Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Lester Carpenter
Sponsored
Became law1
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
In committee3
Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Grant Fund; create and issue bonds to fund.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain felony offenses.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain business personal property from.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Community hospitals; authorize board of trustees members to participate in health insurance plan.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Commercial Driver's License Act; exclude certain equipment operated by Mississippi Military Department from definition of "commercial motor vehicle."
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Passed the House · 5
Districts of Innovations; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment or other nationally recognized assessment for purposes of school accountability designations.
Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.
Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.
Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in person visit.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if the federal law is amended to allow it.
Out of committee · 2
The Landowners Protection Act; create.
Appraisal management companies; prohibit criminal background check as a condition of employment.
In committee · 15
Domestic abuse protection orders; revise appellate procedure.
Abortion; prohibit after fetal heartbeat is detectable.
School athletic events; require local school boards to adopt policy granting free admission to veterans of United States Armed Forces.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance of tag with the words "Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo."
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles owned by disabled veterans.
University and colleges anti-hazing policy; require the Board of Trustees of IHL to develop policy against hazing and prescribe penalties for violations.
Autopsies; require to include inquiry about whether death was result of seizure or epilepsy.
Ad valorem tax; revise certain provisions regarding when an application for change of property assessment may be made.
Abortion facilities; prohibit selling stem cells derived from human embryo or fetus that was destroyed.
Theft of street, road or highway signs; provide penalties for.
ETV; Legislature not appropriate general funds to after fiscal year 2020, use funds for National Guard.
Performance of work when defendant unable to pay fine; clarify judge's discretionary rate of credit to be applied for work performed.
Mississippi Veterans Organizations Supplemental Funding Act of 2019; create.
First responders; declare certain diseases and conditions as work-related and entitling worker to benefits.
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.