Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Andy Gipson
Sponsored
Became law4
Mississippi See Something, Say Something Act of 2016; enact.
Youth court; authorize counsel to represent indigent parent.
"Mississippi Church Protection Act"; create.
Sex crime against minors; require arresting authority to report all test results of HIV tests.
Passed the House7
Firearms; clarify meaning of courthouse and courtroom for purpose of carrying.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitation to rape.
Witness Protection Program; authorize.
Firearms permits; revise renewal process.
Drug penalties; revise.
Habitual nonviolent offenders; revise sentencing guidelines.
DUI; revise.
In committee23
Squirrel Season; extend through the first week of March.
Daylight Saving time; exempt Mississippi from.
Daylight savings time; provide that Mississippi shall observe year-round.
Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; revise areas that may be certified as a health care industry zone.
Criminal investigators; increase salary of.
Theft; revise penalty when employee gives away merchandise.
Murder; authorize lesser offense to be charged.
Firearms silencers; bring forward section of law that regulates.
Biological evidence; delete provision requiring preservation of certain, to eliminate conflict between sections.
Motor vehicle; impose felony for operation of with a suspended license due to second or subsequent DUI violation.
State Prosecutor Education Fund; increase assessment for traffic violations.
MS Forensics Lab; lab analysis fee in criminal cases shall be imposed in misdemeanor cases as well as felony cases.
Firearm crimes; provide penalty for shooting into occupied facilities.
Traffic tickets; require to include space for additional misdemeanors observed by officer.
Center for Violence Prevention; designate as the lead organization to facilitate efforts to respond to victims of human trafficking.
Youth Court; revise procedures for appointment of referees.
Firearms; prohibit special taxation by cities and counties.
Youth Court; authorize to grant durable legal relative guardianship to relatives in abuse/neglect cases.
Home school children; limit public school access to student information.
Raw or unpasteurized milk; allow incidental sales of.
Firearm; require chief law enforcement officer to certify application to make or transfer if applicant is not prohibited under federal or state law from receiving.
Durable Legal Relative Guardianship; provide definition.
Appropriation; Administrative Office of Courts to support pilot programs providing legal representation in TPR cases.
Co-sponsored
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State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
MS Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act; create.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; create.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
City of Flowood; authorize to enter in certain long-term agreements for conference center, hotel and ancillary buildings.
Passed the House · 6
Shoplifting; revise penalties.
Noah's Law; create.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Ad valorem tax; revise provisions regarding fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
In committee · 5
Title disputes; clarify jurisdiction of State Courts in certain.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
The Patient Choice Act of 2016; enact.
Sex-related education; delete repealer on requirement of local school boards to adopt a policy on and implementation of.