Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Tammy Witherspoon
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
City of McComb; extend repeal date on tourism tax.
In committee6
Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School District; elect members of school board.
Workforce Investment Board; include nontraditional occupations for women.
Mississippi Higher Education Grant Program for Single Mothers; establish.
Youth court; revise jurisdiction of for certain cases involving juveniles in possession of firearms.
Mississippi Pay Equity Act; prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.
City of McComb; authorize the imposition of a sales tax to fund infrastructure projects.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Mammogram; require provider of to give certain information to patients when it shows dense breast tissue.
Cursive reading and writing; direct State Board of Education to require in elementary education curriculum.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Abused and neglected children; clarify alternative of relative care.
Passed the Senate · 4
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Youth court records; parents have right to redacted copies.
Memorial highways; designate certain segments of highways as.
Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as memorial highways.
In committee · 6
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Lottery; create and use proceeds to supplement the MS Adequate Education program & fund highway construction and maintenance.
Appointment of special prosecutor; provide standard procedure.
State aid roads; increase amount of motor fuel taxes allocated to include municipal roads in allocation formula.
Vaccination required for school attendance; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on parental or philosophical grounds.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.