Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Kathy Sykes
Sponsored
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Livable Homes Tax Credit Act; create.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain small businesses that create new jobs.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Laurel Street Park and Medgar Evers Community Center and Park.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Belhaven Park and Grove Park.
Bonds; authorize for capital improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.
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.
Employment application form; prohibit criminal background information from being asked on.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions regarding.
Department of Public Safety and Corrections; require to pay certain employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
Bump stock device; define, prohibit the use of and provide penalties for a violation of the use of.
IHL Board; require permanent appointment of alumni from Alcorn State, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State Universities to.
Post-secondary funding; provide for restored mid-level funding of community and junior colleges and increase salaries.
Charter schools; require school districts to pay local funds due on quarterly, rather than annual, basis.
Undocumented students; allow to attend college at in-state tuition rates subject to certain conditions.
Automatic voter registration; authorize for those who apply for the issuance, renewal or change of address of a driver's license.
Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; create.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; repeal.
Workers' Compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Unemployment benefits; increase individual's weekly benefit amount by $40.00.
Emergency evacuation order; prohibit employer from terminating or discriminating against an employee who evacuates under.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Community Open Arms Transformation with repair and renovation of building.
State service employees; provide $1,500.00 increase in annual compensation for.
Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Form; create and require certain nonopioid options for pain.
State flag; revise design of.
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson.
Jackson State University; designate as the State of Mississippi's preeminent public urban research university.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Belhaven Historic District.
Minimum wage; provide that no employee shall make less than.
Emergency medical technicians; revise definition of EMT-advanced.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Eubanks Creek.
Pre-election day voting; authorize twenty-one days before the election.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for increases in.
Right to vote; restore automatically to certain persons who have completed all sentencing requirements.
Online voter registration; revise to allow for first time voters to register through.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for repairs needed to address flooding of Eubanks Creek.
Appropriation; MDEQ to allocate funds to Hinds County Board of Supervisors for waste reduction program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to Belhaven Heights Park and Jaycee Park.
Co-sponsored
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Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.
Educator use of personal leave; authorize use of by employees on certain days in the event of death or funeral of an immediate family member.
Mississippi Transportation Commission; authorize to require its contractors to provide work zone safety operations.
MS Qualified Health Center Grant Program; extend authority to make grants under.
School bus overtaking; provide that all may report.
Income tax; extend repealer on credit for certain costs paid by a company in relocating national or regional headquarters to this state.
Local Government Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA authority to use certain funds for expenses.
Commercial Driver's License Act; exclude certain equipment operated by Mississippi Military Department from definition of "commercial motor vehicle."
Physician Assistants; delete repealer on authority for issuance of temporary license to applicants in master's degree program.
Manufacturers of motor vehicles; create standards for relations with its franchisees.
County sheriffs; revise daily amount that may be expended to feed county prisoners.
Office of Medical Examiner; include within the Office of Forensics Laboratories.
Precinct boundaries; prohibit altering for certain time of.
Nonresident physicians; allow athletic team physicians to provide treatment to players at sporting events in MS.
Hemodialysis technicians; provide for registration under State Board of Health.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Grandparent visitation; revise requirements to file petition.
Mississippi Home Corporation; extend reverter on authority to issue a certain amount of bonds.
Vending machines and micro markets; exempt from regulation by Department of Agriculture and State Board of Health.
Pharmacy Board; authorize to conduct criminal background checks on wholesale distributors.
Group health insurance; allow local governing authorities to pay employee's benefits for dependents.
The "Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019"; enact.
Emergency medical technicians; revise definition of EMT-advanced.
Eye examinations; require SBE to recommend for first grade students whose initial screening indicates need for comprehensive.
Criminal Justice Reform Act; create.
Assault and aggravated assault; include health care providers in provisions regarding.
Nurses; authorize Board of Nursing to establish an alternative to discipline program for licensees with certain impairment.
Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room.
Children's Promise Act; create.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Hinds County; authorize contributions to Scott Ford Houses and Jackson Zoological Park.
Hinds County; authorize contribution to Morning Star School, a Mississippi Historic Landmark.
Income tax; provide for method of apportioning income of certain medical laboratory service businesses.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on convention and visitors bureau and reconstitute membership of bureau.
Vetoed · 2
State and School Health Insurance Management Board; authorize State Superintendent of Public Education to designate individual to serve on.
Secure detention; raise minimum age for youth.
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Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.
Haul seine net; prohibit use of for taking of certain fish within one-half mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.
Mississippi Workforce Development Study Committee; create.
"Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.
Mental health courts; authorize to be established throughout the state.
MS Public Records Act of 1983; exempt certain information technology records from.
voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.
MS School for the Deaf; authorize creation of nonprofit entity for fundraising activities.
Cottage food operation; increase maximum annual gross sales to $35,000.00 and authorize to advertise over the Internet.
MS Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Act; codify and extend repealers to 2026.
Spoofing; provide that violation of is a violation of MS Telephone Solicitation Act.
Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.
Health Care Expendable Fund; extend repealer on.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; extend repealers on.
Public contracts of energy efficiency services; extend repealer on authority and certain requirements for.
Department of Revenue; authorize to compromise and settle certain tax liabilities.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; increase maximum civil penalties for violations of.
Youth court; revise who may attend hearings and require to send certain monthly cumulative data to Administrative Office of Courts.
Drug Court; revise certification schedule.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program; revise definition of deficient bridge.
Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise investments required by qualified business under the MS Health Care Industry Zone Act.
Administrative leave; authorize for state employees who are members of MS National Guard or reserves and perform emergency/disaster relief duties.
"Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable loan Program"; delete automatic repealer on and other applicable provisions.
Commission on Marine Resources; authorize to re-designate natural/public reefs under certain circumstances.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; create.
The Law Enforcement Identity Protection Act; create to protect the identities of officers involved in fatalities until investigation is complete.
The Sexual Assault Response Act; create.
Youth Court Act; implement recommendations of supreme court commission on children's justice.
Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund; revise to provide that grants are for short line railroads.
Income tax; authorize a tax credit for contributions to certain endowed funds held by community foundations.
Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in person visit.
Occupational licensing boards; revise procedures for issuing a license to military spouses.
Historic property income tax credit; increase amount of credits that may be awarded and revise certain other provisions.
Mississippi Critical Physician Shortage Act of 2019; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various purposes.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Natchez in constructing a Civil Rights Memorial.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Hinds County Development Project Loan Fund and allow use for construction of a parking garage.
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Artificial reefs; prohibit the publication of location data associated with.
Small Business and Grocer Investment Act; extend repealer on.
Opioid Crisis Intervention Act; create.
Mississippi Teacher Leadership Program; establish to provide stipend to teacher assuming leadership positions while remaining in the classroom.
The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create procedures to enact.
Appraisal management companies; prohibit criminal background check as a condition of employment.
Sales tax; exempt sales of lottery tickets.
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Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
Public schools; require toll-free number for reporting abuse and neglect to be posted in all.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain nonviolent offenses.
Corporate corridor development zones; authorize designation of and certain tax incentives for qualified businesses.
School safety; require schools to conduct emergency law enforcement drills to address active shooter incidents and other violent acts.
Assistant Teacher Elevated Salary Waiver Program; enact to compensate eligible assistant teachers at level of licensed teachers.
Bonds; authorize to renovate portion of the Metrocenter Mall to house the Hinds Community College Workforce Development Training Center.
Hybrid vehicle tax; repeal section of law authorizing.
Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Water well contractor's license; remove requirement that applicant must present three affidavits to the DEQ examining committee.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Felony expungement; authorize for nonviolent crimes.
Nonviolent felons; authorize expungement and tax credits for employers of.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund development of regional wastewater treatment system to service the Hinds Parkway area.
Appropriations; Hinds County to fund completion of construction of Hinds Parkway Road Project.
Spouses and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at post secondary institution.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Hawkins Field Airport in Jackson.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with acquisition of security cameras.
Sex education; require SDE and Department of Health to develop list of approved curricula to be used in schools and revise every five years.
DHS; prohibit from permanently disqualifying persons from TANF or SNAP benefits because of felony conviction.
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Appropriation; IHL for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Appropriation; IHL for Institute of Government at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Neshoba County with making improvements to County Road 832.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Arts Klassical, Inc., with purchase or lease of building in Jackson.