Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Andy Gipson
Sponsored
Became law6
Weapon dealer record keeping requirements; repeal.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Traffic tickets; allow electronic submission of those issued for violations of the Mississippi Implied Consent Law.
Depositories for funds of local governments; revise manner by which banks are chosen to serve as.
Scrap metal law; revise definitions to include manhole covers and other items.
Accessory after the fact; revise punishment.
Passed the House3
Family protection specialists and workers; require training in legal duties to protect rights of persons being investigated.
Highway Patrol; remove repealer that allows certain persons to become members of with only high school diploma.
Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat.
Out of committee6
Tobacco; prohibit possession by minors.
Residential Builders & Remodelers Act; revise license requirements and exemptions.
False reporting of crimes; increase fine for violation of up to $5,000.00.
Candidates and certain appointed persons; require homestead exemption filing to be residence.
Voyeurism; create felony offense when victim is under 16.
Voter registration; require homestead filing as proof of residence.
In committee7
Sex offenders; prohibit residing near victim and require notice to persons residing near offender.
Window tint on motor vehicles; revise requirements for a medical exemption from laws regarding.
Traffic violations; provide that minors may only take one course per year to avoid conviction of.
Abortion; require sonogram on women and verbal explanation of sonogram results before performing of.
Medicaid; set reimbursement rate for services provided by critical access hospitals.
Income tax; authorize a credit for investments in certain qualified Mississippi small businesses.
Bonds; increase amount authorized to be issued for the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
County board of supervisors; authorize to adopt an order, resolution or ordinance for a specific area of the county.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
Rankin County; authorize donation of certain real property to the Mississippi Burn Foundation.
City of Florence; extend repealer on city's bars and restaurants.
Rankin County; authorize contribution to nonprofit organizations that provide recreational/sports activities for county youth.
Passed the House · 4
Illegal immigration; strengthen enforcement provisions to prevent.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Assault; to create felony for assaulting a pregnant woman.
Out of committee · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
In committee · 9
Hospitals; Department of Health shall authorize to establish and operate off-campus emergency departments.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; clarify certain provisions regarding.
Home schooled students; allow part-time enrollment for extracurricular activities and include in ADA.
Rankin County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.
District attorneys; provide additional legal assistants for the 20th Circuit Court District.
Adoption of Human Embryos Act and Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act; create.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
George county; authorize to issue bonds for a recreational complex and impose a sales tax to retire bonds.
Rankin County; authorize to provide recreational grants to certain qualifying entities.