Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Sponsored
Became law3
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Winona-Montgomery School Board of Trustees; revise membership.
City of Winona; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on restaurants.
Passed the Senate2
Counties; require entry of recommended year-end accounting adjustments.
Department of Finance & Administration; require to conduct a biennial review of the state agency procurement process.
Out of committee3
Electric and hybrid motor vehicle taxes; exclude vehicles incapable of exceeding 35 miles per hour.
ITS; require report to Legislature on the number of independent contractors providing information technology services.
Light spirit products; define at no more than 4% alcoholic content by weight, and regulate same as beer and light wine.
In committee14
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance for Mississippi State Parks.
Child Protection Services; require annual report to PEER on the educational and licensure credentials of certain staff.
Sales tax; authorize diversion of proceeds from state parks to special fund created for parks repair and renovation.
Department of Corrections; shall contract to establish a state inmate cost-per-day review.
Auditor of the Correctional system under PEER Committee; repeal.
Charter schools; reconstitute authorizer board and clarify funding.
DFA; expand authority of Bond Advisory Division to audit local government use of certain bond funds.
Agency Open Data Act of 2020; enact.
Intervention courts; require best practices based on evidence or research.
Equine riders; require helmet for certain minors.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center in Carrollton.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Yalobusha County to demolish and replace Gum's Crossing Bridge on County Road 221.
Grenada County; establish Greater Grenada Partnership as economic and industrial development authority.
City of Charleston; authorize to issue notes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
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.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 5
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
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.
In committee · 6
Appropriation FY 2020; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Pharmacists; revise regulation of pharmacy benefit managers.
Certificate of Need; issue to Panola Medical Center for adult psychiatric beds.
Bonds; authorize to assist in improvements to facilities to house Concourse Workforce Training Center in Batesville.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation headquarters in Ruleville.
Infrastructure and Education Act; create.