Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Dana Criswell
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Appeal from judgment by a county or municipal authority; revise standard of construction for determining constitutionality.
In committee13
Motor vehicle; remove prohibition on leaving unattended without first stopping the engine and removing the key.
Tax Credit Scholarship Act; create.
Deputy sheriffs; remove requirement to be qualified elector of the state.
State and United States flag; require state universities to display when in session.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Local and private bills proposing to extend local tax for second time; require direct referendum.
School term; revise to prohibit beginning before last Monday in August.
Firearms Protection Act; create.
Stun gun; remove the term from the prohibited firearms category.
Bureau of Narcotics; revise list of information required to be listed on its seizure and disposition website.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Firearms; clarify licensing procedures for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Passed the House · 3
Districts of Innovations; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment or other nationally recognized assessment for purposes of school accountability designations.
Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if the federal law is amended to allow it.
In committee · 21
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
Abortion; prohibit after fetal heartbeat is detectable.
Hemp; authorize regulation and growth of for certain purposes.
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state.
State Flag; prohibit confiscation at public venues and events.
Local privilege taxes; eliminate.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Ad valorem tax; exempt motor homes and trailers.
Concealed weapons; authorize license holders to carry on campuses of higher education institutions.
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
School boards; require itemized report of central office expenditures to be included in notice of advertisement for increase in ad valorem tax.
Municipalities annexation; provide that an election be held to vote on the question.
Intentional injury to pregnant woman; revise penalties.
Educational Scholarship Accounts (ESA); revise provisions under the "Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act."
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain motorcycles.
Mississippi Veterans Organizations Supplemental Funding Act of 2019; create.
Income tax; authorize deduction for certain contributions/gifts of items made to members of the Armed forces of the United States.
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
Income tax; revise certain provisions regarding exclusion from gross income for National Guard compensation.
DeSoto County; provide certain annexation procedure for any city within the county seeking to annex a portion of county.