Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Orlando Paden
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Delta State University; authorize to transfer certain real property to Coahoma Community College.
In committee19
"Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act of 2018"; establish to provide tuition assistance for tuition free community and junior college attendance.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; expand membership to include a woman and require gender equity in certain workforce development systems.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Delta Blues Museum with installation of permanent exhibits.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
Child care; DHS transfer to CCDF $40 million of unspent TANF funds from prior fiscal year.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas of.
Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create.
Teachers salaries; provide for $4,000.00 increase over four years at $1,000.00/year beginning with the 2018-2019 term.
Teachers' salary; implement a five-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Mississippi Delta Alternative Teacher Licensure Program; create to alleviate teacher shortage in Delta Region.
Delta State University; authorize to transfer certain real property to Coahoma Community College.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care law and under CHIP.
Suffrage; restore to all upon meeting all terms and conditions of sentence.
Charter school payments; prohibit SDE from reducing and redirecting local school district's MAEP funds for purpose of.
Equal pay certificate; require certain businesses to have before contracting above $100,000.00 with state agency or department.
Women's Economic Security Act; create.
State flag; create commission to select new design of from submissions by public universities and colleges.
Coahoma County; authorize to establish leisure and recreation district in.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
MS Support Animal Act; define certain terms and include veterans diagnosed with PTSD in list of persons who may use support animals.
Kaelin Kersh Act; create.
Passed the House · 5
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
Department of Agriculture and Commerce; designate as state agency responsible for enforcement of FDA's Produce Safety Rule Program under the FMSA.
Livestock facilities; delete repealer on authority of certain organizations to hold livestock shows at no charge in.
Agritourism; delete repealer on statutes limiting liability and establishing requirements for professionals engaged in.
City council and board of aldermen; shall be held personally liable for excess compensation paid to part-time law enforcement under certain circumstances.
In committee · 21
2018 First Extraordinary Session · Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; freeze decreases in income and franchise tax rates and freeze increase in federal employment tax deductions.
State holidays; designate the third Monday of January as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and designate the fourth Monday of January as Robert E. Lee's birthday.
No Gag Rule on Pharmacists Act; create.
Smart State Act; create.
Breast-feeding; revise and strengthen statutes supporting and promoting.
Credit reports; prohibit release of information unless authorized by the consumer.
Chancery court; authorize to have certain persons to be committed to a mental facility.
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
Crime; create for accidents caused by drivers of stolen vehicles.
Disabled person's vehicle tag; remove requirement for physician's certification for annual renewal.
Early voting; require Secretary of State to authorize for overseas military.
Case plans for nonviolent inmates; require certain programs be placed within.
Voter rolls; prohibit purging names from Statewide Elections Management System 60 days or less before the date of any election.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Prescription drugs; require Attorney General to compile certain lists of those essential for treating diabetes and costs of.
Medicaid; provide coverage for certain children if federal authority or funding for CHIP is terminated.
Contraceptives; require insurers, Medicaid and the State Health Plan to cover without cost sharing.
Assistant teachers; increase annual minimum salary to $15,000.00.
Victim Assistance Coordinator; authorize one additional for Seventh Circuit Court District.
School district personnel; authorize school boards to deduct dues for professional membership with written authorization from.
Ad valorem tax; exempt property of Alcorn State University leased to private entities for student housing.