Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Orlando Paden
Sponsored
Became law1
Coahoma County; clarify authority of the Economic Development Authority pertaining to certain industrial sites.
In committee16
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care law and under CHIP.
Child care; DHS transfer to CCDF $40 million of unspent TANF funds from prior fiscal year.
Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create.
Women's Economic Security Act; create.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Community-Based Placement for At-risk Children Pilot Program; create.
Official statehood song; adopt "My Home Mississippi" as during 2017 to commemorate the state's Bicentennial.
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; expand membership of to include a woman and require gender equality in certain workforce development systems.
Equal pay certificate; require certain businesses to have before contracting above $100,000.00 with agency or department of the state.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
Charter school payments; prohibit SDE from reducing and redirecting local school district's MAEP funds for purpose of.
Charter school payments; remove local school districts requirement to pay local contribution directly to charter school.
State flag; create commission to select new design of from submissions by public universities and colleges.
Coahoma County; authorize extension of the lease of healthcare-related facilities on county property.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Delta Blues Museum with installation of permanent exhibits.
Coahoma County; authorize contribution to Spring Initiative, Inc.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Maternal Mortality Review Committee; authorize State Department of Health to establish.
Delta State University; authorize to enter into a long-term lease for specified purposes.
Coahoma County; authorize contributions to Tri-County Workforce Alliance.
Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017; create.
Coahoma County; authorize extension of the lease of healthcare-related facilities on county property.
Income tax; authorize first-time home buyers savings accounts and exclude contributions/distributions from gross income.
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
Passed the House · 13
Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
Mental health courts; authorize and provide for certification of.
Driver's education; require courses taught in schools to include program developed by DPS on how to properly respond to law enforcement when stopped.
Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise distribution of fees collected from issuance to members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
State energy management plan; revise laws to increase energy reporting and savings.
Public contracts; give preference to veteran-owned small businesses.
Appropriation; Additional for the Department of Public Safety for Fiscal Year 2017.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain contributions to support the MS Integrated Basic Educational and Skills Training Program.
Income tax; revise tax credit for child adoption expenses.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a multipurpose building at the Greenville Higher Education Center/Mississippi Delta Community College.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Out of committee · 3
Casinos; require to provide first aid and CPR training to all employees.
Tax assessors and collectors; revise the compensation provided to.
Perpetual care cemeteries, new; require certain acreage and trust fund deposit to establish.
In committee · 30
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport; create committee to study additional development possibilities.
Assistant Teacher Elevated Salary Waiver Program; enact to compensate eligible assistant teacher at level of licensed teachers.
"Mobile Personal Hygiene Pilot Program Act of 2017"; create and authorize JSU to administer.
"Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law"; enact to require parental acknowledgement of notice upon student enrollment.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; provide higher minimum amounts for commercial motor vehicles.
Insurance; require certain consumer information and notice and availability of mediation regarding balance billing.
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn State University to $1,000,000.00.
Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program; require to be established and funded through TANF funds.
MS Higher Education Grant Program for single mothers; establish to provide financial assistance.
State flag; change the design of.
State lottery; require gaming commission to establish and proceeds toward low-income pre-k collaborative and workforce training.
Expungement; authorize for all nonviolent crimes after five years.
Officer-involved death; require investigation and appointment of special prosecutor.
Vagrancy; repeal statutes relating to crime of.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for design and planning of construction of new student union complex.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for making modifications to buildings to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for improving campus safety and security.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs for renovation and repair of aquaculture facility.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for renovating the Whitney Health and P.E. Complex or constructing a new academic convocation center.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for expansion of research and production of shiitake mushrooms.
Income tax; revise provisions regarding net income of nonresidents, certain definitions and certain business deductions.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Income tax; authorize a credit for cost of new alternative fueling infrastructure.
Bonds; authorize issuance for capital improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Sales tax; reduce/eliminate certain exemptions.
"Small Town Teacher Tax Credit Act"; create to authorize an income tax credit to certain licensed teachers.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Deduction Act of 2017; create.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Credit Act of 2017; create.