Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Joey Fillingane
Sponsored
Became law16
Department of Employment Security; extend repealer on.
Mississippi Foster Care Fund; provide an additional assessment on drug/alcohol violations for foster care programs.
Income tax; authorize a tax credit for contributions to certain endowed funds held by community foundations.
Tax exemptions; revise the requirements that a data center must meet to be eligible for.
Mississippi Development Authority; revise reimbursement procedure to allow across funds and administered programs.
Sales taxation; divert portion of revenue to certain counties in which certain tax increment finance projects are located.
Forgery; revise penalty for.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise persons eligible to be issued the Gold Star license tag.
Qualified equity investment tax credits; extend authority of Mississippi Development Authority to allocate.
Mississippi Home Corporation; continue authority to issue a certain amount of bonds.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; payroll and fringes may be included in base investment for certain motion picture companies.
Variable rate refunding bonds; delete requirement that issuance must result in 2% saving over the bonds being refunded.
Mississippi Development Authority; authorize to sell certain property.
GAP (Guard and Protect vulnerable children and adults) Act; revise guardianship and conservatorship laws.
Public purchasing; extend repeal date on law which regulates contracts for energy efficiency services.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Vetoed1
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repeal date on MDA's authority to use for certain expenses.
Passed the Senate2
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services; change statutory references.
Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; repeal and transfer balance to the General Fund.
Out of committee2
Towing of vehicle; wrecker company allowed to retain personal property pending payment of towing bill.
Tax exemptions; revise requirements that a business enterprise in the aerospace industry must meet to be eligible for.
In committee42
Income tax; authorize counties and municipalities to collect certain debts by setoff against the debtor's income tax refund.
Concealed carry license; revise renewal of.
Naturopathic medicine; provide for the licensing of practitioners.
Income tax; authorize a tax credit for contributions to certain endowed funds held by community foundations.
Prohibition against certain real property covenants; revise.
Income tax; authorize counties and municipalities to collect certain debts by setoff against the debtor's income tax refund.
Age of consent; revise a principal's responsibility to report a teacher/student sexual relationship.
DUI; eliminate nonadjudication option.
Tax title; clarify subsequent suit to quiet and confirm.
Department of Revenue; increase maximum number of employees that may be designated to be law enforcement officers.
Capital offense; include murders committed at churches and schools.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for in the amount of $10,000,000.00.
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission; reestablish as special fund agency.
Vaccinations; allow religious belief exemption from requirement for school attendance.
Towing of vehicle; wrecker company allowed to retain contents of vehicle pending payment of towing bill.
School property; ban texting and vaping on.
E-cigarettes; ban in schools.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Mississippi Development Authority programs.
Ad valorem taxes; board of supervisors shall act as appellate authority in property valuation disputes.
Special motor vehicle license tags; authorize for the Jefferson Davis County School District.
Tax Credit Scholarship; enact to provide qualifying students eligibility to use to cover eligible education expenses.
Pat Harrison Waterway District; allow certain counties to join.
Small Business and Grocer Investment Act; extend repeal date on.
Retirement; allow certain retired law enforcement officers to be employed by public school districts & receive retirement benefits.
Income tax; exclude capital contribution by governmental entity from corporation's gross income.
Tax credit for headquarter relocation costs; extend repeal date on.
Athlete Agents Act; revise.
Electronic communication service providers; confidentiality of certain legal process.
Uniform Probate and Trust Codes; enact portions.
Virtual pornographic images; prohibit.
Income tax; extend repealer on tax credit for certain charges for using certain port and airport facilities.
Urine; create the crime of selling or tampering with urine.
Coupons or price-reduction instruments for the purchase of certain tobacco products and vapor products; prohibit.
Executors and administrators; revise.
Government contracts; require use of software to verify hours billed under contract are legitimate.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Prentiss with Infrastructure Improvements Project, Phase I.
Children's Promise Act; create.
Income tax; provide for method of apportioning income for certain freight forwarding businesses.
Sales tax; exempt sales of lottery tickets.
Income tax; provide for method of apportioning income of certain medical laboratory service businesses.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Hinds County Development Project Loan Fund to allow use for construction of a parking garage.
Co-sponsored
Passed the Senate · 2
Municipalities; extend repealer on provisions providing additional requirements for a certain municipality to annex territory.
Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
In committee · 3
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to the Institute of Southern Jewish Life.
Equine riders; require helmet for certain minors.
Bonds; allow issuance in amount of $250,000.00 to assist City of Winona in construction and placement of historic clock tower.