Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Nancy Adams Collins
Sponsored
Became law4
Engineers Licensing Law; shall not apply to activities conducted during the course of litigation.
Fiscal notes; shall be published on the Legislature website if prepared for certain bills.
School and district accreditation rating terminology; direct State Dept. of Education to change to "A," "B," "C," "D" and "F".
State-owned vehicles; provide moratorium on purchase of and reduce total number over certain period of time.
Passed the Senate2
State agency personnel; exempt from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Public Records Act; public access will not be diminished because records are stored in certain manner/revise civil penalty.
In committee17
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to random drug testing to qualify.
Age-appropriate curriculum for students addressing sexual abuse of children (Erin's Law); direct State Board of Education to issue.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to participate in mandatory community service programs to qualify.
Appropriation; Mississippi Heritage, History and Culture Tourism matching funds for Mississippi Hills Tourism programs.
Mandatory student physical education requirements; provide teacher and administrator licensure suspension if not followed.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for cystic fibrosis awareness.
Texting; prohibit while driving for all ages.
Hospitals; require to provide certain medical records to other hospitals when transferring patients to them.
School attendance officers; immune from liability for enforcement of Compulsory School Attendance Law.
Public Purchasing Law; lowest and best bidder on public works projects may be bidder offering lowest life-cycle costs.
Special improvements; authorize municipalities to levy and collect special assessments for the burying of utility lines.
Office of Public Assistance Inspector General; establish.
Central School District Shared Services Office System in each county; establish implementation schedule.
Open Meetings Act; include rural water systems or associations.
Bonds; State Treasurer shall prepare a statement regarding the fiscal effect of bond legislation introduced in the Legislature.
State boards and commissions; bring forward for amendment purposes.
Public purchasing; DFA shall adopt regulations governing the purchasing of services by state agencies.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Window Tint Law; exempt government fire department vehicles.
Scholarship funding; modify the FY2012 IHL appropriation bill to provide additional special funds for the Critical Needs Scholarship Fund.
Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; create.
Highway Patrol; remove repealer on minimum qualifications and authorize designation of veterans on driver's license.
Dog/hog fights; eliminate repeal of prohibition against.
Statute of limitation; revise for prosecution of vulnerable person abuse.
Tidelands; residential property owners not required to obtain a tidelands lease.
Income tax; extend repeal date on job tax credit for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered furniture industry.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 3
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016.
Charter schools; enact the "Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act of 2012."
In committee · 10
School board election; authorize absentee voting in certain types of districts.
Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
Income and sales tax; limit liability if previous Department of Revenue audit determined taxpayer was in compliance with the law.
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act of 2012"; establish.
Homeschool students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public schools.
Homeschool and nonpublic school students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public schools.
Executive Director of Mississippi Development Authority; remove salary cap and allow supplement with funds from any source.
Parents who send children to private school or homeschool; provide state income tax deduction for.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Marty Stuart Center and Congress of Country Music Hall.