Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Sampson Jackson II
Sponsored
Became law2
Mississippi Board of Mental Health; authorize to sell certain state-owned real property located in Meridian, Lauderdale County.
Forestry permits; allow MDOT to issue for transporting of forestry-related equipment.
Passed the Senate1
Forest acreage tax; extend repeal date on authority of county boards of supervisors to levy.
Out of committee1
MDOC supervised release; prohibit incarceration for minor violations of and reduce maximum term for certain forms of.
In committee20
Wildlife Trafficking Prevention Act; enact.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to identify existing and needed wildlife corridors.
Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.
Absentee ballot; require placement in unmarked envelope to ensure ballot secrecy.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
Barber Licensure Law; revise fees and other regulatory laws.
Bonds; authorize issuance of g.o. bonds to assist Kemper County Natural Gas District construct natural gas pipeline.
Income tax credit; authorize for taxpayers employing persons who have been convicted of certain nonviolent crimes.
Appropriation FY 2021; to Kemper County Natural Gas District for constructing gas line to EMCC.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
Open-box items; retailers required to prominently display exchange policies.
Drones; prohibit near and above correctional facilities.
Crimes of violence; require jury finding to classify burglary and certain other felony offenses as.
Keyaurdra's Law; require unique identifying mark on bullet casings.
Felony conviction; revise expunction of.
Parole; change length of sentence to be served before offenders may request judicial recommendation of.
Department of Corrections; contract with the Multi-County Community Service Agency to provide workforce training.
Corrections; require annual reports to the Legislature on successes and accomplishments.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in upgrades to Kansas City Southern Rail Line south of Meridian.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Use tax; revise certain provisions regarding distribution of funds to municipalities for road and bridge improvements.
Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program; provide for physician grants.
County sheriffs; revise recordkeeping requirements for meals served to prisoners.
Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.
Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.
Hemp; create the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Department of Agriculture and Commerce - Livestock shows.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Vetoed · 1
"Mississippi Correctional Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2020"; enact.
Passed the Senate · 15
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Department of Finance & Administration; require to conduct a biennial review of the state agency procurement process.
School board members; increase pay.
Trusty and earned-time programs; change eligibility to participate in.
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
Driver's licenses; revise various laws regarding.
Walnut Grove Correctional Authority; transfer all rights, benefits, obligations and duties to Dept. of Corrections.
Highways; require Dept. of Transportation to erect signs directing motorists to Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County.
Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; create.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; revise applicability of.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
In committee · 17
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Department of Corrections; shall contract to establish a state inmate cost-per-day review.
DFA; expand authority of Bond Advisory Division to audit local government use of certain bond funds.
Agency Open Data Act of 2020; enact.
Intervention courts; require best practices based on evidence or research.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Appropriation FY 2020; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Fair chance hiring standards for employers; establish.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.
School boards; authorize members to be employed as school bus drivers.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his debt to society.
Industrial hemp growth and processing; include minority farmers in policies and regulations.
State employees; provide for percentage increase in annual compensation.
Community health centers; revise reimbursement for telehealth services.
Delta Incentives for Community and Economic Development Act; create.