Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Bill Kinkade
Sponsored
Became law1
Memorial bridge; designate certain in Marshall County as the "Charles Foster Memorial Bridge."
In committee11
Taxes collected for community colleges; require Dept. of Revenue to settle with colleges rather than county clerks.
Per-ton fees imposed on management of certain waste; exempt certain county owned facilities from.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow boards of supervisors to authorize certain county officials to declare.
County vehicles and road equipment; authorize boards of supervisors to allow use between county departments.
Governing authorities of counties and cities; authorize to adopt rules that provide authority to prepay certain expenses.
Governing authorities of counties and cities; authorize to recover actual costs of enforcing ordinance, zoning law or regulation.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made.
Ad valorem tax; remove the provisions that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
MDOT; require Legislature to fund in an amount that would match 20% of federal funds for highway projects.
Marshall County; authorize contribution to certain qualified charitable organizations.
Workforce Training Mitigation Act of 2015; authorize issuance of bonds for construction of workforce training facility in certain area of state.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Memorial highway; designate the entire Segment of U.S. Highway 72 that lies within Mississippi as the "Veterans Memorial Highway."
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
U.S. Highway 61; designate as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail".
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of deficient bridges on state maintained highways.
City of New Albany; authorize to extend its natural gas distribution system to certain areas of Union and Marshall Counties.
Passed the House · 4
Statewide testing program; require contract with single entity for comprehensive assessment system linked to college and career readiness.
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
Deferred Compensation Plan; revise various provisions of.
DeSoto County; authorize employment of part-time assistant county prosecuting attorneys.
Out of committee · 4
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
Prison lands leased for agricultural purposes; revise fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Child neglect; add children left alone in motor vehicles to definitions of.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
In committee · 11
Drone Prohibition Act; create.
Holy Bible; designate as state book of Mississippi.
Eminent Domain Intrastate Pipeline Clarification Act; create.
Deer hunting; remove certain restrictions on using supplemental feed.
Ambulances; authorize to pick up patients at their request regardless of territorial boundaries of ambulance.
Local Law enforcement Bullet Proof Vest Matching Grant Fund; create.
Texting; prohibit while driving.
City of Olive Branch; authorize contracts for naming rights for the city's park buildings and structures.
DeSoto County; authorize donations to the DeSoto County Economic Development Council, Inc.
Appropriation; Dept. of Public Safety for grants to local law enforcement agencies for bullet proof vests for law enforcement officers.
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.