Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Steve Hopkins
Sponsored
In committee14
Elected officials; require annual drug testing of to determine eligibility to receive their compensation.
"Mississippi Student Safety Act"; prevent certain student restraint and seclusion procedures in schools.
Local privilege taxes; eliminate.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $2,000.00 increase over four years at $500.00/year beginning with the 2018-2019 term.
Ad valorem tax; revise assessment rate for motor vehicles.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Welfare Policy Institute within the IHL board; repeal.
School year; require to be calculated by hours to provide greater flexibility.
School districts; provide incentive to rehire retired teachers who may continue to draw retirement benefits.
Homestead exemption; revise certain provisions regarding application for.
Cell site simulator device; require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrant before using.
Concealed weapons; authorize license holders to carry on campuses of higher education institutions.
Door-to-door for-profit solicitors; establish code of conduct for.
Assistant teachers; increase annual minimum salary to $15,000.00.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Gestational Age Act; create.
Passed the House · 3
Use tax; use portion of revenue to assist municipalities and counties with road and bridge improvements.
Education; establish Mississippi Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Act of 2018.
Firearms, authorize those with enhanced carry to bring onto public property.
Out of committee · 2
Religious structures; prohibit removal from public property.
Stun gun; remove the term from the firearms category.
In committee · 26
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain business personal property from.
Daylight Saving Time; require Mississippi to observe year-round.
Newborns; prohibit administration of Hepatitis B vaccination to at birth unless parents request.
Municipal petition signatures; revise procedure in which they are obtained.
Harassment by public employee; require to reimburse public employer when employee has violated.
Deputy sheriffs; remove requirement to be qualified elector of the state.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Female genital mutilation; create the crime of.
Common Core and MS College and Career Readiness Standards; prohibit implements of.
Social studies curriculum; require citizenship examination as part of U.S. History or American Government courses.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as a disciplinary alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Public school curriculum; require State Board of Education to review and revise.
Public school curriculum; authorize school boards to adopt for schools within local school district.
Teachers' salary; implement a five-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Public schools; require toll-free number for reporting abuse and neglect to be posted in all.
Local and private bills proposing to extend local tax for second time; require direct referendum.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Lottery; require the Gaming Commission to establish a.
Homestead exemption; authorize counties/municipalities to grant additional exemption for certain persons age 65 or totally disabled.
Use tax; distribute to municipalities a portion of revenue.
Municipal annexation; restrict collection of ad valorem taxes until services are provided.
Vaccinations to attend school; authorize exemptions for medical reasons with physician's letter.
Vaccinations; allow religious belief exemption from requirement for school attendance based on.
Illegal immigration; strengthen enforcement provisions to prevent.