Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Jenifer B. Branning
Sponsored
Became law4
Town of Walnut Grove; allow low-speed vehicles and golf carts on certain public roads.
Sales tax; clarify the description of logging equipment that qualifies for a reduced sales tax rate.
Real estate appraisers, brokers and salespeople; establish statute of limitations for civil actions.
Governmental entities; may not prohibit wearing of traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at public events.
Passed the Senate7
Motor fuel sales; provide immunity for damages caused by the use of incompatible fuel upon certain conditions.
Poll managers; remove limitation on number which may be appointed by local election commissioners.
Public officers and employees; require surety bond in a certain amount for officers and employees who handle public funds.
Intervention courts; technical corrections.
State Personnel Board; exempt personnel actions of the Attorney General's office from.
County and municipal election commissioners; increase per diem compensation for conducting elections.
Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Out of committee3
Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Residency Program; include emergency medicine students.
Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.
Voter registration; repeal documentation requirement for naturalized citizens.
In committee13
Vaping; prohibit possession of alternative nicotine products by those under 18.
Tort Claims Act; provide immunity for public ambulance service.
Appropriation FY 2021; IHL-University of Mississippi Medical Center for Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program.
Contractor/materialman lien; revise jurisdiction over suit to enforce.
School immunization; authorize exemption for religious beliefs.
Justice court judges; increase the maximum fee which may be received for performing a marriage ceremony.
Salary cap; exempt certain attorneys employed by Attorney General from.
County supervisors; increase annual salaries of.
School bus; increase penalties for unlawfully overtaking.
Primary and general elections; revise absentee ballot timely casting procedures.
Commission on Wildlife; authorize to contract with private entities to conduct activities that would generate revenue.
Life Equality Act of 2020; enact.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
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.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of Mississippi Highway 15 in Newton County for Judge Marcus D. Gordon.
Disabled veteran with service-connected disability; clarify procedure for concealed weapons permit.
State Auditor; authorize to examine tax returns necessary for auditing certain federal benefits.
Use tax; revise certain provisions regarding distribution of funds to municipalities for road and bridge improvements.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Office of Workforce Development; establish.
Forestry permits; allow MDOT to issue for transporting of forestry-related equipment.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
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.
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Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Historic structure tax credit; extend deadline for eligibility.
Mississippi High School Activities Association; require to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
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.
Highways; require Dept. of Transportation to erect signs directing motorists to Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County.
Critical infrastructure; define crimes of impeding and trespassing against.
Law enforcement officers; immunity under certain circumstances.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 3
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
Determination of tie vote in legislative elections; tie broken in the house to which candidate is seeking office.
Corrections; require annual reports to the Legislature on successes and accomplishments.