Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Bob M. Dearing
Sponsored
Became law2
Transportation center and certain historic properties; authorize City of Natchez to transfer to United States.
State Board of Cosmetology; may administer student tests.
Out of committee2
Insurance agents; exempt age 75 or older from continuing education requirements.
Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School District; elect members of school board.
In committee20
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/installing solar energy system or energy efficiency services.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair & renovate the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center.
"Meet My Mississippi"; designate as official state poem.
Sales taxation; exempt purchases for fund-raising the Ducks Unlimited, Inc., chapters.
Kennels; require permit and impose animal health standards.
Wildlife; allow mentally handicapped persons to hunt during special youth season and exempt from license requirements.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds to assist in establishing a McComb and Pike County Musical Heritage/Creative Arts Museum.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Natchez Children's Services.
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state.
Transportation and Infrastructure Improvement Fund; clarify renovation of Rodney Church project.
Tourism and visitors commissions; authorize creation of local commission by general law.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; reinstate rebates to production companies for certain wages of nonresident employees.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair & renovate the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center.
Appropriation from State BP Settlement Fund FY2020; to Adams County for completion of Belwood Levee.
Malicious mischief; create felony offense of damage to law enforcement surveillance equipment.
Tax liens; allow chancery clerk to recover ad valorem taxes after purchaser sets aside a tax sale and receives a refund.
Bonds; authorize to assist Adams County in paying costs to complete the Belwood Levee.
Bonds; authorize to assist Natchez in constructing a Civil Rights Memorial.
Transportation and Infrastructure Improvement Fund; clarify projects in Summit, Mississippi.
Appropriation from State BP Settlement Fund FY2020; to Adams County for vegetation removal from the Natchez Bluff and Scenic Overlook.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
College tuition; spouses and children of U.S. Armed Forces members may keep in-state residency classification throughout enrollment.
Institutions of higher learning/community colleges; require the award of educational credits for military training or service.
Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise investment required by qualified businesses under the MS Health Care Industry Zone Act.
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
Forensic Mental Health Act of 2019; create.
Mississippi School of the Arts; provide for administration and clarify employee hiring procedures.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; conform to federal law and revise penalties.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $1,500.00 increase.
Youth Court Act; implement recommendations of Supreme Court's Commission on Children's Justice.
Labeling; prohibit mislabeling of food products derived from animal cultures, plants and insects as meat or meat food products.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Passed the Senate · 11
Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.
Motorcycles and bicycles; allow to proceed through red light if green light is not triggered.
Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; available to nontraditional licensed teachers under certain conditions.
Advocate confidentiality law; protect certain information held by rape crisis and domestic violence programs.
Comprehensive eye examination for students prior to enrollment; recommend.
Veterans; create the Mississippi Veterans Honor Medal Program.
Critical infrastructure; define crimes of impeding and trespassing against.
Economic development districts; revise entities to which they may transfer property within industrial parks.
MS Transportation Commission; authorize to require its contractors to provide work zone safety operations.
Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
City of Magnolia and City of McComb; authorize agreements for cooperative wastewater transportation, treatment and disposal.
In committee · 5
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Authorize the direct shipment wine.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.