Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Became law6
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Coahoma County; authorize a donation of real property to Coahoma Community College for expansion of the Allied Health Center.
Coahoma County; increase the amount of interest on money in the hospital special fund that may be utilized for certain expenses.
Tunica County; may enter into contracts to fund capital costs to extend natural gas services.
Coahoma County; authorize the establishment of the Coahoma County Reserve and Trust Fund for the deposit of certain hospital lease payments.
In committee24
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
Appropriation FY2014; SDH operate two STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Sales tax; provide for a diversion to a county of collections in fire protection districts with 5 or more casinos.
Law enforcement training expenses; revise time for reimbursement of formerly employing entity.
Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Mississippi Protection from Human Trafficking Act; enact.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally retarded.
Suffrage; authorize restoration by circuit court.
Community hospital services in certain counties; authorize direct negotiation with hospital in adjoining county to provide.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Elections; increase fee paid by legislative candidates upon entering the race for party nominations.
Sales tax revenue; divert portion of revenue collected in Tunica County to the Tunica County Tourism Commission.
Alcohol-free motor fuels; ensure the availability of.
Carbon monoxide detectors in all public and nonpublic schools; require.
Expunction; embezzlement of nonpublic property eligible for.
Public funds depository; allow credit unions to qualify as.
Counties; revise authority to invest excess funds.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Sales tax; provide for a diversion to a county of collections in fire protection districts with 5 or more casinos.
Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic.
Tunica County; create the Tourism Development and Support Fund.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Prekindergarten programs; to be implemented by the State Department of Education on a phased-in basis.
Retirement; authorize counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
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.
Cottage food operations; exempt from certain licensing requirements.
Public officers and employees; revise punishment for embezzlement and restrict government hiring of felons.
Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program; establish in the State Department of Education.
Volunteer fire department; include within the scope of immunity under the Tort Claims Act.
Homestead exemption; certain leases between physically or mentally disabled and institutions are not homesteads.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Passed the Senate · 8
Driver's license; require license examiner at every county courthouse at least one day a month.
Drivers' license examinations; require an examiner in each county at least once per month.
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.
Human trafficking; revise act and make conforming changes.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
City of Greenwood; authorize donations of certain Katrina cottages to nonprofit organizations that provide low-income housing.
Out of committee · 2
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.
Growth and Prosperity Act; certain businesses in high poverty census tracts are eligible.
In committee · 4
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.
Insurance; prohibit use of credit information in underwriting and rating.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.