Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Mark Formby
Sponsored
Became law1
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; revise distribution of fees from issuance of tags to members of the Mississippi Association of Realtors.
Passed the House2
Highways; require MDOT to install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.
Tax preparers; require to have certain amount of errors and omissions coverage.
Out of committee3
School district accreditation; require compliance with constitutional provisions and state laws as a minimum requirement for.
School calendar; reduce number of days in scholastic year to 170.
School superintendents; revise minimum qualifications to serve as.
In committee35
Commercial motor vehicles; allow to bypass inspection station if driver of cannot completely exit highway to enter.
Left-hand lane; allow driving only if passing, turning or in an emergency.
Earned time allowance; prohibit inmates convicted of murder or manslaughter from obtaining.
Earned time allowances; prohibit offenders convicted of previous violent crime from obtaining.
Prescription monitoring program; collected data not subject to disclosure in any civil proceedings.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
School term; revise to prohibit beginning before last Monday in August.
School term; revise start to begin no sooner than the first Tuesday after Labor Day and reduce to 170 days.
Controlled substances; bringing such into a state, county or municipal building shall be a felony.
DUI; revise penalty for second or subsequent conviction.
Local and private bills proposing to extend local tax for third time; require direct referendum.
School term; prohibit public schools from opening before Labor Day.
Home schooled students; authorize participation in public school extracurricular activities.
Water wells and septic tanks; if properly functioning, owners not required to connect property to central system.
Plea bargains; prohibit for habitual offenders of crimes of violence.
Expunction; delete requirement that judge make specific findings for denying.
Burglary; enhanced penalties for repeat offenders.
Crimes of violence; expand types of burglary that are included in.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Dentists; provide immunity for if necessary medical services are provided without expectation of payment.
Court of Appeals; provide judges removed to State Capitol during term of office retain district residence and domicile.
Expunction; authorize only upon a showing of innocence based on reliable evidence.
Municipalities that implement sanctuary policies; provide certain penalty for.
Real property owners; revise standard of care owed to guests and invitees.
State Employees Health Insurance Plan; establish telehealth services pilot program for urgent care.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties, divert additional revenue to Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund.
Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; increase balance to 10% of total General Fund appropriations.
State Employee Capitol Complex Clinic Study committee; create.
Hospices; provide exception to moratorium on issuing new licenses for certain current licensees.
Department and Board of Health; abolish and transfer duties to a new Division of Health in Governor's Office and extend repealer date.
School attendance; authorize exemption from vaccination for conscientious beliefs.
Income tax return preparers; require to register with Department of Revenue and allow department to investigate.
Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
Income tax; authorize first-time home buyer savings account and exclude contributions/distributions from gross income.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Act to Restore Hope Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone (HOPE); create.
Passed the House · 4
Motor vehicles; prohibit travel in outermost left lane except under certain conditions.
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Crimes of violence; make technical correction regarding parole eligibility for offenders who commit.
Adult daycare facilities; define for licensure reimbursement purposes.
In committee · 2
Welfare Policy Institute within the IHL board; repeal.
Harassment by public employee; require to reimburse public employer when employee has violated.