Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Christopher M. Bell
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Prohibition on Price Gouging for Essential Drugs Act; create.
In committee10
Motor vehicle liability insurance; provide higher minimum amounts for commercial motor vehicle.
Motor vehicle liability insurance;increase mandatory minimum for commercial motor vehicles and provide CSL option.
"Mobile Personal Hygiene Pilot Program Act of 2018"; create and authorize JSU to administer.
No Gag Rule on Pharmacists Act; create.
Smart State Act; create.
Voluntary search; regulate for those who are not under arrest.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new state flag design.
IHL Board; revise composition to require appointment of alumni from each state-supported institution of higher learning.
Motor vehicle police pursuit policies; require police and sheriffs' departments to develop and implement.
Suffrage; restore to Jay W. Jackson of Hinds County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it.
Passed the House · 2
State road construction; prohibit if construction has not begun and right-of-way has not been acquired.
Bonds and grants; authorize to assist the Rank-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District flood control project.
In committee · 15
2018 First Extraordinary Session · Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; freeze decreases in income and franchise tax rates and freeze increase in federal employment tax deductions.
State holidays; designate the third Monday of January as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and designate the fourth Monday of January as Robert E. Lee's birthday.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Jackson Zoo and Livingston Park.
Youth Unemployment Task Force; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Old Whitfield Road in Rankin County.
Medicaid; provide coverage for certain children if federal authority or funding for CHIP is terminated.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County with development of regional wastewater treatment center.
Bonds; authorize to renovate portion of the Metrocenter Mall to house the Hinds Community College Workforce Development Training Center.
Special local improvement assessment districts; authorize municipalities to create.
Contraceptives; require insurers, Medicaid and the State Health Plan to cover without cost sharing.
Imposition of special 1 cent sales tax on gross proceeds of sales or gross income for businesses in municipality with pop. of 150,000; remove repealer on.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Minimum wage; establish at $10.10 per hour.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with maintenance of the Mississippi Telecommunication and Conference Training Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.