Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Robert Foster
Sponsored
Became law2
DeSoto County; authorize sheriff's office to be located not more than two miles from the courthouse.
Ad valorem taxes; list of personal; property provided to tax assessor is presumed to be accurate.
Out of committee1
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
In committee5
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities and create diversion to counties, use revenue for street/road improvements.
Public records; provide for removal of certain law enforcement and military records by public entities.
Right to farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.
CON law; remove health care services and equipment from requirement for a CON.
Desoto County; authorize regional utility authority to acquire credit card and sell surplus property.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Death certificates; Vital Records shall issue five copies without charge for deceased veterans.
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
DeSoto County; authorize regional utility authority to acquire credit card and sell surplus property.
Passed the House · 2
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
In committee · 20
Proclamation of a local emergency; allow boards of supervisors to authorize certain county officials to declare.
Traffic signal lights; direct MDOT to install and operate at certain intersection in DeSoto County.
Mississippi Highway 305; expedite construction of segment in DeSoto County to five lanes.
Bench warrants; provide that failure to appear in municipal court shall be a misdemeanor.
Eminent domain; require disclosure of comparative appraisals to property owners whose property is taken by.
Homeowners' associations; regulate the formation and legal administration of.
Memorial bridge; designate certain bridge on Highway 50 as the "Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Bridge."
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Parental Authority Act; create.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
The Patient Choice Act of 2016; enact.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Firearms; remove license requirement to carry concealed in a holster on a person's body.
"Nancy's Law"; create to provide remedies for investigation of vulnerable person abuse.
Criminal Forfeiture Act; create and provide certain reporting requirements.
Crimes; require specification of degree of mental culpability required for commission of.
Crimes; require mental culpability for.
State and United States flag; require state universities to display when in session.
State flag; require governmental entities that receive state funds and public colleges and universities to display.
Local privilege taxes; eliminate.