Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Nick Bain
Sponsored
Became law1
Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; authorize contribution to Northest MS Community Services, Inc.
Out of committee1
Dual credit; provide students who complete an approved Cambridge International Program AS and A-level course.
In committee16
Hospital records; delete provision requiring notice before retiring X-ray film or graphic data.
Adoption; revise home study and residency requirements.
Child abuse; clarify mandatory reporting by school officials.
Crimes against children; clarify duty of school employees to make certain reports.
Cemeteries and preneed contracts; require those covered or funded by a trust to have surety bond to protect owners or insureds.
Public records; exempt the booking information of certain mentally ill patients form.
Child witness Bill of Rights; enact.
Contractors; require to provide certain information for public projects.
Campaign expenditures; prohibit for personal use.
Out-of-state transfer students; authorize participation in athletic and extracurricular activities.
Sex-related education; delete repealer and revise to clarify the instructional approach to topic of abortion in curriculum.
Special Education Improvement Act of 2016; create to improve services and provide funding for same to certain families.
Anti-Corruption Task Force; create.
Counties and municipal officers; provide procedure for removal if indicted for certain crimes.
Appropriation; Alcorn School District to update and improve the lighting at the Kossuth School baseball field.
Alcorn County; authorize to contract with the United States and other states to house minimum/medium security offenders in its regional correctional facility.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
"Mississippi Church Protection Act"; create.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Law Enforcement Officers' Death Benefits Trust Fund; revise eligibility of.
Passed the House · 3
Cargo theft; provide for crime and penalties of.
Noah's Law; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Out of committee · 1
Town of Walnut; authorize expansion of natural gas system.
In committee · 5
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Holy Bible; designate as the official state book of Mississippi.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Hunting license; provide that nonresident National Guard or Reserve member may obtain resident or fourteen-day Armed Forces.
State flag; require governmental entities that receive state funds and public colleges and universities to display.