Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Angela Burks Hill
Sponsored
Became law2
Landlord/tenant act; clarify eviction and stay of proceedings.
City of Columbia; authorize tax on hotels, motels and restaurants for tourism, parks and recreation.
Passed the Senate4
Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.
Motorcycles and bicycles; allow to proceed through red light if green light is not triggered.
Baby Drop-off Law; revise certain definitions.
MS Transportation Commission; authorize to require its contractors to provide work zone safety operations.
Out of committee1
Practice of surveying; exclude certain activities from the definition of.
In committee65
Munchausen by proxy; constitutes child and elder abuse.
Youth court records; parents have right to redacted copies.
Immigration workforce violations; employers using temporary workers held accountable.
State parks; exempt veterans who have been adjudged to have a total service-connected disability from entry fees.
Guardianship; clarify a parent's right to nominate a guardian in TPR proceedings and clarify the fictive kin disposition alternative.
Teacher certification; provide exemption for qualification for licensure to certain individuals.
Female genital mutilation; prohibit and create civil cause of action.
White-tailed deer enclosures; require owners to apply to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for a permit.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21.
Nursing home care; authorize nursing home resident or representative to have monitoring device installed in room.
False report of child abuse or neglect; provide criminal penalties and civil liability.
Concealed carry permit holders; names of those revoked not confidential.
Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.
Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced.
Vaccine safety; SDH require vaccine information statements to be supplied to individual receiving the vaccination.
Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2019-2020 school year.
Alteration or renaming of historical monuments, memorials and streets; prohibit and provide sanctions.
Campaign finance reports; to be available on county and municipal websites.
Federal MOU/MOE or contract agreements; require publication by state agencies.
Qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements; authorize for reimbursing medical expenses of employees.
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Health insurance; require coverage for supplies used after surgery to remove bladder or colon.
Office of Public Safety Planning of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; transfer to DFA.
Columbia Training School property; DFA may transfer portion of to the Marion County Board of Supervisors.
Daily planning period for classroom teachers; specify minimum planning time.
"Reform How Federal Grants are Provided to the State Act"; create.
Establishing Production of Economic Analysis in the State Legislature Act; create.
DUI; ignition-interlock mandatory for third and subsequent offense.
Prohibit public schools from demeaning and threatening law enforcement officers; violating school not eligible for funding.
Tax offender registry; create.
Economic interest statements; require local governing authorities to file with Ethics Commission.
Voluntary health services without fee; add professions and provide for continuing education.
Dept. of Agriculture; require to place a notice of amount of federal & state fuel tax per gallon on gasoline & diesel fuel pumps.
Income tax; authorize credit for expenditures for participation of a child in a private education program.
State agency budget information to be submitted to LBO & posted on website; include MOE/MOU agreements & fed. contract information.
Child Protection Services social worker interviews with parents or children; require video and audio recordings.
Probation and parole officers; limit number of cases that may be handled.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA); no physician supervision required after two years of practice in good standing.
Vaccination required for school attendance; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on parental, philosophical or religious grounds.
Appropriation MDE FY2019; reduce funding for State Department of Education and transfer to classroom supplies.
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services; authorize privatization of social worker services.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; may review existing regulations to ensure compliance with state policy.
Earned-release supervision; Parole Board to approve before offender is released on.
Executive Branch Public Advocacy Transparency Act; require disclosure of funding of public relations communications.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; authorize Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT Cards.
Executive Branch Transparency in Testimony Act; require disclosure of grant motive for advocating policy.
Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Highway traffic; violation to maliciously impede.
Bail; clarify judicial responsibility to conduct criminal background check.
School bus; driver's license suspended for unlawfully passing when stopped.
Pseudoephedrine; require written log of over-the-counter sales.
Sales taxation; divert a certain amount of revenue from to the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund.
Protection of free speech and association at public universities; withhold state funds for unconstitutional policy.
Eyebrow threading; exempt from Cosmetology Licensure Law.
Governmental entities; prohibit public funding of advertisements, lobbying activities and certain conventions or other meetings.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Dog and cat abuse; conform reporting to FBI guidelines.
Texting while driving; revise penalty when resulting in death or injury.
Dog and cat abuse; create statewide online registry of offenders.
Vacation rentals; preempt local regulation of.
Technical violations; revise definition of for purposes of parole revocation.
Mobile food vendors; provide for the regulation of.
Standardized tests administered by school districts; impose statutory limit on number of.
Electric grid; direct Public Service Commission to study threats to and propose measures to strengthen security of.
Ad valorem tax; exempt motor vehicles held by a wrecker service for resale.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
College tuition; spouses and children of U.S. Armed Forces members may keep in-state residency classification throughout enrollment.
Sales tax; exempt transfer of motor vehicle between siblings.
Public office; persons convicted of certain crimes are ineligible to qualify as a candidate for or be appointed to.
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
Sex offenders; employers must notify parent or guardian of certain minors who come in contact with registered employee.
Fraudulent reports; Child Protection Services may divulge information under certain circumstances.
State Veterans Affairs Board; authorize to provide service to state veterans homes.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; conform to federal law and revise penalties.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and solicitations for charitable contributions.
State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.
Landowners Protection Act; create.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to the Junior League of Jackson.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Passed the Senate · 4
Advocate confidentiality law; protect certain information held by rape crisis and domestic violence programs.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Critical infrastructure; define crimes of impeding and trespassing against.
Local governmental entities; authorize to pay costs of insurance coverage for dependents of employees.
In committee · 2
Electric and hybrid vehicles; repeal annual tax on.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.