Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Kathy Sykes
Sponsored
In committee27
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions regarding.
Unemployment benefits; increase individual's weekly benefit amount by $40.00.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Belhaven Park and Grove Park.
Livable Homes Tax Credit Act; create.
Post-secondary funding; provide for restored mid-level funding of community and junior colleges and increase salaries of teachers.
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.
Bonds; authorize for capital improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.
Jackson State University; designate as the State of Mississippi's preeminent public urban research university.
IHL Board; require permanent appointment of alumni from Alcorn State, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State Universities to.
Employment application form; prohibit criminal background information from being asked on.
Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; create.
Emergency evacuation order; prohibit employer from terminating or discriminating against an employee who evacuates under.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Laurel Street Park and Medgar Evers Community Center and Park.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; repeal.
Department of Public Safety and Corrections; require to pay certain employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
State flag; revise design of.
Driver's license; revise requirements and create certificate for driving.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for increases in.
Bump stock device; define, prohibit the use of and provide penalties for a violation of the use of.
Charter schools; require school districts to pay local funds due on quarterly, rather than annual, basis.
Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Form; create and require certain nonopioid options for pain.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Community Open Arms Transformation with repair and renovation of building.
Co-sponsored
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2018 First Extraordinary Session · Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2018; create.
Alcoholic beverages, beer and light wine; make lawful to transport unopened on state and federal highways in dry areas.
Municipalities; authorize to enter into interlocal agreement with rural water association regarding sewer services.
Re-entry council; implement certain recommendations thereof.
Municipalities; authorize to elect 5 aldermen if population is 10,000 or more and certain conditions are met.
State Inland Port Authority; revise the powers and duties of.
Licensed professional counselors; revise titles, qualifications and fees of.
Prescription Drugs Consumer Affordable Alternative Payment Options Act; create.
Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing.
MS Debt Management Services Act; exclude certain debt management service providers from the definition of "debt management service provider" under.
Children; authorize emergency placement in home of a relative.
Certified poll managers; revise number to be designated as.
MS Credit Availability Act, Title Pledge Act, and Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on certain provisions of.
Child Death Review Panel; extend repealer on.
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on.
Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention.
Emergency Telecommunications Services (911); extend repealer on.
State Parole Board; extend repealer on.
Election commissioners; revise staggered terms of.
MS Support Animal Act; define certain terms and include veterans diagnosed with PTSD in list of persons who may use support animals.
Marriage and family therapists and social workers; delete repealer on licensure laws.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize issuance of distillery retailer's permit and revise certain other permits.
Clothing allowance; increase for certain employees employed by a sheriff's office.
Menaced municipal property; provide determination of may be designated to municipal officials.
Emergency medical technicians; change statutory references for EMT intermediate to EMT-advanced.
Kaelin Kersh Act; create.
MS Business Corporation Act; revise bank merger process to be consistent with and revise provisions regarding banks in Mississippi that offer open-end credit.
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions to certain charitable organizations.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
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Proclamation of a local emergency; allow president of county board of supervisors to declare.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain nonviolent offenses.
General fund revenue; provide that percent of growth in will be used for repair and maintenance of state and local roads.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
"Mississippi Career-Tech Scholars Program"; establish to provide free tuition at community and junior colleges.
Mental health courts; authorize to be established throughout the state.
Mississippi Workforce Development Study Committee; create.
Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise certain provisions regarding leisure and recreation districts.
Department of Agriculture and Commerce; designate as state agency responsible for enforcement of FDA's Produce Safety Rule Program under the FMSA.
Delta State University; authorize to transfer certain real property to Coahoma Community College.
Use tax; use portion of revenue to assist municipalities and counties with road and bridge improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.
Mississippi Public-Private Partnership Act of 2018; create.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitation for to same as rape.
Perpetual care cemeteries; provide criminal penalties for violation of law regulating.
Public Service Commission; extend repealers on its creation and authority to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
MS Public Defender Task Force; extend repealer on.
Medicaid; extend repealers on various provisions relating to.
Parental Rights of Rapists; terminate for children conceived of rape.
Hospice; exempt from regulation of licensing agency that requires prescribers of controlled substances for pain to have in-person visit with patients.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Railroad grade crossing safety; revise laws regarding motor vehicles and other equipment.
Health insurance policies; require certain to provide infertility coverage.
Medicaid; extend repealer on provisions that levy assessments on certain health care facilities.
Appraisal management companies; prohibit criminal background check as a condition of employment.
Adult day care facilities; provide for licensure of and Medicaid reimbursement for.
"The Sexual Assault Response for Student Act"; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.
Income tax; authorize deduction for certain income earned by recent college graduates.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of buildings and infrastructure at Camp Kamassa in Copiah County.
Bonds and grants; authorize to assist the Rank-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District flood control project.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Byram-Clinton Parkway project and other road projects.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain railroad purposes.
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2018 First Extraordinary Session · Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; freeze decreases in income and franchise tax rates and freeze increase in federal employment tax deductions.
Counties; authorize levying of certain tax in support of Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Emergency Medical Technicians; authorize to carry firearms while in performance of duties.
Pre-election day voting; authorize.
Election commissioners; increase the per diem paid for performing duties on nonelection days.
Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel for representing all post-capital conviction appeals.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; expand membership to include a woman and require gender equity in certain workforce development systems.
MS School for the Deaf; authorize creation of nonprofit entity for fundraising activities.
Assistant teachers; increase salary to $15,000.00 by providing incremental raises until the 2022-2023 school year at $500.00 per year.
Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching Route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees.
Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice registered nurses have collaborative relationship with physician.
Marijuana possession; provide civil penalty for.
Expungement; authorize for nonviolent felony convictions.
Railroad crossings; require MDOT to review all passive crossings to determine if any are particularly dangerous.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount to the Small Farm and Agribusiness Center at Alcorn.
Pre-election day voting; authorize for 20 days before an election.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
MS Medical Marijuana Pilot Program Act; create.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the first weekend in August.
School districts; provide incentive to rehire retired teachers who may continue to draw retirement benefits.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Teachers salaries; provide for $4,000.00 increase over four years at $1,000.00/year beginning with the 2018-2019 term.
Special sales tax; authorize imposition of 1% or 2% for capital projects and/or tourism for municipalities after passage of referendum.
Transportation funding districts; provide referendum to be held in each to approve sales tax for road improvements.
Appropriation; Mississippi Community College Board to provide mid-level funding for community colleges.
Appropriation; Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
End-of-course assessments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition of graduation.
Bail; provide imposition of by courts, under certain circumstances, when no other conditions will ensure defendant's court appearance.
Private correctional facilities contractor; must have ability to use local vendors when providing services to offenders.
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters.
Code-charter municipality governing authorities; may delegate duties related to personnel actions.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Water well contractor's license; remove requirement that applicant must present three affidavits to the DEQ examining committee.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with maintenance of the Mississippi Telecommunication and Conference Training Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.