Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
David Baria
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Youth court proceedings; require court reporter for detention and shelter hearings.
In committee22
Minimum wage; establish at $9.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
The Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create.
"Distributed Energy Resource Program" and "Net Energy Metering Program"; create.
Insurance; prohibit delaying medical bill payment of insured for purpose of establishing subrogation rights.
Insurance companies; prohibit payment of loss ratio bonus to agents.
Workers' Compensation Law; reduce certain repayment to employer after third party lawsuit due to attributable fault.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; lower mandatory age to five years.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
Reports of suspected abuse; require persons who make to DHS to give their name and contact information.
Youth Court Laws; define "reasonable efforts" for purposes of.
State agency advertising procurements; require approval by Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Recovery Act of 2017; create.
Youth courts; authorize attorneys to make copies of certain records to be considered by at a hearing.
Youth court; authorize to utilize volunteer Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in abuse and neglect cases.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase reinsurance amount to cover 250 year storm.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; mandate to write policies on IBHS FORTIFIED homes.
Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association; require replacement cost coverage.
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; provide funding and specify mitigation standard.
Child testimony, require to be recorded verbatim in situations involving abuse.
Income tax; allow a credit to grocers for part of cost of purchasing locally grown or produced agricultural products.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act of 2016; remove phase out of income and corporation franchise tax, remove deduction for federal self-employment tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
2017 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Youth court custody orders; make certain revisions regarding.
Youth court; authorize to utilize volunteer Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in abuse and neglect cases.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Passed the House · 7
Pre-election day voting; authorize.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; extend authority of Department of Revenue to approve applications for certain rebates under.
State Health Insurance Plan; require to cover certain annual examinations.
Youth Court; require to provide redacted copy of child's record to child's parent/guardian upon request of the parent/guardian.
Public contracts; give preference to veteran-owned small businesses.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Income tax; revise tax credit for child adoption expenses.
In committee · 10
Health insurance policies; require certain to cover infertility treatment and certain women's examinations.
Real estate transfers; require chancery clerk to provide names of grantees to tax assessors when indexing instruments.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program; require to be established and funded through TANF funds.
Charter school payments; prohibit SDE from reducing and redirecting local school district's MAEP funds for purpose of.
Charter school payments; remove local school districts requirement to pay local contribution directly to charter school.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
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.