Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Became law2
Memorial highway; designate portion of Highway 82 bridge in Washington County as the "Jesse Brent Memorial Bridge."
City of Greenville, authorize the city to make contributions to the Greenville Public School District.
Passed the Senate1
Youth court custody orders; authorize electronic monitoring.
In committee28
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; applies to students through age 18 and increase penalties for parents.
Youth court; clarify original jurisdiction of certain serious crimes.
School district consolidation incentive grants; establish program in the State Department of Education.
Tax assessors and collectors; increase salaries.
Appropriations FY2015; State Department of Health, Taborian Urgent Care Center medical services.
School district financial procedures; clarify distribution of funds and time of payment of school employee salaries.
School Start Date Act of 2012; repeal.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Assault; add youth court personnel to the list of victims triggering enhanced penalty.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Bolivar County School District consolidation; repeal mandated school district consolidation law.
Teacher salaries funded under the MAEP; provide for 5% across-the-board increase.
Creation of innovation schools and innovation zones in school districts; authorize.
Court administrators; revise continuing education requirements.
Domestic abuse courts; authorize implementation.
Expunction; revise list of felonies that a first-time offender is allowed to expunge.
Habitual criminal; revise computation of prior convictions.
Digital privacy; labor and employment protections.
Sex offender registration; conform to Adam Walsh Act for certain juvenile offenders.
Juvenile sentencing; provide criteria for determining parole eligibility & require hearing before imposing life without parole.
Sex offender registration; clarify for very young offenders.
Lotteries; repeal advertising prohibitions.
Earned time; exempt juvenile offenders from the provisions which could make them ineligible for a reduction in sentence.
Trusty time; exempt juvenile offenders from provisions that could make them ineligible for a reduction in sentence.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement 5% across-the-board increase.
Appropriation FY2015; Supreme Court fund MS Civil Legal Assistance program.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
City of Greenville; authorize to levy a 1% sales tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
2014 Second Extraordinary Session · Disaster response and recovery costs; authorize transfer to disaster trust fund.
State employees; authorize use of earned medical leave for adoption and foster care placement.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
"Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
Agritourism; extend repealer on section regulating agritourism.
Health insurance policies; clarify when policies must include coverage for mental illness.
Law enforcement officers; not required to use personal or major medical leave when injured in line of duty.
Contractor's liens; revise stop notice law.
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
Sales tax; exempt certain guided tour activities and certain livestock admissions and parking.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes and revise distribution of severance tax revenue.
Passed the Senate · 5
Mississippi Qualified Health Center/Rural Health Clinic Incubator Grant Program; establish in the State Department of Health.
Expunction of felony; revise.
Texting while driving; constitutes careless driving.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; increase amount of benefits.
Family medicine residency programs; clarify eligible programs for funding under the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Corrections and Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2014; enact.
In committee · 6
Public School Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Attorney-member of Legislature; automatic continuance upon application.
Racial/impact statements; authorize issuance of when proposed legislation may affect criminal offender populations.
Child care payment system; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund it.