Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Sally Doty
Sponsored
Became law3
Campaign funds; prohibit personal use of.
MS Securities Act; provide additional post-registration requirements to prevent exploitation of vulnerable persons.
City of Brookhaven; extend repeal date on the tax upon room rentals of hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
Passed the Senate5
Absentee voting; may be conducted by voting machine if clerk and board of supervisors approve.
Divorce; domestic violence as a ground for.
Circuit clerks; increase marriage license fee.
Absentee voting by mail; change notarization requirements for ballots submitted by certain college students.
Intimate visual material; create civil and criminal liability for unlawful disclosure or promotion of.
Out of committee2
Election code; revise.
State Board of Cosmetology; make technical revisions to practice act and extend repealer.
In committee9
Sixteenth Section School Land Principal Fund; authorize school districts to invest in Mississippi g.o. or municipal bonds.
Income tax; public hospitals & private nonprofit hospitals may collect certain debts by setoff against debtor's refund.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Divorce; bona fide separation as a ground for.
Alcoholic beverages; revise the definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Phantom damages; restrict admissibility of evidence of.
Driving; careless if using handheld wireless device.
Anti-Bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for by school districts.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Mammogram; require provider of to give certain information to patients when it shows dense breast tissue.
Hunting & fishing; waive for veterans with certain disabilities when participating in certain events.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Passed the Senate · 1
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Out of committee · 1
Equine riders; require helmet for certain minors on incremental basis.
In committee · 1
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.