Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Christopher M. Bell
Sponsored
In committee5
Delta Cancer Research Institute; establish at UMMC.
UMMC; authorize to guarantee financial obligations of entity formed to acquire or construct a proton therapy center.
Premium Finance Companies; revise certain laws regarding.
Workers' Compensation Law; expand the exception to exclusive liability under.
Insurers; restrict use of credit scores to underwrite or rate risks for personal insurance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
Online voter registration; authorize under authority of Secretary of State.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County as the "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
MSU; authorize to enter into a long term lease for housing and retail purposes.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Sunflower County; authorize contribution to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Passed the House · 6
Parental Involvement and Accountability Act; create.
Human trafficking; increase penalty and authorize center for violence prevention.
Pre-election day voting; allow.
Election code; revise.
Jackson State University property; authorize long-term lease of for student housing.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; create and fund improvement projects within.
In committee · 14
Counties; authorize donation to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election approves lottery.
Counties; authorize levying of certain tax in support of Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Attorney General; require to maintain list of persons who commit homicides and the crimes that were committed by such person.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
Former Hinds AHS; reorganize and establish as special purpose career and technical high school.
Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice registered nurses have collaborative relationship with physician.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Breast-feeding; require certain practices to support and promote.
State flag; create commission to select new design of from submissions by public universities and colleges.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making road and street improvements near Jackson State University.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund construction of Byram-Clinton Norrell Road Parkway Project.
Appropriation; Hinds County to fund centralized wastewater treatment system to service Byram-Clinton corridor area.