Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Joseph M. Seymour
Sponsored
Became law1
Stone County; authorize contracts to complete East McHenry Road project that may extend beyond the term of board of supervisors.
In committee18
Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; require additional regulation of guide and outfitter services.
Wild hogs; require metallic tags to be affixed to the ear of one that is being transported.
Wildlife; certain regulations adopted by commission may not be punished criminally until license holders are notified.
Shoplifting; revise penalties.
Access to children's records; require release to member of Legislature per release form.
Organized retail theft; revise.
State flag; require governmental entities, public colleges, universities and school districts to display or be subject to penalty.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Public Utilities Staff; revise powers and duties with respect to the interests of the utilities.
Mediation; required in lawsuits between political subdivisions.
Bonds; authorize the Department of Audit to be reimbursed certain costs from the proceeds of bond issues.
Commercial mobile radio service providers; shall automatically compensate customers for loss of service.
Hunting and fishing regulations; require notice to be published in a newspaper prior to adoption.
Hunting; prohibit use of certain scents and the supplemental feeding of deer outside registered enclosures.
Food establishment annual permit fees; clarify exemption on persons who produce, sell and package raw honey.
Deer depredation permits; revise requirements and require deer harvested to be tested for chronic wasting disease.
Wildlife; clarify that a conservation officer must have probable cause to conduct a search without a warrant.
Alteration or renaming of historical monuments, memorials and streets; prohibit and provide sanctions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Act; create.
Landowners Protection Act; create.
Labeling; prohibit mislabeling of food products derived from animal cultures, plants and insects as meat or meat food products.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
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.
Passed the Senate · 2
Department of Marine Resources; increase oyster shell retention fees.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
In committee · 3
State highways and public roads; clarify certain employment and compensation restrictions during election years for work on.
Roads and bridges; revise to allow contract for construction or maintenance to extend six months from end of board's term.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.