Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Sollie B. Norwood
Sponsored
In committee9
Health insurance; Commissioner of Insurance must approve rate filings containing an increase in premiums.
Compulsory school attendance law; criminal penalties for parents who do not make their children available for registration.
Expunction; consolidate statutes concerning.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
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.
Mississippi High School Activities Association; required to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Jackson State University; authorize to sell certain tax-forfeited parcels.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Passed the Senate · 2
Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; available to nontraditional licensed teachers under certain conditions.
Comprehensive eye examination for students prior to enrollment; recommend.
In committee · 20
Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of for replacement of a bridge on Meadowbrook Road in the City of Jackson.
Dues for membership in professional organizations; authorize payroll deduction by school employee.
Corporal punishment in public schools; prohibit for any student with an IEP or Section 504 plan.
State Flag; revise design of.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.
Offenders; MDOC to establish rules regarding uniforms for and items that may not be possessed by.
City of Jackson; authorize to create special local improvement taxing districts.
Bonds; authorizes issuance to assist Hinds County with development of a regional wastewater treatment facility.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Jackson Municipal Airport Authority with Aeroplex Development project.
Bonds; authorize to assist Hinds County in paying costs associated with the Hinds Parkway Road project.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Hawkins Field Airport in Jackson.
Bonds; authorize to assist Hinds County with construction of a mental & behavioral health court/collaborative facility.
Bonds; authorize to renovate portion of Metrocenter Mall to house Hinds Community College Workforce Training Center.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Hinds County Development Project Loan Fund to allow use for construction of a parking garage.
City of Jackson; authorize additional tax on hotels and motels and extend repeal date on Convention and Visitors Bureau.