Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Debra Gibbs
Sponsored
In committee19
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act," and lower compulsory age to five years.
Charter school payments; require school districts to pay local funds due on a monthly basis.
National Board Certified teachers; include those employed in Hinds County as eligible for additional supplement.
Early voting; authorize for 14 days before the election.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for annual cost-of-living increases.
Drag racing and obstruction of traffic by vehicle; make felonies.
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts.
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts and provide opt out provision.
Absentee ballots; revise notary requirements for students enrolled in a college, university or community or junior college.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements.
Online voter registration; allow for first-time registrants.
Teachers' and teacher assistants' salaries; provide for $1,500.00 increase.
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $30,000.00.
School buses; require 20% of those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts.
Firearm discharge; increase penalties when discharged on public streets.
Nonlicensed teachers; authorize local school districts to employ certain number to fill core subject area positions.
Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation.
Active shooter training; require school district employees to attend every three years.
Commission on Status of Women; require that all vacancies be filled and meeting held by July 1, 2021.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
State flag; shall be the design recommended by the Commission to Redesign the State Flag and approved in the November 2020 election.
"Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act"; create.
Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Municipalities with a certain population; allow to establish overdue water/sewer programs.
Libraries; authorize use of debit and credit cards.
Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held.
Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Passed the House · 8
Mississippi Gospel Music Trail; authorize MDA Division of Tourism to establish program and historical markers for.
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create.
The Sexual Assault Response For College Students Act; create.
Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system.
Public property; authorize certain state property conveyed to Jackson to be used for park and recreational purposes.
Dual Credit Community College Scholarship Program; create.
State flags; Secretary of State shall procure for display on Capitol grounds and provided to legislators to give to the public.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; authorize demolition of slum and blighted properties located within.
Out of committee · 2
State Department of Education; permit to receive various contributions from public or private donors.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
In committee · 7
Cell phones and certain other contraband; provide enhanced penalties for offenders and correctional employees.
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
United States Highway 49; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic highway.
Equal pay for equal work; require employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with renovating the Russell C. Davis Planetarium.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.
City of Jackson; authorize contributions to Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc.