Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Mark Formby
Sponsored
Became law2
Health insurance; revise assignment of benefits provisions regarding.
Taxing entities; require to file annual report providing amount of tax revenues received.
Passed the House4
Jackson County Utility Authority Study Committee; create.
Dentists; provide immunity for if necessary medical services are provided without expectation of payment.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
Out of committee1
School superintendents; revise minimum qualifications to serve as.
In committee41
Prohibitions against charges with respect to integrity of candidate; revise to include certain charges regarding candidate's public life.
School term; revise start to begin no sooner than the first Tuesday after Labor Day and reduce number of days to 170.
Science Curriculum; prohibit any state board or local school board prohibition on teacher providing instruction of evolution theory.
Home schooled students; authorize participation in public school extracurricular activities.
School term; revise to prohibit beginning before last Monday in August.
School term; prohibit public schools from opening before Labor Day.
School calendar; reduce number of days in scholastic year to 170.
School district accreditation; require compliance with constitutional provisions and state laws as a minimum requirement for.
Church-owned vehicles; exempt from commercial driver's license requirement if designed to carry 30 passengers or less.
Highways; require MDOT to install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.
Left-hand lane; allow driving only if passing, turning or in an emergency.
Public accountants; require to have certain amount of errors and omissions coverage.
Local and private bill; if proposing to extend local tax for third time; require direct referendum.
Earned time allowance; prohibit inmates convicted of murder or manslaughter from obtaining.
Earned time allowances; prohibit offenders convicted of previous violent crime from obtaining.
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed individuals.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties, divert additional revenue to Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund.
Commercial motor vehicles; allow to by pass inspection station if driver of cannot completely exit highway to enter.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
DUI; revise penalty for second or subsequent offense of driving with suspended license.
Burglary; enhanced penalties for repeat offenders.
Crimes of violence; expand types of burglary that are included in.
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Expunction; revise.
Expunction; delete requirement that judge make specific findings for denying.
Real Property owners; revise standard of care owed to guests and invitees.
Controlled substances; felony to bring into state, county or municipal facility.
Prescription monitoring program; collected data not subject to disclosure in any civil proceedings.
Execution drug supplier; protect identity of.
Execution; revise manner in which may occur.
State Employees Health Insurance Plan; establish telehealth services pilot program for urgent care.
Ad valorem tax; exempt business inventories from.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Health care facilities; require to provide certain information to patients regarding changes for services.
Limited surety agents; require prelicensing training before issuance of bail agent license.
Qualified marketplace contractors; provide that shall be treated as independent contractors if certain requirements are met.
Workers' compensation law; provide commission has exclusive jurisdiction of bad faith claims.
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
Municipalities that implement sanctuary policies; provide certain penalty for.
Court of Appeals; provide judges removed to state capital during term of office retain district residence and domicile.
Public construction contracts; exempt contracts under construction manager at risk method from bidding requirements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Death certificates; Vital Records shall issue five copies without charge for deceased veterans.
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
MS Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act; create.
"Mississippi Church Protection Act"; create.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Passed the House · 3
Firearms; clarify meaning of courthouse and courtroom for purpose of carrying.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Out of committee · 1
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise and rename the "Equal Opportunity for All Students Act."
In committee · 10
Income tax; authorize deduction for private school tuition, expenses for home schooled students and certain public schools.
Marriage; provide that certain religious organizations and individuals shall not be required to officiate if that would violate beliefs.
Firearms; prohibit special taxation by cities and counties.
School board training; revise certain provisions to require to be conducted by the Secretary of State.
School Safety; authorize all districts to develop security plan in addition to participating in MCOPS Grant Program.
Tax Credit Scholarship; enact to provide qualifying students eligibility to use to cover eligible education expenses.
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.
Firearms; remove license requirement to carry concealed in a holster on a person's body.