Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Sampson Jackson II
Sponsored
Passed the Senate3
Burn bans; allow board of supervisors to provide an exemption for certain persons.
Technical violations; clarify meaning of for graduated sanctions and revocation sentencing.
Private correctional facilities; must guarantee recidivism rate that is less than MDOC's recidivism rate.
Out of committee1
Wildlife Trafficking Prevention Act; enact.
In committee34
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to widen portions of Highway 16 in Kemper County.
Habitual offenders; revise method of determining whether a felony triggers sentencing as.
Youthful Offender Unit; offenders housed in to remain under court's jurisdiction.
Habitual offender; offenses that trigger enhanced sentencing must have been committed when a person was 18 years of age or older.
Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation; abolish and transfer to MDOC.
Parole; clarify list of offenses that make offenders convicted between 1995-2014 ineligible for.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ certain supervised offenders.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
Parole board; may revoke parole of offender who commits a felony or absconds supervision.
Parole; prohibit tolling if offender absconds and remove deadline for revocation hearings.
Crimes of violence; remove references to parole and early release in provision designating offenses as.
Sex offenders; amend MDOC's duty to monitor and investigate those who fail to register as such.
Offender case plans; MDOC to develop for parole-eligible offenders convicted on or after July 1, 2014.
State-owned vehicles; MDOC Commissioner may request unmarked vehicle for use in official investigations.
Failure to register as a sex offender; change method of determining length of required electronic monitoring by MDOC.
Offender temporary personal leave; MDOC commissioner may grant with certain conditions.
Secure detention; raise minimum age.
Keyaurdra's Law; require unique identifying mark on bullet casings.
Absentee ballot; require to be placed in an unmarked envelope inside the envelope containing affidavits to ensure ballot secrecy.
Salary realignment for certain MDOC correctional officers; authorize.
Alternative school placement; provide clear standards and notice to parents or legal guardians.
Parole hearings; not required for offenders convicted on or after July 1, 2014, who meet certain other requirements.
Appropriation FY2018; MDOT for three-lane Highway 16 in Kemper County.
Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.
Felony conviction; revise expunction of.
Drug courts; amend criteria for participation in.
Environmental Protection; restrict use of certain chemicals in food and food packaging.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to identify existing and needed wildlife corridors.
Flame-retardant chemicals; prohibit children's products or upholstered residential furniture containing certain amounts of.
State Board of Barber Examiners; revise regulatory authority.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; require intensive reading instruction beginning with Kindergarten and First-Grade students.
Cosmetics; require disclosure of ingredients on manufacturer's website.
Open-box items; retailers required to prominently display exchange policies.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Hunting & fishing; waive for veterans with certain disabilities when participating in certain events.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Lauderdale County; extend repeal date on the Lauderdale County Tourism Commission.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
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.
Passed the Senate · 4
Constables; revise fees charged by.
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Mental health diversion pilot programs; authorize.
Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as memorial highways.
In committee · 13
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Habitual offender; prior felonies more than 10 years prior not counted in calculation.
Parole; clarify eligibility for offenders convicted between 1995-2014.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing as.
Violent habitual offender; require bifurcated trial.
Violent habitual offender; revise.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing.
Controlled substance offenses; revise enhanced penalties.
Simple drug possession; reclassify offense.
Habitual offender sentencing; revise.
Ad valorem tax on inventory tax; exempt certain small businesses from.
Coahoma County; clarify to whom economic development authority may sell, lease, exchange, etc., certain industrial sites.