Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Brent Powell
Sponsored
In committee2
Sales tax; exempt sales of electricity, street lights and security equipment to homeowners' associations for security purposes.
Burial spaces; establish procedure for-profit cemeteries with abandoned spaces to terminate owner's right to spaces.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
City of Brandon; authorize contracts for naming rights for the city's park buildings and structures.
Passed the House · 6
School accountability system; remove requirement for a combined state-federal system and revise name of state standards.
Statewide testing program; require contract with single entity for comprehensive assessment system linked to college and career readiness.
Public school curriculum; require all school boards to establish for schools within local school district.
Public contracts; give preference to veteran-owned small businesses.
Medicaid & Human Services Fraud Control Act; create.
Income tax; phase out for individuals.
In committee · 3
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Local Law Enforcement Bullet Proof Vest Matching Grant Fund.
Appropriation; Dept. of Public Safety for grants to local law enforcement agencies for bullet proof vests for law enforcement officers.
Appropriation; DFA for first-year cost of constructing, furnishing & equipping a new Dept. of Public Safety Headquarters.