Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
David Baria
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Bay St. Louis; authorize levying of tax on bars and restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
Passed the House1
Youth court; revise who may attend hearings and require to send certain monthly cumulative data to Administrative Office of Courts.
In committee21
State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan; include local employees in participation.
State flag; revise the design of.
Bond counsel; require certain to be selected through competitive request for proposals process.
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; provide funding and specify mitigation standard.
Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association; require replacement cost coverage.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Unemployment compensation; provide for certain increases in.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; mandate to write policies on IBHS FORTIFIED homes.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; lower mandatory age to five years.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Rotary Club of Central Hancock County.
Hybrid vehicle tax; repeal section of law authorizing.
Insurance; prohibit delaying medical bill payment of insured for purpose of establishing subrogation rights.
Income tax; allow a credit to grocers for part of cost of purchasing locally grown or produced agricultural products.
Forgery; revise penalty for.
MAEP; eliminate the 27% local funding cap in support of.
The Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create.
Pre-election day voting and online voter registration; authorize.
Right to vote; restore to people who committed disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
Minimum wage; establish at $9.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in paying costs associated with dredging at Port Bienville in Hancock County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish.
Criminal Justice Reform Act; create.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
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; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Vetoed · 1
Secure detention; raise minimum age for youth.
Passed the House · 6
Haul seine net; prohibit use of for taking of certain fish within one-half mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.
Parental Rights of Rapists; terminate for children conceived of rape.
voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; increase maximum civil penalties for violations of.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; extend authority of Department of Revenue to approve applications for certain rebates under.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Buccaneer State Park and dredging at Port Bienville in Hancock County.
In committee · 13
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; exempt certain vehicles.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain nonviolent offenses.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Hemp; authorize regulation and growth of for certain purposes.
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Mississippi Occupational diploma; reinstate for purposes of awarding to students with disabilities upon high school graduation.
Mississippi Veterans Organizations Supplemental Funding Act of 2019; create.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi".
Health insurance policies; require certain to provide infertility coverage and establish pilot program in State Health Plan.
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Appropriation; DFA to pay salaries of federally funded state agency employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with dredging at Hancock County Port and Harbor.