Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Stephanie Foster
Sponsored
In committee3
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supports of the former Utica High School.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of former Hinds Agricultural High School and Utica Junior College.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
Budget process; provide for certain transfers into CEF and delete transfer of EEF funds into rainy day fund.
Municipal judges; authorize to hold court outside municipal boundaries that is more than within a one-mile radius of municipality to accept pleas.
Department of Revenue; authorize to revise individual income tax forms to allow taxpayer to designate two bank accounts for direct deposit.
Traffic accidents; require to move vehicle to certain locations in certain situations on a highway.
Part-time law enforcement officers; revise salary threshold determination for deputy sheriffs and police officers.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in event of certain disasters or emergencies.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Appropriations; DFA for tourism and nonprofit art museum recovery.
Mississippi Tourism Recovery Fund and Mississippi Nonprofit Art Museums Recovery Fund; create.
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
Appropriation; MDE for Mississippi Broadband Availability Act purposes.
Appropriation; DFA for a cooperative and broadband provider grant program funds.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; several agencies for addressing the public health emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Passed the House · 5
Elected state officers; salaries shall not be more than average of salaries of equivalent officials in adjacent states.
State judges; provide for increase in the annual salaries of.
Student club funds; clarify use and accounting practices by school districts.
Teacher licensure; revise qualifications for candidates to enter an approved teacher education program.
Occupational licenses; revise provisions regarding licensing for certain military applicants.
In committee · 33
Early voting; authorize.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi."
Medicaid; eligible pregnant women shall remain eligible for maternal care services for 12 months after end of pregnancy.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.
Active shooter training; require school districts employees to attend every three years.
Family dynamics; include in public school curriculum as a required component.
Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation.
Early voting; authorize for qualified electors otherwise unable to vote on election day.
"Keeping Our Municipalities Clean Pretrial Intervention Act"; create.
School bus drivers; require to be first aid and CPR trained and certified.
Federal judges; authorize to solemnize marriage.
Repealer on one cent special sales tax on gross proceeds/income of businesses in cities with population of 150,000 or more.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.
Urban renewal agency commission; revise composition of.
School Immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religous beliefs.
Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students.
Community and junior colleges; expand workforce development partnerships.
Critical teacher shortage; include those employed in certain school districts who hold National Board Certification as eligible for salary supplement.
Mississippi Millennial's Commission; create.
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after second incident of disruptive behavior.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a real-time crime prevention center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with purchase of right-of-way maintenance equipment.
Appropriation; Hinds County for costs of construction of Segment 1A of the Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Appropriations; City of Jackson for costs of completing Phase II of renovation of Thalia Mara Hall.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Utica with repairs to natural gas lines.
City of Vicksburg; authorize the use of electric scooters on certain city streets within.
City of Vicksburg; revise contribution amount made to Read by Third Grade, a Tutorial Program for At-Risk Students.
City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions to the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program.
Appropriation; State Auditor for forensic audit of DHS's TANF expenditures during certain period.
Hind County; authorize to pay per diem to volunteer members of certain county boards who serve the county.
Appropriation; Hinds County for costs of establishing a mental and behavioral health treatment court collaborative.
City of Vicksburg; authorize the use of motor-assisted scooters on certain streets within the city.
City of Jackson; authorize to create land banks to address blighted properties more efficiently within the city.