Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Opioid and other controlled substances epidemic; provide enhanced penalties.
In committee11
Conviction; clarify subsequent for certain crimes and post-conviction relief.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment.
Teachers' salary; implement a four-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Department of Education; develop system for schools to report data required by federal law.
Appropriation FY2021; Church of God in Christ historical markers in Holmes County, Mississippi.
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.
Appropriation FY 2020; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Fair chance hiring standards for employers; establish.
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his debt to society.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
State offenders serving sentences in county jails; extend repealer on.
State Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on.
Teachers; revise licensure.
Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; establish.
Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.
Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.
Right-to-Try Act; revise definitions to include traumatic injury and adult autologous mesenchymal stem cell.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Vetoed · 1
Marking election ballots; delete option of using indelible pencil to mark ballots.
Passed the Senate · 19
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
Motor vehicle towing; revise towing at the direction of real property owner.
Criminal history; enact "Ban-the-Box Act."
Electioneering; prohibit for all persons in any public area within a set distance of polling place.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
Public officers and employees; require surety bond in a certain amount for officers and employees who handle public funds.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
County and municipal election commissioners; increase per diem compensation for conducting elections.
Walnut Grove Correctional Authority; transfer all rights, benefits, obligations and duties to Dept. of Corrections.
Air Operating Permit Program Fee Trust Fund; provide for more efficient management of.
Controlled substance prescriptions; require electronic prescribing.
Medical records requests; require timely response to patients.
Board of supervisors; authorize to pay employees every two weeks.
Service of tax sale notices; revise to allow service by a constable.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 11
Firearms restraining order; create the Red Flag Law.
Railroad right-of-way; unlawful to enter and remain upon without the permission of the owner or operator of the railroad.
Mississippi Performance-Based-Pay (MPBP) Plan; allow schools to grant enhanced supplements to more experienced teachers.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks.
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.
School boards; authorize members to be employed as school bus drivers.
Corrections; require annual reports to the Legislature on successes and accomplishments.
State employees; provide for percentage increase in annual compensation.
Community health centers; revise reimbursement for telehealth services.
Delta Incentives for Community and Economic Development Act; create.
Absentee Voter Law; authorize 2020 electors to vote by in-person absentee and remove notary requirements.