Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Massey
Sponsored
Became law1
Counties; revise the maximum amount of aid to fire departments appropriated annually by a board of supervisors.
Passed the Senate3
Residential builders/remodelers; revise licensing law.
City of Horn Lake; extend the repeal date on the tax on hotel and motel room rentals.
Sales tax; "Installation charge" does not include charges made when primary activity is construction or repair of buildings.
Out of committee2
Rules of the Road; require dissemination of additional information.
Minimum Standards Board; revise membership.
In committee7
Annual teaching experience increments under MAEP; include teaching experience in postsecondary institutions.
Open Meetings Act; clarify the manner in which teleconference or video meeting are required to be held.
Law enforcement; provide for local accreditation.
Homeowners associations; regulate the formation and legal administration of.
Building Officials and Inspectors Registration Act; create.
E-citation; authorize surcharge to fund statewide usage of system.
Highway Patrol training class; require increase in sex offender registration to fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Hunting & fishing; waive for veterans with certain disabilities when participating in certain events.
Cursive reading and writing; direct State Board of Education to require in elementary education curriculum.
Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create to provide accounts for individuals with disabilities.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Passed the Senate · 7
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Elections; amend training requirements for resolution board members.
Memorial bridge; designate certain bridge in DeSoto County as the "Senator George E. Guerieri, Sr. Memorial Bridge."
Blue, Red and Med Lives Matter Act; create.
City of Southaven; extend repeal date on prepared food and beverage tax; authorize election on continuance of if protested.
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
DeSoto County; authorize donations to the DeSoto County Economic Development Council, Inc.
Out of committee · 3
County prosecuting attorney; amounts paid to for secretarial services shall not be considered as part of annual salary.
Surplus county road department equipment; authorize transfer to other county departments.
Elections; exclude runoffs from provisions requiring a certain number of machines to be used or a certain number of ballots printed.
In committee · 10
Community colleges; county taxes collected for shall be transmitted directly to instead of to chancery clerk.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Emergency management; local emergency may be declared by public official authorized by the governing body of a county.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Unmarked vehicles; authorize Ethics Commission to operate.
Public Records Act; revise procedure to release records containing trade secrets and confidential information.
Homestead exemption; require annual application for and full reimbursement to local governments for tax loss.
Chancery clerks; revise filing fees charged for the recording of documents.
Vision insurance; prohibit provider contracts from establishing or limiting fees for noncovered services.
Southaven; extend repeal date on restaurant tax.