Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
John G. Faulkner
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
CPR/AED; require to be taught as instructional component for physical education in Grades 9-12.
Transportation of students; authorize school boards to authorize use of providing alternative to school bus for certain agriculture related events.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Municipal judges; revise maximum number for certain municipalities.
Juvenile Detention and Alternatives Task Force; extend repealer on.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Passed the House · 9
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Appropriation; IHL for funding Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program.
Public colleges and universities; require to develop a plan for addressing unintended pregnancy.
Domestic violence; revise.
Transportation; create consortium to study infrastructure of and impact on economy.
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Teacher Education Alternate Route Certification Scholars Program; establish.
Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund.
Out of committee · 2
Mississippi Juvenile Detention Reform Act of 2014; create.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish under Attorney General's Office instead of DPS.
In committee · 35
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Controlled substances; revise penalty for possession of small amount of certain.
Expunction; revise.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Child Care Payment System; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Sex offender propensity; chancery court may order custody in mental health facility.
Judges; provide additional judge for Seventh Circuit Court District.
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Jury consultants; prohibit contact with potential jurors.
Handicapped parking; delete requirement for physician's certification annually upon renewing special tag.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund state road improvements.
Highways; add segments of certain roads within the corporate limits of the City of Jackson to the state highway system.
Legal holiday; last Monday of April celebrated as Confederate Memorial Day and Civil Rights Memorial Day.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "RoseMary Hayes Williams Kindergarten Act" and lower compulsory age to 5 years.
Exceptional children; require school districts to develop policy for disciplining.
Board of Education; require those in district having a mayor-council form of government to be elected.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation if they provide living arrangements for one or more persons.
Mortgages; establish alternative foreclosure procedures giving borrowers a chance to modify their loans first.
Law enforcement; require pursuit policy of alleged crime perpetrator.
Marriage license; previously married applicant must provide certified copy of divorce or annulment.
Crimes; create for unauthorized use of minor's name and social security number as dependent on income tax return.
Individual driving a stolen vehicle causing an accident; provide penalty for.
Child care licensing law; exempt certain summer day camps from licensure under.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Appropriations, additional; Administrative Office of Courts to restore full funding of drug courts.
Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Returning Veterans of Foreign Conflict Task Force; create.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Fund; increase benefit and funding for.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
Marshall County; authorize contributions to certain charitable organizations.