Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Kelvin Butler
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Workers' Compensation Commission; require to hold hearings within certain time period.
In committee17
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Hunting; require tree stands to be tagged with name and address of owner.
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for Mississippi residents age 65 or over.
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for students with at least 3.0 GPA.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 30 years of creditable service.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Sales tax; give municipalities the option to impose.
Gaming; create statewide lottery to fund Hope College Scholarship Program.
Expunction; allow nonviolent felonies to be expunged.
Texting; prohibit while driving.
Legislative Internship Program; authorize IHL to administer under certain conditions.
Loans over a certain amount; borrower may skip one monthly payment per calendar year.
Elections; Secretary of State shall conduct a study on the feasibility of allowing students to vote via the Internet.
Cock fighting; revise penalty.
Child support; arrearage not pursued absent proof of nonpayment.
Judges; provide additional chancellor for the Fourth Chancery Court District.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
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.
Homestead exemption; certain leases between physically or mentally disabled and institutions are not homesteads.
Passed the Senate · 6
Driver's license; require license examiner at every county courthouse at least one day a month.
MS Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; create to provide job training grants for certain eligible business enterprises.
State agency property; authorize DFA as central leasing agent for all state agencies.
Tourism; create the MS Tourism Advisory Board and the Tourism Advertising and Marketing Fund; create a pilot program to fund.
Community/junior boards; may waive out-of-state tuition for nonresident students employed by Mississippi-based companies.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
Out of committee · 1
Growth and Prosperity Act; certain businesses in high poverty census tracts are eligible.
In committee · 3
Public construction; IHL Board shall manage certain state-funded construction projects for campus homes for university presidents.
Teacher salaries funded under the MAEP; provide for 5% across the board increase.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.