Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Dennis DeBar, Jr.
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Pat Harrison Waterway District; allow certain counties to join.
Out of committee2
Cargo theft; create crime and provide penalties.
Age of majority; revise.
In committee17
Juvenile offenders; provide alternative sentencing options.
Indecent assault; create crime of.
Special judges; expand authority of Chief Justice to appoint.
Supersedeas bonds; provide appellate procedure.
Judicial Advisory Study Committee; repeal.
Habitual offenders; revise maximum penalties under certain circumstances.
Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.
Birth certificates; record biological parent after paternity proceeding.
Child deaths; strengthen reporting mechanisms.
Department of Corrections; provide for increase in annual compensation for correctional facility employees.
MDOC; require to provide cash overtime pay instead of comp time to correctional facility employees.
MDOC; require to provide cash overtime pay instead of comp time to corrections supervisors and commanders.
Department of Corrections; shall pay correctional facility employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
MS Bureau of Narcotics; authorize to dispose of nonforfeited property when unclaimed.
Dogfighting; revise offense.
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions to certain charitable organizations.
Greene county; authorize to construct or acquire a county jail anywhere in the county.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
2018 First Extraordinary Session · BP Settlement Funds; deposit into State BP Settlement Fund and Gulf Coast Restoration Fund.
Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Passed the Senate · 3
Forensic Mental Health Act of 2018; create.
State parks; exempt veterans who have been adjudged to have a total 100% service-connected disability from entry fees.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
In committee · 6
Certified nurse practitioners; no physician supervision required if over 3,600 hours of clinical practice.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
Lottery; create and use proceeds to supplement the MS Adequate Education program & fund highway construction and maintenance.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of bonds for construction of a law enforcement officer training facility in Harrison County.