Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Bob Evans
Sponsored
In committee39
State advertising; prohibit elected and appointed officers from publicly participating in.
Irrigation wells; require meters to be placed on.
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; new legislators not members and current members don't earn additional credit.
Children's products; ban phthalates and other ingredients from.
Budget; State Fiscal Officer shall not reduce funds of Department of Education when state revenues fall below estimate.
Controlled Substances Law; revise forfeiture proceedings.
DUI; revise license suspension for test refusal if licensee pleads guilty.
Candy; prohibit sale of that mimics tobacco.
House arrest; authorize use as a condition for nonadjudicated sentences.
Interrogations; require that all conducted by law enforcement be recorded on video.
Implied consent; refusal appeal to toll suspension for reasonable time to contest.
Fair Pay Act of 2014; enact to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
"Mississippi Postsecondary Textbook Pricing and Access Act of 2014"; enact.
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act".
DNA testing; prohibit use of test results for discriminatory purposes.
DUI; repeal provision that refusal to take breath test is evidence of.
Alcohol; increase excise tax and markup on alcoholic beverages, increase excise tax on beer.
Expunction; allow for certain felony convictions by first-time offenders.
Law enforcement officers, firefighters and conservation officers; legal to videotape while on duty.
Public Service Commission; repeal authority to use alternate method of cost recovery on certain power generation.
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Elected official; prohibit from changing political party affiliation during term of office.
Cell phone; prohibit search of without a search warrant.
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Execution or attachment; revise property exempt from seizure under.
Jurors; revise competency requirements.
Irreconcilable differences; additional ground for divorce.
Discovery; defendant entitled to in criminal cases in all courts.
Grand jury indictment; defendant entitled to hearing before upon request.
Grandparents' visitation rights; expand availability of.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Epinephrine; authorize school districts and certain entities to permit the storage and supply of for administration in emergencies.
Trains; create duty of operators of to look out for persons and property on railroad tracks.
Pawnbrokers, title pledge lenders and check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that they may charge for their services.
Wireless interactive communication; prohibit use of by a person operating a motor vehicle.
Lignite; name Choctaw-Kemper Strip Mining Desert where strip mining of is occurring.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Tobacco; increase excise tax on all products except cigarettes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Driver's license; authorize reciprocal agreement with Republic of China (Taiwan).
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Passed the House · 1
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Out of committee · 1
Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to revise grades for which offered.
In committee · 7
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Child support; noncustodial parent must pay 1/2 of reasonable cost of child care expenses as required for custodial parent to be employed.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/leasing & installing solar electric energy system.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.