Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Deborah Butler Dixon
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Dept. of Education; require to conduct annual legislative and board update information sessions in each school district.
Youth found to be in possession of drugs, certain; require to attend drug court program.
In committee61
Surveillance cameras; authorize in classrooms and other areas of alternative schools.
School holidays; require all public schools to close in observance of state and federal legal holidays.
Parent School Review Board; create to review school procedures on placement of students in alternative schools.
Substitute teachers; establish minimum qualifications for employment and establish pay scale.
End-of-course subject area tests; prohibit mandatory passing scores as requirement for graduation.
Universities; require to admit students graduating in top ten percent of graduating high school class in Mississippi.
School district employees; prohibit school districts from using staffing companies for hiring district employees.
School districts; require audit of all local, state and federal funds expended by.
Assistant teachers; establish pay scale based on educational attainment and increase salaries.
Pledge of Allegiance; require to be recited daily in public schools.
Prayer in schools; authorize teachers or school administrators to open day with or observe moment of silence.
Specialized charter school; establish for exceptional children in each school district.
Public schools; require student wellness be included as an individual educational component in public school curriculum.
No Child Left Behind; require the State Dept. of Ed. to submit request for waiving specific requirements of.
DHS; prohibit removal of students from school without first giving notice of removal to parents.
Christian perspective; include as an elective educational component in public school curriculum.
School buses; require school districts to equip with seat belts and purchase those with seatbelts after July 1, 2012.
Public schools; reorganize and separate students by appropriate age and grade classifications.
Public dress code; create offense regarding clothing that exposes underwear or body parts.
Public schools; authorize use of wooden paddle as an acceptable form of corporal punishment.
Governmental entity; create exception for liability against when a law enforcement officer shoots a person in back.
State Medical Examiner; require to be a resident of Mississippi.
Law enforcement officers; prohibit from carrying service weapon while off duty.
Law enforcement officers Zero Tolerance Drug Law; require random testing.
Courts; require to electronically record proceedings.
Capital murder; include shooting an unarmed person in the back.
MS Bureau of Investigation; authorize to investigate law enforcement personnel placed on administrative leave.
Criminal prosecutions; victim or relative may hire own attorney to participate in.
Law enforcement officers and legal professionals; prohibit from committing certain acts of indiscretion and provide penalty for violations.
Manslaughter; require case to be tried on individual merits.
Medical malpractice; remove statute of limitations.
Law enforcement review board; require each municipality to create.
Law enforcement; require record keeping of out-of-state homicides.
Vehicle searches; prohibit without physical or visual evidence of violation of law.
Law enforcement officers; require periodic drug tests by outside company.
Law enforcement officers; prohibit from using weapons, radio devices or motor vehicles owned by government entities except for official business.
Law enforcement officers; revise various laws regarding.
Student dress code; require local school districts to adopt and enforce policies relating to.
Special Needs Charter School; establish for exceptional children in each school district.
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Home economics; require to be included in the curriculum as an elective in each school district for Grades 7-12.
Autopsy; consent must be obtained from deceased's relative before being performed.
Drug statutes; revise actual time served.
Law enforcement, certain; require one year of administrative work before a service weapon may be carried.
Public Schools; require surveillance video in each classroom and certain other areas of the school facility.
Smoke-Free Air Act of 2012; enact.
Drug testing; require when law enforcement officer kills a person.
Police officers; require to wear cameras on uniforms while on patrol.
Surgical procedures; require recording of with video device and maintained for four years.
Right to appeal; include in Victims' Bill of Rights.
Sentencing; create standard for felonies.
Intensive supervision program fees; remove requirement that offenders pay.
Juries; prohibit friends and family of victim or defendant from serving.
Licensed cosmetologists; require random site visits for inspections by State Board of Cosmetology employees.
Plea deals; prohibit district attorneys from entering into.
Cosmetologists; revise various provisions relating to.
Bail bond; create standard.
Law enforcement; require administrative leave while officer is investigated for community crime against person.
Tasers; prohibit use by law enforcement.
Crime victims; authorize to employ private attorney to prosecute case as alternative to DA's office.
Law enforcement officers; prohibit certain actions in government vehicle.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Sales tax; exempt sales of utilities to churches.
Student grades; prohibit certain school administrators and district employees from influencing a change in.
School Start Date Act of 2012; enact to restrict the start of a new academic year.
Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
Adoption; revise various statutes relating to.
IEP meetings; authorize parents to record or opt to have school districts provide written record or recording.
Technology services; require Mississippi Department of Technology Services to consolidate those used by state agencies.
Income tax; certain corporate distributions tax free if they are part of a transaction that qualifies under Section 355, Internal Rev. Code.
Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Hinds county; grant certain authority to Hinds County Human Resource Agency.
Passed the House · 19
Vulnerable persons; revise law.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
School Textbook Fund; clarify purposes for which funds may be used.
Mifepristone abortion; provide for laws regulating.
Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund; authorize grants to families incurring loss in disaster area.
Central School District Shared Services Office System; require each county to establish implementation schedule.
Income tax; authorize a credit for portion of costs paid by a business enterprise to expand and relocate employees to this state.
Conversion charter school; require transitional year for conversion of certain chronically under-performing schools.
School accreditation; authorize State Board of Education to withdraw for districts violating accreditation standards.
Dual enrollment/credit; clarify requirements for high school students.
Office of Dropout Prevention; clarify responsibility of.
Dogs that can detect diabetes; permit school boards and certain governing authorities to authorize use of in schools.
Eligibility of children in certain licensed residential facilities to receive federal education funds; provide.
Headquarters sales tax and job tax credit; revise number of jobs necessary to qualify for.
College Private Research Incentive Act; create.
Franchise and sales tax exemption; MDA may grant to businesses that receive funds from the Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Bonds; authorize for various economic development programs and for other purposes.
Out of committee · 2
Crime Victims Bill of Rights; victim has right to receive copy of initial incident report.
Court reporters; regulate procedures related to the recording of legal proceedings.
In committee · 6
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election on issue.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Appropriation; Commission on the Status of Women.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of felony offenses.