Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Jay Hughes
Sponsored
In committee11
Law enforcement dogs; authorize EMTs to transport if injured in the line of duty.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Education Enhancement Fund; require percentage appropriated for classroom supply funds to be fully allocated.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the first weekend in August.
Secretary of State; prohibit from requiring social security number on application for voter ID card.
Certified nurse practitioners; no physician supervision required for certain with over 3,600 hours of clinical practice.
Legislature; allow retired teachers to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Insurance premium tax; rebate to counties a portion of revenue generated from homeowners insurance policies.
Noah's Law; create to regulate sale of pure powdered caffeine products.
Divorce; add separation as 13th ground.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Kaelin Kersh Act; create.
Passed the House · 4
General fund revenue; provide that percent of growth in will be used for repair and maintenance of state and local roads.
Mississippi Workforce Development Study Committee; create.
Windstorm Underwriting Association; revise various provisions relating to.
Employee Appeals Board; revise membership of.
In committee · 18
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Vocational and technical education programs; require SBE to establish in each school district.
Statewide Assessment Program; require SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment.
Dyslexia Coordinator; require the State Dept. of Education to employ in each school district.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who serve as volunteer firefighters.
Assistant teachers; increase salary to $15,000.00 by providing incremental raises until the 2022-2023 school year at $500.00 per year.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
MS Highway Safety Patrol; increase salaries of sworn officers by $5,000.00.
End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require minimum score on the ACT for graduation.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $2,000.00 increase over four years at $500.00/year beginning with the 2018-2019 term.
Teachers salaries; provide for $4,000.00 increase over four years at $1,000.00/year beginning with the 2018-2019 term.
End-of-course assessments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition of graduation.
Health insurance policies; delete age limitation on requirement to provide autism-related coverage.
Teachers' salary; implement a five-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Teachers' salaries; increase to southeastern average over five-year period.
Assistant teachers; increase annual minimum salary to $15,000.00.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Mississippi Dyslexia Forgivable Loan Program; increase number of students eligible for.