Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Sponsored
Became law1
Town of Vaiden; authorize a tax on restaurants to provide funds for tourism and parks and recreation.
Passed the Senate3
Alcoholic beverages; authorize certain distillers to sell their products at the distillery for off-premises consumption.
Tourism; create the Mississippi Travel and Tourism Council.
Town of North Carrollton; authorize a tax on restaurant to provide funds for various purposes.
In committee8
Sanitation vehicle; prohibit passing when stopped for loading.
Salary supplements for Master Teachers who teach in the Mississippi Delta; add certain counties.
Land records; loan amount and maturity date required for recordation of a mortgage or deed of trust.
Memorial highways; designate a portion of U.S. Highway 51 in Grenada County as "Special Agent Lee Tartt Memorial Highway."
Visitation; allow to third party under certain limited circumstances.
Leflore County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.
Grenada County; extend the repeal date on the Grenada Tourism Commission and the Grenada tourist and convention tax.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain interests provided by railroad authorities to others in railroad properties.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
2018 First Extraordinary Session · Lottery; create and establish the Mississippi Lottery Corporation to administer the lottery.
2018 First Extraordinary Session · BP Settlement Funds; deposit into State BP Settlement Fund and Gulf Coast Restoration Fund.
Agritourism laws; remove repeal date on.
Dog fighting; revise offense of and penalty for.
Sales tax; exempt sales of rotary-wing aircraft if exported from this state within 48 hours.
Passed the Senate · 5
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct shipment of wines to package retailers and on-premises retailers.
State parks; exempt veterans who have been adjudged to have a total 100% service-connected disability from entry fees.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
"Mississippi Opioid Crisis Commission"; establish to develop comprehensive solution to opioid issues.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for various purposes.
In committee · 6
Capital offense; include murders committed at churches and schools.
Kratom; include in Schedule I.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Mississippi Entertainment Investment Act; create.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Economic Development; provide state assistance and tax incentives for construction of a major theme park.