Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Deborah Butler Dixon
Sponsored
Became law2
Cosmetology Board; require to issue photo ID to licensees to display at place of employment.
State agencies; require to provide legislative update section on their websites.
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Student placement; require students who complete the sentence in a juvenile facility be returned to the traditional classroom setting.
Criminal prosecutions; victim or relative may hire own attorney to participate in.
Drug testing; require when law enforcement officer kills a person.
Dept. of Education; require to conduct annual legislative and board update information sessions in each school district.
Castle doctrine; remove immunity provided to homeowners for a killing that occurs outside the dwelling.
Inmate canteen; require to be staffed by trusty inmates or state employees and prohibit Dept. of Corrections from using certain vendors.
Autopsy; consent must be obtained from deceased's relative before being performed.
Law enforcement officers; prohibit from carrying service weapon while off duty.
Bail bond; create standard.
Fire truck acquisition assistance program; provide certain requirements for disposal of property acquired under.
Homicide; require persons convicted of to be registered as offenders.
Law enforcement officers and legal professionals; prohibit from certain acts of indiscretion and provide penalty for violations.
Expunction; automatically granted for first-time offenders.
Opioid Tamper-Resistance Formulation; prohibit pharmacists from substituting opiod drugs for those incorporating.
MS Bureau of Investigation; authorize to investigate law enforcement personnel placed on administrative leave.
Law enforcement officers; prohibit certain actions in government vehicle.
Medical malpractice; revise statute of limitations.
Broderick Rashad Danti Dixon Act; revise.
Plea deals; prohibit district attorneys from entering into.
Part-time teachers; require local school boards to adopt policy to use to provide remedial instruction to certain students.
Model Penal Code; enact to provide uniform sentencing.
Corporal punishment; authorize use of wooden paddle in public schools to administer.
Mississippi School for Reading and the Arts; create.
State Medical Examiner; require to be a resident of Mississippi.
School districts; require audit of all local, state and federal funds expended by.
Class size; require local school boards to adopt policy reducing at various grade levels.
Failure to pay taxes; garnish salaries of public officials and employees.
Law enforcement officers Zero Tolerance Drug Law; require random testing.
Parent's ability to have child involuntarily held due to mental illness; authorize for up to age 26.
Tuition; prohibit increase at state institutions of higher learning from 2013-2014 through 2016-2017.
Manslaughter; require case to be tried on individual merits.
Charter schools; create pilot program for boys in Grades 3-12.
Specialized charter school; create for exceptional children with intellectual disabilities.
Surgical procedures; require recording of with video device and maintained for four years.
Youth found to be in possession of drugs, certain; require to attend drug court program.
School attendance officers; require school districts to provide consistent reporting of student absence to parents.
Hate crimes law; revise application.
Graduation exercises; allow those in alternative schools and juvenile offenders who meet graduation requirements to participate in at school of last attendance.
Mississippi School for the Intellectually Disabled; create.
Police officers; require to wear cameras on uniforms while on patrol.
Parent School Review Board; create to review school procedures on placement of students in alternative schools.
Capital murder; include shooting an unarmed person in the back.
Governmental entity; create exception for liability against when a law enforcement officer shoots a person in back.
End-of-course subject area tests; prohibit mandatory passing scores as requirement for graduation.
Student tutors; require school boards to develop program to incentivize peer-to-peer instruction provided by certain.
Health insurance; allow parent access to child's medical records if covered under his or her policy or plan.
Law enforcement; require administrative leave while officer is investigated for committing crime against person.
Charter schools; create a pilot program for girls in Grades 3 through 12.
Law enforcement officers; require periodic drug testing by outside company.
DHS; prohibit removal of students from school without first giving notice of removal to parents.
Vehicle searches; prohibit without physical or visual evidence of violation of law.
Law enforcement; require record keeping of out-of-state homicides.
Sentencing; create standard for felonies.
Drug testing; authorize for persons receiving public assistance benefits.
Juries; prohibit friends and family of victim or defendant from serving.
Right to appeal; include in Victims' Bill of Rights.
Law enforcement officers; require psychological evaluation every two years.
Toll roads; establish on I-20, I-55 and Hwy 49 and allocate fees to each county proportionately.
Law enforcement officers; require universal background check for applicants for employment.
Municipal Tort Claims; revise immunity for damage to vehicle.
Gun sales; prohibit sale of stolen.
Crisis intervention centers; require to establish one in Hinds County, and direct Legislature to fully fund all centers.
Law enforcement officers; prohibit from using weapons, radio devices or motor vehicles owned by government entities except for official business.
Public schools; require student wellness be included as component of curriculum.
Law enforcement review board; require each municipality to create.
Road repairs; require counties and municipalities to repair with employees of the governmental entity.
Oakley Youth Development Center; establish process to convert to a public charter school.
Crime victims; authorize to employ private attorney to prosecute case as alternative to DA's office.
Courthouses; allow members of the Legislature to carry personal belongings into courtroom proceedings.
Child support; provide credit toward payment upon presentation of receipts to DHS and the court.
Child support; suspend requirement for payment while payor is incarcerated.
Bonds; allow for obligor incarcerated for overdue child support.
School board members; require all to be elected at time of presidential election.
Surveillance cameras; authorize use of in classrooms and other areas of alternative schools.
Public Schools; require surveillance video in each classroom and certain other areas of the school facility.
Human trafficking; revise and enhance penalties for.
Insurance, motor vehicle; require 10% premium discount for certain older drivers.
Municipal annexation; require election on question for resident qualified electors of territory to be annexed.
Co-sponsored
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Weapons; clarify definition of concealed.
Crimes; revise attempt.
Driver's license; provide fines from other state's electronic traffic cameras shall only be recognized if a Driver License Compact state.
"Wounded Warrior Special Programs"; authorize Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to establish in wildlife management areas and refuges.
Community colleges; provide for optional out-of-state waiver policy to be determined by board of each college.
Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013; create.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Crime Victims' Compensation Act; revisions to grounds for denying compensation.
MS Fair Commission; authorize to contract with DFA for providing law enforcement control at Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex.
Ms State Veterans' Home; designate home in Kosciusko as the "Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home".
Child support; authorize DHS to contract with vendors to improve program.
Truth in Sentencing Task Force; create.
Motor vehicles; make unlawful to sell without title and registration in name of owner unless dealer.
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Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
School superintendents; require to certify all statistical information submitted to SDE.
Municipal clerks and managers; clarify how such shall be paid and revise discretionary pay.
Sheriff; authorize to charge reasonable expenses for executing service of process.
Murder; create first and second degree and revise penalty.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shell receive by reciprocity when in MS.
Emerging crops; delete repealer on maximum amount of loans to certain enterprises under Emerging Crops Fund.
Certified academic language therapy; include in category of individuals eligible for annual salary supplement.
Constables; require to file compensation reports to the State Auditor.
School administrators; prohibit districts from hiring as consultant if last employed by a failing district.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.
Education Works: Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act/performance-based pay; create.
Crime victim compensation; increase by 25%.
Reading Proficiency Program; establish in public schools to achieve grade level reading by end of 3rd grade.
Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Nutrition labeling of food; reserve regulation of to the Legislature.
Public lands; prohibit nonresident aliens and illegal non-U.S. citizens from acquiring.
Municipal prosecuting attorney; authorize to have first option to handle municipal cases transferred to justice courts.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing and installing solar energy system or energy efficiency services.
Out of committee · 2
Medicaid; extend repealers on various provisions in Medicaid program.
Inmate Welfare Fund; require fund be a special fund in State Treasury and provide certain management of fund.
In committee · 4
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
Retired public employees; authorize Dept. of Safety to issue license or personal identification card indicating retired status.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making improvements to the Woodrow Wilson Avenue Bridge.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.