Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
David W. Myers
Sponsored
In committee24
Guards of correctional facilities; provide that are not required to register as sex offender if convicted of consensual relations with adult inmate.
Mississippi Highway 24; require MDOT to reconstruct a portion in Pike and Amite Counties to four lanes.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it.
Public school teachers; require districts to adopt a policy ensuring 250 minutes of planning time per week.
MS Adequate Education Program; fully fund for FY17 and each year thereafter.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; lower mandatory age to 5 years to include kindergarten students.
MS Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
MAEP; annually increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students until 50%.
Teachers and noninstructional school employees; provide for increase in salaries of.
School resource officers; revise educational training requirement as a condition of employment.
Student-teacher ratio; lower maximum allowed in grades 1-4 to 24:1.
Teachers classroom supply funds; restrict diverting funds specified for from appropriation for other purposes.
School Employees; repeal prohibition against making certain payroll deductions from salaries of.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries of.
SNAP benefits; direct DHS to revise formula used to calculate to increase benefit amount for elderly persons.
Cemeteries; prohibit additional charges for subsequent burial plot from which remains are disinterred.
MS Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program; create.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for future increases, exemptions and overtime requirements.
State Health Insurance Plan; increase lifetime maximum benefit.
State Flag; change design of to the Bonnie Blue Flag.
Sales tax; increase rate and deposit additional revenue into the Education Enhancement Fund.
Income tax; revise provisions regarding net income of nonresidents, revise definition of term "doing business."
Excise tax on gasoline and diesel; increase rate.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Passed the House · 2
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of McComb in making improvements to Parklane Road.
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
In committee · 7
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election approves lottery.
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits withheld until full restitution has been paid.
Former Hinds AHS; reorganize and establish as special purpose career and technical high school.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Statue of Limitations; remove for crimes against children.
State flag; create commission to select new design of from submissions by public universities and colleges.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.