Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Chris Brown
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
In committee5
Sales tax; remove requirement that certain taxpayers pay June liability for the tax on or before June 25.
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Mississippi Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
State boundaries; define in statute.
Driver License Examining Bureau; privatize some or all if decided by Governor and Commissioner of Public Safety.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Weapons; clarify definition of concealed.
DUI; revise use of ignition-interlock device.
MS Public Records Act; exempt weapon permit information.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
MS Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments; create to provide students with school choice.
Child support; authorize DHS to contract with vendors to improve program.
Passed the House · 8
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand to include emergency management personnel and provide additional funding.
Vessel pilots; limit and regulate liability of.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Post-conviction relief; revise time limitation.
Reading Proficiency Program; establish in public schools to achieve grade level reading by end of 3rd grade.
Family protection specialists and workers; require training in legal duties to protect rights of persons being investigated.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ veterans.
Out of committee · 1
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
In committee · 17
Erin's Law; create to authorize school boards to adopt policy addressing child sexual abuse.
Election polling places; specify persons who may be present.
Appropriation; Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund for funding bridge program.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Appropriation; IHL for funding Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program.
Sex-related education; revise to clarify the instructional approach to the topic of abortion in the adopted curriculum.
Retirement; allow persons to opt out of PERS and receive employer match for contributions to deferred comp.
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; new members of Legislature after January 1, 2012, shall not be members of.
Mississippi Health Care Freedom of Choice Act; create.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance with parental affidavit as being contrary to their beliefs.
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
Public funds; prohibit use of to pay cost of drugs used for treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Parole; require offender serve at least 1/3 of sentence and that commissioner recommend parole before offender is eligible for.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Corporate corridor redevelopment zones; authorize designation of and certain tax incentives for qualified business enterprises in.