Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Kevin Blackwell
Sponsored
Became law6
Elections; impose residency requirement to run for certain offices.
Public Records Act; exempt certain information technology-related information from.
Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise investment required by qualified businesses under the MS Health Care Industry Zone Act.
Public office; persons convicted of certain crimes are ineligible to qualify as a candidate for or be appointed to.
County tax assessors; increase annual salary supplement upon the completion of certain certifications.
Judicial offices; change qualifying deadline to March 1.
Passed the Senate2
Division of Medicaid; clarify authority to apply for waivers, etc.
Electioneering; prohibit for all persons in any public area within 150 feet of polling place.
Out of committee4
Counties and municipalities; revise bid process for selecting a depository.
Affidavit ballots; certain persons who vote by must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption within 3 days.
Expunction/expungement; revise for those acquitted or found not guilty.
Mississippi Student Absentee Voting Act; enact.
In committee28
Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act; enact.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for a workforce center in Southaven, Mississippi.
Ad valorem tax on inventory tax; phase in exemption for certain small businesses.
Mississippi Daylight Protection Act; create.
Legislature; reduce size of beginning with the 2023 statewide general election.
School Safety Grant Program under State Department of Education; authorize specific funding of School Resource Officers.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Emergency management; local emergency may be declared by public official authorized by the governing body of a county.
Health Care CON review; party requesting or appealing a hearing on application is responsible for costs and attorney fees.
Civics portion of Naturalization Test; require passing score for high school graduates and GED applicants.
Local school boards; prescribe educational qualifications.
Statute of limitations; except sexual battery without regard to victim's age.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based upon school district student enrollment.
Uniform election of all school board members; require on a phased-in basis.
Mississippi Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; create and provide tax credits for certain investments.
Election commissioners; revise to be a nonpartisan office.
Board of supervisors; require insurance coverage parity among county elected officials.
Primary elections; certain duties regarding conduct of to be performed by local election commissions and clerks.
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
County tax assessors and collectors; increase the salaries of.
Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act; create.
Travel Insurance Act of 2019; create.
Bonds; authorize in amount of $50,000.00 for repairs, renovations and HVAC installation at DeSoto County Animal Shelter.
Bonds; authorize issuance in amount of $300,000.00 to assist Town of Byhalia in renovation of the Old School Commons building.
Public agencies; prohibit from requiring nonprofit organizations to disclose the personal information of their members.
Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Bonds; authorize to assist Marshall County in improving Barringer Road for Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park access.
Bonds; authorize to assist Marshall County in building emergency response center to serve Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow president of county board of supervisors to declare.
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $1,500.00 increase.
Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Act; create.
State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.
Landowners Protection Act; create.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to the Junior League of Jackson.
DeSoto County; authorize to complete certain road projects that may extend beyond the term of the board of supervisors.
Passed the Senate · 3
Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.
DeSoto County; authorize contributions to the DeSoto County Economic Development Council, Inc.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Out of committee · 2
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Marshall County; certain road contracts within Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park may extend beyond term of board of supervisors.
In committee · 8
Podiatric medicine; revise definition of to include ankle care.
Waste management fees; exempt certain county-owned nonhazardous solid waste management facilities from.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; authorize Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT Cards.
Appropriation from State BP Settlement Fund FY2020; to DeSoto County for Highway 305 improvements.
2018 Transportation and Infrastructure Improvements Fund; specify additional highway projects in DeSoto County.
2018 Transportation and Infrastructure Improvements Fund; specify additional Highway 51 project in DeSoto County.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.