Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Josh Harkins
Sponsored
Became law2
Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act; delete the repealer on.
Cannabidiol; clarify use in research of seizures and other medical conditions.
Passed the Senate7
Nissan Scholarship Program; authorize Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board to administer.
Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board; must report on the effectiveness of state financial aid programs.
Enhanced eligibility verification system; direct Division of Medicaid to establish.
Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance; repeal certain programs.
MSU and USM; buildings erected on university land leased to private entities for student housing is exempt from taxation.
Municipal appointments; clarify service limitation period for certain hold-over and interim appointments.
Certain electric or natural gas public utilities; authorize to undertake economic development activities.
Out of committee4
Debts; authorize community and junior colleges to collect through setoff against a debtor's income tax return.
Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant Program; increase minimum GPA to qualify.
Naturopathic medicine; provide for the licensing of practitioners.
Community and junior colleges; may enter into loans for up to 30 years with board of trustees' approval.
In committee16
MS Works Scholarship Pilot Program; establish to assist career and technical education students at community colleges.
Certificate of Foreign Birth; allow issuance by Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Foreign adoptions; certain parents may proceed pro se in registration of.
Licensed Professional Counselors practice act; bring forward sections.
Income tax; authorize certain contributions to support the MS Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program.
Liquefied compressed gas; establish reporting requirements for importers of.
Counties; maintain public drainage system on private lands.
MSU; authorize to enter into a long-term lease for housing and retail purposes.
Mississippi Private Investigation Regulatory Act; create.
"Health Care Collaboration Act of 2017"; establish under management of UMMC Health System Authority.
Certificate of Foreign Birth; authorize issuance by Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Airport Authorities Law; certain airport property is exempt from ad valorem tax only if it is used for aeronautical purposes.
Income taxation; increase credits authorized for providers of broadband services at institutions of higher learning.
Mississippi Savings Initiative; create.
Rankin County; authorize to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages in a certain qualified resort area.
Rankin County; authorize to erect and display certain signs on MS 25 near Sandhill.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Hunting & fishing; waive for veterans with certain disabilities when participating in certain events.
Cursive reading and writing; direct State Board of Education to require in elementary education curriculum.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Abused and neglected children; clarify alternative of relative care.
Sanctuary cities; prohibit adoption or enactment of.
Passed the Senate · 2
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Blue, Red and Med Lives Matter Act; create.
In committee · 4
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize Clinton to establish leisure and recreation districts.
Light wine or beer; authorize small craft breweries to sell light wine or beer they produce on the premises of the brewery.
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.