Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
John L. Moore
Sponsored
In committee45
Driver's licenses; allow a licensee to not list his physical home address on.
National board certified school employees; remove requirement that annual salary supplement be subject to legislative appropriation.
School district funds; prohibit receipt of by certain schools or school districts having an established minimum grading policy.
"Truth in Grading Act"; create to require school districts to adopt a uniform grading policy.
"Truth in Grading Act"; create to require the State Board of Education to adopt a uniform grading policy for the state.
Teachers; extend years for annual incremental increases from 35 to 40 years.
Public employee; prohibit from using a public resource for a candidate's campaign or ballot issue.
Civil Rights Education Commission; repeal provisions creating.
Sales tax; no diversion to municipality of revenue derived from sale of tobacco if municipality prohibits/restricts tobacco use.
Vote fraud; revise penalty.
Crimes; use of taser in commission of a crime or resisting arrest to be a felony.
Gaming; distances from U.S. Highway 90 applying to legal gaming in Harrison County limited to highway location on August 28, 2005.
Auto theft; revise penalties.
Municipal annexation; require approval by majority of electors in municipality and in territory to be annexed.
Homestead exemption; extend to unremarried surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans.
State license or benefits; must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident and show ability in English to receive.
Schools; establish opening and closing dates of the scholastic year.
State Superintendent of Education; elect at general state election.
Elected school boards; elect all members at time of presidential election.
County school board members; require to declare party affiliation and be elected by a majority vote.
Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Partisan Judicial Elections; authorize.
Income tax; phase out for corporations.
Agency rules and regulations; require legislative approval before becoming effective.
Radar; authorize sheriffs in certain counties to use.
Capital murder; provide death penalty for murder of two or more persons.
Capital murder; apply to multiple murders.
English language; require all state documents to be produced in.
Ad valorem tax; require cities/counties to reduce millage rate for purposes of proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Ad valorem taxation; revise manner of determining true value of homestead property.
Lobbying; prohibit state agencies, community and junior colleges from expending public funds to hire lobbyists.
Elected officials; prohibit from being a member of private lobbying group or group engaging in lobbying.
Crimes; revise penalties for fraudulent use of identity of another.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
Medicaid; recipients shall be subject to random drug tests for eligibility to continue receiving benefits.
Rape; death penalty for conviction if victim is age 13 or under.
English language; must show ability in to get state license or public assistance.
Sales tax; reduce on retail sales of motorcycles.
Tax levy to support school districts; authorize levying authority to veto school board request for increase up to seven percent.
Gasoline products; prohibit the retail sale of ethanol-blended gas for use in vehicles and certain other equipment and devices.
Student grades; prohibit certain school administrators and district employees from influencing a change in.
Student testing; prohibit requirement that teachers readminister test to student on more than one occasion.
Counties; require hearings and meetings to begin after 5:00 p.m. central standard time.
Municipalities; require hearings and meetings to begin after 5:00 p.m. central standard time.
Child Support Abuse Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
City of Brandon; authorize a tax on sales of prepared food and drink at restaurants and bars.
Rankin County; authorize to enter into road project contracts even if contracts extend 30 days over term of office of current board of supervisors.
Vetoed · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Passed the House · 1
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
In committee · 20
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Public institutions and employees; prohibit from using public funds for procedures that result in destruction or injury of human embryos.
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
State Personnel System; remove officials and employees other than teaching staffs at colleges and universities from nonstate service.
Workers' compensation; provide employer the right to require autopsy in death cases.
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Distinctive license tag; revise decals affixed to tag authorized for veterans.
MS Prison Industries; remove authority to sell or furnish goods or services to any private entity.
School Start Date Act of 2011; enact.
School term; reduce number of days in scholastic year to 170.
Public schools; prohibit promotion to next grade of students not reading on grade level.
MS School Safety Act of 2001; revise various provisions.
Inspection stickers; require to display month so that it is visible from the outside and inside of the vehicle.
Reckless driving; revise penalties to increase punishment when caused by wireless telephone.
Adequate education funds; require percent to be allotted to direct classroom instruction.
Restoring the 10th Amendment Committee; create to identify unconstitutional federal laws and unfunded federal mandates.
Medical expenses; limit recovery to amount actually paid or incurred by claimant.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Rankin County; authorize erection of certain electronic gates for the purpose of enclosing neighborhoods.