Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Gary Chism
Sponsored
Became law2
Commissioner of Insurance; provide shall resolve certain disputes between provider and insured regarding billing.
Credit for reinsurance; provide requirements for.
Passed the House7
Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.
Uninsured Motorist Act; provide coverage for claims involving person or entity immune under MTCA.
Memorial highway; designate segment of U.S. Highway 50 in Lowndes County as "Senator William 'Bill' Canon Memorial Highway."
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions of.
Insurance premium discount for hurricane or windstorm damage mitigation; include commercial property.
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; authorize sales and purchase of certain products containing without a prescription.
Nonadmitted policy fee; delete repealer on and revise distribution of.
In committee23
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
Victims of crimes; authorize to choose the prosecutor of choice.
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission; return to a special fund agency.
Workers' Compensation Law; require blood tests and autopsies in found dead cases under certain conditions.
Workers' compensation; increase assessment for the Second Injury Trust Fund.
Patient Choice Act of 2020; create.
Towing companies; revise procedures when receiving motor vehicle not claimed by owner or lienholder.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require to renew registration.
Commercial Lines Modernization Act; enact.
Motor vehicle reporting laws; clarify.
Hemp-derived CBD oil; exclude from schedule I controlled substances list.
Student records; require school districts to store permanent and cumulative records in digital format.
MS Trauma Care Systems Fund; remove monetary cap on.
Automobile insurance; require diminution of value as additional damages when third-party negligence damages a motor vehicle.
End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require minimum score on the ACT for graduation.
State Fire Academy; authorize as a medical responder training program.
U.S. History end-of-course subject area test; remove requirement for the administration for purpose of graduation.
Motor vehicles; require hands-free devices when calling or texting while driving and make misdemeanor violation.
Nonadmitted policy fee; delete repealer on and revise distribution of.
Computer science; require to be taught in all public schools.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with construction of the Partnership School at Mississippi State University.
Nonadmitted policy fee; extend repealer on and continue current distribution of and revise windpool board.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties with certain road projects.
Co-sponsored
In committee · 7
Amusement rides; provide inspection and incident reporting requirements for.
Texting while driving; make a misdemeanor when not using voice-operated or hands-free device.
"Keeping Our Municipalities Clean Pretrial Intervention Act"; create.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize disability decal for Grand Lodge of Mississippi, Free and Accepted Masons, tag.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with construction of the Partnership School at Mississippi State University.
Optometry; State Board of Optometry shall define the practice of and not exclude certain procedures.
ETV; Legislature not appropriate general funds to after fiscal year 2021, use funds for National Guard.