Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Barbara Blackmon
Sponsored
In committee36
Sales tax; increase the diversion to cities.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Law enforcement officers; develop mental health training standards for.
Expunction; revise which offenses are eligible.
Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) TANF grants; require minimum spending levels.
Mental Health Summit; establish.
Elections; authorize early voting.
Driver's license examining station; open satellite office in Canton, Mississippi.
Mississippi Critical Access Hospital Grant Program; establish.
Sentencing; court may consider mental health issues.
Referendum; authorize to determine voter preferences regarding tax increase for infrastructure improvements.
School district consolidation; require review after 3 years and allow reconstitution of old district if no improvement.
Department of Corrections; provide certain educational programs for adult offenders.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Motion picture tax incentives; approve applications for certain rebates under the MS Motion Picture Incentive Act.
Conviction; clarify subsequent for certain crimes and post-conviction relief.
Wards; court may order disbursement of funds under certain circumstances.
Child Care for Working Families Study Committee; establish.
Any nursing home bed held in abeyance may be transferred to another nursing home based on need; authorize.
Homestead exemption; if Jan. 7 deadline for filing application falls on a weekend or holiday, deadline is next business day.
Child Care Development Fund (CCDF); require full funding of state match.
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF); prohibit cooperation with child support enforcement.
Municipal boards and commissions; authorize procedure for removal of persons appointed to.
County-operated mental health courts and cash bail bonds; authorize.
Presidential candidates; must release copy of income tax returns to have names placed on the ballot.
Appropriation FY2020; DFA for second phase repair/renovation of GMBC Natchez project.
Appropriation FY2020; DFA for first phase planning/construction of City of Canton Municipal Complex.
Appropriation FY2020; DFA for City of Carthage Lincoln Park renovations.
Appropriation FY2020; DFA for landmark church conversion into public library in Pickens, Mississippi.
Appropriation FY2020; DFA for repair and renovation of Northside Park in Kosciusko.
Bonds; authorize issuance in amount of $3,000,000.00 for repair and renovation of Missionary Baptist Seminary in Natchez.
Bonds; authorize issuance in amount of $2,000,000.00 for planning and construction of City of Canton Municipal Complex.
Bonds; authorize issuance in amount of $800,000.00 to assist City of Carthage in renovation of Lincoln Park.
Bonds; authorize in amount of $1,000,000.00 to assist City of Pickens repair and renovate church for conversion into library.
Bonds; authorize issuance in amount of $500,000.00 to assist City of Kosciusko with repair and renovation of Northside Park.
City of Canton; allow 30-year agreement with MCEDA providing tax exemptions for certain property if annexed.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
In committee · 6
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Felonies; augment those that may be expunged.
Driver's license suspension; revise.
Appropriation FY2020; Church of God in Christ historical markers in Holmes County, Mississippi.