Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Jarvis Dortch
Sponsored
Out of committee1
The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create procedures to enact.
In committee24
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors.
Income and sales tax; job tax credit for supermarkets in economically distressed communities, sales tax exemption for materials.
Income tax; authorize a credit for cost of new alternative fueling infrastructure.
Assistant Teacher Elevated Salary Waiver Program; enact to compensate eligible assistant teachers at level of licensed teachers.
"Small Town Teacher Tax Credit Act"; create to authorize an income tax credit to certain licensed teachers.
Prescription drugs; require Attorney General to compile certain lists of those essential for treating diabetes and costs of.
Insurance; require certain consumer information and notice and availability of mediation regarding balance billing.
Contraceptives; require insurers, Medicaid and the State Health Plan to cover without cost sharing.
Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program; require to be established and funded through TANF funds.
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
Income tax; revise provisions regarding net income of nonresidents, certain definitions and certain business deductions.
Charter schools; require MAEP funds to be transferred to student's home school district when student disenrolls.
State Employee Loan Program; create.
Medicaid; eligible pregnant women shall remain eligible for maternal care services for 12 months after end of pregnancy.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi".
Nonlicensed teachers; authorize school districts to employ certain number to fill core subject area positions.
DHS; prohibit from permanently disqualifying persons from TANF or SNAP benefits because of felony conviction.
Medicaid Health Homes High Utilizers Pilot Program; create.
Community schools; authorize school districts that provide services through the use of to receive additional 10% allocation under MAEP.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with sidewalk improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Capitol Complex Improvement District and City of Jackson projects.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Eye examinations; require SBE to recommend for first grade students whose initial screening indicates need for comprehensive.
Hinds County; authorize contributions to Scott Ford Houses and Jackson Zoological Park.
Hinds County; authorize contribution to Morning Star School, a Mississippi Historic Landmark.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on convention and visitors bureau and reconstitute membership of bureau.
Passed the House · 1
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if the federal law is amended to allow it.
In committee · 16
School safety; require schools to conduct emergency law enforcement drills to address active shooter incidents and other violent acts.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Appropriation; IHL Board for additional funds for JSU, ASU and MVSU.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
The Clean Slate Act; create to authorize certain people to petition the court to have arrest and conviction records sealed.
Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Voluntary search; require officer to obtain written consent before a.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund development of regional wastewater treatment system to service the Hinds Parkway area.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund completion of construction of Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements.
Copper materials; prohibit transactions between certain sellers and scrap metal dealers and other purchases.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
Appropriation; DFA to pay salaries of federally funded state agency employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Arts Klassical, Inc., with purchase or lease of building in Jackson.