Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Larry Byrd
Sponsored
Became law2
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
In committee2
Human Trafficking; revise.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Student grades; prohibit certain school administrators and district employees from influencing a change in.
Passed the House · 3
Legal shrimping areas; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to exceed under certain conditions.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Sales tax; reduce rate imposed on retail sales of boats, motorcycles and towable campers.
Out of committee · 3
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Teacher Classroom and Disciplinary Control Act; create.
Public defenders; clarify authority over employees of the office.
In committee · 17
Hospitals; Department of Health shall authorize to establish and operate off-campus emergency departments.
Motorcycle helmets; exempt Shriners while participating in a parade.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; clarify certain provisions regarding.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Southern Pines Animal Shelter.
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Recreational fishing license; authorize those with to catch shrimp.
Circuit court; provide additional judge for 12th Circuit Court District.
State parole board; require to submit report to Governor regarding petition for pardon by person convicted of felony crime.
Hunting and fishing licenses; authorize purchase of by any nonresident active duty military personnel at same cost as residents.
Katie's Law; require DNA testing for all felony arrests.
School vouchers; authorize State Department of Education to issue under the MS School Choice Scholarship Program.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
Recreational activities; add aircraft to list of authorized activities on certain land.
Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act of 2012; enact to establish new process for creating.
Firearms; prohibit altering serial number.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
George county; authorize to issue bonds for a recreational complex and impose a sales tax to retire bonds.