Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Shane Barnett
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Waynesboro; authorize governing authorities to impose a tax on hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts, bars and restaurants.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Commercial Driver's License Act; exclude certain equipment operated by Mississippi Military Department from definition of "commercial motor vehicle."
Excess weight permits; authorize vehicles hauling bulk feed, wood pellets to apply for harvest permit and extend repealer.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
Passed the House · 7
Haul seine net; prohibit use of for taking of certain fish within one-half mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow president of county board of supervisors to declare.
MS School for the Deaf; authorize creation of nonprofit entity for fundraising activities.
Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.
Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.
Department of Marine Resources Enforcement Officers' Reserve Unit; revise provisions regulating.
Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in person visit.
Out of committee · 3
The Landowners Protection Act; create.
Appraisal management companies; prohibit criminal background check as a condition of employment.
Air bow; authorize use during certain open seasons for individuals exempt from hunting license requirement by reason of disability.
In committee · 17
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
Election commissioners; revise to be a nonpartisan office.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Out-of-State tuition; waive for nonresident children of Mississippi emergency service personnel killed in line of duty.
Firearms; prohibit public employers from banning employees with permit and training endorsement from carrying on property.
Mental health intervention; provide annual salary supplement to licensed school counselors and licensed school nurses who receive certification to provide in public schools.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $2,000.00 increase to minimum salary scale over two years.
Mississippi School for the Blind; authorize creation of nonprofit entity for fundraising activities.
Timber theft; include those who cause others to carry away the timber of another.
Ad valorem tax; revise certain provisions regarding when an application for change of property assessment may be made.
Stun gun; remove the term from the prohibited firearms category.
Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Grant Fund; create and issue bonds to fund.
First responders; declare certain diseases and conditions as work-related and entitling worker to benefits.
Firearms; clarify licensing procedures for.
Reverse auctions in public purchases; make applicable only to agencies.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Perry County with certain road and bridge improvements.