Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Deborah Butler Dixon
Sponsored
Became law1
Memorial intersection; designate in Hinds County in honor of Broderick Rashad Dixon.
Out of committee2
Homicide; require persons convicted of to be registered as offenders.
School board members; elect all at time of presidential election for four-year terms.
In committee43
Autopsy; consent must be obtained from deceased's relative before being performed.
State Medical Examiner; require to be a resident of Mississippi.
Manslaughter; require case to be tried on individual merits.
Crime victims; authorize to employ private attorney to prosecute case as alternative to DA's office.
Plea deals; prohibit district attorneys from entering into.
Law enforcement officers; require universal background check for applicants for employment.
Law enforcement officers; require psychological evaluation every two years.
Municipal tort claims; revise immunity for damage to vehicle.
MS Bureau of Investigation; authorize to investigate law enforcement personnel placed on administrative leave.
Drug testing; require when law enforcement officer kills a person.
Expunction; automatically granted for first-time offenders.
Castle doctrine; remove immunity provided to homeowners for a killing that occurs outside the dwelling.
Broderick Rashad Danti Dixon Act; revise.
School textbooks; require school district to use portion of MAEP allocation for purchase of.
Child support; establish paternity by blood testing before requiring payment of.
Juries; prohibit friends and family of victim or defendant from serving.
Criminal prosecutions; victim or relative may hire own attorney to participate in.
Law enforcement officers and legal professionals; prohibit from certain acts of indiscretion and provide penalty for violations.
Hate crimes law; revise application.
Child support; provide credit toward payment upon presentation of receipts to DHS and the court.
Right to appeal; include in Victims' Bill of Rights.
Municipal annexation; require election on question for resident qualified electors of territory to be annexed.
Youth found to be in possession of drugs, certain; require to attend drug court program.
End-of-course subject area tests; prohibit mandatory passing scores as requirement for graduation.
DHS; prohibit removal of students from school without first giving notice of removal to custodial parents.
Opioid Tamper-Resistance Formulation; prohibit pharmacists from substituting opioid drugs for those incorporating.
School and school district administrators; impose moratorium on salary increase for those administer a school or district rated as "D" or "F" for two consecutive years.
Remedial education; provide to high school students before graduation as dual-enrollment option upon failure to attain certain score on subject area tests.
Prosecutors; revise plea bargaining in homicide cases.
Prosecutorial discretion; revise definition.
Model Penal Code - "Truth in Sentencing"; enact to provide uniform sentencing guidelines.
Marijuana; issue ticket for possession of 30 grams or less.
Failure to pay taxes; limit garnishment of wages of State employees and officers to 25%.
Bonds; allow for obligor incarcerated for overdue child support.
Courtroom proceedings; require electronic recording of with video and audio.
Law enforcement officers zero tolerance drug law; require random testing.
Capital murder; include shooting an unarmed person in the back.
Interscholastic uniforms and equipment; require school district to purchase with certain funds.
Video and audio surveillance; require installation in police evidence holding rooms.
Police officers; require to wear video cameras that have audio on uniforms while on patrol.
State Department of Education; impose moratorium on increase of salaries to certain employees of for a three-year period.
Elections; define residence of candidates.
Memorial highways; delete requirement of local resolution for Legislature to name.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Payment of teacher salaries; standard contract shall fix monthly installment.
State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board; shall consider expansion of coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Crimes & sentencing; enact certain reforms.
Public records; limit cost to respond to records request and provide civil penalty.
Commission Against Interpersonal Violence; create.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Municipalities; authorize to clean "abandoned" buildings and remove cost limitation for removal of hazardous waste.
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouse of such veterans.
State agency purchasing; require procurement portal to provide information to vendors and include on Transparency MS website.
State Auditor; authorize to conduct audits of state-funded economic development projects.
Small Business & Grocer Investment Act; create to encourage consumption of affordable healthy foods in underserved communities.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Passed the House · 16
Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant; allow transfer to a Mississippi College or University to receive.
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act; enact.
Professional school counselors; revise manner of reference and duties and responsibilities of.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
School superintendents; require to certify all statistical information submitted to SDE.
Firearms; restrict power of confiscation.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition of and remove exemption of certain contracts from board review.
Judicial districts, ADAs, criminal investigators and criminal assistant coordinators; revise.
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Teacher Education Alternate Route Certification Scholars Program; establish.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist in construction of Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain heavy equipment from.
Out of committee · 1
School superintendents; require referendum on changing to appointed in districts currently electing.
In committee · 10
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Bank holding companies; Commissioner of Banking shall have same authority over as he has over banks.
"The Municipal Election Reform Act of 2014"; create.
Expunction; revise.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
Appropriation; MDEQ to provide funding to Hines County for development of certain wastewater infrastructure facility.
Appropriation; Hinds County for renovation and making security improvements to Adult Detention Center.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.