Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Tom Miles
Sponsored
In committee35
Vocational and technical education programs; require SBE to establish in each school district.
Home economics; require SBE to develop curriculum for use by students in Grades 7-12.
Trooper training class; require Legislature to appropriate funds in 2019 and 2020 to defray expenses of.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for highway patrol trooper training class.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Homestead exemption; revise certain provisions regarding filing application for.
Mental Health Department employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $20,000.00.
Mississippi English Language Learners Scholarship Program; create under the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program.
Attorney General investigators; provide for increase in annual compensation for.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with an annual gross salary of less than $50,000.00.
MS Highway Safety Patrol and Bureau of Narcotics; increase salaries by $2,500.00 for sworn officers.
Holy Bible; designate as the official state book of Mississippi.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of tangible personal property to volunteer fire departments for use solely in department purposes.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who serve as volunteer firefighters.
Emergency Medical Technicians; authorize to carry firearms while in performance of duties.
Dyslexia Coordinator; require the State Dept. of Education to employ in each school district.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs incurred for storm shelter/safe room for primary residence.
Teacher Education Scholars Forgivable Loan Program; revise minimum standards of qualifications for.
English language learners; require waivers of accountability for school districts with 25% of enrollment being.
English language learners; increase funding to districts with 20% or more enrolled student population comprised of.
Financial literacy and public finance; require SBE to develop curriculum for use in public high schools.
Transportation funding; authorize public-private partnerships to include naming rights.
"Mississippi National Guard Scholarship Program"; establish to provide last dollar financial assistance to state institutions of higher learning.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require administration of ACT to determine proficiency.
End-of-course assessments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition of graduation.
United States History end-of-course subject area test; remove requirement for the administration of for purpose of graduation and accountability.
Statewide Assessment Program; require SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment.
Teacher education program; revise ACT score from 21 to 18 to be eligible to enter.
Teachers, assistant teachers and noninstrutional school employees; increase salaries of.
Public school curriculum; require mandatory hunter safety course as part of 7th and 8th grade P.E.
High school curriculum; require elective, secular courses on the Bible and religion.
Sales tax; exempt sales of coins, gold, silver and other metals.
Sales tax; exempt sales of perishable food items to certain charitable organizations.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
The MS Church Protection Act; clarify that "qualified retired law enforcement" are eligible for immunity as members of a church security program.
Windstorm Underwriting Association; authorize to levy recoupable and nonrecoupable assessments.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
Passed the House · 6
Spoofing; provide that violation of is a violation of MS Telephone Solicitation Act.
Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.
Mississippi Educational Talent Recruitment Act; create.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; increase maximum civil penalties for violations of.
Airport Authorities Law; revise definition of airport and bring forward section of.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if the federal law is amended to allow it.
In committee · 4
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance of tag with the words "Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo."
Counties, roads; authorize to expend county general fund monies for road and bridge construction under certain conditions.
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic degrees and licensure requirements.
First responders; declare certain diseases and conditions as work-related and entitling worker to benefits.