Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, Senate.
Kevin Blackwell
Sponsored
Passed the Senate3
Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create.
Local school boards; prescribe educational qualifications and compensation.
Elections; exclude runoffs from provisions requiring a certain number of machines to be used or a certain number of ballots printed.
In committee8
Elections; amend training requirements for resolution board members.
School district consolidation; require one school per county.
Humane societies; revise exemption from registration criteria.
Health care certificate of need; authorize additional Medicaid-certified beds at PRTF in DeSoto County.
School cafeteria costs; school districts may take administrative action when students don't pay for meals.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2020.
Wireless E911 service charges; revise the administration and disbursement of.
Surplus county road department equipment; authorize transfer to other county departments.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Students who withdrew from school before graduation; authorize high school diploma for achieving reasonably comparable requirements.
Unclaimed dead bodies; board of supervisors or the coroners shall direct burial or cremation of.
Risk-based capital requirements; revise for life and/or health insurers upon company action level event.
Insurance producers; revise various laws regarding licensure of.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2019.
Public records law; exempt certain hunting license record of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
DUI Modernization and Technology Act; create.
Passed the Senate · 7
Sale tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
School district financial advisors; those appointed by State Supt. of Education deemed as independent contractors & clarify payment.
Sanctuary cities; prohibit, and require local cooperation with federal immigration control.
Campaign finance; require the itemization of certain expenditures.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
Marshall County; authorize contributions to charitable nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income taxation.
In committee · 8
Lottery; create and use proceeds to supplement the MS Adequate Education program & fund highway construction and maintenance.
Community colleges; county taxes collected for shall be transmitted directly to instead of to chancery clerk.
County court administrators; provide for direct payment of salaries by participating counties.
DeSoto County; sheriff's office may be located more than 1/2 mile from the courthouse.
Intercept gaming winnings of parents with a child support arrearage; provide procedures for.
Income tax; authorize a credit for active members of the United States Armed Forces.
Marshall County; authorize contributions to Headstart.
Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and Tishomingo Counties; authorize contributions to NE Mississippi Community Services, Inc.