Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Deborah Jeanne Dawkins
Sponsored
In committee40
Environmental fee; authorize Commission on Environmental Quality to set to cover costs of permitting programs.
Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program for underserved students in public schools; establish in the State Dept. of Ed.
Appropriation FY2020; University of Mississippi School of Education grant funds for AP teachers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Natural resources; recommend an assessment of the value of Mississippi natural resources and wildlife corridors.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Payday lending; prohibit activities of and declare a public nuisance.
Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act; establish.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Workforce Investment Board; include nontraditional occupations for women.
Appointments to state agency boards and commissions; shall give due regard to race, gender and geographic distribution.
Computer and electronic waste; require management plan for recycling and disposal.
State Agency Accountability and Transparency website; include five oldest Public Records Act requests for each agency.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to identify existing and needed wildlife corridors.
Cockfighting; offense to conduct, train or attend.
Environmental Quality; require the department to identify all coal ash dam sites.
Radon control; require Commission on Environmental Quality to adopt rules for.
Insurance; prohibit use of credit information in underwriting and rating.
Women's Economic Security Act of 2019; create.
Public utilities; charitable or civic contributions shall not be allowed as costs or expenses for rate-making purposes.
Railroad grade crossings; prohibit obstruction of vehicular traffic for more than 20 consecutive minutes at grade crossings.
Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program; earmark minimum number of awards for teachers of advanced placement courses.
Drug offenders; clarify parole eligibility.
Natural resources; recommend an assessment of the value of Mississippi's natural resources.
Transportation; require MDOT to develop a complete streets program.
Mississippi Higher Education Grant Program for Single Mothers; establish.
Appeal bond; set the maximum amount for appeals from decisions of local governments as to taxes.
Public lands; reestablish Office of State Land Commissioner and transfer authority of Secretary of State relative to supervision of.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; increase funding for at-risk pupils.
Marijuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients under doctor's supervision.
State Land Mammal; designate American Black Bear as.
Marine Resources fees; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to adjust fees to cover costs of permitting programs.
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have working generators.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
Protection against discrimination; expand for housing and state employment.
Environmental justice; require meaningful involvement of all people in siting process.
"Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act"; repeal.
Single-use plastic straws; prohibit a food establishment from providing to a consumer unless requested by the consumer.
Driver's education; require for drivers under age 17.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
In committee · 4
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Marijuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients, including service-connected PTSD.
State Flag; revise design of.