Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris McDaniel
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Regulatory reduction program for Commission on Environmental Quality; provide pilot program.
Out of committee3
Buffer zone free speech preemption for municipalities; authorize.
The Mississippi Direct Health Care Act; revise definitions.
"Stop Guilt By Accusation Act"; require media outlets to publish outcome following accusation.
In committee16
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for EV Mississippi organization for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Universities; enact the Forming Open and Robust University Minds Act.
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Property; state consent to acquisition of land by the United States for exclusive jurisdiction.
Universities; prohibit IHL from denying student organization benefits based on expression of the organization.
Active shooter drills; prohibit telling students and teachers that drill is real.
Department of Human Services Fraud Prevention Act; enact.
Public Welfare Oversight Task Force; establish and prescribe responsibilities.
Public lands; clarify state jurisdiction over public lands and monuments.
Solid waste; prohibit new solid waste facility if within 1 mile of an existing permitted facility, unless a referendum is held.
Criminalization; eliminate regulatory "catchall" provisions to create criminal offenses.
Lobbying; enact State Agency Lobbying Reform Act of 2020.
Reducing regulations by state agencies and reducing regulatory costs; eliminate 1 regulation for each new regulation proposed.
Vexatious Litigant Law; enact.
Firearms; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban.
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise certain provisions regarding incentives.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
State Auditor; authorize to examine tax returns necessary for auditing certain federal benefits.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Domesticated dogs and cats; revise offense of abuse of.
Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 9
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Governmental entities; prohibit public funding of advertising lobbying activities and certain conventions.
Mississippi High School Activities Association; require to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
State Personnel Board; exempt personnel actions of the Attorney General's office from.
Memorial highway; designate portion of Highway 11 in Jones County for Police Chief Tyrone Stewart.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Out of committee · 1
Cottage food operation; increase maximum annual gross sales to $50,000.00 and authorize to advertise over the internet.
In committee · 9
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; require Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT cards.
Vaccinations; disclose information statements upon request and create medical exemption.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Education standards; replace Common Core with ELA Standards.
CPS abuse investigations; require workers to record interviews with parents and children.