Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Dennis DeBar, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Mississippi Code of Military Justice; increase certain fines provided for commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment.
Summary courts-martial; decision to grant a trial is reserved to the special or general court-martial convening authority.
Passed the Senate1
Indecent assault; create the crime of.
In committee10
ST: Certified nurse practitioners; no physician supervision required if over 3,600 hours of clinical practice.
Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.
Child abuse; felony if child tests positive for a controlled substance at birth.
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions relating to and delete requirement to practice in collaborative.
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.
Department of Corrections; shall pay correctional facility employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
Divorce; rebuttable presumption of joint custody of minor children.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for children under 21.
Wrongful conviction; revise terms of payment for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
Community hospitals; revise provisions regarding service area and proposed sale of.
Labeling; prohibit mislabeling of food products derived from animal cultures, plants and insects as meat or meat food products.
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 · 1
Baby Drop-off Law; revise certain definitions.
In committee · 2
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; authorize Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT Cards.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.