Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Brice Wiggins
Sponsored
Became law2
Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee; Chairman of Senate Medicaid Committee is member.
City of Pascagoula; extend the repeal date on tourism tax authorized to be levied on prepared foods sold at restaurants.
Passed the Senate4
Obstruction of justice; revise elements of offense and punishment therefor.
Domestic abuse protection orders; revise appellate procedure.
BP Settlement Funds; transfer into Gulf Coast New Restoration Reserve Fund.
Public works contracts; if contracts funded as result of declared disaster, acknowledgement of laws regarding must accompany bid.
Out of committee2
Prekindergarten programs; establish Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council.
School district in-service training for student suicide prevention education; require model policy.
In committee28
Salary supplement for national board certified school nurses; increase number of nurses eligible.
Income tax; authorize a credit for dependent care equal to that allowed for federal income tax purposes.
Obstruction of justice; revise elements of offense and punishment therefor.
Open Meetings Act; revise notice requirement for special meetings.
Deepwater Horizon Settlement funds; 95% to be deposited annually into Public Trust Tidelands Fund.
Mississippi Children's Trust Fund; revise criminal assessments.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations to rape.
DA criminal investigators; revise salary of.
Community hospitals; require to file semiannual reports based solely on operating revenues and expenses.
Criminal sexual assault protection order; authorize issuance upon conviction for rape or sexual assault.
Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to coordinate services for children.
Income tax; authorize credits for certain child care expenses and for pre-k providers for care of certain children.
Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
Agency Accountability Review Act of 2017; create.
Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; revise.
Concealed weapons; allow concealed carry of automatic knives.
Conflicts of interest for community hospital board members; define.
Paternity; expand grounds for disestablishment of.
Multidisciplinary team records; youth court confidentiality law applies.
Sex offender registration; define.
Fee in lieu; certain counties may not enter into for project in portion of city school district that is located outside the city.
Mississippi Medicaid Program; bring forward sections for technical amendments.
Law enforcement officers; authorize certain county to allow private employment of off-duty officers and use of county vehicles.
Embezzlement; clarify for merchant's goods.
Indecent assault; create crime of.
Criminal procedure; allow interlocutory appeal by prosecution to stay proceedings and toll statute.
Peeping Tom; revise offense of.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at the state-owned shipyard in Jackson County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Hunting & fishing; waive for veterans with certain disabilities when participating in certain events.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Passed the Senate · 2
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Divorce; domestic violence as a ground for.
In committee · 6
Gang criminal activity; revise offense of and civil forfeiture for.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Sales taxation; divert a portion of revenue to counties in which certain tax increment financing districts are located.
Lottery; create and use proceeds to supplement the MS Adequate Education program & fund highway construction and maintenance.
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish board of trustees to make expenditure recommendations.
Phantom damages; restrict admissibility of evidence of.