Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Jill Ford
Sponsored
Became law1
Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held.
Passed the House1
Department of Human Services; authorize to use additional methods of communication to send notices relating to child support to financial institutions.
In committee6
Credit reporting agency; prohibit including information from judicial action unless there is a verified outstanding judgement.
Dentists; provide immunity for providing charitable and emergency services.
Texting or engaging in call while driving; make a misdemeanor when not using voice-operated or hands-free device.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period for recitation of the "Lord's Prayer" at the beginning of each school day.
Pharmacists; authorize to provide patient care services and authorize insurance reimbursement for.
Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
UMMC property; revise leasing authority by removing certain minimum requirements of improvements to development.
State Veterans Affairs Board; provide that certain employees of are nonstate service employees under state personnel system.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions.
Home inspector license; require applicants to undergo certain background checks.
Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan.
Law enforcement officers; exempt from concealed firearms permit fees and renewal fees.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
Passed the House · 2
Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.
School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include refillable water bottle stations.
Out of committee · 1
Statewide Elections Management System; remove voters who fail to respond to notice and who fail to vote after certain period of time.
In committee · 5
Littering; increase fines and deposit certain assessments into Keep Mississippi Beautiful and law enforcement funds.
"Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act"; establish.
Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create.
Hudson's Law; create to require dissemination of information relating to trisomy conditions by State Department of Health.
Income tax; authorize rebate for certain residents with employment outside Mississippi.