Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
John G. Faulkner
Sponsored
Became law1
Water well contractor's license; remove requirement that applicant must present three affidavits to the DEQ examining committee.
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore to Catina Taylor of Marshall County.
Out of committee1
Spouses and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at post-secondary institutions.
In committee14
Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; include municipal natural gas facilities.
Private correctional facilities contractor; must have ability to use local vendors when providing services to offenders.
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters.
Code-charter municipality governing authorities; may delegate duties related to personnel actions.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to municipalities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Appropriation; City of Holly Springs for widening a road for the Springs Industrial Park.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with improvements to Mississippi Highway 178.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with restoration of former Holly Springs Water and Light Plant building.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with construction of a wellness and aquatics center.
Tax credits; authorize for employers of convicted felons.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with repair and renovation of the Rosenwald School in Marshall County.
Public and private schools; require proper hand washing materials in all restrooms.
Public and private schools; require all employees to be tested annually for tuberculosis.
Public and private schools; require all employees to annually receive flu vaccine.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
County purchases; increase the minimum acquisition costs of items and services for certain purposes.
Traffic accidents; require to move vehicle to certain locations in certain situations on a highway.
Corrections and Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force; revise composition of.
Toll roads; revise maximum length of time for public private partnership agreement.
Out-of-State Adoptions; clarify certain provisions regarding.
School bus drivers; increase maximum speed limit on interstate highways.
DPS division of driver services; make various revisions regarding.
Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; extend repealer on authority to contribute to Northeast Mississippi Community Services.
Appropriations; DFA for tourism and nonprofit art museum recovery.
Mississippi Tourism Recovery Fund and Mississippi Nonprofit Art Museums Recovery Fund; create.
"Postsecondary Education COVID-19 Mitigation Relief Program"; create to provide reimbursements to postsecondary educational institutions for related expenses.
Appropriation; IHL for postsecondary board to administer the "Postsecondary Education COVID-19 Mitigation Relief Grant Program."
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
Passed the House · 21
The Sexual Assault Response For College Students Act; create.
Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.
Highway sign; authorize erection of on MS Hwy 25 near Pisgah exit to honor Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie.
Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing certain volunteer services in off-duty hours.
Transportation funding; authorize public-private partnerships to include naming rights.
State judges; provide for increase in the annual salaries of.
Littering violations; add assessment for LSBP funds.
Driver's license; require Department of Public Safety to allow official identifying document of MDOC to suffice for.
Emerging Crops Fund; increase maximum loan amount and total bonding authority under.
Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehabilitation Fund; revise allocation formula.
State Domestic Violence Fund; remove match requirement.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District of Innovation.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
Commercial driver's license; revise various laws regarding.
Commissioner of Corrections, and community corrections; bring forward various sections relating to.
Corrections omnibus bill; enact.
Alternative nicotine products; regulate.
Compassionate Parole Eligibility Act of 2020; create.
Corrections; authorize George and Greene Counties to privatize regional correctional facility.
Highway patrolmen; allow active duty to teach driver education and training programs.
Inmate Welfare Fund; require DOC to expend unused portions of the fund on reentry purposes.
In committee · 42
Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow person convicted of certain crimes to practice after license reinstatement.
Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create.
Parole; change length of sentence to be served before offenders may request judicial recommendation of.
Parole eligibility; provide for offender who commits crime before the age of 26 after serving certain percentage of sentence.
Absentee ballots; revise those who are authorized to vote by.
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual salaries of.
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school.
Fresh Start Act; revised certain portions of.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.
Body-worn cameras; require cities and counties to provide to police officers and deputy sheriffs.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons who have their licenses suspended as a result of being out of compliance with order for support.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.
Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Habitual offender law; authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more.
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Habitual Offender Law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenders from.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
Student Athlete Bill of Rights; enact.
State flag; change design to that of the Magnolia flag.
Uninsured motorist coverage; require to include claims involving certain vehicles protected by MTCA immunity.
Minimum Wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by and revise who can be appointed to child care advisory council by state Health Officer.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
School Immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religous beliefs.
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenses and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates.
Equal pay for equal work; require for women in the same work establishment.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
State holidays; remove Robert E. Lee's birthday as legal holidays.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Inmate Release Reform; revise provisions regulating sentencing and release of those convicted of certain violations.
TANF Funds; require Department of Human Services to submit report to Legislature if certain allocated funds are not used.
TANF recipients; establish program to provide wage subsidies to employers who hire.
TANF program; PEER Committee shall conduct an annual review of expenditures of TANF funds.
TANF; require Department of Human Services to allocate maximum amount allowable under federal law to child care services.
TANF; increase maximum monthly amount of benefits.
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
Marshall County; authorize contribution to Northeast Mississippi Community Services, Inc.
Marshall County; authorize contributions to certain 501(c)(3) organizations that operate food pantries.
Marshall County; authorize contribution to ICS Head Start.
Appropriation; Marshall County for preservation and restoration of Isaac Chapel Rosenwald School.
City of Oxford; expand investment options of reserve and trust fund and require investments be made using MS Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
Bonds; authorize issuance to improve capacity and safety of intersection of MS Highway 7 and University Avenue in Oxford.