Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Debra Gibbs
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it.
In committee7
Teachers' salaries; increase to southeastern average over five-year period.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act," and lower compulsory age to five years.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Teachers; provide incentives for working in certain areas with critical shortages of.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new state flag design.
City of Ridgeland; authorize levying of additional tourism tax on hotels and motels.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2018 First Extraordinary Session · Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2018; create.
Prescription Drugs Consumer Affordable Alternative Payment Options Act; create.
Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing.
Children; authorize emergency placement in home of a relative.
MS Support Animal Act; define certain terms and include veterans diagnosed with PTSD in list of persons who may use support animals.
Marriage and family therapists and social workers; delete repealer on licensure laws.
Memorial highway; designate various segments of highways as.
Memorial highway; designate segment of MS Hwy 24 in Wilkinson County as "Anne Moody Memorial Highway."
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the House · 11
"Mississippi Career-Tech Scholars Program"; establish to provide free tuition at community and junior colleges.
Use tax; use portion of revenue to assist municipalities and counties with road and bridge improvements.
Windstorm Underwriting Association; revise various provisions relating to.
Nancy's Law; create to provide remedies for investigation of vulnerable person abuse.
Oakley Youth Development Center; require to have physical custody of a child within certain time frame once child is ordered to by youth court.
JSU; authorize to sell certain real property in its possession.
Hospice; exempt from regulation of licensing agency that requires prescribers of controlled substances for pain to have in-person visit with patients.
Secretary of State; authorize to donate certain property in Jackson County, Mississippi, to the National Park Service.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of buildings and infrastructure at Camp Kamassa in Copiah County.
Bonds and grants; authorize to assist the Rank-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District flood control project.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
In committee · 10
2018 First Extraordinary Session · Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; freeze decreases in income and franchise tax rates and freeze increase in federal employment tax deductions.
Insurance fraud; provide civil immunity for certain reporting when done in good faith.
Delinquent county garbage fees; provide nonrenewal of driver's licenses for nonpayment.
Compulsory school attendance; revise to remove certain excused absences.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Workers' Compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.