Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Became law2
Coahoma County Reserve & Trust Fund; trustees may delegate investment of assets to investment advisors.
Sales tax; exempt certain guided tour activities and certain livestock admissions and parking.
In committee19
Charitable solicitation; revise reporting period.
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Death penalty; eliminate for persons with mentally retardation.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Sales tax; authorize cities to impose a 1% sales tax.
Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
Law enforcement training expenses; revise time for reimbursement of formerly employing entity.
Elections; increase fee paid by legislative candidates upon entering the race for party nominations.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Alcohol-free motor fuels; ensure the availability of.
Carbon monoxide detectors in all public and nonpublic schools; require.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize to commemorate the City of Marks as home of "The Mule Train."
Counties; revise authority to invest excess funds.
Racial/impact statements; authorize issuance of when proposed legislation may affect criminal offender populations.
Child care payment system; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.
Tunica County; revise the distribution of gaming tax revenue.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 33
2014 Second Extraordinary Session · Disaster response and recovery costs; authorize transfer to disaster trust fund.
State employees; authorize use of earned medical leave for adoption and foster care placement.
Mississippi State University; may enter into long-term leases with IHL's approval.
Memorial highway; designate portion of Highway 82 bridge in Washington County as the "Jesse Brent Memorial Bridge."
"Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
Agritourism; extend repealer on section regulating agritourism.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; include employee benefits not subject to state income tax in rebate calculation.
Literacy based promotion program; SDE conduct pilot program in one or more "C" level school districts.
Firemen; may purchase helmet and badge upon retirement or death in the line of duty.
Memorial highways; designate MS Highway 6 within the State of Mississippi as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway."
Law enforcement officers; not required to use personal or major medical leave when injured in line of duty.
Contractor's liens; revise stop notice law.
Bail agents; revise licensing laws of.
State Auditor; authorize to conduct audits of certain Gulf Coast restoration programs.
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; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
City of Amory; authorize a tax on hotels, motels and restaurants.
City of Southaven; extend the repeal date on restaurant tax.
City of Greenwood; extend the repeal date on the Greenwood Tourism Commission.
City of McComb; extend repeal date on tourism tax.
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
City of Hernando; authorize the imposition of a tax on restaurants, hotels, and motels.
Passed the Senate · 11
Motor vehicle privilege tax; increase the period of time within which a newly acquired motor vehicle must be registered.
Off-road vehicles; prohibit on public streets.
Mississippi Qualified Health Center/Rural Health Clinic Incubator Grant Program; establish in the State Department of Health.
Public university real property; authorize IHL to acquire and dispose of with DFA's approval.
Expunction of felony; revise.
Federally designated controlled-access interstate highways; clarify responsibility to investigate motor vehicle accidents.
Family medicine residency programs; clarify eligible programs for funding under the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce.
Domestic violence shelters; bring forward sections and revise administration of certain funding.
Harper Grace's Law; revise Schedule I to exclude CBD oil.
Public Safety Verification Enforcement Act; revise certain provisions regarding.
Coast Coliseum Commission; authorize expenditure of money in its trust fund for certain purposes.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
In committee · 6
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of creditable service.
Workers' compensation; require workplace medical services and transportation for injured employees.
Workers' compensation; injured employee may select specialists who provide type of treatment prescribed.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.