Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Dennis DeBar, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
MS Highway 63; designate segment of in Greene County as "Senator George Cecil McLeod, Jr., Memorial Highway."
Passed the House1
Recreational activities; add aircraft to list of authorized activities on certain land.
Out of committee1
Traffic signal lights; direct MDOT to install and operate at highway intersection in George County.
In committee8
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
County attorney; change office to nonpartisan.
Visitation rights; amend Grandparents' Rights Law to include great-grandparents.
Mississippi Highway 42; require MDOT to reconstruct a portion in Forrest and Perry Counties to four lanes.
Weapons permit; revise law to allow constitutional carry.
Highways; direct MDOT to construct overpasses/underpasses at locations along U.S. Highway 98 in George County.
Driver's License; expand eligibility for "Vet" designation to any person honorably discharged from U.S. Armed Forces.
Cemeteries; provide for right of access to and increase penalties for desecration of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Weapons; clarify definition of concealed.
"Wounded Warrior Special Programs"; authorize Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to establish in wildlife management areas and refuges.
Agricultural crimes; revise crime of livestock theft.
MS Public Records Act; exempt weapon permit information.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Human Trafficking; revise law.
Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; establish.
Students of military personnel residing on base; allow parent or legal guardian to choose school or school district of enrollment.
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Passed the House · 12
Appropriation: State Government Agencies Budget Contingency Fund and Capital Expense Fund; additional 2013.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand to include emergency management personnel and provide additional funding.
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
MS Transportation Commission; authorize to donate real property in Perry County, Mississippi, to U.S. Forest Service.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shell receive by reciprocity when in MS.
U.S. Flag; authorize flying at 1/2-staff when member of the Armed Forces dies on active duty.
Vessel pilots; limit and regulate liability of.
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Mississippi Tort Claims Act; revise to include volunteer fire departments when performing governmental activities.
Caylee's law; enact.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ veterans.
Bonds; authorize issuance for road improvements in oil producing counties & create income tax credit for new oil production jobs.
Out of committee · 2
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Rail Authority of East Mississippi with certain projects.
In committee · 9
Sex offenders; prohibit residing near victim and require notice to persons residing near offender.
Abortion; prohibit abortion of unborn with a detectable heartbeat without informed written consent.
Public records; exempt weapon permit holders.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.
State Board of Medical Licensure; add nurse practitioner member of Mississippi Board of Nursing to.
Circuit court; provide additional judge for 12th Circuit Court District.
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.