Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Rita Martinson
Sponsored
Became law1
New Capitol; Archives and History employ a Curator of the Capitol to oversee, approve and monitor care of.
Passed the House2
Tourism Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; increase maximum period of time that MDA may make payments from.
Hotel renovation projects sales tax incentive; authorize for certain projects.
Out of committee1
Reading is Fundamental Literacy Program; establish in public schools to achieve grade level reading.
In committee26
Mississippi Eminent Scholars Program; eliminate GPA requirement for eligibility.
Counties; authorize board of supervisors to employ attorney as full-time county employee.
Radar; authorize patrol officers of Pearl River Valley Water Supply District to use.
Radar; authorize sheriff to use in counties over 70,000 and impose additional state assessment for violation when used.
Marijuana; conform possession, possession in a motor vehicle.
Motorcycles; create safety and operator training program.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require insurers to notify Department of Public Safety in event of lapse.
Liability insurance for certain vessels; require and provide for uninsured vessel coverage.
Purchasing; UMMC must follow DFA's bid guidelines for construction projects funded by private or self-generated funds.
Professional development; eliminate during the first week of the school year.
Driver's license; require passage of vision screening exam upon renewal.
Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; revise various laws regarding.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
County supervisors districts; revise when changes to boundaries of districts can be effective.
Caylee's law; enact.
CON; issue for additional ICF-MR beds at community living program for developmentally disabled adults in Madison County.
Katie's Law; require DNA testing for all felony arrests.
Public utilities; require to submit certain information to certain county and municipal agencies after a request is made of.
Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise.
Restrictions on wireless communication devices assigned to state employees, certain; remove UMC exemption from.
County and State Executive Committees; prohibit those who violate the public trust from serving on.
Municipal, county and state executive committees; prohibit those who violate the public trust from serving on.
Charter schools; authorize new start-up charter schools and conversion schools.
Legislators' salaries; include a date of repeal for January 1, 2016.
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities for adults with mental retardation.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Mississippi Craft Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Gun permits; revise reciprocity.
Student grades; prohibit certain school administrators and district employees from influencing a change in.
Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
Passed the House · 4
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Mifepristone abortion; provide for laws regulating.
Vessel pilots; limit and regulate liability of.
Out of committee · 2
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
In committee · 16
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Classroom supply funds; require annual allotment before November 1 to full-time and part-time teachers.
State parole board; require to submit report to Governor regarding petition for pardon by person convicted of felony crime.
CON; organize various provisions of CON law into separate code sections.
Hunting and fishing licenses; authorize purchase of by any nonresident active duty military personnel at same cost as residents.
School vouchers; authorize State Department of Education to issue under the MS School Choice Scholarship Program.
Tax levy to support school districts; authorize levying authority to veto school board request for increase up to seven percent.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
Income tax; authorize a credit for portion of costs paid by a business enterprise to expand and relocate employees to this state.
Income tax; authorize a credit for portion of costs paid by company in relocating national or regional headquarters to this state.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Stillborn children; require death certificate for, and require notice to parents that they may obtain birth certificate for.
Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act of 2012; enact to establish new process for creating.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
Appropriation; Commission on the Status of Women.
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.