Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
John G. Faulkner
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore to Catina Faulkner Taylor of Marshall County.
In committee15
School superintendents; revise authority to assign certain students who the youth court orders to be enrolled.
Appropriation; City of Holly Springs for widening a road for the Springs Industrial Park.
Private correctional facilities contractor; must have ability to use local vendors when providing services to offenders.
Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; include municipal natural gas facilities.
Code-charter municipality governing authorities; may delegate duties related to personnel actions.
Water well contractor's license; remove requirement that applicant must present three affidavits to the DEQ examining committee.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to municipalities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters.
Felony expungement; authorize for nonviolent crimes.
Nonviolent felons; authorize expungement and tax credits for employers of.
Spouses and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at post secondary institution.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with construction of a wellness and aquatics.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs restoration of former Holly Springs Water and Light Plant building.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with improvements to Mississippi Highway 178.
Marshall County; authorize contribution to Bishop Houck New Hope Village.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish.
The "Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019"; enact.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Mississippi Development Authority Programs.
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
Contracts for collection of city/county solid wastes; authorize to extend without advertising for proposals under certain circumstances.
Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Marshall County; certain road contacts within Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park may extend beyond of term of board of supervisors.
Passed the House · 10
Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.
"Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow president of county board of supervisors to declare.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.
Youth court; revise who may attend hearings and require to send certain monthly cumulative data to Administrative Office of Courts.
Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise investments required by qualified business under the MS Health Care Industry Zone Act.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; create.
Income tax; authorize a tax credit for contributions to certain endowed funds held by community foundations.
Historic property income tax credit; increase amount of credits that may be awarded and revise certain other provisions.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various purposes.
In committee · 15
Disabled veteran motor vehicle license tag; increase number that may be issued to a disabled veteran.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors.
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds.
School safety; require schools to conduct emergency law enforcement drills to address active shooter incidents and other violent acts.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
Lottery; clarify liquor stores able to serve as lottery retailers.
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic degrees and licensure requirements.
Right to vote; restore automatically to certain persons who have completed all sentencing requirements.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Appropriation; MDOC to pay regional facilities $29.74 per day for each state inmate.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund development of regional wastewater treatment system to service the Hinds Parkway area.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund completion of construction of Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.