Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Deborah Butler Dixon
Sponsored
Became law2
Hinds County; authorize contributions to Scott Ford Houses and Jackson Zoological Park.
Hinds County; authorize contribution to Morning Star School, a Mississippi Historic Landmark.
Vetoed1
Secure detention; raise minimum age for youth.
Passed the House1
Oakley Youth Development Center; require to have physical custody of child within certain time frame when child ordered to.
Out of committee3
Fees assessed to youth involved in juvenile justice system, certain; remove.
Rights of youth taken into custody for delinquent act, certain; require legal counsel be consulted before waiver of certain rights may occur.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
In committee23
Consumer Arrest Record Equity (CARE) Act; create.
Child Support; suspend requirement for payment while payor is incarcerated.
Law enforcement officers; require training on drug referral programs.
Probation and parole; prohibit revocation of for failure of offender to pay restitution program fees under certain circumstances.
Juvenile offenders; revise sentencing guidelines.
Bail schedule for courts; create.
Tobacco products; revise minimum age required to purchase.
Parole eligibility for older offenders; increase age and length of sentence served to be eligible for parole and remove certain crimes for eligibility.
Eligibility for Intensive Supervision Program; revise.
Crisis intervention centers; require to establish one in Hinds County, and direct Legislature to fully fund all centers.
Expunction; automatically granted for first-time offenders.
Parole eligibility; revise for offenders who have reached age 60 or older.
End-of-Course assesments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition for graduation.
Expungement; authorize for no more than two felony convictions.
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Child support payments; limit to the date upon which paternity is proven.
CON; issue to Mastercare, Inc. for nursing home in Hinds or Copiah County for geriatric inmates.
Youth returning to school from certain out-of-home placement; prohibit automatic placement in alternative school.
Youth found with drugs/drug paraphernalia on school property; require to participate in a drug court program.
ADHD medications; provider must have second opinion and provide information to parents before prescribing.
Appropriation; Hinds County Board of Supervisors for Hinds County Circuit Drug Court for treatments for opioid addiction.
Bonds; authorize issuance for City of Raymond Police Department building.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Hawkins Field Airport in Jackson.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 41
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.
MS Qualified Health Center Grant Program; extend authority to make grants under.
Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget.
Physician Assistants; delete repealer on authority for issuance of temporary license to applicants in master's degree program.
Nonresident physicians; allow athletic team physicians to provide treatment to players at sporting events in MS.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at the state-owned shipyard in Jackson County.
Hemodialysis technicians; provide for registration under State Board of Health.
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Department of Human Services; extend repealers on certain sections relating to.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children.
Pharmacy Board; authorize to conduct criminal background checks on wholesale distributors.
Land sold for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes; sale is voidable at option of owner if chancery clerk fails to send required notice.
Eye examinations; require SBE to recommend for first grade students whose initial screening indicates need for comprehensive.
Criminal Justice Reform Act; create.
Cemeteries; authorize counties and municipalities to expend funds to maintain abandoned nonprofit cemeteries.
Bonds; authorize issuance for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on convention and visitors bureau and reconstitute membership of bureau.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to enter into lease agreements for water park improvements and to acquire such improved property through rental contracts.
Passed the House · 23
Mental health courts; authorize to be established throughout the state.
voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.
Districts of Innovations; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment or other nationally recognized assessment for purposes of school accountability designations.
Cottage food operation; increase maximum annual gross sales to $35,000.00 and authorize to advertise over the Internet.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; increase amount of short-term debt that DFA may incur to implement and administer projects.
Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.
Bonds; revise certain provisions regarding sale by political subdivisions and other instrumentalities.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; increase maximum civil penalties for violations of.
Youth court; revise who may attend hearings and require to send certain monthly cumulative data to Administrative Office of Courts.
Drug Court; revise certification schedule.
Tourism; create advisory board and divert percentage of restaurant and hotel sales tax revenue for advertising.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
County industrial development authorities, certain; authorize to sell bonds to the United States.
Airport Authorities Law; revise definition of airport and bring forward section of.
Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; repeal and transfer balance to the General Fund.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
Youth Court Act; implement recommendations of supreme court commission on children's justice.
Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund; revise to provide that grants are for short line railroads.
Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in person visit.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Center for STEM Education and Advancement.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a multipurpose building at the Greenville Higher Education Center/Mississippi Delta Community College.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Mississippi State Fairgrounds and Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
Bonds; authorize issuance improvements to certain state-owned emergency alert transmission towers.
Out of committee · 3
Income tax; allow a credit to grocers for part of cost of purchasing locally grown or produced agricultural products.
Nuclear High School Academy; authorize certain school district to enter into partnership for the establishment of.
Appraisal management companies; prohibit criminal background check as a condition of employment.
In committee · 14
Appropriation; City of Mound Bayou to make improvements to existing city pool.
Advocates of domestic abuse victims; create provisions to protect confidential information of.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Sixteenth section land; authorize leasing of certain land by municipalities/counties for less than minimum percentage if land leased for public purpose.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
Right to vote; restore automatically to certain persons who have completed all sentencing requirements.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi".
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Capitol Complex Improvement District and City of Jackson projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Warren County; authorize contributions to local nonprofit economic development organizations & authorize provision of certain matching funds.