Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Ashley Henley
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Military officers and employees; grant leave of absence from civil occupations in public or private business.
In committee35
Traffic signal lights; direct MDOT to install and operate at certain intersection in DeSoto County.
Mississippi Highway 305; expedite construction of segment in DeSoto County to five lanes.
"Health Care Freedom of Choice Act"; enact.
Eminent domain; require disclosure of comparative appraisals to property owners whose property is taken by.
State Superintendent of Education; salary set by State Board of Education subject to approval of State Personnel Board.
Social studies and history curriculum; prohibit revisions to courses due to philosophical purposes.
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Public school curriculum; require State Board of Education to review and revise.
State Board of Education; prohibit from taking certain actions related to subject matter curriculum.
MS Statewide Teacher Appraisal Rubric (M-STAR): discontinue and require local districts to adopt teacher evaluation system.
Common Core and MS College and Career Readiness Standards; prohibit implementation of.
Online curriculum; create "Parent Access" to require school districts to provide parents of certain students access to.
Sixteenth section lands; authorize Secretary of State to manage for districts under conservatorship.
Hunter education course requirement; exempt for residents who are active duty, retired or honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces.
State Superintendent of Public Education; revise salary so as not to exceed salary received by the Governor.
Compact for Education; provide for the automatic repeal of on July 1, 2017.
Cursive writing; direct the State Board of Education to require in elementary education curriculum.
State Board of Education; prohibit from taking certain actions related to subject matter curriculum.
Elected school boards; require to be elected at time of presidential election.
Sixteenth section lands; assign duties to Secretary of State during district's conservatorship.
Public school curriculum; authorize school boards to adopt for schools within local school district.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as a disciplinary alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Compact for Education; revise certain provisions of the severability clause of.
Community colleges; county taxes collected for shall be transmitted directly to instead of to chancery clerk.
Commercial Mobile Radio Service charge; distributions to CMRS Fund and emergency communications districts; revise.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of certain deceased veterans.
State Department of Education; include all employees in state service administered by State Personnel Board.
State Veterans Affairs Board; require PEER Committee to review operations of.
Surplus county road department equipment; authorize transfer to any other county department upon vote of board of supervisors.
Sex-related education; require SDE and MDH to maintain established protocol and programs related to and review task force efficiency.
Seized weapon; require to be returned to owner, if charges dismissed or person acquitted.
Concealed carry permit, enhanced; revise qualifications for military members or veterans.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow boards of supervisors to authorize certain county officials to declare.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Mississippi National Guard Armories.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Death certificates; Vital Records shall issue five copies without charge for deceased veterans.
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
EEF Procurement Cards; revise definition of "teachers" to include those employed at public special purpose schools to receive.
Taxing entities; require to file annual report providing amount of tax revenues received.
MS Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act; create.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
MS Youth Challenge Program; clarify terms for purposes of qualifying participants for graduation.
DeSoto County; authorize regional utility authority to acquire credit card and sell surplus property.
Passed the House · 10
Jackson County Utility Authority Study Committee; create.
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
Tourism project sales tax incentive program; revise definition of term "project" and extend authority of MDA to approve participants.
Trooper School Fund; transfer certain lapsed funds of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to fund trooper school.
Financial Transparency in Education Act; create.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Licensing Act; create and require interpretation services and certain girls' facility.
MS Statewide Teacher Appraisal Rubric (M-STAR); discontinue and require local districts to adopt teacher evaluation system.
School districts; exempt those with "A" and "B" accountability ratings from certain duties.
Out of committee · 1
Dual credit; provide students who complete an approved Cambridge International Program AS and A-level course.
In committee · 13
Bench warrants; provide that failure to appear in municipal court shall be a misdemeanor.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Milk products; exempt owners of certain milk producing animals from regulation when used for personal milk consumption.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Mississippi On-Farm Sales & Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
The Patient Choice Act of 2016; enact.
Wrongful death; include unborn child.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Firearms; remove license requirement to carry concealed in a holster on a person's body.
School administrators; prohibit districts from hiring as consultants if last employed by failing district.
Public school curriculum; require all school boards to establish for schools within local school district.
State and United States flag; require state universities to display when in session.
Livable Homes Tax Credit Act; create.