Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Sally Doty
Sponsored
Became law2
Alcoholic beverages; revise the definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Financial institutions; provide the order of priority to access a safe-deposit box upon death of lessee.
Passed the Senate4
Resident real estate broker license; revise qualifications for.
Wireless communication device; restrict use while driving.
State Department of Education to provide central business services for MSA and MSB/MSD; authorize.
Opioid Crisis Intervention Act; create.
Out of committee3
Absentee voting by mail; change notarization requirements for ballots submitted by certain college students.
Bail agents; revise qualification bond requirements and bail bond database restrictions.
Income tax; public hospitals & private nonprofit hospitals may collect certain debts by setoff against debtor's refund.
In committee26
Civil offense; clarify jurisdiction of municipal courts over.
Alcoholic beverages; revise the definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Absentee voting; may be conducted by voting machine if clerk and board of supervisors approve.
Statutory rape; raise age of consent.
Bail bonds; revise guarantee for appearance.
Retirement; earned compensation of members of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals includes all remuneration except mileage.
Sixteenth Section School Land Principal Fund; authorize school districts to invest in Mississippi G.O. or municipal bonds.
Use tax; divert a portion of voluntary collections to municipalities.
Child abuse or negelect; prohibit false report of.
Intimate visual material; create civil and criminal liability for unlawful disclosure or promotion of.
Corporations; revise change of name of.
Divorce; bona fide separation as a ground for.
Forensic Mental Health Act of 2018; create.
Income tax; school boards may certify early learning collaboratives as approved for purposes of the program support contribution credit.
Government Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan Law; clarify investment options under.
Government Employees' Deferred Compensation Law; revise certain provisions of.
Landlord-tenant law; revise certain provisions related to the nonpayment of rent.
Contracts for improvements to real property; specify maximum retainage.
Patent infringement; extend automatic repeal date.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Residency Program; include psychiatry students.
Charitable donation solicitation; require designation of an agent for service of process.
Sex offenders; employers must notify parent or guardian of minors who come in contact with registered employee.
Advocate confidentiality law; protect certain information held by rape crisis and domestic violence programs.
Mississippi Department of Human Services GEN+ Act; enact.
Phantom damages; restrict admissibility of evidence of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries.
Dog fighting; revise offense of and penalty for.
Passed the Senate · 3
State parks; exempt veterans who have been adjudged to have a total 100% service-connected disability from entry fees.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Elections; prohibit incumbent candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.
In committee · 2
Caffeine; prohibit sale to certain minors.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.