Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Richard Bennett
Sponsored
Became law4
Community college districts boards of trustees; remove requirement for automatic appointment of county superintendent of education to serve on.
Group health insurance; allow local governing authorities to pay employee's benefits for dependents.
City of Waveland; authorize leasing of Waveland Business Center that binds successor governing authorities.
Suffrage; restore to Patrick J. Fick.
Vetoed1
State and School Health Insurance Management Board; authorize State Superintendent of Public Education to designate individual to serve on.
Passed the House1
City of Gulfport; authorize tax on hotels, motels and restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
Out of committee5
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance of Iraq veteran tag to recipients of the Inherent Resolve Campaign Metal.
Mississippi Teacher Leadership Program; establish to provide stipend to teacher assuming leadership positions while remaining in the classroom.
Regional solid waste management authority; include president of the board of supervisors of the county where facility is located on board of commissioners.
Sales tax; exempt sales of lottery tickets.
City of Waveland; authorize to offer leasing of Waveland Business Center that binds successor governing authorities of the city.
In committee14
Civil actions; provide that property and casualty insurers have burden of proof for exclusions in "all perils" coverage policy.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Indecent assault; create crime of.
Newborn screening program; include spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in those conditions covered in.
School recognition program; clarify eligible personnel to receive salary supplement from financial award by schools.
Pension plans; make certain regulations regarding transfers and creditors' claims.
Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic device.
Mental health intervention; provide annual salary supplement to licensed school counselors and licensed school nurses who receive certification to provide in public schools.
The Mississippi Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing and Retention Grant Program; establish to address teacher shortage.
Educator licensure; revise eligibility qualifications for issuance of.
School districts; exempt those with "A" and "B" accountability ratings from certain duties.
Education consultants; require to provide annual report of cost benefit analysis for professional development contracts for schools and districts with "D" and "F" accountability ratings.
State Board of Education; revise meeting schedule to provide discretion to meet once a month.
School accountability rating system; exempt certain child development centers from the requirement of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 34
Commissioner George Landon Phillips; rename Highway Patrol Troop K command center located in Biloxi, MS in honor of.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
In committee · 9
MS Department of Child Protection Services; require to submit reports.
Charter schools; revise annual appropriation to authorize board and clarify procedures in calculating finding for.
Department of Corrections; require transmittal of information to DHS on persons in DOC custody to monitor recidivism rates of persons adjudicated delinquent.
Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors; authorize to establish 2-year licensure cycle for engineers.
Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program; revise various provisions.
County jail census data; facilitate the availability of.
Advertisement of the resources counties and municipalities offer; prescribe certain guidelines for.
Health insurance policies; require certain to provide infertility coverage and establish pilot program in State Health Plan.
DFA; establish office of Shared Services within to operate as the central business office for select agencies.