Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Carl Mickens
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
In committee · 19
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election approves lottery.
Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow person convicted of certain crimes to practice again after license reinstatement.
Mississippi Highway 24; require MDOT to reconstruct a portion in Pike and Amite Counties to four lanes.
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits withheld until full restitution has been paid.
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it.
MS Adequate Education Program; fully fund for FY17 and each year thereafter.
Former Hinds AHS; reorganize and establish as special purpose career and technical high school.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; lower mandatory age to 5 years to include kindergarten students.
School resource officers; revise educational training requirement as a condition of employment.
Student-teacher ratio; lower maximum allowed in grades 1-4 to 24:1.
Teachers classroom supply funds; restrict diverting funds specified for from appropriation for other purposes.
School Employees; repeal prohibition against making certain payroll deductions from salaries of.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Cemeteries; prohibit additional charges for subsequent burial plot from which remains are disinterred.
The Patient Choice Act of 2016; enact.
MS Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program; create.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for future increases, exemptions and overtime requirements.
Statue of Limitations; remove for crimes against children.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making road and street improvements near Jackson State University.