Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Michael Watson
Sponsored
Became law1
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain vessels used in oil exploration or production while in possession of builder.
In committee46
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for the Home of Grace.
Local school district budgets; require at least 75% to be expended for instructional purposes.
Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); parents may opt out.
Charter schools for special needs students; may be approved without approval of local school board.
Use of public or grant funds for abortion or family planning services; strictly prohibit.
School board members; elected in all districts.
Federal Firearm, Magazine and Register Ban Enforcement Act; create.
Homeschool students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public school.
Trusty status; offenders ineligible to work at Governor's Mansion if incarcerated for a violent crime.
Sales tax; remove requirement that certain taxpayers pay June liability for the tax on or before June 25.
Illegal immigration; Attorney General to seek federal reimbursement of costs incurred by state.
Jackson County Utility Authority; reconstitute board of directors and revise provisions relating to the board.
Student test results; testing companies shall notify schools not later than the 21st day after the test is given.
Taxation; limit prosecution's authority to plea bargain.
Legislature; reduce size beginning with 2019 statewide general election.
Presidential Executive Orders; prohibit the State of Mississippi from enforcing unless enacted by U.S. Congress.
Health insurers; require to release certain claims data upon request of group policyholder.
Federal Affordable Care Act; prohibit implementation of ACA and prohibit expansion of Medicaid Program.
Health care insurance; no person, employer or health care provider shall be required to participate in any health care plan.
Refugee resettlement; impose civil liability on sponsor organizations under certain circumstances.
"Mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act"; enact.
"Pay for Success Contracts Act"; authorize DFA and public school districts to only pay providers when results are successful.
Mississippi Right to Care provision; board certification is voluntary for physicians.
Elections; revise procedure for examining certain records and for filing certain election contests.
Naloxone; authorize dispensing without a prescription.
Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program; establish.
"Mississippi Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act of 2017"; establish.
Chemical endangerment of a child or fetus; create crime of.
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2017"; establish.
Student transfer from school or school district which has lost accreditation; provide for mandatory transfer.
Common Core educational standards; parents can opt out.
Intercept gaming winnings of parents with a child support arrearage; provide procedures for.
Employment Protection Act; revise and clarify.
Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat.
Educational expenses at qualified private schools; individual income tax credits for.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for certain retrofitting or upgrades to homes in Coastal Area of Mississippi.
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish board of trustees to make expenditure recommendations.
Termite inspections; clarify inspector's duty to client.
Inactive state boards, commissions and councils; abolish.
Elections; authorize procedures to promote full investigation and detection of election law violations.
Sanctuary cities; prohibit, and require local cooperation with federal immigration control.
Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and (SNAP) Programs; childless adults must work to get food stamps.
Gaming commission; certain investors consider in the aggregate to satisfy scrutiny thresholds.
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish to provide assistance for ecological habitat.
Criminal immunity; provide for persons when requesting assistance for medical emergency due to alcohol consumption.
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct shipment of certain wines, authorize a wine only package retailer's permit and allow wine tasting.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
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.
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Abused and neglected children; clarify alternative of relative care.
DUI; technical correction bill.
Sanctuary cities; prohibit adoption or enactment of.
Passed the Senate · 2
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
BP Settlement Funds; transfer into Gulf Coast New Restoration Reserve Fund.
In committee · 6
Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2017-2018 school year.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat.
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish board of trustees to make expenditure recommendations.
Mississippi Arts Commission; abolish and transfer power, duties and assets to Mississippi Development Authority.
Gulf Coast Restoration Reserve Fund; create.