Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Rita Potts Parks
Sponsored
Became law7
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of various organizations.
Personal property; revise definition of when used in any statute.
Administrative Procedures Act; require certain occupational licensing boards to review their rules every three years.
Local entities; prohibit ordinances regulating the use of certain containers.
Ad valorem tax; revise provisions regarding payment where county inadvertently exempted property, revise certain homestead exemption.
Guaranteed asset protection waivers; allow sales of and regulate.
Corinth and Burnsville; Corinth may sell water to Burnsville and Burnsville may contract to purchase the water.
Passed the Senate4
State Inland Port Authority; revise the powers and duties of.
Mississippi chartered or domiciled banks; provide for parity with foreign banks when extending open end credit.
Banks; revise merger process to align with the Mississippi Business Corporation Act.
Mississippi Debt Management Services Act; exclude certain for-profit debt settlement providers.
Out of committee3
Mississippi Credit Availability Act; extend the repeal date on.
Pawnshops; revise procedure for the confiscation of pledged goods by law enforcement.
Appraisal management companies; prohibit criminal background checks as condition of employment for.
In committee6
Administrative Procedures Act; revise the maximum number of days for which a temporary rule may be effective.
CON; issue to county-owned hospital in Tippah County for additional nursing facility beds.
Local governments; preempt authority to regulate the testing or operation of unmanned aircraft systems for business purposes.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS.
Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance; revise salary of.
Commissioner of Banking; authorize to examine financial institutions service providers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries.
Financial institutions; provide the order of priority to access a safe-deposit box upon death of lessee.
Dog fighting; revise offense of and penalty for.
Passed the Senate · 3
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Elections; prohibit incumbent candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.
"Mississippi Opioid Crisis Commission"; establish to develop comprehensive solution to opioid issues.
Out of committee · 1
Cargo theft; create crime and provide penalties.
In committee · 1
Health insurance coverage for autism therapy services; remove age limitation.