Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Adrienne Wooten
Sponsored
In committee16
Family Empowerment Initiative; create.
Check cashers; require to extend one check to cover amount of loan for all loans exceeding $100.00.
Mortgages; establish alternative foreclosure procedures giving borrowers a chance to modify their loans first.
Check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that may be charged for cashing checks.
Mortgages; establish foreclosure procedures giving borrowers a chance to modify their loans first.
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Financial Literacy Program; expand grades in which school districts may implement.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period for.
Child support delinquency guidelines; establish with limitation on imprisonment for contempt.
Expunction; revise.
Fees associated with successful prosecutions of paternity cases; revise.
Property exempt from seizure; expand exemption for cash on hand to include funds in a financial institution account.
Debtor's prison; authorize for failure to pay fines, fees and assessments.
Death caused by law enforcement officer; require independent investigations of.
Tort immunity; remove specific exemption when police action results in serious injury or death.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for additional police officers and vehicles.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Youth court; authorize to utilize volunteer Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in abuse and neglect cases.
In committee · 25
Child care; DHS transfer to CCDF $40 million of unspent TANF funds from prior fiscal year.
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn State University to $1,000,000.00.
Women's Economic Security Act; create.
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; expand membership of to include a woman and require gender equality in certain workforce development systems.
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
Secretary of State; authorize to distribute funds from Land Records Maintenance Fund to City of Jackson.
Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority; repeal.
Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds.
Divorce; add domestic violence as a ground.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for design and planning of construction of new student union complex.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for making modifications to buildings to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for improving campus safety and security.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs for renovation and repair of aquaculture facility.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for renovating the Whitney Health and P.E. Complex or constructing a new academic convocation center.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for expansion of research and production of shiitake mushrooms.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for capital improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Fire protection districts; prohibit boards of supervisors from taxing real properties annexed by municipalities.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Deduction Act of 2017; create.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Credit Act of 2017; create.