Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Debra Gibbs
Sponsored
In committee17
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new state flag design.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act" and lower compulsory age to five years.
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal laws authorizing.
Teachers' salaries; increase to southeastern average over five-year period.
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.
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2019, to be equipped with seat belts and on-board cameras.
Absentee ballots; revise notary requirements for students enrolled in a college, university or community or junior college.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for annual cost-of-living increases.
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Joint tenants, tenants in common or coparcener; authorize to petition chancery court for greater ownership.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Ridgeland with making improvements to School Street.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Ridgeland with extension of Lake Harbour Drive.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Ridgeland with extension of Rice Road.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County with certain road improvements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.
Educator use of personal leave; authorize use of by employees on certain days in the event of death or funeral of an immediate family member.
Mississippi Transportation Commission; authorize to require its contractors to provide work zone safety operations.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Hinds County; authorize contributions to Scott Ford Houses and Jackson Zoological Park.
Hinds County; authorize contribution to Morning Star School, a Mississippi Historic Landmark.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on convention and visitors bureau and reconstitute membership of bureau.
Passed the House · 3
Mississippi Workforce Development Study Committee; create.
MS Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Act; codify and extend repealers to 2026.
Spoofing; provide that violation of is a violation of MS Telephone Solicitation Act.
In committee · 9
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund development of regional wastewater treatment system to service the Hinds Parkway area.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund completion of construction of Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain motorcycles.
Charter schools; require MAEP funds to be transferred to student's home school district when student disenrolls.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi".
Community Schools Planning and Implementation Grant Fund Program; establish for purposes of providing assistance to public schools to provide additional educational and social services.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.