Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
Became law2
Uniform Controlled Substance Law; revise schedules.
City of Greenwood; extend the repeal date on the Greenwood Tourism Commission.
In committee8
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Grand larceny; theft of prescription drugs or firearms.
Qualifications for local school board; require at least one year of postsecondary education.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Synthetic cathinones; technical corrections to Schedule I.
Conviction; clarify subsequent for certain crimes and post-conviction relief.
Optional retirement program; authorize participant to join PERS under certain circumstances.
Holmes County; authorize establishment of "The Municipal Historical Hamlet of West Hill."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Municipalities; change minimum population required to advertise budget hearings by posting notices rather than by publication.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise provisions regarding leisure and recreation districts.
DUI; technical correction bill.
Passed the Senate · 7
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Nissan Scholarship Program; authorize Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board to administer.
Youth court records; parents have right to redacted copies.
Municipal appointments; clarify service limitation period for certain hold-over and interim appointments.
Quitman County property; authorize transfer of certain parcel of to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Marks.
Memorial highways; designate certain segments of highways as.
Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as memorial highways.
Out of committee · 2
Counties & municipalities; authorize to levy a penalty for the late payment of garbage fees.
Equine riders; require helmet for certain minors on incremental basis.
In committee · 4
Towing; limit charges.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Coahoma County; clarify to whom economic development authority may sell, lease, exchange, etc., certain industrial sites.