Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Melanie Sojourner
Sponsored
Became law1
Domestic Violence Task Force; create.
Passed the Senate2
Tourism; create the MS Tourism Advisory Board and the Tourism Advertising and Marketing Fund; create a pilot program to fund.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
In committee4
Concealed-carry permit; records confidential.
All-terrain vehicles; provide landowner immunity in certain situations.
16th section lands; school boards may enter supply agreements for the sale of certain forest products from such lands.
Adams County; authorize to contract with a private entity to provide correctional services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Cottage food operations; exempt from certain licensing requirements.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013"; enact.
Mississippi Education Works Program; enact education reforms.
Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program; establish in the State Department of Education.
Consumer incentive items/food nutrition labeling; prohibit local government regulation of.
Licensed vessel pilots; limit liability of pilots and trainees.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Passed the Senate · 2
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Headquarters sales tax and job tax credit; revise number of jobs necessary to qualify for.
In committee · 8
Youth sports concussions and head injuries; provide procedures and education requirements.
Indefinite detention of citizens in the United States; prohibit MS National Guard from assisting federal agent.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise distribution of fees from tags displaying emblem of certain Louisiana State University.
Firearms Protection Act; create.
Public benefits; verify applicant's lawful presence in U.S.
Firearms; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban.
Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association; revise powers and duties of.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.