Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Dana Criswell
Sponsored
In committee4
Parental Authority Act; create.
MS Constitutional Carry and Citizens Self-Defense Act; create.
Firearms; remove license requirement to carry concealed in a holster on a person's body.
State and United States flag; require state universities to display when in session.
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."
DeSoto County; authorize regional utility authority to acquire credit card and sell surplus property.
Passed the House · 5
Firearms; clarify meaning of courthouse and courtroom for purpose of carrying.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
Capital murder; revise definition to include emergency medical technician, first responders and utility workers.
Out of committee · 1
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise and rename the "Equal Opportunity for All Students Act."
In committee · 26
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made.
Bench warrants; provide that failure to appear in municipal court shall be a misdemeanor.
Eminent domain; require disclosure of comparative appraisals to property owners whose property is taken by.
PERS; no retiree shall receive allowance from while under contract with state agency as a consultant or advisor.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
State Superintendent of Education; salary set by State Board of Education subject to approval of State Personnel Board.
Social studies and history curriculum; prohibit revisions to courses due to philosophical purposes.
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
Public school curriculum; require State Board of Education to review and revise.
State Board of Education; prohibit from taking certain actions related to subject matter curriculum.
MS Statewide Teacher Appraisal Rubric (M-STAR): discontinue and require local districts to adopt teacher evaluation system.
Online curriculum; create "Parent Access" to require school districts to provide parents of certain students access to.
Tim Tebow Act; authorized interscholastic extracurricular activity participation of students enrolled in homeschool.
Compact for Education; revise certain provisions of the severability clause of.
State Department of Education; include all employees in state service administered by State Personnel Board.
Person; clarify that unborn children are included in the meaning of.
Milk products; exempt owners of certain milk producing animals from regulation when used for personal milk consumption.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Mississippi On-Farm Sales & Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Sex-related education; require SDE and MDH to maintain established protocol and programs related to and review task force efficiency.
Wrongful death; include unborn child.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Concealed weapon; authorize person who is a United States Armed Forces member and has a valid military ID card to possess.
Crimes; require mental culpability for.
State flag; require public colleges and universities to display on each campus or lose state funds.
State flag; require state agencies, local governments and public colleges and universities to display on or at public buildings.