Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Sollie B. Norwood
Sponsored
In committee15
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Legal state holidays; move Robert E. Lee's birthday observance to last Monday of April.
Motor vehicles; prohibit transfer without a title to a licensed used vehicle parts dealer or scrap metal processor.
Compulsory school attendance law; criminal penalties for parents who do not make their children available for registration.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Mississippi History Museum; no charge to Mississippi residents.
Expunction; consolidate statutes concerning.
Special sales tax; delete repeal date on provision that authorizes certain cities to levy.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas of.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Youth court; clarify original jurisdiction over certain serious offenses.
School resource officers; require uniform statewide training.
Tax sales; list of lienors on property sold at a tax sale shall be provided to bidders at the tax sale.
Appointment of special prosecutor; provide standard procedure.
Health insurance; Commissioner of Insurance must approve rate filings containing an increase in premiums.
Bonds; authorize to renovate portion of the Metrocenter Mall to house the Hinds Community College Workforce Development Training Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Capitol Complex Improvement District projects; authorize DFA to issue short-term debt to implement and administer projects.
Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Passed the Senate · 3
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
MS Transportation Commission; authorize to receive payments for the enforcement of traffic laws in work zones.
Jackson State University; authorize to sell certain tax-forfeited parcels.
Out of committee · 1
City of Jackson; authorize to create special local improvement taxing districts.
In committee · 10
Appropriation FY2019; continue funding Ayers Settlement Agreement.
Dues for membership in professional organizations; authorize payroll deduction by school employee.
College and Work Readiness Program between certain IHL universities and low-performing schools; establish.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to assist the City of Jackson in funding improvements to Smith Park.
Authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to Jackson-Evers International Airport and Hawkins Field.
City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it.