Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
David Baria
Sponsored
In committee23
Compulsory School Attendance Law; lower mandatory age to 5 years.
Income tax; allow credit to grocers for part of cost of purchasing locally grown or produced agricultural products.
The Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund for FY16 and each year thereafter.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Flood insurance; release certain property owners from requirements to purchase.
Gubernatorial pardon; require applicant to notify Parole Board & public hearing held, if conviction was for violent felony crime.
Child abuse actions; remove statute of limitations on.
GPS; require certain domestic violence abusers to wear.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
MS Office of Education Special Needs Counsel; create to provide legal representation to families in securing special education services.
Students athletes; require automated external defibrillators on high school grounds; cardiac screening and AED training.
Insurance companies; prohibit payment of loss ratio bonus to agents.
Insurance; prohibit delaying medical bill payment of insured for purpose of establishing subrogation rights.
"Distributed Energy Resource Program" and "Net Energy Metering Program"; create.
State of Mississippi Congressional and Legislative Redistricting Act; create.
State agency advertising procurements; Personal Services Contract Review Board must preapprove.
Property Insurance Clarity Act; create.
Minimum wage; establish at $9.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Worker's compensation Law; reduce certain repayment to employer after third party lawsuit due to attributable fault.
Escorts; super over dimensional loads; authorize MDOT and MHSP to enter into MOU for purpose of.
Child Witness Bill of Rights; enact.
Appropriation; City of Waveland to construct a building to house its famous carousel in its Hurricane Katrina Museum.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Property Insurance Clarity Act; create.
Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund; allow repayment of funds to be made at terms consistent with federal law.
Passed the House · 3
Cat Island; authorize the Sec. of State to negotiate with the U.S. government for consolidation of lands located on through exchange.
Commission on Future of Medicaid and Health Care in Mississippi; create.
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
Out of committee · 3
Student bullying and harassing behavior; revise provision regarding.
Homeowners insurance companies; require to write policies on FORTIFIED homes certified by IBHS.
Over dimensional loads; authorize MHSP and MDOT to enter into a MOU for the purposes of escorting.
In committee · 6
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act" and lower compulsory age to five years.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; require approval of Public Service Commission to exercise certain powers.
Special Education Improvement Act of 2015; create to improved services and to provide funding for same to certain families.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition of and expenditure amount and remove exemption of certain contracts from board review.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.