Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Randy Rushing
Sponsored
In committee9
Required weapons training course for enhanced carry permit; exempt servicemen.
Student transfer; prohibit school boards in districts graded "D" or "F" from denying to better performing district.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
State-assisted Local Road Construction and Maintenance Program; create for counties and municipalities under certain populations.
Retirement; PERS members convicted of job-related felonies shall be terminated from system.
Sentencing; provide incarceration option for first time nonviolent offenders.
Concealed weapons permit; exempt retired law enforcement officers.
Ad valorem taxes; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand to include emergency management personnel & provide additional funding.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Weapons; clarify state preemption of local ordinances.
Driver's license; authorize reciprocal agreement with Republic of China (Taiwan).
Wild hogs; prohibit the transport of live.
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".
Abortion; prohibit performing at or after 20 weeks.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Passed the House · 6
Erin's Law Awareness; authorize inclusion of as a component of required comprehensive school district safety plan.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Sirens; clarify which vehicles may be equipped with.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of nonperishable foods, certain other sales and livestock admission and parking.
Law enforcement officers; sidearm issued to officer killed in line of duty may be purchased by family.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Out of committee · 4
Utility worker; killing of shall be capital murder.
Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 2014; enact.
Capitol Police; authorize to administer chemical, breath, blood and urine tests.
The State Capitol Police; expand the law enforcement authority of within the state.
In committee · 24
Capital murder; include killing of public utility workers and emergency responders.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
Volunteer fire departments; increase amount insurance company required to pay for response to fire.
Mississippi Volunteer Firefighter Tuition Assistance Program; create.
Electronic citation; allow for traffic, misdemeanor and other citation.
County purchases; person making purchase without requisition is personally liable, not purchase clerk.
Counties; authorize to use radar equipment, in its discretion.
County budget expenses; require state to fully fund state services being subsidized by counties.
County vehicles and road equipment; authorize boards of supervisors to allow use between county departments.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
MDOT law enforcement officers; authorize to enforce implied consent law.
State boundaries; clarify in statue.
State inmates; prohibit conjugal visits for.
Weapons; prohibit public housing authorities from restricting lawful possession by residents.
PERS; provide that persons convicted of certain felonies may not receive benefits.
Guns; prohibit confiscation during natural disasters.
State Parole Board; authorize to place offenders under house arrest & to use conditional medical release.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Elected and appointed officials; require drug test and negative result before taking office.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Fund; increase benefit and funding for.
Private carrier of property; provide that may haul dirt, sand, gravel, limestone and any other surface minerals intrastate.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.