Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Gary Chism
Sponsored
Became law8
Suffrage; restore to Larry Braddock of Lowndes County.
Insurance companies; require to establish an internal audit function.
Insurance companies; require to file a corporate governance annual disclosure with the Commissioner of Insurance.
City of Columbus and Lowndes County; authorize restaurant tax to fund Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitor's Bureau and revise composition of bureau.
Windstorm Underwriting Association; authorize to levy recoupable and nonrecoupable assessments.
Health insurance; revise mandatory policy provisions to penalize late payments of claims.
Insurance producers; create a limited lines producer license for self-storage insurance.
Vehicle service contracts; revise definitions for laws regulating.
Passed the House2
Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.
MS Insurance Guaranty Association Law; revise definition of covered claim under.
In committee17
Remote enrollment; authorize students of military personnel to enroll in school district upon receipt of order on relocation.
Lowndes County; revise valuation date for the county reserve and trust fund.
Appointed school board members; authorize removal for just cause in municipal school districts.
Health insurance; provide AG regulation and arbitration of disputes regarding billing between provider and insured.
MS Trauma Care Systems Fund; remove monetary cap on.
Nonadmitted policy fee; extend repealer on and revise diversion for FY 2020.
Student records; require school districts to store permanent and cumulative records in digital format.
College tuition; spouses and children of USAF members may keep in-state residency classification throughout enrollment.
Motor vehicle reporting laws; clarify.
Surplus lines insurance; extend repealer on law prescribing nonadmitted policy fee for.
Workers' Compensation Law; require blood tests and autopsies in found dead cases under certain conditions.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions of.
Workers' compensation; increase assessment for the Second Injury Trust Fund.
Insurance Data Security Law; establish.
Hemp-derived CBD oil; exclude from schedule I controlled substances list.
Commercial Lines Modernization Act; enact.
Cause of action brought by the state; revise limitation of rights and defenses afforded to the state.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
In committee · 7
School recognition program; clarify eligible personnel to receive salary supplement from financial award by schools.
Driver's license; expand eligibility for "Vet" designation to any person honorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces, including reserves.
End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require administration of ACT to determine proficiency.
End-of-course assessments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition of graduation.
United States History end-of-course subject area test; remove requirement for the administration of for purpose of graduation and accountability.
Statewide Assessment Program; require SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment.
Alternative nicotine products; revise penalties for when sold or furnished on educational property.