Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Fourth Circuit Court District; clarify precinct composition of subdistricts.
In committee64
Crimes of violence; revise list of offenses designated as such.
Trusty and earned-time programs; change eligibility to participate in.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Bonds; issue for the construction of career tech buildings at the Greenville Higher Education Center.
Counties; require to participate in the ACT Work Ready Community Initiative.
Parole; change list of offenses that make offenders convicted between 1995-2014 ineligible for.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
Expunction of conviction; revise.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing.
Violent habitual offender; revise.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Violent habitual offender; require bifurcated trial.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Statewide monetary assessments; discretionary.
Juvenile sentencing; provide criteria for determining parole eligibility and require hearing before imposing life without parole.
Landlord-tenant law; revise.
Expunction; allow for all nonviolent felonies.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Drug courts; amend criteria for participation in.
Public Defenders Education Fund; establish education and training cost.
Habitual offender; prior felonies more than 10 years prior not counted in calculation.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Marijuana; legalize.
Appropriation FY2020; West Bolivar School District for repairs and renovations at three high schools.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing as.
Marijuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients, including service-connected PTSD.
Counties, municipalities and school districts; require to publish their annual budget online.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt property used for housing and providing services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds to construct the Mississippi River Museum in Greenville.
Misdemeanants; may not possess a weapon under certain circumstances.
City of Greenville; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to certain city streets.
Community Policing and Transparency Act; create body-worn camera policy standards.
Expunction of felony; revise.
Expunction; allow after 20 years' good behavior.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Debtor exemptions; include personal injury settlement alongside already exempt personal injury judgment.
Habitual offender; revise computation of prior offenses.
Youthful offenses; revise when may be tried in circuit court.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Habitual offender sentencing; revise.
Controlled substance offenses; revise enhanced penalties.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Supervised release programs; revise terms and conditions of.
Pretrial detention; persons charged with certain misdemeanor offenses to be released on recognizance.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain.
Medical and geriatric release; revise authority of MDOC and MS Parole Board to grant.
Expunction; revise crimes.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
Driver's license suspension; revise.
Drug courts; become problem-solving courts.
Temporary day workers; protect labor and employment rights of.
Parole; change length of sentence to be served before offenders may request judicial recommendation of.
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Official State Flag; change design to that of the "Stennis Flag."
Income tax credit; authorize for taxpayers employing persons who have been convicted of certain nonviolent crimes.
Habitual offender; revise.
Voluntary physicians serving at public school athletic events; SBE implement program and provide tort immunity for physicians.
Bonds; authorize for street improvement in the City of Greenville.
City of Greenville; authorize to impose special sales tax to fund certain capital improvements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Institutions of higher learning/community colleges; require the award of educational credits for military training or service.
Mississippi Ports Improvements Fund; create.
Coahoma County; authorize reserve and trust fund trustees to use certain amount to supplement county general fund.
Passed the Senate · 1
Comprehensive eye examination for students prior to enrollment; recommend.
Out of committee · 1
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
In committee · 11
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Mississippi Pay Equity Act; prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.
Community Policing and Transparency Act; create body-worn camera policy standards.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Legal state holidays; move Robert E. Lee's birthday observance to last Monday of April.
Offenders; MDOC to establish rules regarding uniforms for and items that may not be possessed by.
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
City of Clarksdale; authorize the levying of special ad valorem tax to fund certain capital improvements.
City of Clarksdale; public utilities commission may be abolished by majority vote of electors voting in special election.