Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Christopher M. Bell
Sponsored
In committee22
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Eubanks Creek.
Mental Health Treatment Facility; revise hearing and commitment procedures.
Smart State Act; create.
State employee personal and major medical leave; revise definition of "catastrophe injury or illness" to include mental illness for the purpose of the donation of.
"Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law"; enact to require parental acknowledgement of notice upon student enrollment.
Prohibition on Price Gouging for Essential Drugs Act; create.
Amusement rides; provide inspection and incident reporting requirements for.
Hotel and restaurant management degree program; require IHL Board to implement at Jackson State University.
School Safety Law for Children with Disabilities; enact to require public schools and charter schools to install cameras and door alarms.
Urban renewal agency commission; revise composition of.
Urban renewal agency; authorize increase in number of commissioners serving on board of.
Undocumented students; allow to attend college at in-state tuition rates subject to certain conditions.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to first responders injured in the line of duty.
Right to vote; restore automatically to certain persons who have completed all sentencing requirements.
Unemployment benefits; increase individual's weekly benefit amount by $40.00.
Unemployment compensation; provide for certain increases in.
Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create.
Parole; change length of sentence to be served before offenders may request judicial recommendation of.
IHL Board; dissolve and provide for independent university boards of trustees.
Employee wages; require to be paid equally for women and men.
Hinds County; authorize to pay per diem to volunteer members of certain county boards who serve the county.
Appropriation; Hinds County to for costs of construction of Segment 1A of the Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Amusement rides; provide inspection and incident reporting requirements for.
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; several agencies for addressing the public health emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In committee · 44
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Early voting; authorize.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.
Civil Rights Memorial Day; designate the last Monday in April as.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi."
Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority; repeal.
Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds.
Medicaid; eligible pregnant women shall remain eligible for maternal care services for 12 months after end of pregnancy.
Voter rolls; prohibit purging names from Statewide Elections Management System 120 days or less before the date of any election.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation.
Early voting; authorize for qualified electors otherwise unable to vote on election day.
Suffrage; restore to all upon meeting all terms and conditions of sentence.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
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.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by to not more than five percent.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
Unemployment compensation; revise weekly benefit amount for.
State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
Student Athlete Bill of Rights; enact.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by and revise who can be appointed to child care advisory council by state Health Officer.
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenses and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
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.
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.
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.
Appropriation; State Auditor for forensic audit of DHS's TANF expenditures during certain period.
Hind County; authorize to pay per diem to volunteer members of certain county boards who serve the county.
Appropriation; Hinds County for costs of establishing a mental and behavioral health treatment court collaborative.
City of Jackson; authorize to create land banks to address blighted properties more efficiently within the city.