Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
In committee9
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASDs); State Dept. of Education to implement program in the public schools.
Health care certificate of need; remove moratorium on home health agencies.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to provide notice of nonreemployment at least 5 days before the school year ends.
School Employment Procedures Law; reduce probationary period for certified employees.
Prekindergarten programs; require under-performing school districts in the Delta to implement.
Qualifications for local school board; require at least 2 years of postsecondary education.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of creditable service.
Suffrage; provide for immediate restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; applies to students through age 18 and increase penalties for parents.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as William R. "Bill" Minor Memorial Highway.
Counterfeit controlled substances; prohibit sale, manufacture or possession.
Youth court; permit referral to drug court and prohibit sex offender access to MYCIDS, beaches and campgrounds.
Scholarship funding; modify the FY2012 IHL appropriation bill to provide additional special funds for the Critical Needs Scholarship Fund.
Memorial highway; designate a certain portion of MS Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Employment of substitute teachers; clarify deduction of cost of substitutes from pay of absent licensee.
Tidelands; residential property owners not required to obtain a tidelands lease.
Dual enrollment-dual credit work skills certificate program in high school and community college; establish pilot program.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Passed the Senate · 4
Highways; designate U.S. Highway 82 as "Mississippi Heritage Highway."
Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive eminent danger pay.
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016.
In committee · 10
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Local system roads; allow portion of state aid allocated to counties to be used to retire debt for.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.
Alcohol-free motor fuels; ensure the availability of.
Mississippi Protection from Human Trafficking Act; enact.
Appropriations; Mississippi Department of Health, Sunflower County Prevention of Teen Pregnancy Pilot Program.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Disparity study; require MDA to file copies with the Legislature by not later than December 31, 2012.
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.