Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Mark Formby
Sponsored
Became law11
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes.
Child Death Review Panel; revise membership of and delete repealer on.
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
Physician assistants; extend repealers on authority for issuance of temporary license to certain.
"High economic benefit project"; extend repealer on exemption of certain highway projects from definition of.
Emergency telecommunications; extend repealer on training requirements/funding.
Petroleum Products Inspection Laws of MS; extend repealer on definitions and penalties under.
Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer on.
Cosmetology licensure law; extend repealer on and revise various provisions of.
Mississippi Auctioneers License Act; extend repealer.
Group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers; extend repealer on authority to participate in.
Passed the House8
Health discount plans; delete repealer on requirements for.
Surplus lines insurance; delete repealer on exemption from premium tax on property risk written by DFA on behalf of state.
Harvest permits; extend repealers on authority of MDOT to issue and provisions establishing maximum weight of such vehicles.
Public Service Commission; extend repealer on its creation and ability to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Post-conviction relief; revise time limitation.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Anemometer towers; extend repealer on requirement of marking for aviation.
Out of committee1
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
In committee38
Mental Health; extend repealers on Strategic Planning & Best Practices Committee and mental health operational standards.
Medicaid; extend repealers on various provisions in Medicaid program.
Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expandable Fund; extend repealers on.
High school curriculum; extend repealer on requirement that SDE develop choices for direct entry into workforce & high school redesign pilot program.
School superintendents; revise minimum qualifications for elected and appointed.
State Parole Board; require Governor to appoint an executive director for.
Circuit Court Community Corrections Program; extend repealer on.
Left-hand lane; allow driving only if passing, turning or in an emergency.
Pharmacy and pharmacy benefit mangers; extend repealers on regulation and licensing requirements for.
Expunction; delete requirement that judge make specific findings for denying.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
School property; authorize district superintendents to select certain employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
Mississippi Health Care Freedom of Choice Act; create.
Municipal council and board of aldermen meeting; authorize majority of quorum to transact business.
Sales tax, liability; limit liability if previous Department of Revenue audits determined taxpayer to be in compliance with law.
Highway contracts; revise number of projects for which design-build method of contracting may be used per fiscal year.
Real property owners; revise standard of care owed to guests and invitees.
Earned time allowances; prohibit certain inmates from obtaining.
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Home schooled students; authorize participation in public school extracurricular activities.
Controlled substances; felony to bring into state, county or municipal facility.
Adequate education program funds; withhold from districts failing to properly display flags or recite pledge of allegiance.
Highways; require MDOT install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.
Uninsured motorist coverage; revise number of vehicles necessary to purchase nonstacking coverage.
Taxing entities; require to file annual report providing amount of tax revenues received.
Free port warehouse law; extend reverter on authority of local governing authorities to grant partial ad valorem tax exemptions under.
Mississippi Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on.
MS Organic Certification Program; reenact and extend repealer on provisions of.
Mississippi Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law; extend repealer on.
Tax sales; extend repealer on provision allowing second sale of property in public improvement district if no bids are received at first sale.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties, divert additional revenue to Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund.
Ad valorem tax, inventory; authorize a tax credit against.
Judiciary; require judicial candidate to be a qualified elector of the district in which he runs.
Parole; require offender serve at least 1/3 of sentence and that commissioner recommend parole before offender is eligible for.
Sales tax and use tax; exempt finance charges from.
Sales tax, prepayment; credit sales shall not be included in estimated June liability if payment not received before June 20.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Weapons; clarify definition of concealed.
DUI; revise use of ignition-interlock device.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Passed the House · 3
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.
Mississippi Tort Claims Act; revise to include volunteer fire departments when performing governmental activities.
Out of committee · 1
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
In committee · 11
Sex offenders; prohibit residing near victim and require notice to persons residing near offender.
Abortion; prohibit abortion of unborn with a detectable heartbeat without informed written consent.
Mental health; executive director of the department shall be appointed by the Governor.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Mississippi Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Mississippi Public Works Employment Verification Act; create.
Public funds; prohibit use of to pay cost of drugs used for treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction.
Armed robbery; provide for minimum prison sentence of 10 years.
Public benefits; require applicants for to provide certain ID and execute affidavit of lawful presence in U.S.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.