Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Caughman
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Certificate of Foreign Birth; allow issuance by Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Dept. of Revenue; authorize to revise individual income tax forms to allow designation of two bank accounts for direct deposit.
Out of committee2
Financial institutions; authorize to delay a transaction upon good-faith belief that eligible person will be exploited.
Real estate brokers license; revise requirement for.
In committee2
Pharmacists; authorize treatment of minor, nonchronic health condition.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Mendenhall to construct a water line from a new, unused water tank to the city.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
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.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 4
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Mississippi High School Activities Association; require to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 7
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Protection of free speech and association at public universities; withhold state funds for unconstitutional policy.
Practice of optometry; require the Board of Optometry to define with certain exceptions.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in renovation of building for Hinds Community College/City of Pearl Workforce Training Center.