Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Deborah Jeanne Dawkins
Sponsored
In committee29
Appropriation; University of Mississippi School of Education grant funds for AP teachers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program; earmark minimum number of awards for teachers of advanced placement courses.
Dogs and cats; prohibit roadside sale.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Marihuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients under doctor's supervision.
Driver's education; require for drivers under age 17.
Public utilities; charitable or civic contributions shall not be allowed as costs or expenses for rate-making purposes.
Insurance; prohibit use of credit information in underwriting and rating.
Transportation; require MDOT to develop a complete streets program.
Environmental fees; authorize Commission on Environmental Quality to set to cover costs of permitting programs.
Natural resources; recommend an assessment of the value of Mississippi's natural resources.
Environmental justice; require meaningful involvement of all people in siting process.
Marine Resources fees; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to adjust fees to cover costs of permitting programs.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.
Justice courts; revise fees.
Railroad grade crossings; prohibit obstruction of vehicular traffic for more than 20 consecutive minutes at grade crossings.
Computer and electronic waste; require management plan for recycling and disposal.
Environmental Quality; require commission to adopt rules on radon control.
Appointments to state agency boards and commissions; shall give due regard to race and gender.
State Agency Accountability and Transparency website; to include 5 oldest Public Records Act requests for each agency.
Environmental Quality; require the department to identify all coal ash dam sites.
Appeal bond; set the maximum amount for appeals from decisions of local governments as to taxes.
State land mammal; designate black bear as.
Cockfighting; offense to conduct, train or attend.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; increase funding for at-risk pupils.
The Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Prekindergarten programs; to be implemented by the State Department of Education on a phased-in basis.
Retirement; authorize counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer.
Passed the Senate · 1
State agency property; authorize DFA as central leasing agent for all state agencies.
In committee · 2
Teacher salaries funded under the MAEP; provide for 5% across the board increase.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.