Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Kabir Karriem
Sponsored
In committee8
Memorial bridge; designate certain bridge on Highway 50 as the "Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Bridge."
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2017, to be equipped with seat belts.
Writing curriculum; require SBE to establish curriculum for teaching of manuscript and cursive handwriting.
Municipalities; authorize to increase minimum wage.
School board members; authorize removal of those in municipal and municipal separate school districts for just cause.
Expungement; authorize for all nonviolent crimes after five years.
Officer-involved death; require investigation and appointment of special prosecutor.
Body-worn cameras; require cities and counties to provide to police officers and deputy sheriffs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Municipal ordinance regulating or restricting parking; remove certain signage requirement.
Anti-bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for by school districts.
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer on.
Youth court custody orders; make certain revisions regarding.
Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as.
Beer and light wine; allow certain cities with a population of 1,500 or more to hold elections to permit the sale of.
Light wine or beer; authorize small craft breweries to sell light wine or beer they produce on the premises of the brewery.
Lowndes County; authorize contributions to cities within to maintain parks and recreation programs.
Lowndes County; authorize to contribute funds to United Way of Lowndes County.
Income tax; authorize first-time home buyers savings accounts and exclude contributions/distributions from gross income.
Vetoed · 1
Re-entry council; implement certain recommendations thereof.
Passed the House · 16
Department of Revenue; authorize to compromise and settle certain tax liabilities.
Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
Municipal budget; increase population threshold that requires municipalities to publish annual budget.
Campaign contributions; prohibit personal use of and revise to require detailed reporting of.
Mental health courts; authorize and provide for certification of.
Driver's education; require courses taught in schools to include program developed by DPS on how to properly respond to law enforcement when stopped.
Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees.
Pro se legal forms; provide that court-approved forms may be provided by public librarians and law librarians.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise distribution of fees collected from issuance to members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Municipal Water, Sewer and Wastewater Systems Repair and Replacement Grant Program; create.
Expungement; revise list of eligible crimes.
Public contracts; give preference to veteran-owned small businesses.
Income tax; revise tax credit for child adoption expenses.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise eligibility criteria for disabled veteran tag.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
Out of committee · 4
School board members; authorize removal of those in municipal and municipal separate school districts for just cause.
Cursive writing; direct the State Board of Education to incorporate into elementary education curriculum.
Casinos; require to provide first aid and CPR training to all employees.
Municipalities; authorize adoption of ordinance for system to issue citations and summons to violators of certain ordinances.
In committee · 19
The Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create.
Parole eligibility; bring forward code section for purposes of possible amendment.
Parole eligibility; provide for offender who commits crime before the age of 26 after serving certain percentage of sentence.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Parole; require parole board to provide for certain nonviolent offenders upon recommendation of sentencing judge.
Parole; clarify retroactiveness of certain provisions relating to the eligibility of parole for offenders.
Marijuana possession; revise penalties for.
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport; create committee to study additional development possibilities.
"Mobile Personal Hygiene Pilot Program Act of 2017"; create and authorize JSU to administer.
"Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law"; enact to require parental acknowledgement of notice upon student enrollment.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; provide higher minimum amounts for commercial motor vehicles.
County boards of supervisors; revise terms of members to be staggered.
State minimum wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Joint state-county work program; authorize judges to order offenders to participate in.
Charter school payments; prohibit SDE from reducing and redirecting local school district's MAEP funds for purpose of.
Charter school payments; remove local school districts requirement to pay local contribution directly to charter school.
Habitual offenders; revise sentencing.