Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Nancy Adams Collins
Sponsored
Became law6
Sanitation trucks; require drivers to exercise caution in passing when stationary.
Pat Harrison Waterway District local funds; use DOR tax rolls.
State Auditor; authorize to audit agencies as deemed necessary/revise charges for performing audits.
State vehicles; extend moratorium on acquisition of.
Tax collectors; provide salary supplement for attaining educational benchmark.
Mississippi Public Records Act; authorize Ethics Commission to enforce.
Vetoed1
State agency program budgeting; provide specific requirements.
Passed the Senate3
Physician Order for Scope of Treatment Act (POST); enact.
State agency procurement contracts; Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS) develop website link.
The Equal Opportunity for All Students with Special Needs Act; create to establish IEFs for certain students.
Out of committee3
Open Meetings Act; remove exemption for public hospitals.
Public Records Act; public access will not be diminished because records are stored in certain manner/revise civil penalty.
State agency personnel; exempt from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
In committee16
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Mandatory student physical education requirements; provide teacher and administrator licensure suspension if not followed.
Verification of student attendance; define responsibility of teachers and parents.
Student athletes; require automated external defibrillators on high school grounds, cardiac screening and AED training.
Public Records Act; cost for records shall be at pay scale of lowest level employee.
Adoption; revise fine for illegal placement of children.
Public records; booking information of certain mentally ill patients exempt.
Domestic violence special funds; DFA monitor expenditure of.
MS Department of Transportation; terminate local HELP agreements and clarify capacity enhancement project authority.
Emergency communications districts; require regular audits, etc.
Establishment of graduation standards for high school students; authorize early graduation ("seat time waiver") program.
Texting; prohibit while driving for all ages.
Tax assessors and collectors; bring forward provisions regarding salaries of.
Inactive state boards and commissions; abolish.
Public Records Act; cost for records shall be at pay scale of lowest level employee.
Appropriation FY2015; Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
2014 Second Extraordinary Session · Disaster response and recovery costs; authorize transfer to disaster trust fund.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Mississippi State University; may enter into long-term leases with IHL's approval.
"Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Mississippi Sportsman Weekend.
Embezzlers; prohibit public employment.
Memorial highways; designate MS Highway 6 within the State of Mississippi as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway."
Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act; enact and modify the great seal.
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 · 2
Elections; prohibit candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.
Texting while driving; constitutes careless driving.
In committee · 1
Public School Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.