Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Became law2
Coahoma County; authorize board of supervisors to contribute to But God Ministries.
Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Tunica County Economic Development Foundation, Inc.
In committee31
Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.
Towing; limit charges.
Arrest; require probable cause hearing for legislators.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to assist Delta Blues Museum's installation of permanent exhibits.
Bonds; authorize to assist Marks, MS, in construction of building for emergency shelter, community center and city hall.
2018 Transportation and Infrastructure Improvements Fund; specify additional capital projects in Crenshaw and Marks, Mississippi.
Alcoholic beverages; reduce privilege tax for package retailer's permits for locations in cities with a population of 5,000 or less.
Sales taxation; exempt sales to certain community action agencies exempted from federal income taxation.
Sales tax; exempt sales to Head Start programs.
Bonds; authorize issuance of to assist Marks, MS, in the construction of a building to house a community center and its city hall.
Counties and municipalities; prohibit surcharge on certain payments by credit or debit cards.
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Law enforcement training expenses; revise time for reimbursement of formerly employing entity.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Firearms restraining order; create the Red Flag Law.
Appropriation FY2021; to Town of Crenshaw and Town of Marks for road repair.
Railroad right-of-way; unlawful to enter and remain upon without the permission of the owner or operator of the railroad.
Highways; require four-laning of portions of Highway 6 in Coahoma, Panola and Quitman Counties.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to assist Como, Mississippi, in repaving State Highway 310.
Mississippi Performance-Based-Pay (MPBP) Plan; allow schools to grant enhanced supplements to more experienced teachers.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks.
Charitable solicitation; revise reporting period.
PERS; reduce vesting period for retirement benefits from eight years to four years.
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.
Community health centers; revise reimbursement for telehealth services.
Coahoma County; allow board to withdraw funds from trust for equipping justice/jail/E911 complex and central fire station.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Quitman County pay costs of repair and restoration of county courthouse.
Reappropriation; Small Business and Grocer Investment Act projects in Quitman County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 33
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on statute providing for the deposit of fees into the State General Fund.
Disabled veteran with service-connected disability; clarify procedure for concealed weapons permit.
State offenders serving sentences in county jails; extend repealer on.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes.
State Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on.
Use tax; revise certain provisions regarding distribution of funds to municipalities for road and bridge improvements.
Winona-Montgomery School Board of Trustees; revise membership.
Teachers; revise licensure.
Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Office of Workforce Development; establish.
Governmental entities; may not prohibit wearing of traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at public events.
Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; establish.
Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program; provide for physician grants.
Superload vehicles; authorize law enforcement to escort and to charge reasonable fee for escort.
Community public water systems; require continuing education for board members.
Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.
Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.
Right-to-Try Act; revise definitions to include traumatic injury and adult autologous mesenchymal stem cell.
Small estates; clarify muniment of title and affidavit of succession.
Uniform Probate and Trust codes; enact portions.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Suffrage; Azalean Jones Rogers.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Vetoed · 1
Marking election ballots; delete option of using indelible pencil to mark ballots.
Passed the Senate · 28
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
Criminal history; enact "Ban-the-Box Act."
Municipal courts; authorize to hold court at municipal detention facilities.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to allow operation on municipal streets.
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
Forest acreage tax; extend repeal date on authority of county boards of supervisors to levy.
Historic structure tax credit; extend deadline for eligibility.
Tax assessors; revise type of educational recognition certificate necessary to receive annual salary supplement.
Excavations; require use of the Positive Response Information System (PRIS) when marking the location of underground facilities.
School board members; increase pay.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
Counties; authorize civil debt for cost of cleaning real property.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
County and municipal election commissioners; increase per diem compensation for conducting elections.
Air Operating Permit Program Fee Trust Fund; provide for more efficient management of.
Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; create.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; revise applicability of.
Appellate judges and justices; revise geographical limitation on expense allowance for.
Controlled substance prescriptions; require electronic prescribing.
Medical records requests; require timely response to patients.
Board of supervisors; authorize to pay employees every two weeks.
Service of tax sale notices; revise to allow service by a constable.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Out of committee · 2
Opioid and other controlled substances epidemic; provide enhanced penalties.
Light spirit products; define at no more than 4% alcoholic content by weight, and regulate same as beer and light wine.
In committee · 13
General obligation bonds; increase authorized bonded indebtedness for Concourse Workforce Training Center.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Appropriation FY 2020; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Fair chance hiring standards for employers; establish.
Certificate of Need; issue to Panola Medical Center for adult psychiatric beds.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
School boards; authorize members to be employed as school bus drivers.
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his debt to society.
Corrections; require annual reports to the Legislature on successes and accomplishments.
State employees; provide for percentage increase in annual compensation.
Delta Incentives for Community and Economic Development Act; create.
Bonds; authorize to assist in improvements to facilities to house Concourse Workforce Training Center in Batesville.