Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Jessica Upshaw
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Diamondhead; authorize use of low-speed vehicles/golf carts on certain public highways, roads and streets in.
Passed the House3
Minimum Standards for Conveyance Services; enact.
Beer breweries; allow to provide samples subject to certain conditions.
Low-speed vehicles/golf carts; authorize use of on certain public highways, roads and streets in the City of Diamondhead.
In committee24
Beer; authorize manufacture of beer of more than 5% by weight for sale in another state.
Beer breweries; allow to provide certain samples.
Low-speed vehicles/golf carts; authorize use of on certain public highways, roads and streets.
Income tax; authorize establishment of catastrophe savings accounts and exempt contributions and distributions from tax.
Mayor, city council and boards of supervisors; clarify that governing body may reduce salaries or compensation of.
Use tax; provide that person soliciting remote sales through representatives in this state is subject to use tax.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Sextortion; criminalize.
Medicaid; require testing of applicants and recipients for illegal drugs.
Child endangerment; provide for DUI violations.
Radar; authorize sheriffs, deputies and constables to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Election commissioners; provide that they will be members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to certain organizations providing food to needy persons.
Seat belt; provide that failure to provide and use may be admissible in evidence to prove failure to mitigate damages.
Judgments; rate of interest on shall be equal to Federal Reserve discount rate.
Income tax; revise rate levied on corporations.
Hancock County Utility Authority; revise composition of.
Health care professionals; may provide services at free medical clinics without MS license if have out-of-state license.
Taxation; create task force to study portions of state income tax laws.
Bonds; require transparency before Mississippi Development Bank may issue on behalf of local governmental unit.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs incurred under a homeowners deductible due to loss incurred from a named storm.
Income Tax; authorize a credit for employers that provide assistance to employees for insurance on principal residence in certain counties.
Income tax; authorize a credit for premium paid for insurance on principal residence in certain counties.
Income tax; allow deduction for retrofit of residence in coastal counties to mitigate damage from certain weather events.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Gun permits; revise reciprocity.
Passed the House · 6
Attempted murder; create offense.
Civil actions; provide that P&C insurers have burden of proof for exclusions in "all perils" coverage policy.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Assault; to create felony for assaulting a pregnant woman.
Vessel pilots; limit and regulate liability of.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Out of committee · 2
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
In committee · 8
Election commissioners; provide that they will be members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Commercial Driver's License Act; require county prosecuting attorneys to represent the state in appeals regarding.
Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act of 2012; enact to establish new process for creating.
Mississippi Alternative Fuels Conversion Act; create.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
Appropriation; Commission on the Status of Women.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for certain retrofitting or upgrades to homes in Coastal Area of Mississippi.