Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Kathy Sykes
Sponsored
In committee20
Driver's license; revise requirements and create certificate for driving.
At-risk youth; authorize Community-Based Placement Pilot Program in certain counties.
Sales tax; provide additional diversion to Jackson to defray ad valorem tax loss and increased costs as seat of state government.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Workers' Compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Undocumented students; allow to attend college at in-state tuition rates subject to certain conditions.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions regarding.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for increases in.
Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; create.
Post-secondary funding; provide for restored mid-level funding of community and junior colleges and increase salaries of all post-secondary teachers.
Employment application form; prohibit criminal background information from being asked on.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; repeal.
Unemployment benefits; increase individual's weekly benefit amount to $40.00.
Department of Public Safety and Corrections; require to pay certain employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
Bicentennial Flag; create official design for in honor of state's bicentennial on December 10, 2017.
State flag; revise design of.
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Livable Homes Tax Credit Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Municipal ordinance regulating or restricting parking; remove certain signage requirement.
Anti-bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for by school districts.
Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund; revise certain provisions regarding assistance for families of Mississippi National Guard members.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; exempt entertainer contracts entered into by Mississippi Fair Commission from review of.
Commercial driver's license; require Commissioner of Public Safety to adopt rules providing for military skills test waiver as authorized by federal law.
Office of Physician Workforce; authorize to assist in creating/supporting residencies in addition to family medicine residencies.
Auto insurance; extend repealer on statue requiring repair business and lienholder as additional payees on check paying claim.
Nuisance animals and wild hogs; extend repealer on statue regulating the hunting of.
Infant Mortality Reduction Collaborative; extend repealer on.
State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer on.
Election code; revise.
Fire protection districts; authorize board of supervisors to dissolve, redefine or reconfigure.
Years of teaching experience; include years taught at postsecondary level in definition of.
Youth court custody orders; make certain revisions regarding.
Legislature's "doctor of the day"; extend civil immunity to any licensed physician serving as.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise distribution of fees from issuance of tags to members of the Mississippi Association of Realtors.
Tallahatchie County; authorize contribution to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Fantasy Contest Act; revise.
Vietnam Veterans Day in Mississippi; designate March 29th of each year as.
Opioid antagonists; authorize standing orders to pharmacies to dispense to persons without individual prescriptions.
Enterprise Security Program; establish to provide policies for cybersecurity safety across state government.
Prescription Monitoring Program; require all health care providers authorized to prescribe drugs to register with.
Special meetings; require notice of to be posted on public body's website.
Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center; authorize DFA to enter into contract with nonprofit corporation for support of.
Light wine or beer; authorize small craft breweries to sell light wine or beer they produce on the premises of the brewery.
Criminal Sexual Assault Protection Order; authorize issuance against rape or sexual assault defendant.
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.
Income tax; authorize first-time home buyers savings accounts and exclude contributions/distributions from gross income.
Vetoed · 1
Re-entry council; implement certain recommendations thereof.
Passed the House · 57
Highways; require MDOT to install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.
Transient vendors; delete exemption for certain sales from requirement for license as.
Department of Revenue; authorize to compromise and settle certain tax liabilities.
Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create to provide flexible spending accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Pre-election day voting; authorize.
Post-Conviction Relief; revise.
Motor vehicle; require to travel at a safe and appropriate rate of speed when approaching certain features on the roadway.
Precinct boundaries; prohibit altering for certain time of.
Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
School buses; allow students to drink water on.
Ethics Commission; clarify authority to operate unmarked vehicles.
Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Municipal budget; increase population threshold that requires municipalities to publish annual budget.
Financial institutions service providers; authorize Commissioner of Banking to examine.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to certain disabled veterans.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Mental Health; extend repealer on operational standards and state board's authority over regional centers.
State Department of Health and State Board of Health; reenact and extend repealer on.
Child abuse; require CPS to notify applicable military installation family advocacy program in certain cases.
Campaign contributions; prohibit personal use of and revise to require detailed reporting of.
MS Transportation Commission; authorize to require its contractors to provide work zone safety operations.
Community and junior colleges; may enter into long term loans for up to 30 years with board of trustees' approval.
Seat belts; require for all passengers.
Pro se legal forms; provide that court-approved forms may be provided by public librarians and law librarians.
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
Naming rights; authorize Commissioner of Agriculture and MS Fair Commissioner to enter into leases for on property under their control.
EEF Procurement Cards; authorize issuance to all certified classroom teachers.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; provide board members per diem for continuing education training.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise distribution of fees collected from issuance to members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; extend authority of Department of Revenue to approve applications for certain rebates under.
Nancy's Law; create to provide remedies for investigation of vulnerable person abuse.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow president of county board of supervisors to declare.
Statewide testing program; prohibit testing students in excess of three days during school year.
IHL Board; authorize to increase rate charged per square foot to occupants of properties under its jurisdiction.
Securities law; certain failures to supervise individuals are considered as multiple violations of.
"The Sexual Assault Response for Students in Universities and Community and Junior Colleges Act"; create.
Voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.
Military officers and employees; grant leave of absence from civil occupations in public or private business.
State energy management plan; revise laws to increase energy reporting and savings.
Energy services providers; revise laws regarding procedure for public contracts.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
Adult daycare facilities; define for licensure reimbursement purposes.
Youth Court; require to provide redacted copy of child's record to child's parent/guardian upon request of the parent/guardian.
Department of Corrections and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; revise certain provisions regarding the leasing of land by.
Forest acreage tax; delete repeal date on requirement that boards of supervisors levy.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; increase the amount of investment tax credits that may be allocated under.
Income tax; allow credit to venison processors for part of costs of processing venison for MS Hunter's Harvest Program.
Income/corporation franchise tax; increase amount of credits authorized for telecommunications enterprises providing broadband service to IHL.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain contributions to support the MS Integrated Basic Educational and Skills Training Program.
Income tax; authorize a credit for employers who pay the cost of a qualified wellness program.
Income tax; revise tax credit for child adoption expenses.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise eligibility criteria for disabled veteran tag.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
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Hunter safety education program; authorize inclusion of in school curriculum.
Counties; clarify jurisdiction over roads originally constructed as a state highway.
Casinos; require to provide first aid and CPR training to all employees.
Dept. of Child Protection Services; transfer of DHS functions to shall be completed by Jan. 1, 2018.
Fireworks; allow for sale at retail year-round.
Conditions for release of parole-eligible inmates without hearing; make applicable for inmates convicted on or after July 1, 2014.
Lottery advertisements prohibitions; repeal laws providing.
Tax assessors and collectors; revise the compensation provided to.
Marshals and constables; revise fees charged by.
Advertisements for competitive bids; require to be posted on the procurement portal website.
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Hunting regulation changes; require MS Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to provide certain public notice of proposed.
Hunter education course requirement; exempt for residents who are active duty, retired or honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces.
Inmate collect phone calls; require rates to be set at a certain flat rate.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
MS Medical Marijuana Pilot Program Act; create.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
Employee wages; require to be paid equally for women and men.
Graduation exercises; allow those in alternative schools and juvenile offenders to participate upon meeting graduation requirements.
Dual credit; provide to students who complete approved Cambridge International Program AS and A level course.
Public school curriculum; authorize school boards to adopt for schools within local school district.
State Superintendent of Public Education; salary set by State Board of Education subject to approval of State Personnel Board.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as a disciplinary alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Election; require Secretary of State to authorize early voting for overseas military.
State Veterans Affairs Board; require to maintain a women veterans' program.
Daylight Saving Time; provide that Mississippi shall observe year-round.
Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
Right to vote; restore to veterans who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon completing the sentencing requirements.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period for.
Vocational and technical education programs; require SBE to establish in each school district.
MDHS; revise authority of superintendents to reenroll students in school upon an order of the youth court to do so.
Parole; require parole board to provide for certain nonviolent offenders upon recommendation of sentencing judge.
State Parole Board; assign staff attorneys to process petitions for expunction to assist in re-entry efforts.
Squirrel season; extend through the first week of March.
English language learners; require SDE to grant waivers of accountability for certain school districts with increased enrollment of.
Mississippi English Language Learners Scholarship Program; create under the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program.
"21st Century Mississippi Training Initiative"; establish to increase access to college and career readiness.
Assistant teachers; increase salary to $15,000.00 by providing incremental raises until the 2021-2022 school year at $500.00 per year.
Medicaid payments; allow evidence of to prove collateral source of recovery.
School year; require to be calculated by hours to provide greater flexibility.
Elected offices; require candidates for to obtain letter of compliance for state taxes.
Daylight Saving Time; provide that Mississippi shall observe year-round.
Health insurance policies; require certain policies to cover infertility treatment and diagnosis.
Harper Grace's Law; extend repealer on authority to research and dispense cannabidiol (CBD oil) for medical purposes.
Mental Health; extend repealer on Strategic planning and Best Practice Committee.
Forestry Commission law enforcement officers; provide with full police power as a duly sworn law enforcement officer.
Audio recordings; require for standing, interim, special committees and subcommittees of the Mississippi Legislature.
Highway Patrol training class; require increase in sex offender registration to fund.
Women's Economic Security Act; create.
Mississippi Pay Equity Act; create.
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
Staffing services; prohibit the use of by state agencies, school districts and political subdivision for hiring of employees.
Secretary of State; authorize to distribute funds from Land Records Maintenance Fund to City of Jackson.
Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority; repeal.
Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds.
State flag; provide that Magnolia Flag will be an additional design of the official flag.
Religious Freedom Act; repeal along with Protecting Freedom of conscience from Government Discrimination Act.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Ad valorem tax; exempt motor vehicle owned by certain volunteer firefighters.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
"Small Town Teacher Tax Credit Act"; create to authorize an income tax credit to certain licensed teachers.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Deduction Act of 2017; create.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Credit Act of 2017; create.