civil Rights Memorial Day; designate the last Monday of April as.
Judges; provide additional judge for Seventh Circuit Court District.
Jury consultants; prohibit contact with certain jurors.
Voting rights; restore to all felons upon satisfying all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction.
Case plans for nonviolent inmates; require certain programs be placed within.
Case plans for inmates who committed capital offenses; require certain programs be placed within.
Mississippi Prison Industries; require to pay inmates federal minimum wage for inmate labor.
DOC's evaluation of requests for proposals for canteen services; require interested third parties to have reasonable prices for services.
Boards of education; require those in districts having a mayor-council form of government to be elected.
Law enforcement; require pursuit policy of alleged crime perpetrator.
Chancery court; require to order certain persons held pending mental evaluation.
Early voting; require Secretary of State to authorize for overseas military.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Life insurance; authorize funeral services provider to obtain certain information regarding a deceased's.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Earned time allowance; revise which offenders are eligible for.
Mississippi State Fair; require all amusement ride operators to pass drug test.
Elected statewide and certain district officials; increase salaries of.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with maintenance of the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.
Exceptional children; require school districts to develop policy for the discipline of.
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Circuit Court Districts; authorize an additional district attorney and criminal investigator for the 7th.
Country of Origin Labels; clarify labeling of covered commodities.
Funeral services; require payment for before body may be transferred from one funeral home to another.
Mandatory minimum sentences for crimes committed by offenders; revise which offenders are eligible for.
Public schools; clarify authority of local law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate crimes on property of.
Legislature; allowed retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Copper materials; prohibit transactions between certain sellers and scrap metal dealers and other purchases.
License plates for disabled individuals; revise various provisions relating to.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
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; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Hinds County; authorize contributions to Scott Ford Houses and Jackson Zoological Park.
Hinds County; authorize contribution to Morning Star School, a Mississippi Historic Landmark.
Passed the House · 2
"Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable loan Program"; delete automatic repealer on and other applicable provisions.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if the federal law is amended to allow it.
In committee · 14
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
The Clean Slate Act; create to authorize certain people to petition the court to have arrest and conviction records sealed.
Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund completion of construction of Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain motorcycles.
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".
Wheelchair restraint; regulate use of in a nursing home, hospital, medical provider or medical facility.
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Arts Klassical, Inc., with purchase or lease of building in Jackson.