Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Deborah Butler Dixon
Sponsored
Passed the House3
Alcoholic Beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Child abuse; require CPS to notify applicable military installation family advocacy program in certain cases.
Department of Child Protection Services; make technical amendments to provisions of law relating to and give certain powers and duties to.
Out of committee6
Juvenile detention centers; require a certain number of hours of daily education and prohibit use of solitary confinement.
Youth found with drugs or drug paraphernalia on school property; require to participate in a drug court program.
At-risk youth; authorize Community-Based Placement Pilot Program in certain counties.
Medication for youth in state-supported training school, certain; require second opinion before prescribing.
Dept. of Child Protection Services; transfer of DHS functions to shall be completed by Jan. 1, 2018.
Oakley Youth Development Center; require to have physical custody of a child within certain time frame once child is ordered to by youth court.
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Motorcycles; allow to proceed through red light if green light is not triggered.
Parole and Post-release supervision; make various revisions regarding.
Parole eligibility; authorize for offender 60 years or older who has served at least 10 years of sentence for drug trafficking.
DHS; seek federal waivers to require SNAP recipients to present photo ID when making purchases.
ADHD medications; provider must have second opinion and provide information to parents before prescribing.
Crisis intervention centers; require to establish one in Hinds County, and direct Legislature to fully fund all centers.
Tobacco products; revise minimum age required to purchase.
State Superintendent of Public Education; require Governor to appoint from candidates recommended by the State Board of Education.
School board members; elect all at statewide general election for four-year term.
Graduation exercises; allow those in alternative schools and juvenile offenders to participate upon meeting graduation requirements.
End-of-course subject area test; prohibit mandatory passing score as requirement for graduation.
School districts; require audit of all local, state and federal funds expended by.
State Veterans Affairs Board; require to maintain a women veterans' program.
Medicaid; allow active duty military to use state of legal residence to register family members with special needs.
Needle exchange programs; authorize county health departments to operate with consent of local governments.
Public assistance; require recipients of to present proof each quarter of their attempts to obtain employment.
DHS; require to provide information to kinship caregivers regarding public assistance benefits.
Paroled offenders; prohibit automatic arrest and revocation of parole for being near the vicinity of a firearm under certain circumstances.
State Parole Board; assign staff attorneys to process petitions for expunction to assist in re-entry efforts.
At-risk students; authorize program of continued enrollment while attending an alternative education program.
MS Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act; create to provide tuition assistance.
Dyslexia screenings; require school districts to provide for students and acceptance of independent evaluation and diagnosis.
School buses; require school districts to equip with seat belts and purchase those with seatbelts after July 1, 2017.
Automatic voter registration; authorize for those who apply for the issuance, renewal or change of address of motor vehicle driver's licenses.
School textbooks; create pilot program for purchasing new textbooks and require Legislature to provide funding for.
Employment contracts; limit payment of for certain public school and postsecondary education employees for termination or breach.
Assistant teachers; delete minimum salary requirement and require salary to be established in employment contract.
Drug testing; authorize for persons receiving public assistance benefits.
Pain management facilities; provide for licensure of.
Drug testing; establish pilot program for random testing of certain health care providers.
Employment Protection Act; revise and authorize law enforcement to request presentation of certain identification.
Bail schedule for courts; create.
Law enforcement officers; require to provide mental health evaluation within 24 hours of misdemeanor arrest.
Child support; provide credit to noncustodial parent.
Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund; eliminate or limit matching funds required to get grants from.
Autopsy; consent must be obtained from deceased's relative before being performed.
MS Bureau of Investigation; authorize to investigate law enforcement personnel placed on administrative leave.
Capital murder; include shooting of an unarmed person in the back as.
Hate Crimes Law; revise application of.
Expunction; grant automatically for first time offenders.
Misdemeanor arrests; require release within 24 hours if not seen by a judge within 24 hours.
Manslaughter; require each case to be tried on individual merits.
"Broderick R. Dixon Act"; create.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries of.
Child support; revise liability of father to reflect no more than 50% of expenses.
Child support; revise requirements for payment of to date that paternity is proven.
Parole; authorize eligibility for offenders who commit habitual offenses and felonies with enhanced penalties.
Child neglect cases; require DHS to notify the court after three failed attempts to remove child for temporary placement.
State Parole Board; authorize to place certain offenders on medical parole.
Child support; duty to pay suspended upon incarceration and revise period for certain licensee to have license revoked for failure to pay.
Municipal court judges; require to be elected.
Hinds County Public Schools Dyslexia Therapy Instruction Pilot Program; establish for certain school districts.
Public schools; reorganize and separate students by appropriate age and grade classifications.
State agency vehicles; restrict purchasing of.
Staffing services; prohibit the use of by state agencies, school districts and political subdivision for hiring of employees.
Youth returning from certain out-of-home placement and youth who commit certain offenses during certain period; provide certain placement of.
Municipalities; require to provide police officers with certain cameras and provide certain penalties for failure to make provision.
Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer's Training Academy; require all law enforcement officers to attend.
Broderick Rashad Danti Dixon Act; create.
Courtroom proceedings; require electronic recording of with video and audio.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; create.
Office of Physician Workforce; authorize to assist in creating/supporting residencies in addition to family medicine residencies.
Infant Mortality Reduction Collaborative; extend repealer on.
Medical examiners and pathologist; extend repealer on fees for death investigations and autopsies.
Fire protection districts; authorize board of supervisors to dissolve, redefine or reconfigure.
Post-accute residential brain injury rehabilitation facility; define for purpose of licensure.
Nursing Licensure Compact; create.
DFA; clarify and update inventory of state real properties under the authority, general supervision and oversight of.
DFA; require to collect and report data on R and R expenditures for certain state facilities on annual basis.
Youth court custody orders; make certain revisions regarding.
Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts Act; create.
Fantasy Contest Act; revise.
Youth court; authorize to utilize volunteer Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in abuse and neglect cases.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; create and fund improvement projects within.
City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions to Storehouse Community Food Pantry.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.
MSU; buildings erected on university land leased to private entities for student housing is exempt from taxation.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
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Department of Revenue; authorize to compromise and settle certain tax liabilities.
Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create to provide flexible spending accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Post-Conviction Relief; revise.
Delinquency of a minor; provide that those who cause minors to sell drugs or join gangs contribute to.
Precinct boundaries; prohibit altering for certain time of.
Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
Mental Health; extend repealer on operational standards and state board's authority over regional centers.
State Department of Health and State Board of Health; reenact and extend repealer on.
Campaign contributions; prohibit personal use of and revise to require detailed reporting of.
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; create.
Election contests; revise procedures for deciding those that result after primary elections.
DFA; require to study and make report on capital needs by clarifying process of asset preservation and replacement.
Seat belts; require for all passengers.
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow president of county board of supervisors to declare.
Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services; bring forward sections relating to.
Drug Schedules I, II and III; revise.
State energy management plan; revise laws to increase energy reporting and savings.
Energy services providers; revise laws regarding procedure for public contracts.
Youth Court; require to provide redacted copy of child's record to child's parent/guardian upon request of the parent/guardian.
Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise certain provisions regarding leisure and recreational districts.
Expungement; revise list of eligible crimes.
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide funds for the Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; increase the amount of investment tax credits that may be allocated under.
Income tax; revise tax credit for child adoption expenses.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a multipurpose building at the Greenville Higher Education Center/Mississippi Delta Community College.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities and counties with bridge improvements.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Out of committee · 4
Casinos; require to provide first aid and CPR training to all employees.
Lottery advertisements prohibitions; repeal laws providing.
Youth court prosecutor; require district attorney to appoint and require residency in county where youth court is located.
Municipalities; authorize adoption of ordinance for system to issue citations and summons to violators of certain ordinances.
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Health insurance policies; require coverage certain examinations primarily related to women's health.
Audio recordings; require for standing, interim, special committees and subcommittees of the Mississippi Legislature.
Health insurance policies; require certain to cover infertility treatment and certain women's examinations.
Firearms; prohibit public funds from being spent on enforcing violation of state laws regarding.
Insurance fraud; provide civil immunity for certain reporting when done in good faith.
Unattended vehicles; repeal violation for not properly parking or leaving engine running.
City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions to Read by Third Grade Tutorial Program.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to establish a of leisure and recreation district.
City of Biloxi; authorize to establish "Biloxi Biometrics and Cybersecurity Center, Inc.", a nonprofit corporation.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Marion county and City of Columbia with road, bridge and airport improvements.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.