Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Larry Byrd
Sponsored
Became law3
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; delete repealer on.
MS Youth Challenge Program; clarify terms for purposes of qualifying participants for graduation.
City of Petal; authorize placement of certain specialty street signs within.
Passed the House1
MS Youth Challenge Academy; require SDE to provide certain information to director of for purposes of dropout prevention.
Out of committee1
County supervisors; create education and certification program for.
In committee19
Eminent domain; require entities exercising for certain pipelines to operate pipeline as a common carrier.
Right to farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.
Dyslexia screenings; require school districts to provide additional for students eligible for scholarship assistance.
Dyslexia education; require instruction at collegiate level for licensure and prescribe required standards.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; increase amount Legislature shall appropriate for deposit to.
Appropriation; SDE for the establishment of comprehensive dyslexia program in the Smith County School District.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Appropriation; Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund for funding bridge program.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 70 years of age or older.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to portion of Old Richton Road in City of Petal.
All-terrain vehicles; require to be titled if purchased through a dealer.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Low-speed vehicles; authorize operation of on certain public roads.
MAEP; revise formula to reflect change from cap of 28 mills to annual variable cap based on average statewide millage rates.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Receipts of transfers; require those for lawnmowers to have date of manufacture.
Adequate education program funds; withhold from districts failing to properly display flags or recite pledge of allegiance.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for extension of Tyner Road in City of Petal.
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."
Passed the House · 9
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for various purposes.
Human trafficking; increase penalty and authorize center for violence prevention.
Firearms; clarify meaning of courthouse and courtroom for purpose of carrying.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility through Grade 12.
Ad valorem tax; revise provisions regarding fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Out of committee · 1
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise and rename the "Equal Opportunity for All Students Act."
In committee · 3
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
"Nancy's Law"; create to provide remedies for investigation of vulnerable person abuse.