Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Larry Byrd
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; delete repealer on.
Out of committee1
Memorial highway; designate segment of U.S. Highway 42 in Forrest County as the "Sheriff Eugene Lamar 'Gene' Walters Memorial Highway."
In committee13
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 70 years of age or older.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Appropriation; Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund for funding bridge program.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Right-to-farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.
Dyslexia education; require instruction at collegiate level for licensure and prescribe required standards.
Dyslexia screenings; require school districts to provide additional for students eligible for scholarship assistance.
Eminent domain; require entities exercising for certain pipelines to operate pipeline as a common carrier.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide for improvements to portion of Old Richton Road in City of Petal.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; increase amount Legislature shall appropriate for deposit to.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Crimes; create penalties for failing to meet certain requirements designed to protect the public from dangerous dogs.
Appropriation; SDE for the establishment of comprehensive dyslexia program in the Smith County School District.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
MS Dyslexia Forgivable Loan Program; revise post education employment requirements for recipients of.
Passed the House · 3
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Mississippi "Gospel Music Trail"; authorize MDA Division of Tourism to establish program and historical markers for.
Wrongful death; include unborn child.
Out of committee · 2
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
Compact for a Balanced Budget; enact.
In committee · 9
Holy Bible; designate as state book of Mississippi.
Public school textbooks; authorize use of comparable alternatives to paper books.
Circuit court; provide additional judge for 12th Circuit Court District.
Municipal Election Reform Act of 2015; create.
Mississippi Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Motorcycles; allow to proceed through red light if green light is not triggered.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Local Law Enforcement Bullet Proof Vest Matching Grant Fund.
Appropriation; SDE for the establishment of comprehensive dyslexia program in the Smith County School District.