Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Brice Wiggins
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Gautier; allow low-speed vehicles and golf carts on certain public roads.
Passed the Senate6
Municipal courts; authorize to hold court at municipal detention facilities.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
Gang act; revise.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
Child advocacy centers; immunity from civil liability.
DNA samples; collected from person arrested for any felony and provide for destruction of samples only upon expungement request.
Out of committee2
Rapid DNA Task Force; establish within the Department of Public Safety.
Criminal history; enact "Ban-the-Box Act."
In committee27
Office of Medicaid Inspector General; create.
Health insurance policies; prohibit step therapy requirements for certain prescription drugs to treat stage-four cancer.
Sheriffs; revise annual salary for counties with population of more than 100,000.
DA criminal investigators; revise salary of.
Open Meetings Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include certain discussions by public hospital boards.
Unmanned aircraft systems; regulate.
County prosecuting attorney; revise annual salary of for Jackson County.
Jackson County; authorize to contribute additional funds to certain organizations.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance for Excel By 5.
School boards; require policy that allows for corporal punishment opt in of students annually.
Criminal procedure; allow interlocutory appeal by prosecution to stay proceedings and toll statute.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations to rape.
Terroristic threats; revise.
Juvenile offenders; alternative sentencing and parole options.
Gubernatorial pardon; provide for notice to victim through SAVIN system.
Health care Certificate of Need; authorize for child/adolescent psych or chemical dependency beds in Lee County.
Open Meetings Act; court shall void any action taken in violation of.
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Act; revise and extend repealers relating to.
Assistant District Attorneys; revise number authorized.
Supreme Court's Commission on Children's Justice; recommendation on child abuse and neglect proceedings.
Mississippi correctional system; establish Department of Reentry and Supervision and Office of Corrections Ombudsman.
Commercial driver's license; revise suspension of.
Nonemergency medical transportation; require drivers to meet certain criteria.
Tanning facilities; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
Parking and business improvement areas; allow certain counties to establish.
Appropriation FY2021; to Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority for Gulf Coast Singing River Innovation Center.
City of Gautier; authorize to levy 1% sales tax on retailers at Singing River Mall site for improvements to mall site.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 56
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Domesticated dogs and cats; revise offense of abuse of.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office 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; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, 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; 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.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 7
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Compatibility of land use development with Mississippi military installations; require exchange of information.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Intervention courts; technical corrections.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
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 · 1
Mississippi Corrupt Persons List; create.
In committee · 7
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer; revise offense of.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.
Fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer; revise offense of.
Jackson County; authorize to purchase radar speed detection equipment for use by sheriff or county in enforcing speed laws on county roads.
City of Gautier; authorize to levy 1% sales tax on retailers at Singing River Mall site for improvements to mall site.