Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Sampson Jackson II
Sponsored
Became law4
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repeal date.
Electronic home detention; extend date of repeal.
State Parole Board; extend repeal date.
Parole supervision fees; extend date of repeal on authority to collect.
Out of committee3
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to identify existing and needed wildlife corridors.
Technical violations; clarify meaning of for graduate sanctions and revocation sentencing.
Re-entry council; implement certain recommendations thereof.
In committee44
Open-box items; retailers required to prominently display exchange policies.
Expunction; revise for receiving stolen property and burglary.
Consumer protection; restrict use of certain chemicals in food and food packaging.
Flame-retardant chemicals; prohibit children's products or upholstered residential furniture containing certain amounts of.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; require intensive reading instruction beginning with Kindergarten and First-Grade students.
Offender temporary personal leave; MDOC commissioner may grant with certain conditions.
Felony conviction; revise expunction of.
Drug courts; amend criteria for participation in.
Parole hearings; not required for offenders convicted on or after July 1, 2014, who meet certain other requirements.
Private correctional facilities; must guarantee recidivism rate that is less than MDOC's recidivism rate.
Appropriation FY2019; MDOT for three-lane Highway 16 in Kemper County.
Alternative school placement; provide clear standards and notice to parents or legal guardians.
Secure detention; raise minimum age.
Keyaurdra's Law; require unique identifying mark on bullet casings.
Habitual offenders; revise method of determining whether a felony triggers sentencing as.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
Crimes of violence; remove references to parole and early release in provision designating offenses as.
Youthful Offender Unit; offenders housed in to remain under court's jurisdiction.
Offender case plans; MDOC to develop for parole-eligible offenders convicted on or after July 1, 2014.
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.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to widen portions of Highway 16 in Kemper County.
Cosmetics; require disclosure of ingredients on manufacturer's website.
Wildlife Trafficking Prevention Act; enact.
Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.
Absentee ballot; require to be placed in an unmarked envelope inside the envelope containing affidavits to ensure ballot secrecy.
Correctional facilities; amend provisions related to contraband items.
Inmate case plans; MDOC to establish method of determining compliance with.
Correctional facilities; revise penalty for bringing a controlled substance onto the property of.
Inmate case plans; remove timelines for implementation of.
County jails; remove requirement to be approved under federal order for housing of state offenders.
Extortion; revise to include the specific offense by an inmate.
Barber Licensure Law; make technical amendments.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
Drug courts; expand screening of potential participants and jurisdiction of such other reentry courts.
State Board of Barber Examiners; revise regulatory authority.
Expungement process; standardize and modify.
Parole; amend eligibility for offenders convicted of felonies with enhanced penalties.
Technical violation centers; allow MDOC to offer incentives to offenders who participate in programs of.
Community Corrections Division; provide staffing at American Probation and Parole Association standards.
Correctional facilities; allow MDOC more flexibility in contracting with private operators of.
Technical violation centers; authorize MDOC to extend the revocation period for up to 180 days.
MDOC; must remove offenders sentenced to TVCs from county jail within 14 days or reimburse county's housing expenses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
2018 First Extraordinary Session · BP Settlement Funds; deposit into State BP Settlement Fund and Gulf Coast Restoration Fund.
Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries.
Rail crossings; clarify that vehicles approaching a crossing must stop for on-track equipment.
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.
Vetoed · 1
Re-entry and employability; implement mechanisms to provide.
Passed the Senate · 4
State parks; exempt veterans who have been adjudged to have a total 100% service-connected disability from entry fees.
MS Transportation Commission; authorize to receive payments for the enforcement of traffic laws in work zones.
"Mississippi Opioid Crisis Commission"; establish to develop comprehensive solution to opioid issues.
Bonds; authorize general obligation bonds for institutions of higher learning, community colleges and state agencies.
In committee · 6
Appropriation FY2019; continue funding Ayers Settlement Agreement.
Dues for membership in professional organizations; authorize payroll deduction by school employee.
College and Work Readiness Program between certain IHL universities and low-performing schools; establish.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Practice of medicine and dentistry; authorize reinstatement after rehabilitation.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.