Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Robert L. Johnson III
Sponsored
In committee25
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Natchez with preservation of Natchez Bluff retaining wall.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Margaret Martin Performing Art Center in Natchez.
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.
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenses and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates.
Sales tax; reduce/eliminate certain exemptions.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain food for human consumption and increase state sales tax rate.
Excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel; revise rate.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Medicaid; revise reimbursement for telehealth services provided by FQHCs and community health centers.
DOC; convert restitution centers to post-release reentry centers.
Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs.
Corrections Inspection Council; establish.
Use of restitution centers by DOC; repeal and convert centers into post-release reentry centers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Part-time law enforcement officers; revise salary threshold determination for deputy sheriffs and police officers.
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
Appropriation; MDE for Mississippi Broadband Availability Act purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; several agencies for addressing the public health emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Passed the House · 3
Memorial Highway; designate U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County as "Speaker William J. 'Billy' McCoy Memorial Highway."
Teacher licensure; revise qualifications for candidates to enter an approved teacher education program.
City of Natchez; authorize contributions to Natchez, Inc., Film Natchez, Inc. and Downtown Natchez Association.
In committee · 16
Early voting; authorize.
Fuel tax; authorize certain municipalities to impose after an election to be used for road and bridge repair/maintenance.
Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.
Mandatory minimum sentences for crimes committed by offenders; revise which offenders are eligible for.
Conjugal visits; require Department of Corrections to provide for married inmates.
Department of Corrections; require implementation of an Extended Family Visitation Program for eligible offenders.
Mississippi Prison Industries; require to pay inmates federal minimum wage for inmate labor.
Medicaid; eligible pregnant women shall remain eligible for maternal care services for 12 months after end of pregnancy.
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students.
"Keeping Our Municipalities Clean Pretrial Intervention Act"; create.
Suffrage; restore to all upon meeting all terms and conditions of sentence.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
IHL Board; dissolve and provide for independent university boards of trustees.
Optometry; State Board of Optometry shall define the practice of and not exclude certain procedures.
Appropriation; State Auditor for forensic audit of DHS's TANF expenditures during certain period.