Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Karl Gibbs
Sponsored
Became law1
City of West Point; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on hotels, motels and restaurants.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
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Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election approves lottery.
Historic property income tax credit; increase maximum amount of credits available.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Contractors; provide method to receive payment when services have been terminated.
Mississippi Highway 24; require MDOT to reconstruct a portion in Pike and Amite Counties to four lanes.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it.
Public school teachers; require districts to adopt a policy ensuring 250 minutes of planning time per week.
MS Adequate Education Program; fully fund for FY17 and each year thereafter.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; lower mandatory age to 5 years to include kindergarten students.
MS Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
MAEP; annually increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students until 50%.
Teachers and noninstructional school employees; provide for increase in salaries of.
School resource officers; revise educational training requirement as a condition of employment.
Student-teacher ratio; lower maximum allowed in grades 1-4 to 24:1.
Teachers classroom supply funds; restrict diverting funds specified for from appropriation for other purposes.
Cemeteries; prohibit additional charges for subsequent burial plot from which remains are disinterred.
MS Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program; create.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for future increases, exemptions and overtime requirements.
State Health Insurance Plan; increase lifetime maximum benefit.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Scott Ford House, Inc., in developing two historic properties in Jackson.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making road and street improvements near Jackson State University.
Livable Homes Tax Credit Act; create.