Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Chuck Younger
Sponsored
Became law4
Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure and temporary practice permits for certain military applicants.
Agriculture; revise loans for agribusinesses and obligation bonds for Emerging Crops Fund.
Hemp; create the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act.
The Mississippi Agriculture Stabilization Act; enact.
Passed the Senate4
Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation; extend repealer on deadline for annual audit of accounts.
Sales tax; require Department of Revenue certificate for commercial farmers to receive 1.5% sales tax rate.
Amusement rides; provide requirements for an application to operate amusement rides and inspection requirements.
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
Out of committee3
Kratom; include in Controlled Substances, Schedule I.
Department of Agriculture building and Farmers Market; authorize the DFA to provide security personnel.
Holder of package retailer's permit authorized to conduct tasting or sampling events; revise certain restrictions.
In committee6
Vacancies in county- or municipal-elected office; liability for payment toward cost of any necessary special election.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.
Driver's license; authorize designation of person with diabetes.
"Future of Mississippi Agriculture Act of 2020"; enact.
Mississippi Direct Primary Care Act; revise definition of terms used in.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties with certain road projects.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
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.
Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; extend repealer on.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
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 · 11
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Pecan Harvesting Law; revise penalties for violating.
Department of Finance & Administration; require to conduct a biennial review of the state agency procurement process.
Compatibility of land use development with Mississippi military installations; require exchange of information.
School board members; increase pay.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Public official corruption; prosecution by Attorney General upon request of the State Auditor.
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.
Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 18
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Department of Corrections; shall contract to establish a state inmate cost-per-day review.
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.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; require Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT cards.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Telecommunications Fraud Prevention and Utility Infrastructure Protection Act; enact.
Public officials holding more than one elected position; prohibit.
Pharmacists; revise regulation of pharmacy benefit managers.
CPS abuse investigations; require workers to record interviews with parents and children.
Military bases; establish a process to ensure adequate notice and opportunity to mitigate adverse mission impacts.
Camping on public property and sidewalks; preempt local ordinances authorizing.
Payments of fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes for school purposes; bring forward.