Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Dennis DeBar, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law8
Wayne County; extend repealer on assessment on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex.
Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; extend repealer on.
Provisions of the Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on.
Failing school districts; extend repealer on.
Teachers; revise licensure.
The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; revise and extend repealer.
Greene County; extend repeal date on assessments in justice court.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Passed the Senate2
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
State and School Health Insurance Management Board; authorize superintendent of education to name designee.
Out of committee1
Nonadjudication; mandatory in certain cases.
In committee20
Part-time law enforcement officers; revise salary threshold determination.
Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.
Railroad company stockholders; authorize to have the same rights as shareholders of corporation under MS Business Corporation Act.
Department of Education; authorize to receive donations.
Sales tax; provide 2% tax rate for sales of utility terrain vehicles, also known as side-by-side vehicles.
School employee salary supplements; remove limitation on number of school nurses and language therapists eligible for.
Department of Corrections; shall pay correctional facility employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
MDOC; require to provide cash overtime pay instead of comp time to correctional facility employees.
Appropriation; Department of Education for statewide school mobile panic button program.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize disability decal for Grand Lodge of Mississippi, Free and Accepted Masons, tag.
Board of Nursing; revise notice requirement for special meetings.
Department of Education; require to develop a statewide school mobile panic button program.
Age of majority; revise.
Divorce; rebuttable presumption of joint custody of minor children.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise membership of.
State offenders; MDOC to reimburse counties for medical and legal fees of.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; revise provisions regarding issuance of various veterans tags.
Occupational licenses; provide for apprenticeships and alternative elective credit.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in renovation and expansion of George Regional Health System in Lucedale.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in renovation and expansion of Greene County Rural Events Center in Leakesville.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Office of Workforce Development; establish.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 4
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Child advocacy centers; immunity from civil liability.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 1
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.