Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Larry Byrd
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Counties; increase threshold amount that requires a requisition, purchase, purchase order or receiving report.
Out of committee5
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; increase amount Legislature shall appropriate for deposit to.
Mississippi Dyslexia Forgivable Loan Program; increase number of students allowed in each cohort to 40.
MS Educator Dyslexia Awareness Act of 2017; create.
Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; revise certain provision and expand eligibility.
Dyslexia screenings; require local school districts to provide additional for students eligible for scholarship assistance.
In committee19
Right to farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.
All-terrain vehicles; require to be titled if purchased through a dealer.
Low-speed vehicles; authorize operation of on certain public roads.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Capital murder; add first responders and emergency medical technician.
Receipts of transfers; require those for lawnmowers to have date of manufacture.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; expand to include students in Grades K through 12.
MAEP; revise formula to reflect change from cap of 28 mills to annual variable cap based on statewide average millage rate.
State Palliative Care & Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council; establish in State Department of Health.
Counties; authorize to petition PSC for increase in emergency telephone and CMRS service charge under certain circumstances.
Adequate education program funds; withhold from districts failing to properly display flags or recite pledge of allegiance.
Suffrage; restore to Seagie J. Pace.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Appropriation; Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund for funding bridge program.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to portion of Old Richton Road in City of Petal.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for extension of Tyner Road in City of Petal.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Forrest County with road and bridge improvements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Back the Badge Act of 2017; create.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility through Grade 12.
Passed the House · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
Out of committee · 1
Stun gun; remove the term from the firearms category.
In committee · 6
Highway Patrol training class; require increase in sex offender registration to fund.
Firearms prohibition; create cause of action against property owners with.
Sanctuary policy; prohibit adoption or enactment of a.
Unattended vehicles; repeal violation for not properly parking or leaving engine running.
School attendance; authorize exemption from vaccination for conscientious beliefs.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.