Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Patricia H. Willis
Sponsored
Became law2
Utility districts; revise board of certain, and provide that designated member of certain has same voting power as mayor.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the House3
Theft; revise penalty when employee gives away merchandise.
Shoplifting; revise penalties for.
Crime lab fees; clarify who is required to pay.
Out of committee1
DUI test; clarify the authority to administer.
In committee2
Car theft; revise penalties for.
Texting; prohibit while driving.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Property Insurance Clarity Act; create.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
Commission on Marine Resources; revise authority for regulating the leasing of bottoms.
U.S. Highway 61; designate as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail".
Court reporters; increase salary for those in circuit, chancery and county courts.
Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund; allow use for members of MS National Guard or Reserves regardless of mobilization status.
Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of deficient bridges on state maintained highways.
Passed the House · 8
Mississippi "Gospel Music Trail"; authorize MDA Division of Tourism to establish program and historical markers for.
DMR enforcement officers; increase time to complete required training for employment before salary benefits are terminated.
Cat Island; authorize the Sec. of State to negotiate with the U.S. government for consolidation of lands located on through exchange.
Mississippi Entertainment Investment Act; create.
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
Powdered alcohol; prohibit in this state.
Marshals and constables; revise fees charged for service of process.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for an aquarium located in the City of Gulfport.
Out of committee · 7
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
Prison lands leased for agricultural purposes; revise fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Child neglect; add children left alone in motor vehicles to definitions of.
Teacher's Assistant Education Certification Scholars Program; create to provide assistance to individuals pursuing teacher licensure.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
Compact for a Balanced Budget; enact.
MS Department of Public Safety; enact salary scale for sworn officers and provide for experience increases.
In committee · 13
Appropriations; IHL to fund Plan of Action to Address the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancies.
Appropriation; Community College Board to fund Plan of Action to Address the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancies.
Medical providers; provide health benefit plans must allow participation by and reimbursement to if licensed and within scope of practice.
Law enforcement and animal control officers; authorize to remove dogs or cats from a vehicle in extreme conditions without liability.
Task Force on the treatment of the mentally ill while incarcerated in municipal and county jails; create.
Ambulances; authorize to pick up patients at their request regardless of territorial boundaries of ambulance.
Compact for a balance budget; enact.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Local Law enforcement Bullet Proof Vest Matching Grant Fund; create.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Appropriation; City of Waveland to construct a building to house its famous carousel in its Hurricane Katrina Museum.
Workforce Training Mitigation Act of 2015; authorize issuance of bonds for construction of workforce training facility in certain area of state.