Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Kenneth Wayne Jones
Sponsored
In committee7
Eligibility of children in certain licensed residential facilities to receive federal education funds; provide.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of to assist Yazoo City in the construction of the Willie Morris Parkway.
Universities and community colleges; to enact policies that increase rate of CJC students transferring to IHLs.
State Employee Wellness Program; make technical amendments to.
Agriculture; create the Mississippi Poultry Industry Sustainability Act.
Corrections; MDOC may accommodate private visits between an offender and his/her spouse at the offender's expense.
Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund it.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
2014 Second Extraordinary Session · Disaster response and recovery costs; authorize transfer to disaster trust fund.
State employees; authorize use of earned medical leave for adoption and foster care placement.
"Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
Agritourism; extend repealer on section regulating agritourism.
Literacy based promotion program; SDE conduct pilot program in one or more "C" level school districts.
Law enforcement officers; not required to use personal or major medical leave when injured in line of duty.
Underground storage of gases; clarify that certain Oil and Gas Board statute shall be applicable for the issuance of a permit for.
Passed the Senate · 2
Mississippi Qualified Health Center/Rural Health Clinic Incubator Grant Program; establish in the State Department of Health.
Family medicine residency programs; clarify eligible programs for funding under the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce.
Out of committee · 1
Prekindergarten programs; establish Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council.
In committee · 5
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of creditable service.
Racial/impact statements; authorize issuance of when proposed legislation may affect criminal offender populations.
Child care payment system; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
Income tax; authorize a credit for employers who pay the cost of a qualified wellness program.