Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Angela Burks Hill
Sponsored
Became law3
Motor vehicles; clarify that receiving title is not contingent on tag purchase if vehicle will not be driven.
Domesticated dogs and cats; revise offense of abuse of.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Passed the Senate6
Baby Drop-off Law; revise certain definitions.
Governmental entities; prohibit public funding of advertising lobbying activities and certain conventions.
Motor vehicles; clarify permission for wrecker and repair services to sell vehicles not titled and registered in their names.
Tax assessors; revise type of educational recognition certificate necessary to receive annual salary supplement.
Counties; authorize civil debt for cost of cleaning real property.
Service of tax sale notices; revise to allow service by a constable.
Out of committee4
Probation and parole officers; limit number of cases that may be handled.
Pseudoephedrine; require written log of over-the-counter sales.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
State offenders serving sentences in county jails; extend repealer on.
In committee48
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA); no physician supervision required after two years of practice in good standing.
Protection of free speech and association at public universities; withhold state funds for unconstitutional policy.
State agency budget information to be submitted to LBO & posted on website; include MOE/MOU agreements & fed. contract information.
Columbia Training School property; DFA may transfer portion of to the Marion County Board of Supervisors.
Department of Health; prohibit mandatory water-supply fluoridation.
Guardianship; clarify a parent's right to nominate a guardian in TPR proceedings and clarify the fictive kin disposition alternative.
Youth court records; parents have right to redacted copies.
Female genital mutilation; prohibit and create civil cause of action.
Alteration or renaming of historical monuments, memorials and streets; prohibit and provide sanctions.
Federal MOU/MOE or contract agreements; require publication by state agencies.
Economic interest statements; require local governing authorities to file with Ethics Commission.
PERS; cap external investment management fees and require annual reporting.
Cosmetology Licensure Law; exempt eyebrow threading from.
Income tax; authorize credit for expenditures for participation of a child in a private education program.
Financial statement filed with Secretary of State by nonprofit free clinics; require instead of full audit.
Health insurance; require coverage for supplies used after surgery to remove bladder or colon.
Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced.
Texting while driving; revise penalty when resulting in death or injury.
Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; require Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT cards.
Vaccinations; disclose information statements upon request and create medical exemption.
Technical violations; revise definition for purposes of parole revocation.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Bond counsel; require selection through a competitive request for proposals process.
MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.
Education standards; replace Common Core with ELA Standards.
Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.
Public purchases; exempt certain purchases by local governing authorities from reverse auction requirement.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; require supervision of civil actions brought by occupational licensing boards.
Absentee voting; revise absentee balloting procedures.
Dog and cat abuse; create statewide online registry of offenders.
County purchases; increase the minimum acquisition costs of items and services.
Transgender 21 Act; enact.
CPS abuse investigations; require workers to record interviews with parents and children.
State Health Insurance Management Board; add certain academic medical officials to the board.
Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy.
Uninsured Motorist Act; allow political subdivisions to offset claim by medical expenses paid under workers' comp.
Health Care Certificate of Need Law; repeal.
Board of Supervisors; authorize designation as "first responder" after completion of coursework.
School vaccinations; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on religious grounds.
Camping on public property and sidewalks; preempt local ordinances authorizing.
School districts; revise procedures of district-to-district student transfers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure and temporary practice permits for certain military applicants.
Veterans Forms DD 214 and NGB-22; provide for recordation by chancery clerk.
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Disabled veteran with service-connected disability; clarify procedure for concealed weapons permit.
State Auditor; authorize to examine tax returns necessary for auditing certain federal benefits.
Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Department of Agriculture and Commerce - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 7
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
Highways; require Dept. of Transportation to erect signs directing motorists to Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Out of committee · 2
Cottage food operation; increase maximum annual gross sales to $50,000.00 and authorize to advertise over the internet.
Mississippi Corrupt Persons List; create.
In committee · 4
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.
Public officials holding more than one elected position; prohibit.