Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Toby Barker
Sponsored
Became law6
School district consolidation; establish Commission on Holmes-Durant Consolidated School District structure.
Task Force on the Future of Gifted Education in Mississippi; create to study.
Junior colleges; repeal provisions requiring instructors to fill out affidavit of membership in organizations.
Mississippi Fines Accountability and Transparency Task Force; create.
Regimented Inmate Discipline programs (RID); repeal.
Infant Mortality Reduction Collaborative; create.
Passed the House2
Municipal Water, Sewer and Wastewater Systems Repair and Replacement Grant Program; create.
Commission on Future of Medicaid and Health Care in Mississippi; create.
Out of committee1
Legislature's bill status website; authorize members to have website links to info about their introduced bills placed on.
In committee14
Law enforcement and animal control officers; authorize to remove dogs or cats from a vehicle in extreme conditions without liability.
Municipal and Justice Court Collections Funds; allow expenditures for improvement for facilities in which the courts are located.
Landlord; authorize to terminate tenancy of certain tenants without 30-day notice.
Commitment proceedings; expand types of professionals authorized to conduct screenings and evaluations in.
Circuit court; provide additional judge for 12th Circuit Court District.
Hospital; require to allow patients to designate caregivers upon entry to.
Municipal Election Reform Act of 2015; create.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); use of private health insurance to pay for services shall not affect insurance availability.
Regional mental health commission; authorize certain to operate pilot program to provide health services to Head Start children.
CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and issuance of a new CON in Lamar County.
Microbrewery Modernization Act of 2015; create.
Homestead exemption; delete requirement that applicant for provide price and terms for which property was sold and conveyed.
Income and sales tax liability; revise method of collecting from officers and employees of the state and political subdivisions.
Appropriation; Health Dept. for funding the Municipal Water, Sewer and Wastewater Systems Repair and Replacement Grant Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
Autism; require insurance coverage for and regulate practice of applied behavior analysis.
Health plans & policies; prohibit higher copayments for patient-administered anti-cancer medications.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; district attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Passed the House · 1
Health plans and policies; prohibit higher co-payments for patient-administered anti-cancer medications.
Out of committee · 1
Memorial highway; designate segment of U.S. Highway 42 in Forrest County as the "Sheriff Eugene Lamar 'Gene' Walters Memorial Highway."
In committee · 2
Highway Patrol Retirement System; authorize numbers with 4-year college degree to purchase up to 4 years service in system.
Appropriation; Dept. of Public Safety for grants to local law enforcement agencies for bullet proof vests for law enforcement officers.