Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Gary V. Staples
Sponsored
In committee9
Wireless Communication Commission; remove the Department of Information Technology Services from.
Adverse possession; repeal.
U.S. Constitution; create statutory procedure for representing Mississippi at convention proposing amendments to.
Open primary; authorize a nonbinding referendum on the question of.
MS One-Call System; prohibit liability from attaching to excavators who do not receive timely markings of underground utilities from.
Special hunting season in state parks; revise eligibility for individuals who may be permitted of certain age and disabilities.
CON; issue for nursing facility in Jones County.
Computer services & other professional services; allow public contracts over $100,000.00 for without competitive bidding.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 27
Weapons; clarify state preemption of local ordinances.
Executive Committee; prohibit certain persons from serving on municipal, county and state.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
State Auditor; authorize to conduct audits of state-funded economic development projects.
Tourism project sales tax incentive program; revise definition of term project and extend; create new hotel incentive.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Passed the House · 8
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Uniform hospital claims form; Insurance Commissioner develop to use for all hospital services reimbursement claims.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of nonperishable foods, certain other sales and livestock admission and parking.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition of and remove exemption of certain contracts from board review.
Duplicate license; prohibit public bodies from requiring licensees to appear in person to receive.
Law enforcement officers; sidearm issued to officer killed in line of duty may be purchased by family.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Mississippi Watershed repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Out of committee · 2
Harvest permits; revise vehicles eligible for to include those carrying disposal well waters to.
Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to revise grades for which offered.
In committee · 27
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Volunteer fire departments; increase amount insurance company required to pay for response to fire.
School Start Date Act; repeal to allow local school boards to determine the start of a new academic year as prescribed in Section 37-13-61.
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.
Airport authorities; revise public notice for the sale of surplus property that is to be sold via Internet.
Commercial driver's license; require DPS to provide for renewals in each county seat at request of board of supervisors.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to The United Way of the Pine Belt Region, Inc.
School boards; elect all at presidential election for four-year terms.
Dyslexia education; require instruction in for licensure as educator or administrator.
"The Municipal Election Reform Act of 2014"; create.
Voter Assistance; revise how an elector may receive and who can provide such to an elector.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
State boundaries; clarify in statue.
State inmates; prohibit conjugal visits for.
Weapons; prohibit public housing authorities from restricting lawful possession by residents.
Agricultural lease of prison lands; transfer management of from DFA to Secretary of State and reduce lease period.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Mississippi Physician Shield Act; create.
Medicaid; provide civil immunity to physician Medicaid providers for services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Administrative procedures act; revise to allow small business to have streamlined adjudicatory proceeding.
Intrastate gas pipelines and intrastate gas gathering systems; require to be open to the public as a common carrier.
Certain personal service contracts for DOC; place under the purview of Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Parole supervision fees; increase.
Community work centers; require hearing before Department of Corrections may close.
Guns; prohibit confiscation during natural disasters.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Fund; increase benefit and funding for.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.