Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Sherra Hillman Lane
Sponsored
Passed the House2
Commercial driver's license; provide that certain drivers with visual impairment in one eye may obtain.
Bonds; authorize issuance for road improvements in oil producing counties & create income tax credit for new oil production jobs.
Out of committee2
DNA testing; require for all felony arrests.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Rail Authority of East Mississippi with certain projects.
In committee14
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; provide further restrictions on those soliciting consumers.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; include emergency management personnel in.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Compulsory school attendance; increase age of and revise various provisions.
The Family Forward Act; enact.
Child support; noncustodial parent must pay 1/2 of reasonable cost of child care expenses as required for custodial parent to be employed.
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Private cemeteries; allow reasonable access to graves for historical purposes.
Credit cards; prohibit seller from imposing a surcharge on the buyer for using.
Health insurance plans; require to cover acupuncture treatments.
Youth court; authorize to order parents using illegal drugs to participate in counseling or family treatment program.
Gift cards or certificates; prohibit expiration dates and certain service fees and dormancy fees.
Liquefied compressed gas; certain containers exempt from certain labeling requirements.
Election commissioners; increase per diem.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Weapons; clarify definition of concealed.
"Wounded Warrior Special Programs"; authorize Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to establish in wildlife management areas and refuges.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
U.S. Highway 184; designate segment of in Lawrence County as "Lawrence County Veterans Highway."
Out of committee · 3
Erin's Law; create to implement curriculum for prevention of sexual abuse for children in Mississippi.
Parental rights; terminate those of convicted rapist.
Uniform traffic ticket; require issuing officer to provide written explanation of reckless or careless driving on.
In committee · 6
College tuition; waive for children of deceased law enforcement officers or firefighters killed in line of duty.
Gubernatorial pardon; require applicant to notify parole board & public hearing held, if conviction was for violent felony crime.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Circuit court; provide additional judge for 12th Circuit Court District.
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; new legislators not members and current members don't earn additional credit.
Corporate corridor redevelopment zones; authorize designation of and certain tax incentives for qualified business enterprises in.