Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Bill Denny
Sponsored
Became law1
Texting and social networking; prohibit while driving.
Passed the House6
Ballot box examination; clarify how candidates shall be served notice of.
Voter Registration; require registrar to mail card to the address on the voter's application.
Presidential preference primary; change date to the first Tuesday in March.
Elections commissioners; increase per diem.
Elections; revise training requirements for resolution board members.
Runoff election; clarify who can vote.
Out of committee3
Affidavit ballots; authorize casting of to serve as written request for ward or precinct transfer.
Voter rolls; clarify registrars and election commissioners respective duties to furnish and purge.
Affidavit ballots; clarify procedures for accepting and handling.
In committee14
Voter rolls; revise how the commissioners of election are required to purge voter rolls.
Circuit clerk; require to use information from Mississippi Department of Vital Records to revise pollbooks.
Election registrar; clarify how election commissioners are furnished voter roll.
Irregular ballots; authorize county and state executive committees to assess.
Uninitialed ballot; prohibit from being counted and add counting of to definition of "vote fraud."
Voter registration; require registrar to mail card to the address on the voter application.
State executive committee; authorize to order a new election to determine the true will of voters.
Voting machines; specify number to be placed in voting precincts.
Ballots; allow to be counted in new election under certain conditions.
Primary election contest; clarify that such shall not be heard by Mississippi Legislature.
Affidavit ballot; clarify information required on.
Pollbook; clarify reason for name erasure in by election commissioners.
Election commissioners; require county executive committee to offer an annual training course.
Crimes; prohibit owning vicious animal or dog unless requirements designed to protect public are met.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation: Department of Finance and Administration grant to Mississippi Home Corporation.
In committee · 2
Medical providers; provide health benefit plans must allow participation by and reimbursement to if licensed and within scope of practice.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.