Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
J. P. Wilemon, Jr.
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
In committee11
School bus safety regulations; prohibit student pick-up prior to 7:00 a.m. during the dark periods of October and March.
High-performance school districts; authorize local school boards to operate under same rules as charter schools.
SREB contract program; students who graduate from out-of-state optometry colleges not required to practice in Mississippi.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
Teachers' and assistant teachers' salaries; provide for $2,000.00 increase beginning with the 2019-2020 term.
Open primary elections; authorize for state, county and municipal offices.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
Standardized tests administered by school districts; impose statutory limit on number of.
Sales tax; authorize municipalities to impose for certain projects.
City of Baldwyn; reenact the hotel, motel and restaurant tax and extend the repeal date on the tax until July 1, 2023.
Bonds; authorize for repair of a lake and buildings at Tishomingo State Park.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.
Landowners Protection Act; create.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
In committee · 3
Fiscal Year 2020; North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra for junior high or high school performances.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Bonds; allow issuance in amount of $250,000.00 to assist City of Winona in construction and placement of historic clock tower.