Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Edward Blackmon, Jr.
Sponsored
In committee26
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Freedom House in Canton.
Cash Deposit Bond; create supplemental provisions to existing law.
Law enforcement; require to provide mental health evaluation within 24 hours of arrest and establish training standards.
Deeds; revise recording deadline when deadline occurs on a weekend.
Circuit and county courts; authorize to obtain certain mental health records for bond/sentencing hearings.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to assist Canton in the construction of a convention center.
Boards and commissions created by state statute; prescribe how members of may be removed.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements.
Teachers; require State Department of Education to develop incentive package to recruit experienced teachers to "F" school districts.
Community colleges; waive tuition and costs for Mississippi graduates with 2.0 or higher GPA.
Assistant teachers; allot sufficient funding to employ additional assistants in "C," "D" and "F" districts.
Teacher licensure; require State Department of Education to review and revise ACT and Praxis score requirements.
Court reporters; require at felony preliminary hearings.
Marijuana possession; revise simple possession of 30 grams or less as a civil fine.
MS Adequate Education Program; fully fund for FY21 and each year thereafter.
Pre-election day voting; authorize for twenty days before an election.
Medicaid; provide coverage for services furnished under a PACE program.
Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Capitol Complex Improvement District, City of Jackson and Jackson Public School District projects.
Intervention courts; require a magistrate in each judicial district for.
Teachers' salaries; increase to Southeastern average in 2020-2021 and adjust annually to maintain.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Enhanced penalties; repeal for certain crimes.
Sentencing judge; authorize to set date to revisit sentencing of nonviolent offenders.
Residential real estate loans; prohibit discrimination based upon certain criteria.
Appropriation; Medicaid to increase funded slots for Elderly and Disabled Waiver and Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver programs.
Co-sponsored
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Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students.
Suffrage; restore to all upon meeting all terms and conditions of sentence.