Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris McDaniel
Sponsored
Became law9
Terrorism and champerty; add an aggravating circumstance for capital offenses and clarify prohibition.
Elections; increase per diem of election commissioners on election days.
Elections; allow mileage to receiving and returning managers for the use of private vehicles.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property made to raise funds for schools.
Karen's Law; revise punishment for manslaughter of certain child victims.
Commissioners of election; may run for other offices if they resign before they qualify.
Election commissioners; authorize compensation if they conduct primary elections under an agreement with an executive committee.
Memorial Highways; direct MDOT to relocate signage for the "Albert B. Shows Memorial Highway."
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013"; enact.
Passed the Senate6
Election commissioners; provide that elections shall be nonpartisan.
Provide an exclusive procedure to contest the qualification of candidates for county election commissioner and municipal office.
Elections; exclude runoffs from provisions requiring a certain number of machines must be used or a certain number of ballots printed.
Memorial Highways; change signage to reflect "Lance Corporal Roy M. Wheat was a Medal of Honor recipient."
Voter assistance; require providers or assistance to complete declaration to provide assistance form.
Law enforcement trainees; revise term of appointment or employment.
Out of committee3
Income tax; provide a deduction in gross income for expenses incurred as result of serving as a volunteer firefighter.
Electors give the Secretary of State certain emergency powers regarding absentee voting and registration of first responders.
Bad check law; revise.
In committee37
Parole; provide for conditional release of an offender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain circumstances.
Indefinite detention of citizens in the United States; prohibit MS National Guard from assisting federal agent.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Public funds; prohibit investment in countries sponsoring terrorism.
Homestead exemption; extend to unremarried surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans.
Corporation franchise tax; phase out.
Criminal punishment; provide automatic escalation of penalty for subsequent offenses where none set by statute.
Fondling; clarify second or subsequent offense.
Deadly weapons; revise prohibition for felon to possess.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Elections; require candidates to designate an agent to receive any notice or service of process.
Public purchasing; exempt from bidding requirements purchase of perishable supplies for Homeland Security training programs.
Assault; authorize pleading down in certain circumstances.
Income tax; exclude from gross income certain amounts spent by teachers for classroom supplies.
Flashing blue lights; authorized for personal vehicles of law enforcement officers.
Sanctuary cities; prohibit.
PERS; require to study SLRP to determine the feasibility of closing or allowing members to opt out.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of Nathan's Legacy Foundation, Inc.
Real estate brokers; provide for reinstatement of license after lapse due to nonpayment of fees.
SLURP; authorize current members to opt out and give persons elected in the future the option of not becoming members.
Agriculture; create Mississippi Food Freedom Act.
Firearm Protection Act of 2013; enact.
Karen's Law; restrict post conviction release following incarceration for manslaughter.
Governor; shall withhold approval of transfer of MS National Guard to federal control in absence of certain events.
Medicaid program; Division of Medicaid is prohibited from implementing any expansion pursuant to federal PP/ACA law.
Mississippi Liberty Preservation Act; enact to prohibit implementation of certain federal law.
School bus drivers; enact Mississippi Safe School Bus Driver Act.
Courts; prohibit application of foreign law.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance with parental affidavit as being contrary to their beliefs.
Cover volunteer firefighters under the tort claims act.
Health Information Confidentiality and Technology Act; provide privacy of protected health information.
Health insurance exchange; Governor shall have sole authority to establish.
Public benefits; verify applicant's lawful presence in U.S.
Firearms; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban.
Health insurance exchange; prohibit State of Mississippi from establishing.
"Mississippi Second Amendment Preservation Act"; enact.
Jones County; authorize county to contract with the Jones County Volunteer Fire Department Council for certain purposes.
Co-sponsored
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Literacy-Based Promotion Act; establish in public schools to achieve grade-level reading by end of 3rd Grade.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Cottage food operations; exempt from certain licensing requirements.
Public officers and employees; revise punishment for embezzlement and restrict government hiring of felons.
Mississippi Education Works Program; enact education reforms.
Volunteer fire department; include within the scope of immunity under the Tort Claims Act.
Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military - Support.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Passed the Senate · 3
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Dogs and cats; clarify humane euthanasia.
Corporation franchise tax law; exclude deferred gains and deferred income from certain computations under.
In committee · 14
Youth sports concussions and head injuries; provide procedures and education requirements.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship and take drug tests to qualify.
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act of 2013; establish.
School accreditation; include financial accountability rating system and student achievement in performance-based accreditation.
Mississippi Digital Learning NOW Act; create.
Employment Protection Act; revise and clarify.
Local school district budgets; require at least 75% to be expended for instructional purposes.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program; require IHL to grant minimum credit to graduates of.
Manslaughter; revise penalty for.
Firearms Protection Act; create.
Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association; revise powers and duties of.
Mississippi Firearms Freedom Act; create.
Concealed-carry permits; make records of confidential.
Chemical endangerment of a child or fetus; create crime of.