Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Richard Bennett
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Legal holidays; revise authority of cities and counties to designate.
Out of committee5
Gaming; clarify that courses related to service industry may be taught only in counties where gaming is legal.
School choice; provide right of selection to military personnel residing on base whose children enroll in an adjacent district school district.
Sex offenders; clarify notice to volunteer organizations regarding status.
Municipal officers; require police chief to approve use of official uniform and weapon when performing private duty.
Gaming; repeal certain prohibitions against the advertising of a lottery.
In committee6
Public school district licensed employees; remove prohibition for certain use of personal leave.
State inmates; prohibit conjugal visits for.
Jurors; revise qualifications to be eligible to serve as.
Civil actions; provide that P&C insurers have burden of proof for exclusions in "all perils" coverage policy.
Newborns; require hospitals to perform pulse oximetry screening on after birth.
Elected and appointed officials; require drug test and negative result before taking office.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Abortion; prohibit performing at or after 20 weeks.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Sale tax; exempt sales of aircraft used in oil or natural gas exploration or production.
Passed the House · 2
Persons with disabilities; require state agencies to enhance employment opportunities for.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of nonperishable foods, certain other sales and livestock admission and parking.
Out of committee · 1
BP Oil spill settlement funds; require state agencies to pose information about expenditure of on DFA transparency website.