Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
David Parker
Sponsored
Became law4
School districts; revise employees and administrators subject to conflict-of-interest provisions.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Office of Workforce Development; establish.
Unemployment compensation; create special provisions for 2021 general and individual experience rates due to COVID-19.
Passed the Senate2
Memorial highway; designate portion of Mississippi Highway 302, also known as Goodman Road, in Horn Lake for Sam Dye.
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
Out of committee1
Chandler's Law; create right for next of kin to obtain postmortem genetic information.
In committee10
Tax sale overbid; remove the authority of a landowner to claim.
DUI; clarify time period for out-of-state fourth and subsequent convictions.
Child support; may continue past age of majority for a disabled child.
Property and casualty insurance; require insurers to name the general contractor as payee if property losses exceed a certain amount.
Zoning-enforcement actions; authorize recovery of attorney's fees and costs by local authorities.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety driver services functions; transfer to Office of Secretary of State.
Presidential preference primary; change date to the first Tuesday in February.
Securities registration filings with Secretary of State; revise fees.
Patent issuance; conform fee to that collected by the chancery clerk.
Payments of fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes for school purposes; bring forward.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Domesticated dogs and cats; revise offense of abuse of.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 8
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Child advocacy centers; immunity from civil liability.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
MS Conveyance Safety Act; exempt conveyances that serve only two adjacent floors from annual inspection requirement.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 2
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for a workforce center in Southaven, Mississippi.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Lewisburg High School.