Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Lester Carpenter
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Highway patrolmen; allow active duty to teach driver education and training programs.
Out of committee1
Open Meeting Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include discussions by boards of trustees of public hospitals.
In committee4
Open Meetings Law; authorize court to void certain actions taken in violation of.
Election Commissioners; revise the qualifying deadline for.
PERS; all public safety employees vest in 4 years and are entitled to allowance with 25 years of service.
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcholic Beverage Control Law.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence when damages from.
Real Estate Brokers License; revise the requirements to be granted such a license.
The "Life Equality Act"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in event of certain disasters or emergencies.
Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; extend repealer on authority to contribute to Northeast Mississippi Community Services.
Passed the House · 5
Memorial Highway; designate U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County as "Speaker William J. 'Billy' McCoy Memorial Highway."
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Emerging Crops Fund; increase maximum loan amount and total bonding authority under.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; revise provisions regarding issuance of various veterans tags.
Regulatory Reduction Pilot Program; create.
In committee · 17
Sheriffs; revise information maintained on prisoner meal logs.
Health insurance carriers; require to cap patient cost for prescriptions for insulin drugs.
"Keeping Our Municipalities Clean Pretrial Intervention Act"; create.
Interstate Compact on Second Amendment Sactuary; authorize State of MS to enter into with other southern states.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property to volunteer fire departments for use solely in department purposes.
School Immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religous beliefs.
Statewide Elections Management System; remove voters who fail to respond to notice and who fail to vote after certain period of time from.
State Superintendent of Public Education; align salary to no more than 150% of Governor's salary.
Historic monuments and memorials; delete authority to move.
Qualification deadline; change to February 1 for statewide and county elected officials.
School athletics and extracurricular activities; require SBE to review and recommend revisions for administration of.
Ad valorem tax; authorize tax assesor to change assessment under certain circumstances.
"The Fairness Act"; enact to prohibit biological males from participating in athletic sports specifically designated for females.
Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations of students failing initial screener.
ETV; Legislature not appropriate general funds to after fiscal year 2021, use funds for National Guard.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
City of Olive Branch; authorize levying of additional tax on hotels and motels for certain improvements.