Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Joe C. Gardner
Sponsored
Became law1
Panola County; extend repeal date on authority to contribute funds to local Boys and Girls Club.
In committee9
Compulsory school attendance; increase age of and revise various provisions.
Workplace violence protection; provide.
Minority set-aside; revise qualifications of eligibility for obtaining purchasing contracts under.
Protest at funerals; revise penalties.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Vulnerable Persons Act; include minors 10 years of age and younger and revise certain penalties concerning minors.
Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create.
Affordable housing; create trust fund to assist in development, rehabilitation and preservation of.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Academic credits; allow school district to award to certain students who complete basic training camp with the National Guard.
Traffic tickets; allow electronic submission of those issued for violations of the Mississippi Implied Consent Law.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
Motorcycle crash helmets; revise certain laws regarding.
Health insurance claims; revise time limitations for audits of claims made by Division of Medicaid.
Passed the House · 5
Vulnerable persons; revise law.
Counties and municipalities; revise procedures for public budget hearings and revise public notice form.
Classroom supplies; authorize issuance of procurement cards to classroom teachers to purchase.
Reading Sufficiency Program of Instruction; repeal.
MS Railroad Improvements Fund; authorize MS Transportation Commission to administer and declare necessity for bond issuance.
Out of committee · 1
Crime Victims Bill of Rights; victim has right to receive copy of initial incident report.
In committee · 11
"Mississippi Recreational Use Act"; create.
Financial Literacy Programs; expand grades in which school districts may implement.
Gubernatorial pardon; require applicant to give notice to district attorney to hold public hearing.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Institutions for aged or infirm; increase penalties for establishing or operating without a license.
Contractors; provide method to receive payment when services have been terminated.
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.
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 credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of felony offenses.