Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Sherra Hillman Lane
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Waynesboro and Wayne County; extend repealer on recreational facilities tax.
Passed the House2
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Public colleges and universities; require to develop a plan for addressing unintended pregnancy.
Out of committee1
Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to revise grades for which offered.
In committee9
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
The Evelyn Gandy Family Forward Act; enact.
Commercial driver's license; provide that certain drivers with visual impairment in one eye may obtain.
School start date; revise for the 2014-2015 school year to begin no earlier than Aug. 15 and not later than the Monday immediately following.
Child support; noncustodial parent must pay 1/2 of reasonable cost of child care expenses as required for custodial parent to be employed.
Public Service Commission; abolish and transfer duties to the Department of Public Utilities.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; authorize to obtain compressed natural gas auto refueling stations and to sell gas to public.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Driver's license; authorize reciprocal agreement with Republic of China (Taiwan).
State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board; shall consider expansion of coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Gun permits; provide at no cost to disabled veterans.
Commission Against Interpersonal Violence; create.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; authorize to obtain compressed natural gas auto refueling stations and to sell gas to public.
Passed the House · 13
Violent crimes; require DNA testing for arrests.
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Appropriation; IHL for funding Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program.
Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act; enact.
Mississippi Promise Community College Tuition Gap Pilot Program; create.
Erin's Law Awareness; authorize inclusion of as a component of required comprehensive school district safety plan.
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Emergency Management; MEMA may provide travel advances to personnel of emergency management support forces.
Law enforcement officers; sidearm issued to officer killed in line of duty may be purchased by family.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide funds for the Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Mississippi Watershed repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Out of committee · 2
Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 2014; enact.
Harvest permits; revise vehicles eligible for to include those carrying disposal well waters to.
In committee · 9
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Circuit court; provide additional judge for 12th Circuit Court District.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Child Care Payment System; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Appropriations, additional; Administrative Office of Courts to restore full funding of drug courts.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Fund; increase benefit and funding for.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/leasing & installing solar electric energy system.