Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Steve Hopkins
Sponsored
Became law1
Death certificates; Vital Records shall issue five copies without charge for deceased veterans.
In committee5
Sportsfishing; authorize the taking of fish by certain means if used for bait.
School boards; require itemized report of central office expenses to be included in notice of advertisement for increase in ad valorem tax in support of schools.
"Mississippi Student Safety Act"; prevent certain student restraint and seclusion procedures in schools.
Teacher salaries; provide for $4,000.00 increase over four years at $1,000.00 per year beginning with the 2016-2017 term.
Local privilege taxes; eliminate.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
MS Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act; create.
"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.
Asset Forfeiture Task Force Act; create.
DeSoto County; authorize regional utility authority to acquire credit card and sell surplus property.
Passed the House · 4
Noah's Law; create.
Simple and aggravated assault; provide that assault on member of military is aggravating circumstances for.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
In committee · 29
Mississippi Highway 305; expedite construction of segment in DeSoto County to five lanes.
Bench warrants; provide that failure to appear in municipal court shall be a misdemeanor.
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.
Parental Authority Act; create.
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.
School Safety; authorize all districts to develop security plan in addition to participating in MCOPS Grant Program.
Sixteenth section lands; assign duties to Secretary of State during district's conservatorship.
Community colleges; county taxes collected for shall be transmitted directly to instead of to chancery clerk.
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.
The Patient Choice Act of 2016; enact.
Wrongful death; include unborn child.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Rational Use of Product Act; enact.
Judges; authorize to refuse to solemnize marriage if against sincerely held beliefs.
Firearms; remove license requirement to carry concealed in a holster on a person's body.
"Nancy's Law"; create to provide remedies for investigation of vulnerable person abuse.
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 and United States flag; require state universities to display when in session.
State flag; require governmental entities that receive state funds and public colleges and universities to display.