Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Tommy Taylor
Sponsored
Became law1
U.S. Highway 61; designate as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail".
Passed the House4
Canteen funds for state offenders; require restitution to be paid from if court has ordered restitution.
Department of Health; provide that department shall license ex-offender group care homes.
State-owned vehicles; MDOC Commissioner may request unmarked vehicle for use in official investigations.
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
Out of committee4
Prison lands leased for agricultural purposes; revise fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Venison Harvesting Program for Inmate Consumption; create.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
Community service; require certain amount for those on probation or parole.
In committee7
Capital murder; include beheading in definition of.
Restitution; require certain state inmates to pay from canteen fund upon release.
Task Force on the treatment of the mentally ill while incarcerated in municipal and county jails; create.
Ex-offender group care homes; require to be licensed by the Department of Human Services.
MS Prison Industries; prohibit new contracting with private entitites until certain standards are met.
Ambulances; authorize to pick up patients at their request regardless of territorial boundaries of ambulance.
Bolivar County; authorize to enter into road and bridge improvement contracts regardless if contracts are 30 days beyond board's term.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be a special fund; require RFPs for canteen; revise contract amount for review by procurement board.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
City of Indianola; extend repealer on authority to fix and collect fees to provide mosquito and pest control services.
Passed the House · 10
Statewide testing program; require contract with single entity for comprehensive assessment system linked to college and career readiness.
Mississippi "Gospel Music Trail"; authorize MDA Division of Tourism to establish program and historical markers for.
Theft; revise penalty when employee gives away merchandise.
Shoplifting; revise penalties for.
Crime lab fees; clarify who is required to pay.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Lee County and Leflore County for regional correctional facilities.
Tort Immunity; revise provision regulating.
Marshals and constables; revise fees charged for service of process.
Wrongful death; include unborn child.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; delete repealer on.
Out of committee · 6
Disbursement of earnings order for offenders housed at restitution centers; institute.
DUI test; clarify the authority to administer.
Teacher's Assistant Education Certification Scholars Program; create to provide assistance to individuals pursuing teacher licensure.
Inland port authority; prohibit appointment of a member from a county with a county port to.
Compact for a Balanced Budget; enact.
MS Department of Public Safety; enact salary scale for sworn officers and provide for experience increases.
In committee · 25
Holy Bible; designate as state book of Mississippi.
Eminent Domain Intrastate Pipeline Clarification Act; create.
Right-to-farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.
Medical providers; provide health benefit plans must allow participation by and reimbursement to if licensed and within scope of practice.
Accreditation rating and accountability and state assessment requirements; require the SDE to waive for two years.
Car theft; revise penalties for.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Leflore County for regional jail.
Dyslexia education; require instruction at collegiate level for licensure and prescribe required standards.
Eminent domain; require entities exercising for certain pipelines to operate pipeline as a common carrier.
Compact for a balance budget; enact.
Mississippi Food Freedom Act; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; increase amount Legislature shall appropriate for deposit to.
Accredited Law Enforcement Agencies Award Fund; create to pay awards to law enforcement officers in state accredited agencies.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Marriage certificate; increase fee.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act; create.
Driver's license; remove requirement that commissioner, assistant commissioner, or authorized deputy sign driver's license.
Crimes; create penalties for failing to meet certain requirements designed to protect the public from dangerous dogs.
Trespassing; provide penalty for violation while engaged in certain outdoor activities.
Texting; prohibit while driving.
Appropriation; Dept. of Public Safety for grants to local law enforcement agencies for bullet proof vests for law enforcement officers.
Washington County; authorize levy of special tax on real and personal property to support operation of fire protection districts.
Workforce Training Mitigation Act of 2015; authorize issuance of bonds for construction of workforce training facility in certain area of state.