Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
David Blount
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Medical records requests; require timely response to patients.
Out of committee2
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Alternative nicotine products; impose a tax upon and regulate under the Tobacco Tax Law.
In committee24
Municipally owned waterworks; prohibit from charging higher rates to certain customers in another municipality.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; revise boundaries to include Battlefield Park.
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students.
Appropriation FY 2021; to University of Mississippi Medical Center for fire protection.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and payment of fines.
Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County in paying the construction costs of the Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Board of Nursing; revise penalties for prohibited conduct and authorize the recovery of reasonable costs.
Licensed professional counselors; clarify licensure fees.
Official State Flag; revise the design of.
Community schools; authorize.
Trauma-Informed Discipline Practices Act; enact.
Department of Revenue; authorize to charge fees to defray costs of ABC warehouse, and to sell warehouse and buy replacement.
Jackson State University; authorize to sell certain tax-forfeited parcels.
Youth access to tobacco; revise to include alternative nicotine products.
Hinds Community College District Board of Trustees; provide for selection of.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Tobacco tax; define tobacco products to include electronic smoking devices for purposes of 15% excise tax.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Terry in paying costs of constructing a community center and storm shelter.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Bonds; authorize issuance of $20 Million for interest-free loans to independent colleges in the state.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; increase DFA's borrowing authority and divert use tax revenue for.
Absentee Voter Law; authorize 2020 electors to vote by in-person absentee and remove notary requirements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Brewpubs and small craft breweries; remove certain limits and prohibitions.
Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
City of Jackson; authorize city to adopt ordinance to permit motor-assisted scooters to operate on certain city streets.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 7
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Historic structure tax credit; extend deadline for eligibility.
School board members; increase pay.
Municipalities; establish expedited procedure to acquire and clear title on tax-forfeited lands.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Solemnize marriage; authorize certain federal judges to perform rites.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 4
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Highways; include certain entrances and exits to and from Interstate 55 in the state highway system.
Domestic violence shelters; revise eligibility for funds.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.