Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Bill Kinkade
Sponsored
Became law2
Parole board; authorize to revoke parole and impose remaining time if parolee committs a felony or absconds supervision.
Marshall County; authorize contributions to Headstart.
Passed the House2
Offenders on post release supervision; strike reference that an arrest is a technical violation.
State vehicles; authorize DOC commissioner use of specified unmarked vehicles to prevent hindrance of official investigations.
In committee21
County vehicles and road equipment; authorize boards of supervisors to allow use between county departments.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow boards of supervisors to authorize certain county officials to declare.
Governing authorities of counties and cities; authorize to recover actual costs of enforcing ordinance, zoning law or regulation.
Governing authorities of counties and cities; authorize to adopt rules that provide authority to prepay certain expenses.
Offender who absconds supervision; provide period of parole shall not toll and shall not reduce period of parole supervision.
Sex offenders who have committed a registration violation; revise time period that such offenders must be electronically monitored by DOC.
Conditions for release of parole-eligible inmates without hearing; make applicable for inmates convicted on or after July 1, 2014.
Data monitoring and alert system for sex offenders who fail to register; provide certain revisions to.
Offenders convicted of a crime of violence; strike reference that such offenders are eligible for parole.
Case plan for parole-eligible inmates; require only for inmates convicted on or after July 1, 2014.
Emergency leave for certain offenders due to death/sickness in family; provide DOC with discretion in determining if security escort is needed for.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made.
Ad valorem tax; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
Radar detectors for sheriffs' departments; allow each county board of supervisors to determine implementation of.
Taxes collected for community colleges; require Dept. of Revenue to settle with colleges rather than county clerks.
"Drones Prohibition Near or Above State and Private Correctional Facilities Act;" create.
County Court administrator; require counties to pay directly.
DUI; reform.
DUI informational reform task force; create.
State Personnel Board procedures; extend period for one year that Department of Corrections is exempt from.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel for representing all post-capital conviction appeals.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
"Mississippi Church Protection Act"; create.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; authorize contribution to Northest MS Community Services, Inc.
DeSoto County; authorize regional utility authority to acquire credit card and sell surplus property.
Marshall County; authorize contributions to certain 501(c)(3) organizations that operate food pantries.
Passed the House · 7
Human trafficking; increase penalty and authorize center for violence prevention.
Firearms; clarify meaning of courthouse and courtroom for purpose of carrying.
Noah's Law; create.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
DUI; revise.
In committee · 12
Traffic signal lights; direct MDOT to install and operate at certain intersection in DeSoto County.
Mississippi Highway 305; expedite construction of segment in DeSoto County to five lanes.
Bench warrants; provide that failure to appear in municipal court shall be a misdemeanor.
Homeowners' associations; regulate the formation and legal administration of.
Firearms; prohibit special taxation by cities and counties.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Community colleges; county taxes collected for shall be transmitted directly to instead of to chancery clerk.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Mississippi On-Farm Sales & Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Firearms; remove license requirement to carry concealed in a holster on a person's body.
DUI; revise third conviction penalties.
State and United States flag; require state universities to display when in session.