Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Tom Miles
Sponsored
In committee31
Attorney General investigators; provide for increase in annual compensation of.
Mental Health Department employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $20,000.00.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
MS Highway Safety Patrol and Bureau of Narcotics; increase salaries by $2,500 for sworn officers.
Home economics; require SBE to develop curriculum for use by students in Grades 7-12.
Vocational and technical education programs; require SBE to establish in each school district.
Open primaries; authorize.
DUI imprisonment; require 48 hours minimum for 18 to 21 year olds.
Holy Bible; designate as the official state book of Mississippi.
Teacher Education Scholars Forgivable Loan Program; revise minimum standards of qualifications for.
"Lexi's Law"; enact to require cursive handwriting to be included and taught in the elementary curriculum.
English language learners; require SDE to grant waivers of accountability for certain school districts with increased enrollment of.
English language learners; increase funding to districts with 20% or more enrolled student population comprised of.
Mississippi English Language Learners Scholarship Program; create under the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program.
Dyslexia Coordinator; require the State Dept. of Education to employ in each school district.
Financial literacy curriculum; require the State Board of Education to implement for all students in Grades 9-12.
Statewide Assessment Program; require SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment.
MS Blue Lives Matter Act; classify crimes against police as hate crimes.
Traditional winter celebrations; allow school district to educate students about and display symbols associated with.
Campaign contributions; prohibit personal use of.
Transparency website; require information on state actions related to public purchases and contracts to be included on.
Trooper training class; require Legislature to appropriate funds in 2017 and 2018 to defray expenses of.
Law Enforcement Employment Procedures Act; enact.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for highway patrol trooper training class.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs incurred for storm shelter/safe room for primary residence.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who serve as volunteer firefighters.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs incurred for storm shelter/safe room for primary residence.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of tangible personal property to volunteer fire departments for use solely in department purposes.
Sales tax; exempt sales of water and sawdust when used for agricultural purposes.
Scott County; authorize contributions to the Multi-County Community Service Agency, Inc.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Back the Badge Act of 2017; create.
Recognition and welcome signs; allow for placement adjacent to state highways in unincorporated area of counties.
Vietnam Veterans Day in Mississippi; designate March 29th of each year as.
The Rivers McGraw Act; create.
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.
Rankin County; authorize placement of certain specialty street signs within.
Passed the House · 12
Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create to provide flexible spending accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Campaign contributions; prohibit personal use of and revise to require detailed reporting of.
Mental health courts; authorize and provide for certification of.
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; create.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Nancy's Law; create to provide remedies for investigation of vulnerable person abuse.
Appropriation; Additional for the Department of Public Safety for Fiscal Year 2017.
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Income tax; allow credit to venison processors for part of costs of processing venison for MS Hunter's Harvest Program.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
Out of committee · 3
Hunter safety education program; authorize inclusion of in school curriculum.
State funded advertising; prohibit elected state officials from visibly or audibly participating in the making of.
Cursive writing; direct the State Board of Education to incorporate into elementary education curriculum.
In committee · 13
Department of Corrections; require to provide certain notice to certain city before offender is released.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Sales tax; provide additional diversion to certain municipalities, use revenue for street/road improvements.
Highway Patrol training class; require increase in sex offender registration to fund.
Health insurance policies; require certain to cover infertility treatment and certain women's examinations.
State assessment; restore for EMS Operating Fund and Trauma Care Systems Fund.
Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; authorize transfers from rainy day fund when trust funds are insufficient.
Education Enhancement Fund; require percentage appropriated for classroom supply funds to be allocated in full.
"Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009"; revise to also require notice of country of processing.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Old Whitfield Road in Rankin County.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.