Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Steve Hopkins
Sponsored
In committee24
Cell site simulator device; require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrant before using.
Ad valorem tax; revise assessment rate for motor vehicles.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $2,000.00 increase over four years at $500.00/year beginning with the 2019-2020 term.
Assistant teachers; increase annual minimum salary to $15,000.00.
State Flag; prohibit confiscation at public venues and events.
Welfare Policy Institute within the IHL Board; repeal.
Local privilege taxes; eliminate.
School districts; provide incentive to rehire retired teachers who may continue to draw retirement benefits.
Student enrollment and transfer; create felony for falsification of documents to establish residency for purposes of.
Door-to-door for-profit solicitors; establish code of conduct for.
Elected officials; require annual drug testing to determine eligibility to receive compensation.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Ad valorem tax; exempt motor homes and trailers.
School day; authorize credit toward required number of days for school districts exceeding required 5 1/2 hours/day.
Homestead exemption; revise certain provisions regarding application for.
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.
Mississippi Occupational diploma; reinstate for purposes of awarding to students with disabilities upon high school graduation.
Municipalities annexation; provide that an election be held to vote on the question.
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.
Real estate transaction inspection; require purchaser of real estate to contract with termite licensee to complete transaction for real estate closing purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Eye examinations; require SBE to recommend for first grade students whose initial screening indicates need for comprehensive.
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
Passed the House · 3
School districts; exempt those with "A" and "B" accountability ratings from certain duties.
Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.
Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in person visit.
Out of committee · 1
The Landowners Protection Act; create.
In committee · 13
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if federal law is amended to allow it.
University and colleges anti-hazing policy; require the Board of Trustees of IHL to develop policy against hazing and prescribe penalties for violations.
Abortion facilities; prohibit selling stem cells derived from human embryo or fetus that was destroyed.
ETV; Legislature not appropriate general funds to after fiscal year 2020, use funds for National Guard.
Assistant Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; revise to increase financial assistance to those pursuing teacher licensure.
End-of-course tests; eliminate passing score as graduation requirement and from calculation of accountability ratings for 4 years.
Intentional injury to pregnant woman; revise penalties.
Hunting regulation changes; require Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to provide certain notice.
MS Department of Child Protection Services; require to submit reports.
First responders; declare certain diseases and conditions as work-related and entitling worker to benefits.
Search warrants; provide may be in electronic format and electronically executed.
DeSoto County; provide certain annexation procedure for any city within the county seeking to annex a portion of county.