Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Earle S. Banks
Sponsored
In committee78
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Fuel tax; authorize certain municipalities to impose after an election to be used for road and bridge repair/maintenance.
Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.
Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
Body-worn cameras; prohibit law enforcement from recreating past activities with.
Retirement; county board attorneys and city attorneys shall be members of PERS regardless of hours/week worked.
Case plans for nonviolent inmates; require certain programs be placed within.
Case plans for inmates who committed violent offenses; require certain programs be placed within.
Voting systems; require those purchased to be able to scan actual ballot.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.
Early voting; require Secretary of State to authorize for overseas military.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Department of Corrections; authorize to administer the "Halfway House Grant Program."
Chancery court; require to order certain persons held pending mental evaluation.
Scholastic year; increase number of days for schools with an accountability rating of "D" or "F."
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Disabled person's vehicle tag; remove requirement for physician's certification for annual renewal.
Marriage license; require previously married applicant to provide certified copy of divorce or annulment when applying for.
Life insurance; authorize funeral services provider to obtain certain information regarding a deceased's.
Credit reports; prohibit release of information unless authorized by the consumer.
Firearms; revise limits placed on counties and municipalities to regulate.
License plates for disabled individuals; revise various provisions relating to.
Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public Act; create.
Civil Rights Memorial Day; designate the last Monday in April as.
DOC's evaluation of requests for proposals for canteen services; require interested third parties to have reasonable prices for services.
Inmates convicted of capital offenses; provide parole eligibility after certain requirements are met.
Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority; repeal.
Mandatory minimum sentences for crimes committed by offenders; revise which offenders are eligible for.
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.
Mississippi Prison Industries; require to pay inmates federal minimum wage for inmate labor.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create.
Funeral services; require payment for before body may be transferred from one funeral home to another.
Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds.
Case plans for inmates who committed capital offenses; require certain programs be placed within.
Breast-feeding; revise and strengthen statutes supporting and promoting.
Perpetual care cemeteries, new; require certain acreage and trust fund deposit to establish.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with maintenance of the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center.
Copper materials; prohibit transactions between certain sellers and scrap metal dealers and other purchases.
State Health Insurance Plan; provide coverage for proton therapy to treat cancer and certain noncancerous tumors.
Firearms; require removal of for any person determined to be mentally ill.
Life insurance; authorize funeral services provider to obtain certain information within two business days.
Public schools; clarify authority of local law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate crimes on property of.
Voter rolls; prohibit purging names from Statewide Elections Management System 120 days or less before the date of any election.
Judges; provide additional judge for Seventh Circuit Court District.
Exceptional children; require school districts to develop policy for the discipline of.
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Country of Origin Labels; clarify labeling of covered commodities.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
State podiatric forgivable loan program; create.
County public defenders; require salary of all to be the same as district attorneys.
Funeral director assistants; authorize to perform all activities of funeral directors with certain exceptions.
Violent offenders, certain; may be paroled by Parole Board if sentencing judge authorizes parole consideration.
Elected statewide and certain district officials; increase salaries of.
Boards of Education; require those in districts having a mayor-council form of government to be elected.
Indigenous Native American Day; declare the second Monday in October as.
State holiday; designate the last Monday of April as Civil Rights Memorial Day.
Crimes; create for unauthorized use of minor's name and social security number as dependent on income tax return.
Voting rights; restore to all felons upon satisfying all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction.
Law enforcement; require pursuit policy of alleged crime perpetrator.
Legislature; allowed retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Repealer on one cent special sales tax on gross proceeds/income of businesses in cities with population of 150,000 or more.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.
Urban renewal agency commission; revise composition of.
Motor scooter; clarify definition as well as electric assistive mobility device.
State of Mississippi; require to pay fire fee-in-lieu of taxes to City of Jackson for fire protection services provided for state-owned building located in.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a real-time crime prevention center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with purchase of right-of-way maintenance equipment.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority with purchasing fire service equipment.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for costs of completing the renovation of Smith Park.
Appropriations; City of Jackson for costs of completing Phase II of renovation of Thalia Mara Hall.
Appropriations; City of Jackson for costs of renovating Russell C. Davis Planetarium.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for costs of renovating old city library and relocating Welty Library to that site.
Hind County; authorize to pay per diem to volunteer members of certain county boards who serve the county.
Co-sponsored
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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.
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
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Early voting; authorize.
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.
Active shooter training; require school districts employees to attend every three years.
Family dynamics; include in public school curriculum as a required component.
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson.
Retail businesses; those that accept credit cards for payment shall have video cameras to record persons using the cards.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation.
"Keeping Our Municipalities Clean Pretrial Intervention Act"; create.
Suffrage; restore to all upon meeting all terms and conditions of sentence.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
United States Highway 49; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic highway.
Community and junior colleges; expand workforce development partnerships.
IHL Board; dissolve and provide for independent university boards of trustees.
Critical teacher shortage; include those employed in certain school districts who hold National Board Certification as eligible for salary supplement.
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
Appropriation; Hinds County for costs of construction of Segment 1A of the Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Appropriation; Hinds County to for costs of construction of Segment 1A of the Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Appropriation; Hinds County for costs of establishing a mental and behavioral health treatment court collaborative.