Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Kevin Blackwell
Sponsored
Became law3
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
Homestead exemption application form; shall include name, date of birth, SSN, phone number and email address of the applicant and spouse.
Medicaid; authorize extension of Management Information System and Support contracts.
Vetoed1
Marking election ballots; delete option of using indelible pencil to mark ballots.
Passed the Senate3
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
Electioneering; prohibit for all persons in any public area within a set distance of polling place.
City of Olive Branch; authorize 1% tax on hotels and motels for tourism and parks and recreation.
Out of committee2
Disabled children waiver; direct Division of Medicaid to apply.
City of Olive Branch; authorize 1% tax on hotels and motels and issuance of bonds for tourism and parks and recreation.
In committee34
Health care CON review; party requesting or appealing a hearing on application is responsible for costs and attorney fees.
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.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Legislature; reduce size of beginning with the 2023 statewide general election.
Mississippi Daylight Protection Act; create.
Affidavit ballots; reduce length of time within which certain persons must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption.
Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Restaurants; prohibit from deducting credit card processing fees from employees' gratuities.
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.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for a workforce center in Southaven, Mississippi.
Ad valorem tax on inventory; phase in exemption for certain small businesses.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Mississippi Student Absentee Voter Act; enact.
Local governmental entities; prohibit from requiring a license for certain businesses operated by a minor.
School board members; require uniform election on a phased-in basis.
Ad valorem taxes; consider annexed business "new enterprise" for purposes of eligibility for certain municipal tax exemptions.
Durable medical equipment; fix Medicaid reimbursement rate at 100% of Medicare rate.
Travel Insurance Act of 2020; create.
Universal Recognition of Occupational Licenses Act; enact.
Regulatory Reduction Program; require certain pilot agencies to implement.
Schools; require drinking fountains and water bottle filling stations in new or renovated facilities.
Medicaid Access and Opportunity Act of 2020; enact.
Physical therapy practice laws; revise various provisions of.
County-owned and municipality-owned animal shelters; require to spay or neuter cats and dogs.
Health insurance carriers; require to cap patient cost for prescriptions for insulin drugs.
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions relating to, including collaboration requirement.
Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.
Municipal elections; impose residency requirements to run for municipal governing authority offices.
Election campaign messages and materials; authorize prosecution for improper authorization or identification.
Nurse practitioners; authorize to dispense legend drugs to patients.
Commissioner of Insurance; shall resolve certain disputes between provider and insured regarding billing.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
State Auditor; authorize to examine tax returns necessary for auditing certain federal benefits.
School districts; revise employees and administrators subject to conflict-of-interest provisions.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Office of Workforce Development; establish.
Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; establish.
Domesticated dogs and cats; revise offense of abuse of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 10
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Department of Finance & Administration; require to conduct a biennial review of the state agency procurement process.
Memorial highway; designate portion of Mississippi Highway 302, also known as Goodman Road, in Horn Lake for Sam Dye.
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
School board members; increase pay.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; create.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Out of committee · 2
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Chandler's Law; create right for next of kin to obtain postmortem genetic information.
In committee · 11
Practice of optometry; require the Board of Optometry to define with certain exceptions.
Department of Corrections; shall contract to establish a state inmate cost-per-day review.
DFA; expand authority of Bond Advisory Division to audit local government use of certain bond funds.
Agency Open Data Act of 2020; enact.
Intervention courts; require best practices based on evidence or research.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement.
Tax sale overbid; remove the authority of a landowner to claim.
Zoning-enforcement actions; authorize recovery of attorney's fees and costs by local authorities.
Health care Certificate of Need; authorize for child/adolescent psych or chemical dependency beds in Lee County.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require to renew registration.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Lewisburg High School.