Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
In committee18
Tax assessors and collectors; increase salaries.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Memorial highways; designate portion of Highway 82 bridge in Washington County as the "Jesse Brent Memorial Bridge."
Appropriations FY2014; State Department of Health, Taborian Urgent Care Center medical services.
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; applies to students through age 18 and increase penalties for parents.
School district financial procedures; clarify distribution of funds and time of payment of school employee salaries.
School district consolidation incentive grants; establish program in the State Department of Education.
School Start Date Act of 2012; repeal.
Youth court; clarify original jurisdiction of certain serious crimes.
Domestic abuse courts; authorize implementation.
Simple and aggravated assault; revise personnel triggering enhanced penalty.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Expunction; revise list of felonies that a first-time offender is allowed to expunge.
Court administrators; revise continuing education requirements.
Bolivar County school district consolidation; repeal mandated school district consolidation law.
Youth court custody orders; authorize electronic monitoring.
Teacher salaries funded under the MAEP; provide for 5% across the board increase.
Creation of innovation schools and innovation zones in school districts; authorize.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Gaming; courses related to service industry may be taught at certain state universities and colleges.
Domestic Violence Task Force; create.
Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program; establish in the State Department of Education.
Coahoma County; authorize a donation of real property to Coahoma Community College for expansion of the Allied Health Center.
Homestead exemption; certain leases between physically or mentally disabled and institutions are not homesteads.
Passed the Senate · 7
Driver's license; require license examiner at every county courthouse at least one day a month.
Domestic violence; revise and clarify elements of the offense.
Expunction; provide procedure for certain felonies of persons under 21 years of age at the time of conviction.
MS Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; create to provide job training grants for certain eligible business enterprises.
State agency property; authorize DFA as central leasing agent for all state agencies.
Community/junior boards; may waive out-of-state tuition for nonresident students employed by Mississippi-based companies.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
Out of committee · 1
Growth and Prosperity Act; certain businesses in high poverty census tracts are eligible.
In committee · 4
Counties; revise authority to invest excess funds.
Child support; arrearage not pursued absent proof of nonpayment.
Public construction; IHL Board shall manage certain state-funded construction projects for campus homes for university presidents.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.