Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Kathy Sykes
Sponsored
In committee14
Historic property income tax credit; increase maximum amount of credits available.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Driver's license; revise requirements and create certificate for driving.
Undocumented students; allow to attend college at in-state tuition rates subject to certain conditions.
Workers' Compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Employment application form; prohibit criminal background information from being asked on.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; repeal.
Department of Public Safety; shall pay Mississippi Highway Patrol employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
At-risk youth; authorize Community-Based Placement Pilot Program in certain counties.
State flag; revise design of.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Sales tax; provide additional diversion to Jackson to defray ad valorem tax loss and increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Livable Homes Tax Credit Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
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."
Network pharmacy; may decline to provide certain drugs if networks pays less than acquisition cost.
Mississippi Appraisal Management Company Registration Act; extend repealer on registration requirement for appraisal management companies.
Physician Assistants; extend repealer on authority for issuance of temporary license to applicants in master's degree program.
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act and prohibitions against deceptive advertising by health care providers; delete repealers on.
Mississippi See Something, Say Something Act of 2016; enact.
Youth court; authorize counsel to represent indigent parent.
Online voter registration; authorize under authority of Secretary of State.
Public Employees' Retirement System; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of the system.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Social host; revise penalties for violations of.
Alcoholics and drug addicts; DMH shall try to arrange for supportive services upon discharge from treatment facility.
Group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers; delete repealer on authority to participate in.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Passed the House · 22
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for various purposes.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitation to rape.
Witness Protection Program; authorize.
Dentists; provide immunity for if necessary medical services are provided without expectation of payment.
MS Youth Challenge Academy; require SDE to provide certain information to director of for purposes of dropout prevention.
Habitual nonviolent offenders; revise sentencing guidelines.
Pre-election day voting; allow.
Election code; revise.
MDWFP; authorize to close or shorten open season due to high water or other exigent circumstances.
Jackson State University property; authorize long-term lease of for student housing.
Telemedicine; revise procedures defining and regulating the practice of.
UMMC teaching hospital; exempt from the provisions of certain purchasing practices.
Youth services under Department of Services; make technical amendments for.
Employment Security Act; create the Mississippi Works Fund and require contributions to support workforce training approved by MDA.
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Mississippi Site Development Grant Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for various Mississippi Development Authority programs.
Ad valorem tax; revise provisions regarding fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; increase the amount of investment tax credits that may be allocated under.
Historic property income tax credit; increase maximum amount of credits and extend time for taxpayer eligibility.
Bonds; authorize issuance for wastewater treatment facilities improvements in Hinds County.
Out of committee · 3
Working Families Tax Credit Act; create to authorize an income tax credit in an amount equal to a portion of earned income tax credit.
Small Business and Grocer Investment Act; extend repealer on.
Alcoholic beverages; revise qualifications for a manager's permit.
In committee · 13
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop 2 historic properties in Jackson.
Tobacco tax; impose on electronic cigarettes and alternative nicotine products.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain felony offenses.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of College of Education and Human Development at Jackson State University.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority to fund minority disparity study.
Contractors; provide method to receive payment when services have been terminated.
Beer breweries; authorize to make certain sales.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Scott Ford House, Inc., in developing two historic properties in Jackson.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making road and street improvements near Jackson State University.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund construction of Byram-Clinton Norrell Road Parkway Project.
Appropriation; Hinds County to fund centralized wastewater treatment system to service Byram-Clinton corridor area.
Earned income tax credit; authorize an income tax credit in an amount equal to a portion of earned income tax credit.