Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Reecy L. Dickson
Sponsored
Became law1
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Vetoed1
Appropriation; Insurance Department.
Passed the House4
Poverty; create "Mississippi Higher Education Service Corps Act of 2010."
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Joint legislative study committee on children and family issues; reestablish for further study and reporting purposes.
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Out of committee1
Mississippi Poverty Reduction and Advocacy Office; create.
In committee17
Poverty; create task force to study impact of immigrants on poverty in Mississippi.
Department of Corrections; require to develop pilot programs to ban smoking in state correctional facilities.
Law enforcement officers and personnel; prohibit active or retired from serving on grand or petit jury.
Joint state-county work programs; authorize certain nonviolent offenders to work as volunteer fire fighters.
Joint Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee on Crime and Corrections; create.
Undocumented students; allow to attend college at in-state tuition rates subject to certain conditions.
Crimes; create criminal offense for law enforcement to provide false evidence.
Early Graduation Achievement Act of 2010; create to provide scholarship incentive for early high school graduates.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Mississippi College Tuition Rebate Incentive Act; create.
Mississippi B-On-Time Student Loan Program; create.
Middle School Grades Reform Act; create to implement a rigorous reading requirement for low-performing students.
Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Reform; create.
Motor vehicle inspection fees; increase.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers pursuing associate degree or baccalaureate degree.
Commission and Department of Health, Human Services and Economic Security; create.
Mississippi Racial Justice Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Passed the House · 1
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Out of committee · 1
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.