Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Robert L. Johnson III
Sponsored
Passed the House3
Insurance; require insurer to provide last known address of insured.
Insurance; require liability insurer to disclose limits to third-party claimant.
Subpoenas; authorize attorney to reissue in certain circumstances by certified mail.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Emerging Crops Fund; provide for a separate loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production.
Passed the House · 9
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation if they provide living arrangements for one or more persons.
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
Mississippi High School Activities Association; provide legislative oversight for and appoint advisors.
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
Crimes; provide procedure for expunction of certain felonies of persons under 18 years of age at time of conviction.
Law enforcement; require pursuit policy of alleged crime perpetrator.
City of Jackson; authorize councilmen to maintain individual offices within City Hall.
Out of committee · 2
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
In committee · 14
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
Dairy Stabilization Grant Program; create to provide grant assistance to certain milk producers.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the United States government course.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election on issue.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education.
Business improvement districts; reduce vote necessary to implement.
Medicaid; require division to cooperate with Health Benefit Exchange and create Health Benefit Exchange Act.
Check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that may be charged for cashing checks.
Legal holiday; set first Monday of March as Law Enforcement Day.
Legal holiday; set first Monday of February as Firefighters' Day.
Task Force on Combating Childhood Obesity in MS; create.
Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public school or private and parochial school approved by the SBE.
Self-employment assistance program; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.