Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Lester Carpenter
Sponsored
Became law4
Wild hogs; prohibit the transport of live.
Physician Order for Sustaining Treatment Act; create.
Rights of individual's with a terminal condition; require payment of health insurance and Medicaid benefits.
Tishomingo County; authorize to make certain contribution to Fellowship Christian Retreat, Inc.
Passed the House4
Fur-bearing animals; authorize commission on wildlife to revise the season on.
County tax collectors and deputies; provide additional compensation for those holding certificates of educational recognition.
Sheriffs and constables; revise fees charged for service of process.
Law enforcement officers; sidearm issued to officer killed in line of duty may be purchased by family.
Out of committee1
Finance charges; charges & premiums for credit insurance & auto club memberships by small loan licenses not considered as.
In committee9
Gaming; 25% of proceeds of charitable bingo game must be expended in county where game was conducted.
Volunteer fire departments; increase amount insurance company required to pay for response to fire.
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.
Traffic safety violator course; provide that it may be an Internet course.
Electronic citation; allow for traffic, misdemeanor and other citation.
Medicaid; provide civil immunity to physician Medicaid providers for services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Pregnancy; provide crime of child abuse for women using illegal drugs during.
CON; certain health care services shall be subject to CON review.
County tax assessors and collectors; bring forward section providing for salaries of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Weapons; clarify state preemption of local ordinances.
Driver's license; authorize reciprocal agreement with Republic of China (Taiwan).
"Andrew Lloyd Law"; require DHS to be notified before a mentally ill person receives treatment if person has minor children.
Executive Committee; prohibit certain persons from serving on municipal, county and state.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Justice court judges; revise population requirements for.
Controlled substance law; add certain drugs to Schedules I & IV.
State Auditor; authorize to conduct audits of state-funded economic development projects.
Abortion; prohibit performing at or after 20 weeks.
Sheriff's fees; clarify use of and revise compensation.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Vetoed · 1
Regional correctional facilities; remove cap on number of state inmates for which DOC is authorized to contract for the housing of inmates.
Passed the House · 8
MS Charter School Authorizer Board; provide protection from civil liability under the MS Tort Claims Act.
Controlled substances; revise hallucinogenic substances and synthetic cannabinoids.
Courts; prohibit from applying foreign law under certain circumstances.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Municipal airport authorities; add to definition of "public entity" to authorize use of New Markets Tax Credit.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of nonperishable foods, certain other sales and livestock admission and parking.
Duplicate license; prohibit public bodies from requiring licensees to appear in person to receive.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Out of committee · 5
Utility worker; killing of shall be capital murder.
Death sentence; revise time for appeals.
Controlled substances; felony to bring into state, county or municipal facility.
State or local government; prohibit from compelling a person to purchase certain health insurance products.
Courts; authorize to reduce probation period if offender participates in certain Department of Corrections programs.
In committee · 30
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
CPR/AED; require to be included in physical education curriculum as a requirement for graduation.
School Start Date Act; repeal to allow local school boards to determine the start of a new academic year as prescribed in Section 37-13-61.
School choice; establish opportunity scholarships and open enrollment for public school students.
Commercial driver's license; require DPS to provide for renewals in each county seat at request of board of supervisors.
Cosmetology Board; revise several provisions of licensure law.
School district superintendents; require all to be appointed beginning in 2016.
Dyslexia education; require instruction in for licensure as educator or administrator.
"The Municipal Election Reform Act of 2014"; create.
WMAs; authorize the commission to establish certain areas within for hunting deer and wild hogs with dogs during regulated seasons in.
Hunting regulation changes; require MS Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to provide certain public notice of proposed.
Voter Assistance; revise how an elector may receive and who can provide such to an elector.
MDOT law enforcement officers; authorize to enforce implied consent law.
Crimes; provide death penalty for certain child molestation.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
State boundaries; clarify in statue.
Weapons; prohibit public housing authorities from restricting lawful possession by residents.
Concealed weapons permit; exempt retired law enforcement officers.
Agricultural lease of prison lands; transfer management of from DFA to Secretary of State and reduce lease period.
Cosmetology licensure law; revise several provisions of.
Mississippi Physician Shield Act; create.
Certain personal service contracts for DOC; place under the purview of Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Counties and municipalities; prohibit from hindering employers' need to perform background.
Parole supervision fees; increase.
Community work centers; require hearing before Department of Corrections may close.
Guns; prohibit confiscation during natural disasters.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Fund; increase benefit and funding for.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.