Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Brice Wiggins
Sponsored
Became law4
Fondling of a child under 18; revise offense and penalty.
Community hospitals; revise provisions concerning transparency.
Marine Resources; authorize the Commission on Marine Resources to revoke the license of person violating seafood laws.
City of Pascagoula; extend the repeal date on tourism tax authorized to be levied on prepared foods sold at restaurants.
Passed the Senate3
Witness Protection Program; create.
Mental Health Task Force; establish.
Legal proceedings; child witness to receive accommodations.
In committee21
Prekindergarten programs; establish Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitation to rape.
Capital murder; revise.
Income tax: authorize credits for certain child care expenses and for pre-k providers for care of certain children.
Military officers and employees; grant leave of absence from civil occupations in public or private business.
Mississippi Youth Concussion Law; clarify definitions and scope of.
Property/casualty insurance; must be written on homes with FORTIFIED Home designation.
Justice court; revise service of process.
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; allow Mississippi members to appoint proxies.
Salary supplement for licensed school nurses; increase number of nurses eligible.
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Community redevelopment areas authorize creation in urban renewal areas; increase in sales taxes to be used for redevelopment.
Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement Systems Act; create.
Income tax; authorize establishment of catastrophe savings accounts and exempt contributions and distributions from tax.
Bulletproof vests; create special fund for 50% state match.
Retirement; limit authority of PERS to interpret personnel policies of a municipality or other political subdivision of the state.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvements at the state-owned shipyard located in Jackson County.
City of Pascagoula; authorize the creation of community redevelopment areas within existing urban renewal areas in the city.
City of Gautier; authorize the creation of community redevelopment areas within existing urban renewal areas in the city.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau; give Jackson County additional time to provide tourism funding.
Jackson County; authorize tax on hotels & motels with revenue paid to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Memorial bridge; designate a certain bridge in Lowndes County as the Terry W. Brown Memorial Bridge.
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Scenic Byways; designate U.S. Highway 90 within the Cities of Gulfport, Long Beach and Pass Christian as a scenic byway.
Memorial highways; designate a certain segment of U.S. Highway 45 Alternate as the Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Highway.
Concealed-carry permit; revised enhanced.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 2
Medical examiner; require appointment in southern region.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act of 2015; phase out income taxation on first $5,000.00 of taxable income; phase out franchise tax.
Out of committee · 1
Transportation; authorize the use of autonomous motor vehicles.
In committee · 8
Prohibited trade practices; include certain restrictive actions by contact lens suppliers or manufacturers.
Official State Book; Holy Bible shall be.
Property Insurance Clarity Act; create.
Sexual assault; extend statute of limitations for civil suit.
Hospital assessments for Medicaid funding and DSH/UPL payments to certain hospitals; provide for.
Marine resources; provide for due process for arrests and seizure of catch for seafood violations.
Elections; authorize Internet voter registration and early voting.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for an aquarium located in the City of Gulfport.