Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Alex Monsour
Sponsored
Became law1
County port and harbor commission; revise the number of appointments made to.
Passed the House4
"Mississippi Air Service Development Program Act of 2013"; create.
Private investigators; require to show proof of licensure before getting driver's license.
Special fuel excise tax; exempt fuel used by commercial aircraft in new market or for new direct service.
Warren County; authorize to contract with the Department of Corrections for regional correctional facility.
In committee9
Zolpidem (Ambien); include in Schedule II.
Prescriptions; require certain information to be included on form.
Implied Consent Law; provide increased penalties for 4th and 5th offenses.
Deadly weapon; clarify that certain knives fall within category of that are unlawful to be possessed by a convicted felon.
Uniform Controlled Substances Law; revise expunction.
Implied Consent Law; revise penalties for driving while license suspended under.
Contractors; clarify definition of under State Board of Contractors law.
Criminal procedure; revise sentencing of repeat offenders.
Foreclosures; require notice to last known insurer for residential real property.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Weapons; clarify definition of concealed.
Municipal, county and state executive committees; prohibit those who violate the public trust from serving on.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; increase maximum number of students eligible to 20.
Passed the House · 9
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shell receive by reciprocity when in MS.
Absentee ballots; revise how ballots are kept and authorize a resolution board to review.
Vessel pilots; limit and regulate liability of.
Post-conviction relief; revise time limitation.
Reading Proficiency Program; establish in public schools to achieve grade level reading by end of 3rd grade.
Concealed firearms on school premises; require local school board to adopt policy authorizing certain school employees to carry.
Recreational activities; add aircraft to list of authorized activities on certain land.
Mississippi Tort Claims Act; revise to include volunteer fire departments when performing governmental activities.
Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Out of committee · 2
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
In committee · 21
Medicaid; prohibit division from implementing or operating any managed care program after July 1, 2014.
School superintendents; revise minimum qualifications for elected and appointed.
Election polling places; specify persons who may be present.
Human Trafficking; revise.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 70 years of age or older.
Mental health; executive director of the department shall be appointed by the Governor.
Appropriation; Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund for funding bridge program.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Appropriation; IHL for funding Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program.
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Community health workers; prohibit activities within scope of practice of other professions without being licensed.
Mississippi Health Care Freedom of Choice Act; create.
MDOT law enforcement officers; authorize to enforce implied consent law.
Mississippi Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Retirement; exclude value of noncash maintenance furnished to new PERS members for retirement purposes.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation.
Crisis Intervention Teams; revise various provisions of laws providing for.
Parole; require offender serve at least 1/3 of sentence and that commissioner recommend parole before offender is eligible for.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA in Ocean Springs.