Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Joel R.Carter, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law3
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on statute providing for the deposit of fees into the State General Fund.
COVID-19 Broadband Grant Programs; create.
MS Electric Cooperatives Broadband COVID-19 Grant Program; authorize tertiary applications/create special fund.
Passed the Senate3
Excavations; require use of the Positive Response Information System (PRIS) when marking the location of underground facilities.
Oaths; revise officers authorized to administer.
Oil and gas severance taxes; move remittance date back one month.
Out of committee1
Alcoholic Beverage Control laws; reform.
In committee4
Electronic tracking devices; prohibit tracking of another person's vehicle.
Mississippi Fair Pay to Play Act; authorize student-athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likenesses.
Wireless Communication Commission; remove ITS control over.
Autopsies; require to include inquiry about whether death was result of seizure or epilepsy.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Sex offenders; future contact with victim prohibited (Carly's Law).
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.
Design-build Method of Contracting; extend repealer for use by State Port Authority and authorize any port.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 5
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 6
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement.
Home inspectors; require background checks for licensure.