Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Phillip A. Gandy
Sponsored
Became law1
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
In committee1
Wayne County; include in 18th Circuit Court District.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; establish in public schools to achieve grade-level reading by end of 3rd Grade.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Cottage food operations; exempt from certain licensing requirements.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013"; enact.
Licensed vessel pilots; limit liability of pilots and trainees.
Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 6
Driver's license; require license examiner at every county courthouse at least one day a month.
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Sales tax; limit liability if previous Department of Revenue audit determined taxpayer was in compliance with the law.
Memorial Highways; change signage to reflect "Lance Corporal Roy M. Wheat was a Medal of Honor recipient."
Tourism; create the MS Tourism Advisory Board and the Tourism Advertising and Marketing Fund; create a pilot program to fund.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
Out of committee · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.
In committee · 10
Littering; revise offense of.
Parents who send children to private school or homeschool; provide state income tax deduction for.
Adoption tax credit; authorize a refund if the credit exceeds the taxpayer's state income tax liability.
Adoption; expedited for readoptions of foreign-born adoptees.
Health insurance exchange; Governor shall have sole authority to establish.
Firearms; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban.
Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association; revise powers and duties of.
Mississippi Firearms Freedom Act; create.
Health insurance exchange; prohibit State of Mississippi from establishing.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.