Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Bob Evans
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Public Defender Oversight and Accountability Commission; create.
In committee39
Interrogations; require that all conducted by law enforcement be recorded on video.
State advertising; prohibit elected and appointed officers from publicly participating in.
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; new legislators not members and current members don't earn additional credit.
Pawnbrokers, title pledge lenders and check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that they may charge for their services.
Budget; State Fiscal Officer shall not reduce funds of Department of Education when state revenues fall below estimate.
Grandparents' visitation rights; expand availability of.
Grand jury indictment; defendant entitled to hearing before upon request.
Jurors; revise competency requirements.
Discovery; defendant entitled to in criminal cases in all courts.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Tobacco; increase excise tax on all products except cigarettes.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Alcohol; increase excise tax and markup on alcoholic beverages, increase excise tax on beer.
Fair Pay Act; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Elected official; prohibit from changing political party affiliation during term of office.
Candy; prohibit sale of that mimics tobacco.
Grandparent visitation; revise to include great-grandparent visitation rights.
"Mississippi Postsecondary Textbook Pricing and Access Act of 2015"; enact.
Children's products; ban phthalates and other ingredients from.
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Public Service Commission; repeal authority to use alternate method of cost recovery on certain power generation.
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act."
Trains; create duty of operators of to look out for persons and property on railroad tracks.
Execution or attachment; revise property exempt from seizure under.
Law enforcement officers, firefighters and conservation officers; legal to videotape while on duty.
DUI; repeal provision that refusal to take breath test is evidence of.
Irreconcilable differences; additional ground for divorce.
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Controlled Substances Law; revise forfeiture proceedings.
DUI; revise license suspension for test refusal if licensee pleads guilty.
Implied consent; toll suspension period during appeals for refusal to submit to chemical test.
Adultery; revise definition to include relations with same-sex partner.
Child custody; create rebuttable presumption that it is not in best interest of child to be placed in custody of homosexual parent or person.
MS Minimum Wage Law; enact.
DNA testing; prohibit use of test results for discriminatory purposes.
Court education and training cost; increase amount and provide funds for Public Defenders Education Fund.
Expunction; allow for certain felony convictions by first-time offenders.
Wireless interactive communication; prohibit use of by a person operating a motor vehicle.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Copiah County; authorize contribution via funds or services to Calling Panther Heritage Foundation.
In committee · 2
Drone Prohibition Act; create.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.