Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
John G. Faulkner
Sponsored
Became law1
Industrial Development Authority of Marshall County; authorize to create Spring Economic Development Area.
In committee1
Alternative school; require school boards to adopt policy regarding referral of children transitioning from out-of-home placement to.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Highway 15; designate certain segment in Jones County as the "Coach Morris Brown Memorial Highway."
Youth courts; require intake officer, use of MS Youth Court Information Delivery System and expenditure of funds.
Junior colleges; repeal provisions requiring instructors to fill out affidavit of membership in organizations.
Universities; revise laws regarding enforcement officers of.
Memorial highway; designate the entire Segment of U.S. Highway 72 that lies within Mississippi as the "Veterans Memorial Highway."
Memorial bridge; designate certain in Marshall County as the "Charles Foster Memorial Bridge."
Attala County; authorize the issuance of bonds for certain costs related to county-owned hospital.
City of New Albany; authorize to extend its natural gas distribution system to certain areas of Union and Marshall Counties.
Northeast MS Planning and Development District; authorize various counties and cities within district to receive loans or grants for certain purposes.
Passed the House · 13
Firearms license; authorize special licenses for honorably retired law enforcement and corrections officers.
Noah's Law; create to prohibit sales of certain caffeine products to juveniles.
Broderick Rashad Danti Dixon Act; revise.
Child abuse; clarify mandatory reporting by school officials.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; clarify good cause exemptions applicable to disabled students.
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Mississippi Entertainment Investment Act; create.
Elections commissioners; increase per diem.
Elections; revise training requirements for resolution board members.
MS University Research Authority Act; revise.
Sexual abuse; clarify for crimes against child or vulnerable adult.
Mandatory Risk Assessment Instrument; require AOC to develop and use in all youth courts.
Elections Contests; clarify jurisdiction of circuit court.
In committee · 13
Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public or private school approved by the SBE.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Compulsory-school-age child; increase to age 18 years.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. government course.
Contractors; provide method to receive payment when services have been terminated.
Elected officials; require annual report to be filed with Secretary of State on certain gifts received by.
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn to $1,000,000.00.
Automobiles; provide relief to purchaser from payments after repossession of.
Marshall County; authorize contribution to certain qualified charitable organizations.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agriculture Programs for establishing a meat processing facility.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Workforce Training Mitigation Act of 2015; authorize issuance of bonds for construction of workforce training facility in certain area of state.