Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Tyler McCaughn
Sponsored
Became law2
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of Mississippi Highway 15 in Newton County for Judge Marcus D. Gordon.
Corrections; senior status judge may authorize parole eligibility for nonviolent offender.
Passed the Senate1
Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts; create and repeal existing statutes on notaries public.
In committee8
Urine; create the crime of selling or tampering with urine.
Tax sales; create study committee to study solutions to unmerchantable and uninsurable titles resulting from.
Sales tax; exempt sales of poultry products to tax-exempt charities operating food banks, food pantries or food lines.
Divorce; either or both parties may be determined an injured party.
Subdivision plats; revise effectiveness.
Certificate of Need; direct issue to City of Newton for adult psychiatric beds.
Corrections; to revise the penalty for possession of cell phones or its components and/or accessories in county jails and prisons.
Nonadjudication; revise courts' authority.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
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.
Guardianships and conservatorships; revise GAP Act.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 7
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
Highways; require Dept. of Transportation to erect signs directing motorists to Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Corrupt Persons List; create.
In committee · 3
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement.
Law enforcements officers; clarify that certification is regulated by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training.