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Track 3,475 bills from the Mississippi 2010 legislative session. 500 bills have passed. View Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
Bills (2000)
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Co. Livestock Show.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
State funds; provide for transfers of funds and delay of certain payments and provisions.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Hinds County; may establish Hinds County Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds County Economic Development district.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Revenue.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Harrison County; authorize board of supervisors to enter into certain contracts to promote tourism.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
City of Fulton; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Town of Como; authorize to impose certain sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Sponsor: William Denny
Oktibbeha County; increase authorized debt limit for certain bonds.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Attala County; authorize to construct jail anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Expunction of certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; State Government Agencies Special Fund; Additional FY 2010.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Emergency 911 law; include fees for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and prepaid cell phones/extend repealer.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
City of Biloxi, MS; may clean certain private property that was impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Employment Security Commission; reenact and extend date of repeal.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Foresters.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; reappropriation, DFA - Bureau of Building; FY11.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Harrison County; authorize to create the "Harrison County Motor Vehicle for Hire Commission."
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Authorized activity by trustees; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Bd.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease the Old School for the Blind property.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Designate Thursday, May 6, 2010, as the "Mississippi Day of Prayer."
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Natchez/Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Inc. and abolish the Natchez-Adams County Development Authority.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Suspend deadlines for introduction; expunction, certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station; commend for 25 years of clean, reliable and affordable energy to Mississippi.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Suspend deadlines for introduction; authorize DFA to sell, convey or lease property known as the "Old School for the Blind."
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Evan Littleton Turnage; commend for his outstanding and exemplary academic achievements and extend best wishes.
Sponsor: Linda Coleman
Kossuth High School Aggies; commend on winning Class 3A Cross Country State Championship.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; commend commitment to health care and partnering with the Heinz Family Philanthropic Foundation.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Reverend Donald E. Wildmon; commend prolific service provided to the American Family Association and upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; commend commitment to health care and partnering with the Heinz Family Philanthropic Foundation.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Steve Cummings; commend on 30 years of service to Yalobusha County.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Create Joint Study Committee on Minority Business Participation in Public Contracts.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Recognize Ann Coleman Thames, MS Business Journal leading business woman, upon retirement from MS Department of Mental Health.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Dr. Claudia Limbert; commend laudable service as President of MUW upon the occasion of her retirement.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Dr. James Price; commend dedicated service upon occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren Schools.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
Charles W. (Charlie) Capps, Jr.; commend life, service, accomplishments and legacy upon his passing.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Dr. John E. Walls, Jr.; commend service as Deputy Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Institute for Community Services, Inc., for a bus for Head Start program.
Sponsor: Eugene Hamilton
Highway Patrol officers; specify rate of compensation for certain.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Recognize Mr. Carroll Johnson on his 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Commend life and public service of former State Senator Orene Farese of Ashland, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of certain real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Suffrage; restore to Willie E. White of Amite County.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Suffrage; restore to Jimmy Williams of Union County.
Sponsor: Margaret Rogers
City of Ridgeland; authorize to impose local sales tax.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Lauderdale County; authorize board of supervisors to negotiate apportionment of certain fee in lieu of tax revenues.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Hattiesburg Public School District; authorize release of certain funds to Hattiesburg Public Schools Foundation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Suffrage; restore to Mary H. Gregory of Winston County.
Sponsor: Russ Nowell
Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections regarding.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Suffrage; restore to Richard Fulton Carson of Itawamba County.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Suffrage; restore to Richard Deon Williams of Greene County.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
State of Mississippi; urge to take critical and fundamental actions to improve the state's economic and social rankings.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Suffrage; restore to Pamela Davis of Forrest County.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of certain real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Harrison County; create Civil Service Commission for the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
George County; authorize to issue bonds and levy tax for county sports and recreation complex.
Sponsor: Deryk Parker
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Highway patrol; allow beneficiary of officers killed in line of duty to receive weapon and revise minimum requirements.
Sponsor: William McCoy
State appointments, certain; urge to reflect more of the demographics and diversity of the state.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Claiborne County; authorize economic development district to expend certain funds for certain economic and industrial development.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
Slavery; issue apology for state's role in upholding and perpetuating the institution of in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
State tax system; create study committee to study and make recommendations.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Jackson County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Hinds County; authorize to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
U.S. Congress; urge to be mindful of state sovereignty enumerated in the 10th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Joint Rules; amend to extend deadlines related to reconsideration of general bills for 2010 Regular Session.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Lowndes County; may enter into certain loan agreements with the USDA for terms of not more than 30 years.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
City of Fulton; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Legislature; suspend deadlines for further consideration of appropriation bills.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
A resolution affirming the sovereignty of the people of the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: David Campbell
Greenhouse gases; support congressional action on.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HCR 17; amend Constitution to prohibit laws compelling participation in health care plan.
Sponsor: Toby Barker
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Town of Glendora; authorize to designate as a qualified resort area.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
City of Southaven; authorize to contract with AWG, Inc., for certain road improvements.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Joint Rules; amend to require 72-hour waiting period before voting on appropriation or revenue bill.
Sponsor: Jerry Turner
U.S. Congress; urge not to support legislation removing or restricting the use of private-ballot elections in union formations.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind services to Beulah Cemetery.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Suspend deadlines for introductions; Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections relating to, for purposes of amendment.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Adams County; revise jurisdiction of St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
City of D'Iberville; authorize to acquire and lease certain real property for economic and commercial development purposes.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
United States Constitution; request Congress to call convention to adopt flat-rate income tax.
Sponsor: John Moore
Suspend deadlines for introduction; mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Suspend deadlines for introduction; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Adams County; prohibit certain actions of St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
House Rules; amend to limit additional compensation or allowance that may be paid to Speaker Pro Tempore.
Sponsor: William Denny
"Old School for the Blind" Property; authorize Department of Finance and Administration to sell and convey or lease.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Prescription drugs; increase maximum permitting fee for businesses engaged in sale and distribution of.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Suffrage; restore to Leon Bishop of Oktibbeha, County.
Sponsor: Tyrone Ellis
House Rules; member may serve as Speaker for only two terms.
Sponsor: William Denny
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB 452; municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area within 30 days.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Suspend deadlines for introduction; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: David Campbell
City of Rolling Fork; authorize expansion of water distribution system to areas more than 5 miles outside city limits.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of SB 2938; emergency 911 law; include certain fees.
Sponsor: Tyrone Ellis
Yalobusha County; may locate a detention facility and sheriff's office anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Yalobusha County; authorize to construct county jail anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Lowndes County; may enter into loan agreements with the USDA for terms of not more than 30 years.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Mississippi businesses; urge to implement ergonomic practices to protect the health of the state's workforce.
Sponsor: James Evans
Commend life of Iraq casualty U.S. Army PFC Anthony Blount.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
House Rules; amend to require approval of majority of House before employment of certain officers and employees.
Sponsor: William Denny
Oakley Training School; change name to the "Oakley Youth Development Center."
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Suspend deadlines for introduction; castle doctrine; revise.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB1744; authorize City of McComb to impose a tourism tax.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Worker's Bill of Rights; endorse adoption of.
Sponsor: James Evans
Suspend deadlines for introduction; include Legislature and exempt courts from statute allowing budget cuts.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
House Rules; amend to allow member to request that conference report be read in full before vote on adoption.
Sponsor: John Moore
Warren County; authorize to contribute funds to certain organizations.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
Suspend deadlines for introduction; state agencies; delete repealer on Dept. of Employment Security and related laws of other agencies.
Sponsor: David Campbell
Legislature; extend session, set return date, suspend deadlines for certain bills, and change deadlines for general bill conf. rpts.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Climate; acknowledge and express the need for fair and effective approach to.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB 1346; reenact provisions and include federal conforming language.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Crime and corrections; create House study committee to study and make recommendations.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Uniform laws; create uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
City of Petal; authorize to provide a reduced rate for water and sewer service to senior citizens and certain veterans.
Sponsor: Larry Byrd
Yalobusha County; authorize to construct county jail anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Recognize that May 2010 is "Better Hearing and Speech Month in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize to receive certain funds and information for construction of a lake in George County.
Sponsor: Deryk Parker
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Issaquena County; authorize transfer of lot to Town of Mayersville.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Commend public service of Michael Thomas, Deputy Superintendent for Operations with the Jackson Public School District.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Suspend rules for further consideration of Senate Bill No. 2404; Department of Employment Security and related laws; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend life and public service of Lt. Colonel James "Jim" Maher, longest-serving Director of MEMA.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Suspend rules for further consideration of SB 2785; state agency information technology services; authorize MDITS to consolidate.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Issaquena County; authorize to participate in turbine project in Mississippi River.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Three Rivers PPD; authorize certain counties and municipalities for loans & grants made available by.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Designate April 22, 2010, as "Mississippi Earth Day: The Green Generation."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Harrison County; authorize the lease of a trailer to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for nominal consideration.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Commend the life of Dorothy Irene Height, founding matriarch of the National Civil Rights Movement.
Sponsor: David Blount
City of Natchez and Adams County; authorize to contribute certain funds to Natchez, Inc.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Commend the life of Natchez business and civic leader Sim Chase Callon.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; authorize DFA to sell or lease the "Old School for the Blind" property and to lease Robert E. Lee Bldg.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Recognize WTVA-TV (Tupelo-Columbus) Managing Editor Terry Smith and Meteorologist Dick Rice for Silver Circle Emmy Award.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Gary Matthews, Executive Director of the Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Sidney G. Morgan, Chairman of Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Claiborne County; authorize to expend funds for the development of an industrial park.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Mississippi Health Information Network Act; create.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
City of Fayette; authorize to impose a certain local sales tax.
Sponsor: America Middleton
Recognize the "100 Years of Ministry Anniversary Celebration" of Tylertown First Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Acknowledge 40th Anniversary of Gibbs-Green Memorial Observance.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
PERS retirees; may not work for PERS employer until 90 day after retirement.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Oktibbeha County; increase authorized debt limit for certain bonds.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various agencies.
Sponsor: Billy Hudson
Lauderdale County; authorize to negotiate fee-in-lieu payment to school district under major economic project in the county.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Jackson County; authorize pilot program for sheriff to use radar.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Mental Health; amend certain provisions of the FY2010 appropriation to the department.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Crisis intervention teams; provide for implementation of to provide mental health services.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Recognize Dr. Daniel W. Jones on his Investiture as the 16th Chancellor of The University of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Domestic violence; revise elements of the offense.
Sponsor: David Blount
Interest on real estate broker escrow accounts; authorize to be payable to certain real estate entities.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Council on Education Technology; revise responsibilities; authorize.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
1984 Rust College Lady Bearcats Basketball Team; commend upon being inducted into the inaugural Rust College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Mississippi Department of Archives and History; may use certain funds to restore monuments at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Smoking; prohibit at public venues for youth sports events.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Certain school boards convey school buildings not used for school purposes to nonprofit entity; authorize.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Bennie L. Jones, Sr; commend life and legacy on his passing.
Sponsor: Linda Coleman
Youth Court Hearing Act; revise.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Tunica County Economic Development Foundation after 2012.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Resolution to protect and defend state authority under Tenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution over certain powers.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Liturgical Dance Day; recognize the observance of on September 7, 2010, in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Stephen and Evelyn Drury Day; proclaim October 14, 2010, as in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
City of Petal; authorize to provide a reduced rate for water and sewer service to senior citizens and certain veterans.
Sponsor: Tom King
St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority; limit its duties to solid waste and storm water.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Joint Rules of the Senate and House; revise conference report adoption deadline for appropriation/revenue bills.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Steven Palazzo
Urge Congress to declare national holiday in honor of the birthday of Mr. Cesar Chavez.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Direct AG to challenge constitutionality of federal legislation requiring individuals to purchase health insurance.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Designate the geographic center of the State of Mississippi to be located in Leake County.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Recognize Morton Police Department for seizure of illegal drug money on Interstate 20.
Sponsor: Haskins Montgomery
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Jarvis Varnado; commend athletic success and congratulate on NCAA record-breaking season.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
The 761st Tank Battalion "Black Panthers"; commend for heroic efforts during World War II.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Drew Lenard; commend commitment to education and providing workforce development training.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Reciprocity; urge Louisiana to provide for Mississippi gun permits.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Urge Congress to adopt legislation addressing clean energy developemnt and climate change.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins; commend upon the occasion of their 50th anniversary in the ministry.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Tunica County; authorize contribution to the Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Damion Fletcher; commend athletic success and congratulate on career accomplishments.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
City of Biloxi; authorize to clean certain property and assess costs and penalties to landowner for such cleaning.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Urge Congress to adopt legislation allowing states to intercept federal tax refunds for court-ordered obligations.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Talbot John Brooks; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
William K. and Barbara Dease; commend and congratulate on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Bassfield High School Yellowjackets Football Team; commend on winning Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Senate Rules; amend to require an unedited copy of the Senate Journal from the previous day available to any Senator.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Gibbs-Green memorial observance; 40th year anniversary; commemorate.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
City of Southaven; authorize to impose certain tax on restaurants to provide funding for promotion of tourism and conventions.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Suffrage; restore to Ira J. Banks of Amite County.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Isaiah Canaan; commend athletic success and congratulate upon a remarkable season with Murray State University Racers Basketball Team.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Honorable Paul E. Winfield; commend upon being elected the 44th Mayor of the City of Vicksburg.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
Janette Breedlove; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Gulfport High School; commend for winning 2010 "We the People" civic education competition and advancing to national event.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Harrison County; authorize to create the "Harrison County Motor Vehicle for Hire Commission."
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Billy Mac Gore; commend upon the occasion of his retirement and honor meritorious service as Sheriff of Calhoun County.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and MDEQ; commend efforts of successfully transforming a contaminated area of city.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Unemployment eligibility; revise definition of base period.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Taxation; joint committee to study state tax system.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Bluegrass Instrumental Championship; express a need to sanction.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Designate March 22, 2010, as "Water Day in Mississippi" to focus on the importance and management of freshwater.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
State of poverty in Mississippi; acknowledge need for improved economic viability and increased awareness.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Senate Rules; limit number of resolution presentations on the floor of the Senate.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Suspend rules for further consideration of SB 2938; Emergency 911 law; include fees for VoIP and extend repealer.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Nurse Anesthetists Week; designate week of January 24-30, 2010, as in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Designate January 13, 2010, as "Wear Blue for a Healthy Gulf and Coast Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Gary Matthews; commend on achievements as Executive Director of Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
George County; commend on occasion of 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Direct DFA to place a moratorium on the acquisition of real property within the City of Jackson.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Willie Flynt Lee; commend the life of.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Suspend deadlines for introduction; mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Subramanian Swaminathan; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Spouses of deceased military servicemen and women; advocate for fair care and treatment by U.S. government.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Request the Boy Scouts of America to make an Annual Report to the Legislature.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Harrison County; authorize contracts with not-for-profit organizations for promotion of tourism and conventions.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Mrs. Mary Ann Williams Nave; commend life and legacy and express sympathy upon passing.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Hancock County; authorize to levy a certain lien related to car tags for unpaid water and sewer bills.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Nissan North America, Inc.; commend upon being awarded two top 2009 IQS awards by J.D. Power and Associates.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Early oral health care; urge State Board of Education/Health to recognize importance to a child's ability to learn.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Jackson County; authorize the use for forfeiture funds to pay a clothing allowance to certain undercover agents.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Acknowledge the state of poverty in Mississippi and need for improved economic viability.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
Robert Davis, Sr.; commend and congratulate on 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
USM; commend the recipients of the Founders' Day awards.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
City of Jackson; delete repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and expand authority of bureau to contract.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life, legacy and stellar community service upon his passing.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Commend service of Dr. John E. Walls, Jr., Deputy Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District, upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Martin Luther King birthday; Legislature not convene.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Suspend deadlines for introduction; Medicaid; transfer sum from Health Care Trust Fund to division to reduce FY10 deficit.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Commend Dr. James Price upon the occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Jim Weatherly; commend career accomplishments upon Pontotoc's celebration of "Jim Weatherly Day" on August 7, 2010.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Designate May 17, 2010, as "Bike-to-Work Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Amend Senate Rules to limit private discourse on the Senate floor while the Senate is in session.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Direct DFA to prohibit relocation of certain state agencies.
Sponsor: David Blount
Designate "National Wear Red Day" in Mississippi to support women's heart disease awareness.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
George County; authorize to issue bonds and levy tax for county sports and recreation complex.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Designate "National Wear Red Day" in Mississippi to bring awareness to cardiovascular disease in women.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Senate Rules; authorize bills and resolutions to be prepared on letter-size paper.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
United States Constitution; urge Congress to call convention to amend relative to a flat-rate income tax system.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Town of Glendora; designate a qualified resort area for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Hinds County; may establish the Hinds Co. Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds Co. Economic Development District.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Tallahatchie County; authorize to name a Family Master for chancery court.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau; remove repeal date on.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Designate April 20, 2010, as "Mississippi Earth Day: The Green Generation."
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Commend U.S. Congress and President Obama for enacting the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" of 2010.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Tallahatchie County; authorize to name a family master for chancery court.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Urge federal government to name FBI Building for James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Reverend Dr. Jerry Young; commend and congratulate on 30th anniversary as Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
USM; commend newly elected executive officers of the Student Government Association.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Biloxi Public School District; commend on the occasion of its 150th anniversary celebration.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Steven Palazzo
Holmes CC-Grenada Campus' Alpha Mu Beta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa; commend upon being named Most Distinguished Chapter.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Sacred Heart Mock Trial Team; commend on State Championship.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey the "Old School for the Blind" property.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Belmont High School Girls Basketball Team; commend on winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
2010 Greenwood Public School District retirees; congratulate for numerous years of dedicated service.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Commend Kossuth High School "Aggies" Boys Cross Country Team for MHSAA Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Recognize Dr. Randy Easterling, President of the Mississippi State Medical Association.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
Sponsor: William McCoy
George Thatcher; commend the military and civilian service of.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Karen and Maur McKie; commend upon being named a finalist for Total Landscape Care Magazine Landscaper of the Year Award.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Michael Gavin; commend and congratulate on placing third in the Great Seal of Mississippi Art Contest.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Recognize career of Bolivar County R&B-soul-gospel singer Otis Clay.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Celebrate National Train Day on May 8, 2010, to promote the history and future of rail travel in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Mourning the loss of legendary Delta State University football Coach Horace Lowry McCool of Cleveland, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend the Oak Grove "Mojo" U12 Select Baseball Team as Mississippi State Champions.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Attaché Show Choir; commend upon its winning 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Sponsor: Kimberly Campbell
Tiffany Martin McLain; commend life and service upon her passing.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life and legacy.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Pam Lee; commend exemplary and dedicated service to the Carroll County Extension Service upon retirement.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Callaway High School Chargers Boys Basketball Team; commend on winning back-to-back Class 5A/4A State Championships.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
City of McComb; authorize to impose a tourism tax to promote economic development.
Sponsor: David Myers
Bonds and economic development; authorize bonds for various purposes and provide/revise certain incentives.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Limited liability companies; require annual reports and revise fees.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Salary supplements for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators; authorize from nonstate funds.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Hunting; require safety program for use of trails in wildlife management areas during gun season.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
District attorneys; may employ additional legal assistants and criminal investigators if funds are received from any available source.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State agencies to submit energy management plans and meet energy consumption reduction standards; require.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Retirement; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of PERS.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Minimum Standards Board; revise membership.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Boll Weevil Management Act; revise certain provisions relating to the administration of.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Joint Legislative Study Committee on mental health system; continue authority of.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Wild hogs; prohibit transportation of live wild hogs within the state.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Auto club memberships; extend repealer on authority of small loan licensees to sell to borrowers.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Custody and visitation; clarify for parents on certain military duty.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of various organizations.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Columbia Training School property; authorize sale or lease of certain acreage.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Traffic offenses; clarify payment of fine when defendant fails to appear.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
State Board of Contractors; may conduct meetings through teleconferencing/revise application procedure.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Uniform Commercial Code; revise to conform to model act (ULC).
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to assess active employees a portion of premium under health plan.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Public property; authorize DFA to sell or lease Jefferson Street properties.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Nationally accredited proprietary schools; may follow federal standards for faculty.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Public property; authorize transfer of various state-owned properties.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Bonds; Bond Commission may negotiate sale of cert. bonds; auth. edu. bldg. corps. for comm. colleges; auth. bonds for wireless sys.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State Department of Health and reconstituted State Board of Health; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Employment Security; revise unemployment for rates to make payment of the tax more equitable.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Individuals delinquent in child support payments; authorize release of income/sales tax information.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Dental services; prohibit certain provision in contract between health care entity and dentist.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Schools at risk; revise certain provisions relating to.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Statewide monetary assessments; revise.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Taxation; provide ad valorem, fuel and sales tax exemptions regarding private buses contracted to transport school students.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Justice court; required to set separate court term.
Sponsor: William McCoy
State Board of Mental Health; extend repealer on mental health services and protocol for providers of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Intensive supervision program; increase monthly program fee that offenders must pay to participate in.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ and State Department of Health to borrow for loan programs.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Reimbursement to counties for Department of Corrections prisoners; clarify that counties are not responsible for certain medical costs.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Open records; revise time period available to a public body for response and allowable costs.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Motor vehicle title fees; increase and deposit into Crisis Intervention Mental Health Fund.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
School District Maintenance Fund; require district to file budget cuts plan if falls below 7% ending balance of.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Income tax; allow credit for owner of lands dedicated to certain public or wildlife use.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Nurse-Family Partnership program; State Department of Health shall establish in MS.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Breach of Security; require notice.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Municipalities and counties; authorize to trap fur-bearing and nuisance animals within 100 feet of any street.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Task Force to study strategies for solving the current teacher shortage in Mississippi; establish.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Suspend rules for drafting, etc; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included in authorized trust activity.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
UMMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Hancock County Utility Authority; revise composition of board of directors.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Oktibbeha County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc., for purchase of school bus.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
City of Bay St. Louis; authorize two-year waiver for required state audit due to effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau; extend repealer.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Chickasaw County; authorize the imposition of certain assessments to fund the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Rails and Trails Museum.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Three Rivers PDD; authorize certain counties and municipalities to apply for loans and grants made available by.
Sponsor: William McCoy
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Booneville Hardware Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Transportation; create public transit task force.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Lee County; authorize contribution to the Sanctuary Hospice House.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Family protection specialists and workers; extend repealers on duty of DHS to establish employment standards for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Humphreys County; authorize to contribute funds to Humphreys County Dixie Youth Little League.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Mississippi Interpreter Registration Law; clarify confidentiality, update definitions, etc.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Public streets and highways; prohibit racing and use of nitrous oxide.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
MS Veterans Monument Commission; revise the makeup of the advisory board and increase the maximum state match for private donations.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Parole board; provide discretion for the revocation of certain offender's parole.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Bail bonds and agents; revise certain licensing provisions.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Farmers' markets; clarify sales tax provisions regarding products sold at markets certified by Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Judgment for overdue child support and enforcement by DHS; extend reverters on statutes providing for.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Nurses; require applicants for licensure as to undergo criminal background checks.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Tallahatchie County; authorize contribution to Emmett Till Memorial Commission.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Sales tax; divert a portion derived from sales by cotton warehouses or compresses to the Boll Weevil Management Fund.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Jackson County; authorize use of forfeiture funds to pay clothing allowance for undercover agents of Narcotics Task Force.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Stalking; revise elements of offense.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Mr. Douglas T. "Bliss" Baker; commend life, legacy and service on his passing.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
DHS; develop pilot program to track recipients of SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps).
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Barber Practice Act; make technical revisions to.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Carrying a concealed weapon; revise qualification for retired law enforcement officers and delete prohibition in parks.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of; authorize to perform criminal background checks of employers and contractors.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
MS S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Jurors; exclude permanently excused from list of potential jurors and allow reinstatement.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Mississippi Transportation Commission; require to donate certain real property to the City of Sallis.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Municipalities; revise procedures that authorize such to clean certain private property.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Public property; authorize sale of certain properties by MUW and USM.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Smith
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use for certain expenses.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
W.J. "Boy" Howard; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Insurance companies; revise statutory classifications by deleting the home warranty class.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Mississippi Home Education Week; recognize week of May 10-14, 2010, as.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Wren McKinnon Frith; commend life and accomplishments of.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Kelsey Ann Jackson; commend on anti-bullying campaign.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Mrs. Almeta C. Dampeer; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Memorial Highways; designate certain highways in the City of Pascagoula.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Memorial Highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 23 in Itawamba County as the "Tammy Wynette Memorial Highway."
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Dr. David Childers of Holly Springs, Mississippi, State Veterinarian of the Year 2010.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognize Juneteenth Freedom Day as day of commemoration.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Designate "Hydrocephalus Awareness Week in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Urge Congress and Executive Branch to adopt a Clean and Sustainable Energy Standard (CSES) for Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Credit card processing hardware or software; shall meet federal law requirements when provided to retail merchants.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Department of Human Services; revise restrictions regarding employees participating in political campaigns.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Sale of Checks Act; rename "MS Money Transmitters Act" and make various amendments.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Authorize the establishment of a Mississippi Legislative Prayer Caucus.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
County court; authorize for Pearl River County.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Elections; revise runoff date for certain levee commissioner; clarify authority of chancellor in 7th Chancery District.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Not guilty by reason of insanity; create presumption of continuing mental illness.
Sponsor: Perry Lee
Memorial highways; designate "Ken Lundberg Memorial Highway" in Grenada County and "Veterans Memorial Bridge" in D'Iberville.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Recognize "Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Day in Mississippi".
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Department of Finance & Administration; may transfer real property located on North West Street to MS Transportation Commission.
Sponsor: Tom King
Captain Laverne Sing; commend and acknowledge service and recognize as the first African-American female fire fighter in MS.
Sponsor: John Hines
Driver's license; make optional to have four-year or eight-year license.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Rials Creek United Methodist Church; congratulate upon 150 years of service and ministry.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Dr. Robert Smith, Sr.; commend committed dedication to the health care profession and acknowledge as a "Living Legend."
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Mrs. Vashti Underwood Muse; commend on meritorious and dedicated service to education in the Magnolia State.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Trapping; all cities and counties to trap within 100 feet of a street to protect public safety.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Lawrence County Hospital; congratulate on the celebration of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Annual compensation for sworn officers of the Mississippi Highway Patrol based on hourly rate; provide for.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Acquittal by reason of insanity; revise release from treatment.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Housing Development Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use bond proceeds for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Hunting and fishing; create an additional category for a lifetime sportsman license.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Suspend deadlines for introduction; Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections relating to for purposes of amendment.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Mental commitment; revise 72-hour hold procedures and authorize Crisis Intervention Teams.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
School boards; require members of certain to be elected at time of general elections.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Social security numbers; provide for redaction in recorded documents.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Brain Injury Awareness Day; designate March 25, 2010, as day of observance in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
MS Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund; revise use of certain funds.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Expressing our appreciation to Paul Lacoste.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Corrections; revise initial period for agricultural leases.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Simpson County Cattlemen's Association; commend & congratulate on winning Dixie National First South Farm Credit Steak Grilling Contest.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Boll Weevil Management Act; revise certain provisions relating to the administration of.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
State agency information technology services; authorize Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services to consolidate.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
New start school; require transformation of chronically failing school into.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Coach Gina Skelton; commend on 700th career win.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Ms. Fanya Telepathia "Teb" Smith; commend life and legacy on her passing.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Recognize and salute Chef Luis Bruno for Mississippi Public Broadcasting Production "Cooking for Life with Chef Luis Bruno."
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Health Insurer "Code of Conduct"; encourage House of Representatives of Mississippi to work with health care community to develop.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Wayne County High School Lady Eagles; commend on winning 2009-2010 5A MHSAA Championship.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Carl Keen Vocational Center; commend on winning management competition at 2010 MS ProStart Invitational.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Commend Mississippi Homemaker Volunteers, Inc.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Special Olympics Mississippi Team; commend outstanding achievements of.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Legislature; extend session, set return date, suspend deadlines for certain bills, change deadlines for general bill conf. rpts.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
St. Stanislaus Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning state championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Starkville High School Basketball Team; commend on winning the MHSAA Class 6A State Championship.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Mississippi Education Achievement Council; establish to set higher education benchmarks.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Commend Raymond High School "Lady Rangers" Basketball Team for winning the Grand Slam and Class 4A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Deer enclosures; create a task force to study deer breeding industry in the state.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins upon occasion of 50th Anniversary of the Perkins Foundation.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Kathryn Moody to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Ingomar High School "Falcons" Boys Basketball Team and legendary Coach Norris Ashley for MHSAA Class 1A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Old School for the Blind property; revise authority to lease and redevelop.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Commend Mississippi State University Men's Basketball Team and Coach Rick Stansbury for winning SEC Western Division Title.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
MS School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Recognize and salute New Orleans Saints career rushing leader and former Ole Miss star Deuce McAllister.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Municipalities; authorize to contract with public housing authorities for extra police protection.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Pharmacists; revise continuing education reporting requirements for licensure renewal.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; require Office of State Auditor to implement.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Commend Callaway High School "Chargers" Boys Basketball Team for winning consecutive Class 5A State Championships.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Health discount plans; extend repealer on requirements for.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Recognize the Clinton High School Attaché Show Choir for 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Newton High School "Lady Tigers" Girls Basketball Team for winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Motor vehicles; prohibit use of nitrous oxide in certain.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Commend Carole Lynn Meadows for 2010 "Billy Creel" Tourism Award.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize 150th Anniversary celebration of First Baptist Church Morton, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Belmont High School "Lady Cardinals" Girls Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Earlora Holden to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Sale or distribution of novelty lighters; prohibit and provide criminal penalties for.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Declaration of local emergency; authorize mayor to make proclamation.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Bail agents; revise licensure laws.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Shay Jackson; commend and congratulate on coaching the Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team to a Grand Slam Championship.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team; commend and congratulate upon its winning the MHSAA Grand Slam Championship.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Our Lady Academy Girls Cross Country; commend on winning the 2009 MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Stephen Wahl; commend on being named recipient of the 2010 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in Math, Science and Technology.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Our Lady Academy Crescent Volleyball Team; commend on winning the 2009 Class I State Championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws Football Team on winning 2009 Class 4A State Championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Our Lady Academy Girls Soccer Team; commend on winning state championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Mississippi Recovery School District; appointment of Deputy Superintendent for shall be subject to approval by State Bd. of Edu.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Sweet potato industry; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for disaster assistance loan guaranty program.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Truss construction emblem; revise provisions related to.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Education Achievement Council; establish to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Income tax; exclude amounts converted from traditional IRA to Roth IRA from gross income.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Noncitizen's driver's license; revise requirements for.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Office of Compulsory School Attendance; extend date by which its annual report is submitted.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Excavations near underground utility lines; certain persons who remove markings shall be subject to civil penalty.
Sponsor: Tyrone Ellis
Healthier School Initiative; require the State Department of Education to implement to incentivize schools.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Municipal executive committee; revise provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Health discount plans; extend repealer on requirements for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Gaming Commission; clarify authority to impose and collect certain fees, revise certain other provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Mrs. Pauline C. Banks; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Commend Kayla Stricker on being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Female Athlete of the year.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
East Rankin Academy "Lady Patriots" Basketball Team; commend on winning its first MAIS overall state championship.
Sponsor: John Moore
Coach Billy Lamb; commend on achievements in the State of Mississippi sports.
Sponsor: Rita Martinson
Arthur Lee Thomas; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Philip Michael Goodwin; commend upon the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Commend Joe Morrow upon being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Male Athlete of the Year.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
ICCCY and State System of Care; delete repealers, expand council and define authority of council.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Recognize 40 years of leadership by Reverend Dr. John E. Cameron, Sr., Pastor of Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Kayla Stricker; commend on being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Female Athlete of the Year.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
210th Financial Management Company and 220th Financial Management Detachment; commend exemplary service to this state and nation.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Dr. Timothy Alford; commend upon being one of five U.S. medical professionals to carry Olympic torch for the 2010 games.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
New Orleans Saints Football Team; commend and congratulate upon winning Super Bowl XLIV.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Cathy Chen; commend on being named recipient of the 2010 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in Math, Science and Technology.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Laurie Taft McIlrath; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Perkinston Campus).
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; commend and recognize.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; create.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
John C. Poelma II; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC Jackson County Campus.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Joe Morrow; commend upon being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Male Athlete of the Year.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
Commend Phi Theta Kappa on occasion of "Mississippi Phi Theta Kappa Day."
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Horn Lake High School "Lady Eagles" Basketball Team for winning first girls Class 6A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Dr. William A. (Billy) Morehead, President of the Association of Government Accountants.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Forest High School "Bearcats" Boys Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Dr. William Malone, "Mississippi Optometrist of the Year" and "Optometrist of the South."
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Christopher J. DeDual; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Jefferson Davis Campus).
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
West Point High School Football Team; commend on winning 2009 Class 5A State Championship."
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Designate March 2010 as "Women's History Month in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
MS Windstorm Underwriting Assoc. Reinsur. Assistance Fund; extend repealer on req. that certain tax revenues be deposited into.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Staff Sgt. William S. "Seth" Ricketts; commend life, legacy and military service upon his passing.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Ms. Fannie B. McConnell Clayton; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Wilbert Jones
Steven Wiley Jennings; commend upon earning the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Honorable Paul E. Winfield; commend upon being elected the 44th Mayor of the City of Vicksburg.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
University of Southern Mississippi; commend upon the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Mrs. Loraine McDaniel; commend commitment to being actively engaged in her child's educational success through volunteerism.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Mrs. Alice Thornton; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 91st birthday.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Preneed casket contracts; must meet all requirements applicable to preneed contracts for funeral services.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise the data upon which supervisors districts are determined eligible for the program.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Saltwater fishing license; require lifetime license for persons 65 and older for a one-time fee.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Water well drillers; revise certain provisions regarding licensing of.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Trade names; create the Fictitious Business Name Registration Act.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Fishing; authorize Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to issue group pier fishing license.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Parole supervision fees; increase.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Model Business Corporation Act; correct certain fees.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Corrections; prohibit sex between employees of correctional facilities or law enforcement agencies and offenders.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Health care; Board of Health adopt guidelines incorporating principles of patient-centered medical home.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Municipal election commissioners; if names of persons elected are not transmitted, Secretary of State may petition court to compel.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Oysters; prohibit discharge of human waste and require marine sanitation devices for oyster harvesting vessels.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Highways; create the "John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act."
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Election commissioners; authorize counties to pay per diem for an additional five days.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Marine Resources; authorize commission to to revoke license indefinitely for multiple offenses within a certain time period.
Sponsor: Frances Fredericks
MS Major Economic Impact Act; revise the definition of the term "project" and authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax credit for port facility usage and annual impact report; extend repeal date.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
PERS; increase the number of years for retirement at any age for public schoolteachers hired on or after July 1, 2011.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Physician assistants; extend repealer on authority to grant temporary licenses to.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Mental health commitment laws; revise various provisions of.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Rev. Dr. Jerry Young; commend and salute charitable service and national leadership.
Sponsor: Linda Coleman
Certificates of nomination and nominating petitions for President and V.P.; must be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the deadline day.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Municipal judges; revise population threshold of cities that must appoint.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Oakley; revise age committing a delinquent child.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Private correctional facilities; require to reimburse Department of Corrections for contract compliance officer's salary.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
State Chemist and State Chemical Laboratory; revise qualifications and responsibility.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Income tax and sales tax; 3-year assessment period begins to run after corporation's or LLC's liability becomes final.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Health insurance; provide for reciprocal limitations on claim filing and claim audits.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Motor vehicle license tags; deposit portion of registration and tag fees into a special fund for purchase of.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Hit-and-run; revise penalties under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Corinth Junior High School Warriors Boys Basketball Team; commend on second consecutive undefeated season.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Contact lenses; optometrists and ophthalmologists may prescribe and fit FDA-approved medicated lenses.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Petroleum Products Inspection Law of MS; revise penalties and extend repealer on definitions.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
State-held lands; require lands held by state agencies to be titled in the name of the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Judicial office; candidates may not qualify before January 1 of the year in which the election is held.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
High School alternative career track programs; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Testing instruments and procedures for students with disabilities; clarify accommodation.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Boating under the influence; conform to driving under the influence.
Sponsor: David Baria
Tax information; authorize MDA to examine if necessary for proper administration of programs under its jurisdiction.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Public lands; revise provisions regarding certain conveyances and claims.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Noah Robertson; commend upon receiving the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Mississippi Athletic Commission; clarify authority to fine certain participants and official in events.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Mississippi Code; certain elected officials shall receive CD-ROM version of the code unless they request bound volumes.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Motor Vehicle Commission; authorize enforcement of provisions regarding return of inventory upon termination of franchise.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Dept. of Revenue; authorize certain info to be provided to Bd. of Tax Appeals & provide for appeals of IRP registration denials.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Contractors; revise certificate of responsibility threshold for private contracts.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Income tax; authorize payment of certain large tax liabilities in monthly installments over 60 months.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Wetlands; revise beneficial use of dredging materials program.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Employment Security; revise unemployment for rates to make payment of the tax more equitable.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Homestead exemption; increase in certain counties for persons 65 or older or totally disabled.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; revise new jobs required for tax credit allowed for company establishing or transferring national or regional headquarters.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend East Rankin Academy "Lady Patriots" Basketball Team for first Overall State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Small business; authorize a loan program to encourage extension of conventional financing.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Mississippi Existing Forestry Industry Enterprise Revolving Loan Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds for.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for upgrades to State Tax Commission information technology systems.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Economic development; authorize certain tax exemption and loans or grants for certain business enterprises.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; provide a credit for costs under a homeowners deductible due to loss incurred from a named storm.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Boys and Girls Club Day; designate March 16, 2010, as at the Mississippi State Capitol.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Rental equipment; tax rental equipment and distribute revenue to local governments and exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to property.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Ad valorem tax; revise manner of determining true value of affordable rental housing and exempt portion of true value.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; authorize a credit for first-time homebuyers of principal residence.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Leslie Frazier; commend and congratulate on success as an NFL Defensive Coordinator.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Income tax; authorize a deduction for certain college savings plans maintained by other states.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Deer hunting; delete the repealer on commission's authority to allow baiting and to establish deer management zones.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Larceny of timber; revise time limitation on prosecution.
Sponsor: Jerry Turner
Hunting; provide for assessment of administrative fee for hunting without license.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Exceptional children; repeal law requiring a due process hearing relating to certain services provided for.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Blues Commission; authorize to raise funds to assist blues musicians in need.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
GED programs; revise entrance requirements for certain students and require end-of-course subject area testing.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Shirley A. Gibbs Walker; commend career accomplishments as Women's Basketball Coach at Alcorn State University.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Block grants for improvements to water systems; waive determination of viability for certain water system.
Sponsor: Willie Bailey
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Mississippi Highways 310 and 161; designate certain segments as memorial highways.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Jerry Rice; commend stellar athletic career and congratulate on being inducted into the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Judy Jenkins for receiving the 2010 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in Math, Science and Technology.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Corinth High School Warriors Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning 2010 Class 1A/2A/3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Department of Revenue; revise information that may not be disclosed, allow to require certain electronic filing, assess unpaid sales by regular mail.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Drinking water quality reports; revise public notification requirements.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Income tax; revise the penalty for grossly negligent preparation of a return.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; commend and recognize.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Mary Lucy "Doc" Sennett; commend stellar career accomplishments and contributions to the field of education.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Crimes; revise defacing, removing or destroying signs.
Sponsor: Willie Bailey
Vicksburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; commend on the occasion of 2010 Founder's Day Luncheon.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Mississippi Valley State University Mock Trail Team; commend on season of success for advancing to the AMTA National Championships.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; delete repealer on statute creating board of directors for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Recognize legacy of Richard Atley Donald, only Major League baseball player from Morton, MS.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Office of Healthy Schools; require to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practices.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Commend life of Afghanistan casualty United States Army Staff Sergeant William Seth Ricketts of Glen, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Recognize Betty Archibald Fernandes of Moon Lake, Mississippi, recipient of Congressional Gold Medal.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Free fishing day; move from July 4.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Sale or distribution of novelty lighters; prohibit and provide criminal penalties for.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Pawnbrokers; require prelicensing and continuing education.
Sponsor: Willie Bailey
Celebrate and commend career of The Jackson Southernaires.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Mourn the loss and commend the literary legacy of Mississippi author Barry Hannah.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Fee for future conveyance of property; prohibit payment of certain.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Child care facilities; require to provide parents with information about the risks of flu and availability of vaccines.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Commend Dr. Freda Bush for appointment as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federation of State Medical Licensure Boards.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Marriage and family therapists; allow to provide same services performed by social workers if within their scope of practice.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Recognize Meridian businessman, Mayor and WWII Veteran I. Alfred Rosenbaum.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Peter Michael Pellegrini, Sr.; commend the military and civilian service of.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Local emergency; authorize a mayor of a municipality to proclaim, if necessary.
Sponsor: W.T. Mayhall
Municipalities, certain; extend time to borrow funds from date of incorporation in anticipation of collection of ad valorem taxes.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Architects; clarify qualifications for nonresident.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
MS Virtual Public School Program; revise operation of and time period for which evaluation of must be performed.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Commend and recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. on hosting 78th South Eastern Regional Conference.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Ole Miss Basketball Team and Coach Andy Kennedy for winning SEC Western Division Title.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Christopher J. DeDual, Instructor of the Year at the Jefferson Davis Campus of the MS Gulf Coast Community College.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Public office; allow board of supervisors to close in the event of death of elected or appointed official.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers; extend repealer on authority to create.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Strip clubs; authorize boards of supervisors to regulate.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Commend John C. Poelma II, Instructor of the Year at the Jackson County Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Mississippi Highway 63; designate a certain segment in Greene County as "Representative Fred Dobbins Memorial Highway".
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Hunting & fishing licenses; allow Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to recoup administrative fees for.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
State parks; authorize Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to discount certain fees for promotional purposes.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
911 address; require owners and renters to obtain.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Commend MSU All-SEC senior forward Jarvis Varnado for breaking NCAA career records.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Tourism; create Mississippi heritage, history and culture trail.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Insurance companies; revise certain provisions of law regarding risk-based capital requirements for.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Obesity Awareness Day; acknowledge first annual observance of in Mississippi on March 10, 2010.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Investigation costs; provide for recovery of reasonable costs.
Sponsor: Harvey Fillingane
Administrative Office of Courts; may disclose to DPS certain information concerning children that is stored in office's data system.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Recognize The University of Southern Mississippi on its Centennial Commemoration.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend international rhythm and blues gospel artist Miss Dorothy Moore.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Bay St. Louis High School "Tigers" Boys Basketball Team for winning the "Battle of the Bay" and Class 4A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Construction contractors; require disclosure regarding general liability insurance.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Commend Laurie Taft McIlrath, Instructor of the Year at the Perkinston Campus of MS Gulf Coast Community College.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Mississippi Auctioneers License Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Oyster vessel license; authorize transfer of vessel license.
Sponsor: Frances Fredericks
Emergency telecommunications; extend repealer on training requirements/funding.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Statutes of limitations; revise limitation on actions founded on domestic judgments or decrees.
Sponsor: William Denny
Commend MRA "Patriots" Boys Basketball Team and Coach Richard Duease for unprecedented 4th consecutive MAIS State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend West Bolivar High School "Eagles" Basketball Team for Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
MS Persian Gulf War Memorial; transfer state-owned property to Veterans Affairs Board and create.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Vulnerable Adults Act; change references from "vulnerable adults" to "vulnerable persons."
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Driver's license examination; allow DPS to accept certification of completion of skills and knowledge in driver's ed program in lieu of.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Paddlefish; delete repealer on penalties for unlawful possession of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Open Meetings and Public Records Acts; revise imposition of penalties for violation of.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; allow to form a nonprofit foundation.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Trusties who are authorized to accumulate additional earned time; revise.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Marlin Miller; commend artistic expression and use of remnants of trees damaged by Hurricane Katrina to inspire hope.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Uniform Law Commission; allow Secretary of State to appoint associate member to commission.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Advanced practice registered nurses; extend repealer on licensing provisions of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Gulfport High School; commend on winning State Quiz Bowl.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Revision of state agency budgets; authorize restoration of funds and certain transfers during FY2010.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Employment security; exclude certain services performed by individuals in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
MS Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State agencies; delete repealer on Department of Employment Security and related laws of other agencies.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Cleaning private property; revise procedure by municipalities.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to impose premium differential based on risk factors.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Clyde Bryant; commend exemplary and dedicated service to the Hattiesburg Public School Board and as a civic and social activist.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Stalking; revise elements of offense.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
County court; establish in Pearl River County.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Scenic Streams Program; Add certain rivers.
Sponsor: Eugene Hamilton
Fair and Equitable Claims Processing Act; create.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Legislative qualifying petitions; file all with State Board of Election Commissioners.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Insurance, certain types; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Bicycles; provide rights and duties of when in traffic with vehicles.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Flood and Drainage Control Joint Legislative Study Committee; create.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; make discretionary certain duties under the program.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; commend and congratulate on hosting 79th anniversary of the Southern Region Convention in Jackson, MS.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Nursing home administrator licensure law; prescribe qualifications and amend complaint procedure.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Certified nurse practitioner requirement for supervision by a licensed physician for insurance reimbursement; delete reverter.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Municipalities; change the date upon which elected municipal officers take office.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; commend on occasion of "2010 Statewide Delta Day at the Capitol."
Sponsor: Adrienne Wooten
Bonds; authorize for matching funds for construction of a regional workforce training center at Southwest MS Community College.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Continuing education requirements for pharmacist license renewal; revise.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Premium finance companies; insurer shall furnish certain information when insurance contract is cancelled.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Martha Segars; commend and congratulate on being selected as one of the MS Business Journal's Top 50 Business Women for 2009.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Recycling; local governments may establish recycling centers at regional correctional facilities and authorize DEQ to assist.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
The 3-D School; commend continuing efforts to reduce the rate of dyslexia in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Larry Byrd
Insurance rate filings; revise effective date when Commissioner of Insurance needs extension to consider filing.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
State employee parking arrangements; extend repealer on authority of DFA to contract for.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise certain provisions of regulatory laws.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Alternative career track programs and diplomas; require all high schools to provide.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Ruby Jefferson Worsham; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Commend Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated on the occasion of its "2010 Statewide Delta Day at the Capitol."
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Auto club memberships; extend repealer on authority of small loan licensees to sell to borrowers.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Sixteenth section school land leases; delete responsibility of board of supervisors to approve or reject rental value amount of.
Sponsor: Perry Lee
Commend life of D'Iberville businessman, oysterman and policeman Thomas "Bay" Gollott.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Mississippi Debt Management Service Act; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Commend Noah Robertson for winning the 2010 Mississippi Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Barbara McMillin; commend upon being named a Distinguished Finalist in the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program.
Sponsor: Russ Nowell
Recognize Dr. J.Y. Trice of Cleveland, Mississippi, for 2009 Community Transportation Association of America Leadership Award.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Emily White as a Distinguished Finalist in the 2010 Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; authorize to establish a nonprofit foundation.
Sponsor: David Blount
Provide for dedication of sculpture of former Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy in the Old Supreme Court Chamber.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Child Death Review Panel; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Recognize Dr. Stuart Rockoff for 2010 Mississippi Humanities Council Award.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Public water systems; delete repealer on requirement to maintain optimum corrosion inhibitor levels.
Sponsor: T.O. Moffatt
Sara Nelson; commend her dedicated service of volunteerism upon being honored as the 2009 Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year for MS.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Recognize career of Langston Rogers, Ole Miss Athletics Director for Media Relations.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Jackson Academy "Raiders" for fourth consecutive MAIS Division I Boys Soccer Championship.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Commend broadcaster Bill Ellison and "Grassroots" Radio Show upon receiving the 2010 Governor's Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Recognize Pontotoc Electric Power Association on 75th Anniversary.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
School buses; authorize districts to adopt policy allowing advertising on.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Commend St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws Boys Soccer Team for winning fifth State Championship.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Commend service of Reverend Dr. Jerry Young, President of General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Mourn the loss and commend the public service of Sam Hamilton, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Wills; revocation upon divorce or annulment.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Intensive supervision program; increase monthly program fee that offenders must pay to participate in.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Rating Bureau; shall use Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS) published by ISO when rating municipalities or districts.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Public water systems; extend repealer on requirement to maintain optimum corrosion inhibitor levels.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Domestic abuse; clarify recording of proceedings in justice and municipal court.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Transportation; allow MTC to assess a fee for certain surplus right-of-way and uneconomic remnant property sales.
Sponsor: Tom King
State veterans home; repeal law which establishes the amount of contribution paid by veteran residents of.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Parole supervision fees; increase.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Education Enhancement Fund; revise the allocation of funds for classroom supplies to certain teachers.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Animal cruelty; revise.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Insurance company classifications; eliminate home warranty class.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Squirrel; revise current hunting season for.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Community colleges; authorize to pledge taxes regarding auxiliary facilities.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Controlled substances; misdemeanor of falsely representing a substance to be.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of veterans killed in the Persian Gulf War.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Early Voting Act; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Nonresident pharmacies; clarify permitting requirements for.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Child Death Review Panel; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Research and Development Center; increase assessment charged by IHL for services.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Coastal Wetlands; authorize executive director to issue after fact authorization for minor violation of a permit.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Budget; exempt all or part of budgets of certain state agencies from reduction by Fiscal Officer.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Attorneys in Legislature and staff attorneys; exempt from CLE.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Insurance adjuster and public adjuster licensing; revise certain provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Marine Resources; authorize commission to revoke license indefinitely for multiple offenses within a certain time period.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Scholarship; create program for law students who agree to work as attorney for Mississippi Legal Services.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Corrections; provide that a county is not liable for medical costs that exceed certain reimbursement rates.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Statutes relating to public education; delete repealers on certain.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Sickle cell disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Law enforcement officer; create crime of public intimidation of.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Corrections; prohibit sex between employees of correctional facilities or law enforcement agencies and offenders.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
High school students suspended from extracurricular/athletic activity for failure to maintain certain grades; repeal.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Sunshine Attorney Act; create.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Petroleum Products Inspection Law of MS; extend repealer on definitions and specifications under.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Highways; add certain segment of Miss. 32 in Sunflower County and Miss. 6 in Pontotoc County to state highway system.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Court-appointed special advocates; clarify court's authority.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Livestock facilities; expand organizations that may use for livestock shows.
Sponsor: Rita Martinson
Privilege license tax; local governments may reduce or waive.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Ferr Smith
Traffic safety violator course; may be an Internet course.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Controlled substances; enhance penalty for illegal sale in proximity to drug rehab facility.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Application for marriage license; reduce time that it must be on file before license issued by circuit clerk.
Sponsor: Diane Peranich
Alan Bank; commend and congratulate upon being named Tupelo's Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
Sponsor: Jerry Turner
Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Bolivar County Regional Facility; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Wildlife; revise seasons on hunting deer.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
UMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Domestic violence; revise assault as an offense.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Parole; provide for discretion for the revocation of certain offender's parole.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Sex offender registration; revise to comply with federal mandates.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Oyster vessels; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to transfer vessel license to another vessel under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
PEER Committee; establish criminal and civil penalties for contempt of.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Columbia Training School properties; authorize alternative uses by Department of Human Services.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Disposition alternatives in delinquency cases, certain; revise.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Retirement; exclude value of noncash maintenance furnished to PERS members for retirement purposes.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
District Attorney; allow additional employees without limitation of funds.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Chancery clerks; authorize to exclude certain identifying and confidential information from public records.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Personal care homes; revise certain licensure provisions for.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise membership.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Willie E. "Rat" McGowan, Sr.; name Alcorn State University Baseball Park in honor of.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Highway patrol officer; revise minimum qualifications.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
State IHL Board; authorize to acquire and sell real property for certain universities in their program of operations.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Jurors; may receive supplemental pay from parties to a civil suit.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Education of exceptional children; repeal certain standards for hearings.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Gaming; clarify powers of Mississippi Gaming Commission to regulate bingo.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Insurance premium finance companies; insurer shall furnish certain information to when insurance contract is cancelled.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Hamlets; revise law regulating.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Parole; provide for conditional release of an offender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Rape or sexual battery of a child; mandate life without parole for.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Justice court; required to set separate traffic court term.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Burying of dead livestock or poultry; authorize boards of supervisors of counties to do so in emergency situations.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
State employee parking arrangements; extend repealer on authority of DFA to contract for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Emergency 911 address; require owners and tenants of residences, buildings and structures to obtain.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Military; recognize person designated by federal documentation to direct disposition of decedent's body.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
State jet; require sale of.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Highway Patrol officers; allow to be employed after retirement under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Midwifery; Board of Nursing shall regulate the practice of, and only certified nurse midwives may practice.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Public benefits; agencies administering programs for must verify lawful presence in U.S. of applicants for.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Poverty; create "Mississippi Higher Education Service Corps Act of 2010."
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Highways; revise requirements for trucks carrying loose material.
Sponsor: Tom King
Terrorism; add as an aggravating circumstance for capital offenses.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Legal Aid for Economically Deprived Mississippians Study Panel; create.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Administration of public education; delete automatic repealers on statutes relating to.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Task Force to Study Strategies for Solving the Current Teacher Shortage in Mississippi; establish.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Child support; Division of Medicaid to recognize certain as allowable cost and allow credit for certain noncustodial parents.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Bond for probation; name of company posting must be shown.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Vulnerable adult investigations; conform to new reporting requirements.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Crime Victim Compensation; increase by 50%.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Asthma or anaphylaxis medication; revise provisions authorizing self-administration by students.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Seventh Chancery District; delay election of third Chancellor.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Revenue from leasing of channels awarded by the FCC; are public funds expendable by the state agency leasing the channels.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
School sports; require school districts to adopt policies regulating outdoor practices during high temperatures.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Animal cruelty; revise.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Section captions; generally editorial in nature.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Insurance companies; increase privilege taxes and license fees for foreign and domestic companies.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Youth court jurisdiction; revise.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Fines; provide for uniform credit against fines for work performed by a convict.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
IHL; may waive out-of-state tuition for students on a reciprocity basis.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Online voter registration; require the Secretary of State to study and report on the cost and feasibility of.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Department of Revenue; revise information that may not be disclosed, allow to require certain electronic filing.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
State Department of Rehabilitation Services perform criminal record background checks on employees and volunteers; authorize.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Universities and colleges; delete requirements for eligibility for students in certain student organizations.
Sponsor: Toby Barker
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
CON law; revise various provisions of.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Mississippi Proprietary School and College Registration Law; revise provisions of law regarding fees and surety bonds.
Sponsor: Kimberly Campbell
Legislators and Lt. Governor; reduce compensation by 10% for the remainder of the current term of office.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Deputy Superintendent of the Mississippi Recovery School District; appointed by State Superintendent with approval of State Board.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
State Board of Dental Examiners; authorize to regulate individuals or businesses who sell metallic coverings for human teeth.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Healthcare Coordinating Council; require to make report on specific health goals for the state.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Health Disparities Council; create.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Child sexual conduct; revise computation of second or subsequent offense of depiction of.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Transporting live wild hogs; prohibit except as authorized by permit.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Office of Capital Defense Counsel/Office of Indigent Appeals; merge into Office of State Public Defender.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Department of Finance and Administration; may transfer certain real property to MDOT.
Sponsor: Tommy Woods
Cell phones; limit use and prohibit texting while driving.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Mississippi Virtual Public School Program; authorize SDE to contract with private provider to operate.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Commercial driver's license; technical correction and clarification.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Family masters; clarify chancellors' authority in Seventh Chancery Court District.
Sponsor: David Norquist
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown; commend career success and acknowledge his humanitarian and civic efforts.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
DA, asst. DA and criminal investigators; allow salaries to be supplemented by nonstate funds to be supplemented.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Motor vehicles; allow ER physicians to use blinking, oscillating or rotating red lights when responding to an emergency.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
General Educational Development (GED) program; revise entrance and testing requirements.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Law enforcement officers, firefighters and conservation officers; legal to videotape while on duty.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Filing of rates by insurers; revise.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Wildlife; prohibit the hunting of deer with dogs in Homochitto National Forest.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State agency budgets; authorize transfer of allotments and remove employees from State Personnel Board procedures.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program; require Board of Pharmacy to assess fee against licensed practitioners to fund.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; enact.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on training requirements/funding.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Educator sexual misconduct; revise reporting requirements and criminal penalty for such with a student.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Interpreting services for the deaf and hard of hearing; revise credentialing requirements and related provisions.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Medicaid Fraud Control Act; revise several provisions of.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Youth court; transportation and treatment costs post commitment.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; restrict zoning powers and duties.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Public Service Commission; may transfer portion of certificated area to adjacent utility upon certain findings.
Sponsor: Sara Thomas
State Emergency Duty Leave; certain state employees shall receive leave during state of emergency.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Constitution; amend to restrict use of eminent domain.
Sponsor: James Evans
Student assessments testing instruments and procedures; provide for accommodations for, rather than modification of, for certain students.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Child Protection Act; enact.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Sixteen Section Principal Funds; authorize school districts under financial hardship to borrow from.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Municipal elections; require election managers to be qualified electors of the municipality.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi Principal and Income Act of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Elections; authorize the Secretary of State to issue subpoenas for records insofar as they relate to voting.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Dialysis transportation program; extend repealer on the Division of Medicaid's duty to implement.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Annual school attendance reports by the State Department of Education; clarify date for filing.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Public purchasing; define "construction project" and prescribe conditions for certain contracts.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Traffic tickets; clarify time of filing in certain circumstances and revise authority to prescribe form of ticket.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Deer Management Assistance Program; expand for antlerless deer harvest.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Mississippi Persian Gulf War Memorial; authorize State Veterans Affairs Board to establish in Newton County.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi State Department of Health; extend automatic repealer.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Veterans; authorize IHL to transfer certain real property for cemetery/create Persian Gulf War Memorial in Newton County.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Hunting rights on Sixteenth Section school land; local school board may hold an auction on leases for.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Children's Product Safety Act; create.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Joint legislative study committee on children and family issues; reestablish for further study and reporting purposes.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Motor vehicle license tags; deposit portion of registration and tag fees into a special fund for purchase of.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Marine sanitation device; prohibit overboard discharge while engaged in oyster harvesting.
Sponsor: Frances Fredericks
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease Jefferson Street properties.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Corrections; revise initial period for agricultural leases.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Motor vehicle; include all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles in certain definition of.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Immigration Reform Act of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
State assessment; provide for violation of not obeying signal indicating approaching train.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Sales tax, local; repeal requirement that certain municipalities levying tax have expenditure oversight commission.
Sponsor: James Evans
Wiretapping; revise to authorize Attorney General to use.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; make discretionary certain duties under the program.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Income tax; revise the penalty for grossly negligent preparation of a return.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Private correctional facilities; require to reimburse Department of Corrections for contract compliance officer's salary.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Distinctive license tag; delete requirement that the name of the county in which vehicle is registered be placed thereon.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Mississippi Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; require Office of State Auditor to implement.
Sponsor: Larry Byrd
Municipal judge; revise population threshold of cities that must appoint.
Sponsor: David Blount
Municipalities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Property damages; release of damages and expenses.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Jury selection; clarify permanent exclusion.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
First lien; hospitals have against damages.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Sponsor: John Hines
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to impose premium surcharge on certain retirees.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
State Parole Board; require recommendation be made to Governor either in support or nonsupport of requested pardon.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Price gouging; revise.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Commissioners of election; may run for other offices if they resign before they qualify.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Child abuse and neglect; revise persons with a duty to inform (AG).
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Department of Agriculture; provide for charging of fees for certain licenses and certifications.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Retirement; authorize counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Department of Agriculture; increase annual fee for pesticide registration with.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Whistleblower Law; provide for damages.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Driver's License; additional $1 for Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Inc., for litter prevention.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
District attorneys; revise funding source for legal assistants and criminal investigators.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Gaming; clarify that wagering on certain athletic events is unlawful.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Motor Vehicle Commission; authorize enforcement of provisions regarding return of inventory upon termination of franchise.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Workplace violence; enact certain provisions to prevent.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Net metering and clean energy bonds; create study committee for purpose of making recommendations regarding.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Jurors; may be drawn from entire circuit court district for trials conducted in circuit court.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Lt. Col. Lee Archer; commend life and legacy as acclaimed Tuskegee Airman upon his passing.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Andrew Jackson Council of the BSA; commend and congratulate on the 100th Anniversary of BSA.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Mississippi Valley State University; commend academic excellence and congratulate on 60th year anniversary.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Laura Lee Lewis; commend on becoming Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Sergeant Matthew Lee Ingram; commend life, legacy and service to the U.S. Army upon his passing.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Jerry Rice; commend stellar athletic career and congratulate on being inducted into the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Rental equipment; tax rental equipment and distribute revenue to local governments and exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
2009 Ole Miss Rebels Football Team; commend.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Gulfport High School Boys Soccer Team; commend and congratulate on winning 2010 Class 6A State Championship.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Commend LaPetra Wilson, Miss Mississippi Jr. Teen Cover Girl and National American Miss Cover Girl 2009-2010.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State funds; transfer certain sums to BCF to restore portion of FY10 budget cuts.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Corinth High School Boys Soccer Team for winning state championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Mourn the loss of Choctaw Chief Phillip Martin and commend his legacy.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognize career of Mr. André Curry, Vice President of Business and Finance for Mississippi Valley State University.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognizing February as National "Black History Month."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commemorate the 105th Anniversary of the founding of Rotary International and designate "Rotary Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend the New Orleans Saints Football Team for winning their first Super Bowl Championship.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Alcorn State University National Alumni Association.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Our Lady Academy "Crescents" Soccer Team for winning State Championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Commend Pass Christian High School State Champion distance runner Cory McGee for winning the mile race at the Millrose Games.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Recognize Mrs. Martha Segars, Mississippi's Leading Business Woman for 2009.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend 18 Senior Class Eagle Scouts from Jackson Prep.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Appropriation FY2011; Oakley Training School funded to continue operation as juvenile training facility.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Ad valorem tax; authorize partial exemption for agricultural land that is converted to a residential use.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Income tax; authorize credit for taxpayers who maintain, support and care for dependent with diagnosis of developmental disability.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Ad valorem tax; increase mills that municipalities may levy for recreational purposes.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; authorize a credit for a portion of health insurance premiums paid by a small employer for employees.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; State Department of Education.
Sponsor: Philip Gunn
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers pursuing associate degree or baccalaureate degree.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize the issuance of bonds for.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to Jackson State University for purchase of historical exhibit.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Ad valorem and sales tax; exempt certain foundation that provide support to state institutions of higher learning.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Mississippi Optional Sales Tax Act; enact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Income tax; increase rate of tax.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Income tax; a relative 65 or older, who resides with taxpayer and whose income is $12,000.00 or less, is a dependent.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Appropriations; tobacco litigation funds, supplemental health insurance for law enforcement; FY2011.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvement to the Natchez Institute school building.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Motor vehicle privilege tax; include in definition of private carriers of property certain persons transporting cotton/cottonseed.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Sponsor: Perry Lee
Homestead exemption; exempt portion of increase in assessed value above assessed value for preceding year.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Appropriation FY11; SDH operate two STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Annexed territory; prohibit municipality from levying ad valorem taxes until services are provided.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of bridges in Alcorn and Tishomingo Counties.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve Duncan Park Golf Course in Natchez.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Ad valorem taxation; exempt a portion of the assessed value of egg houses, pullet houses and broiler houses.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Income tax; increase rate of.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Mississippi Dairy Industry Stabilization Act; create.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Sales tax; exempt sales of handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition during Second Amendment Weekend.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to certain organizations providing food to needy persons.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Income taxation; allow a deduction for amounts contributed to accounts established to pay for uninsured wind damage to homesteads.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Distinctive motor vehicle tags; Purple Heart Medal tags may be used upon motorcycles.
Sponsor: Billy Hudson
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: William Denny
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to Edwards Street Fellowship Center.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax credit; authorize for taxpayers who maintain, support and care for a dependent with a diagnosis of developmental disability.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Income tax; partially exclude active duty military compensation received by nonresident while stationed in this state.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Sales tax; exempt sales of utilities to churches.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Income tax; authorize a deduction for contributions to qualified tuition programs.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for purchase of rights-of-way for Hwy. 15 from U.S. 78 to Tennessee state line.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Distinctive license tag; authorize for Silver Star recipient, exempt from additional fee, privilege taxes and ad valorem taxes.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers allowed to claim federal earned income tax credit.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Sales tax; revise definition of business" to exclude food sales paid by certain declining balance debit cards.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Sales tax; reduce on retail sales of certain food.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Bonds; increase amount authorized to be issued for the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation FY11; Alcorn State University - Agricultural Programs.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Movie Industry Studio Construction Loan Fund; create and issue bonds to fund.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Income taxation; authorize a credit for payment of health insurance premiums.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of certain state facilities.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Gasoline excise tax; increase and use additional revenues for city, county and state highways purposes.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Military; recognize person designated by federal documentation to direct disposition of decedent's body.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Ad valorem taxes; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Appropriation; Recreational Facilities Activity Program Fund administered by the State Department of Education.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Income tax; tax amounts paid gaming patrons that are not subject to reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Income tax; authorize a credit for the purchase of new hybrid electric vehicles or electric vehicles.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Tom King
Bonds; create and fund the New Municipalities Infrastructure and Essential Services Fund.
Sponsor: David Blount
Income tax; authorize a job credit for employers that hire certain unemployed persons.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Distinctive license tag; authorize a tax free tag for World War II Veterans.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Ad valorem tax, homestead property; exempt portion of increase in assessed value above assessed value for preceding year.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Income tax; authorize adjustment to gross income for physician providing services for which no compensation is received.
Sponsor: W.T. Mayhall
Corporation franchise tax; phase out effective January 1, 2015.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Income tax; allow adjustment to gross income for certain unreimbursed travel expenses of National Guard/Reserves.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Ad valorem taxes; authorize cities to designate areas in which certain residences are exempt from city ad valorem taxes.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Income tax; increase personal exemption and dependent exemption for married persons living together.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Farmers markets; clarify sales tax provisions regarding products sold at markets certified by Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Bonds; authorize issuance for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Sponsor: T.O. Moffatt
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain food for human consumption.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Use tax; allow credit for sales/use tax paid to another state on vehicles, boats and motorcycles imported and first used in MS.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Sales taxation; reduce rate on sales of unprepared food for human consumption.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Revenue from motor vehicle parking lots and garages operated by airport authorities; exempt from state, county and local sales tax.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Disabled veterans; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Income tax; authorize adjustament to gross income for costs paid for textbooks and supplies for home schooled students.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP); create.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Transportation to fund certain gaming road projects in Natchez.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
Homestead exemption; extend to unremarried surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Taxation; authorize an income tax credit for installation of energy-efficient products in homes.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Income taxes; exclude transportation fringe benefits from gross income as allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Income tax; provide credit for out-of-pocket classroom supply expenditures made by public schoolteachers.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Tobacco; increase excise tax on all products except cigarettes.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Alcohol; increase excise tax and markup on alcoholic beverages, increase excise tax on light wine and beer.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Income tax; authorize fuel cost adjustment to gross income.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Dr. S.L. Johnson; commend the life of.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Philadelphia High School cheerleaders; commend on winning Class 3A Small School State Championship.
Sponsor: Scott Bounds
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Appropriation; district attorneys; staff, chancellor and circuit judges; additional for FY2010.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
The Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Cultural products district program; create.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Tim and Katara James; commend business success as owners of Southern Aroma Coffee Roasters in Winona, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a lake in Alcorn County.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of fruits and vegetables.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Homestead exemption; extend to unremarried surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: John Moore
Appropriations; MS National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp McCain.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for higher education tuition, fees and other costs.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Ad valorem tax; exempt business inventories from.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Sales tax; reduce rate on certain sales of recycling equipment to commercial recycling facilities.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Sales tax; temporarily reduce rate on retail sales of private carriers of passengers and light carriers of property.
Sponsor: John Moore
Bonds; issue state g.o. bonds for constructing a new spillway at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Bonds; increase for loans to develop the Farish Street Historic District.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Sponsor: John Moore
Income tax; phase out for corporations.
Sponsor: John Moore
Income tax; provide credit to contractors for homes constructed in accordance with certain Green standards.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Income tax; authorize transfer, sale or assignment of credit received for rehabilitation of certain historic structures.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to the Military Veterans Association, Inc.
Sponsor: Tom King
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed individuals.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
Sponsor: Linda Whittington
Income tax; exclude from gross income amounts received as national service educational awards from the National Service Trust.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to state parks.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Sales taxation; exempt Central Mississippi Prevention Service, Inc.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Sales taxation; exempt the sale of property and services used in the improvement of realty for churches or religious association.
Sponsor: Tom King
Income taxation; grant a tax credit for contributions to certain student aid programs.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide grants to counties/municipalities for improvements to livestock facilities.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to East Mississippi State Hospital Friends.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Inventory tax; authorize a tax credit for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Ad valorem tax; create 10% cap on increase in assessed value of agricultural property and commercial poultry houses.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Sponsor: Scott Bounds
Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Sponsor: William Denny
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Second Amendment Weekend holiday.
Sponsor: Philip Gunn
Ad valorem tax; authorize partial exemption for agricultural land that is converted to a residential use.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Income tax; authorize a credit for purchase and installation of wind energy systems/solar energy systems.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund; create and authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; sales of certain interests in certain business entities are gain and include certain dividend income in gross income.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Bonds; authorize issuance provide funds for community and junior colleges technology upgrades.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Income tax; provide investment tax credit for facilities producing renewable energy from biomass.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Rental equipment; tax rental equipment and distribute revenue to local governments and exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Economic development; authorize certain tax exemptions and loans and grants for certain business enterprises.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities for adults with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Mississippi Small Business Investment and Jobs Promotion Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Bonds; authorize issuance of state general obligation bonds for constructing a new spillway at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption on homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Credell Calhoun
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Sponsor: Wanda Jennings
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to state parks.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise the date upon which supervisors districts are determined eligible.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Community colleges; authorize additional tax levy for improvements and general support.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Bonds; authorize issuance for grants to counties/municipalites for improvements to livestock facilities.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Sales tax; revise exemption for transfers of motor vehicles between certain family members.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to homestead property.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.
Sponsor: Scott Bounds
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities solely for adults with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Bonds; increase the amount that may be issued for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sales tax; exempt sales of property to sdchools for use in fundraising activities.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Cigarettes; impose a health tax on cigarettes of distributors.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Sales tax and use tax; exempt finance charges from.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide grants to low income individuals for home repair.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Income tax; exclude transportation fringe benefits from gross income as allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy-efficient products in homes.
Sponsor: Credell Calhoun
Appropriation; Department of Corrections to provide funding for additional field officers.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of hearing aids.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Health Department to develop and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Sponsor: John Hines
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Sponsor: John Hines
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Sales tax and use tax; exempt shipping and handling charges from.
Sponsor: Scott Bounds
Bonds; increase amount authorized for loans to develop the Farish Street Historic District, clarify use of loan proceeds.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayer paying home security expenses for primary residence.
Sponsor: William Denny
Mississippi Optional Sales Tax Act; enact.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of exercise equipment to individuals for home use.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Appropriation; Department of Insurance for windstorm reinsurance expenses.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Sponsor: John Hines
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Sponsor: John Hines
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: William Denny
Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for upgrades to State Tax Commission information technology systems.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Sales tax; exempt certain retail sales made as part of toy collection campaign under U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for construction of state law enforcement and fire museum.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Ad valorem taxation; revise definition of "head of a family" and "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
Sponsor: William Denny
Sales tax; authorize sales tax holiday for retail sales of guns and certain other outdoor sporting goods.
Sponsor: Herb Frierson
Sales tax and use tax; provide certain exemptions for business enterprises owning or operating data centers.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Sales tax; increase rate on sales of tickets or admissions to movie theaters.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Income tax; revise new jobs required for tax credit allowed for company establishing or transferring national or regional headquarters.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Second Amendment Weekend Holiday.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sales tax; levy additional one cent on soft drinks.
Sponsor: John Hines
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for upgrades to State Tax Commission information technology systems.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Economic development; authorize certain tax exemptions for certain clean energy and aerospace industry business enterprises.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of bridges in Alcorn and Tishomingo Counties.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Cigarettes; impose tax on those manufactured for sale or distribution outside of this state.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for employers that hire certain unemployed persons.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Sales tax; exempt sales of personal property and services to Mississippi affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Income tax; authorize establishment of catastrophe savings accounts and exempt contributions and distributions from tax.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
State veterans home; repeal law which establishes the amount of contribution paid by veteran residents of.
Sponsor: Tom King
Freeport warehouse ad valorem tax exemption; authorize certain underground formations and cavities to be warehouses.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising purchases.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax credit; provide for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Appropriation; Attorney General - Boys and Girls Clubs of America from tobacco funds; FY 2011.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Arthur Colbert; commend upon the occasion of his retirement.
Sponsor: John Hines
Rose Turner; commend upon receiving the Fannie Lou Hamer Award by the MS Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Frank E. Dennis, Sr.; commend life and legacy upon his passing.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Nita Michelle Carter; commend upon receiving the Sojourner Truth Founder's Award by the MS Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: John Hines
Sherri Jones; commend upon receiving the Fannie Lou Hamer Award by the Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Carlton Reeves; commend upon being named Board Member of the Year by the Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Mrs. Zula Criddle Warnick; commend on celebration of her 104th birthday.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
J.Z. George High School; commend on being named one of U.S. News and World Report magazine's best schools.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Alcorn State University National Alumni Association; commend.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Dick Rice; commend and congratulate on election to the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Southeast Chapter Silver Circle.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Pierson Waring and Wesley Aldridge; commend as outstanding student athletes on the observance of The Spirit of America Day XXXX.
Sponsor: John Moore
Boy Scouts of America and Pine Burr Area Council; commend and congratulate upon 100th anniversary of scouting on February 8, 2010.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
John H. Outlaw, Sr.; commend distinguished career and meritorious service to the City of Starkville upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Esther Harrison
Alcorn State University Alumni Association; commend on its 2010 Mid-Winter Conference.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Morton Police Dept.; commend its exemplary efforts to serve and protect and recognize upon major seizure of suspected drug money.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Dr. Juniper Yates Trice; commend service and contribution to the state and acknowledge as a living legend.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Warren L. Ashmore; commend on winning the President's Volunteer Service Award.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Terry Smith; commend and congratulate on election to the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Southeast Chapter Silver Circle.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Recognize Grady Champion for winning the 26th Annual International Blues Challenge.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Mississippi Catfish Marketing Law; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Commend Bobby "Blue" Bland and declare "Bobby 'Blue' Bland Day."
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Recognize "Miss Rodeo America 2010" Kelli Jackson of Eupora, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend the M.S. Palmer High School Cheerleading Squad for winning the second consecutive COED State Championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Commend Miss Sydney Dedeaux of Pass Christian High School for her selection as "Queen Illinois 2010."
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Recognize Mrs. Zula Criddle Warnick on 104th birthday.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Commend East Mississippi Community College "Lions" Football Team for first State Championship and Mississippi Bowl victory.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Commend Our Lady Academy Cross Country Team for first State Championship.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Commend Jim Nunnally, Mississippi Primary Health Care Association "2009 Executive Director of the Year."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Our Lady Academy Girls Volleyball Team for 4th consecutive State Championship.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Recognize the 18th Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, USPHS.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Welcome Turkish Delegation to Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize business and civic leadership of Michael Joe Cannon.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Implied consent law; allow sentence for violations to include house arrest at rehab center.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Real estate; authorize agents to provide broker opinion of value.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Insurance adjuster and public adjuster licensing; revise certain provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Department of Employment Security; reenact with revisions.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Residential builders and remodelers; revise certain provisions.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Agent for service of process; Model Registered Agents Act (ULC).
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Institutions of higher learning; authorize to dispose of real property.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Implied consent law; allow sentence for violations to be suspended or reduced if violator is under 21 years.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Jails; remove requirement that county jails be built in the county seats.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Wireless telephones; prohibit use of while driving without use of hands-free device.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Child custody; create rebuttable presumption of shared custody.
Sponsor: Margaret Rogers
Attempted murder; create criminal offense.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Recognize April 19, 2010, as "Patriots Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Highways; allow on-premise signs to be a certain distance from the business.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Child support; authorize chancery judge to assess cost of confinement for person in jail for delinquent child support.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Insurance companies; increase privilege taxes and license fees for foreign and domestic companies.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the wholesale sale of wine by private entities.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Mental health screenings for youth in juvenile detention centers; require Department of Mental Health personnel to administer.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Limited Liability Companies; revised Act.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise forfeiture under.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Pseudoephedrine; provide statewide tracking.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Contractors, remodelers and rebuilders; revise certain provisions and licensing requirements.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Age of majority; eighteen.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
State Board of Architecture; clarify liability for legal costs.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Department of Revenue; authorize certain info to be provided to Bd. of Tax Appeals & provide for appeals of IRP registration denials.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
School of the Arts; close at Brookhaven campus and relocate on campus of MUW.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Public buildings; require to be painted and furnished with Mississippi produced and manufactured products.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
School districts and State Department of Education; extend automatic repealers on certain programs.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Regional jails; authorize Franklin County to withdraw from the Jefferson/Franklin Regional Correctional Facility.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Mississippi Trust Code of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Flood and drainage control districts; revise composition of board of directors of certain.
Sponsor: William Denny
Alcoholic beverages; authorize limited sales during events at cultural, civic or community arts center.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
MS Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Income tax and sales tax; revise provisions regarding liability of certain owners and members of corporations and limited liability companies.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Tort reform; clarify legislative intent.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Suffrage; prescribe conditions for reinstatement.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Central business functions, payroll and purchases for all state agencies; establish DFA Office of Shared Services.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Youth (ICCCY); define responsibilities and delete repealer.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
MAEP Funds; grant school districts discretionary spending authority for next two school years.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Divorce; restore "insanity" as fault grounds for divorce.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
MAEP at-risk funds; allow school districts to spend for operational purposes if MAEP not fully funded.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Alcoholic beverages; prohibit adults from allowing party at private premises if minors obtain and adults know.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Bail agents; revise.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act; enact.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
State Fire Academy; require cities and counties performing fire training on personnel outside jurisdiction to coordinate with.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Voting precincts; must have at least 250 qualified electors.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Public property; authorize DFA to exchange certain property between two public entities.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Child endangerment; create offense regarding the use of all-terrain vehicles.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
State Fire Academy; cities and counties providing certain fire service personnel training shall coordinate with.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Mississippi Ethics Commission; revise jurisdiction of.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Trusties who are authorized to accumulate additional earned time; revise.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule III controlled substances.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Registered nurse and LPN; require fingerprint-based criminal history check.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Contracts; prohibit use of automatic renewal clauses.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Municipal judges; may require cash bond.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
National Popular Vote; authorize Mississippi to enter an agreement among the states to elect President by.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Columbia Academy Cross Country Team; commend on winning three consecutive MAIS Class AA State Championships.
Sponsor: Ken Morgan
Insurance companies; revise risk-based capital level requirements.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Legislature; reduce size beginning with 2011 statewide general election.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
April 20, 2010; designate as "Mississippi Earth Day: The Green Generation."
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Pearl High School Pirate Band; commend on winning 2009 Class 5A State Band Championship.
Sponsor: Ray Rogers
Mount Olive High School Football Team; commend on winning Class 1A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Kaleb Eulls; commend and honor his lifesaving heroic acts exemplified on September 1, 2008.
Sponsor: Randall Patterson
Emergency telephone service and enhanced wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Northrop Grumman Corp.; commend efforts to provide financial relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Jackson Academy Raiders Football Team; commend on winning MAIS Class AAA Division I State Championship.
Sponsor: William Denny
Public swimming pools; require owners to post signs to contact Health Department for concerns about sanitation or safety of.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Oil and gas severance taxes; revise definition of "person" for purposes of and clarify production subject to.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Mississippi Lions' All-State Band; commend and congratulate on the occasion of its 60th year anniversary.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; extend repealer on statute creating board of directors for.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Public property; authorize DFA to exchange certain property between two public entities.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Mrs. Pauline Matthews; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Billy Nicholson
Brenda F. Mitchell; commend upon gubernatorial appointment as District Attorney of the 11th Circuit Court District.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Dr. Charles A. Sisson, Jr.; commend merited and dedicated service at Gilmore Memorial Hospital.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Bud Huddleston; commend contributions to Bluegrass music and on being Ambassador of North Mississippi Bluegrass.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Commend Northwest Rankin High School "Cougar" Marching Band for Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Recognize country/bluegrass music legacy of Bud and Hazel Huddleston of Ripley, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognize Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company on 5th Anniversary and for contributions to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Commend Don Mason as 2009-2010 Chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Recognize the three university basketball coaches from Louisville, Mississippi, currently coaching in the SEC.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Designate "ALS Awareness Day in Mississippi" and urge Congress to fund research.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Hunting; require person using elevated hunting stands to use safety harness.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Recognize Reverend John Carter for over 60 years of religious leadership.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Mourn the loss of former Associate State Superintendent of Vocational Education Elwyn Wheat.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend St. Stanislaus Football Team and Quarterback Dylan Favre for winning Class 4A State Championship.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Recognize legendary military career of Lt. Colonel Cary "Salty" Salter of Jackson, and his WWII P-51D Mustang "Charlotte's Chariot II."
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend Tito Echiburu upon induction into the 2009 Mississippi Tennis Association Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Commend Trinity Episcopal Day School "Saints" Football Team for winning MAIS Class A State Championship.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Major General J. Erik Hearon, Commander of Mississippi Air National Guard, upon retirement after 40 years of service.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend life of Alderwoman Dorothy Nell Self of Dumas, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Congratulate DSU President Dr. John Hilpert for his election as Chairman of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Health discount plans; delete repealer on.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Airport authorities; authorize to enter into certain contracts.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
School boards; revise composition for certain school districts.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Municipal separate school board; remove disqualification of municipal employee from serving on board.
Sponsor: Ezell Lee
Counterfeit products; clarify sale offense.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Breast-feeding; require hospitals and employers to take certain actions to promote and support.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Weapons; allow all prosecutors to carry.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Special education teachers; increase salary under MAEP for teachers of eceptional children of three and four years of age.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Local taxing entities; revise form and content of notice required for annual ad valorem tax efforts and budget proposals.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Consumer Protection Act; clarify actions that may be brought.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Public schools; prohibit bullying and harassment in, and require local school boards to adopt policies for.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of Mississippi SIDS Alliance.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Office of Public Guardian; authorize boards of supervisors to establish.
Sponsor: Kimberly Campbell
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Title to mineral estate; allow to revert to surface estate owner after a ten-year period.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Public defenders; create pilot project.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
HIV/AIDS testing; require for offenders in state custody upon release.
Sponsor: James Evans
Tax levy to support school districts; authorize levying authority to veto school board request for increase up to seven percent.
Sponsor: John Moore
Exclusion/modification of warranties; remove exception for motor vehicles to unenforceability of.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Motor vehicle inspection fees; increase for one year to fund new training class for Highway Patrol Officers.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Controlled substances; list ephedrine and pseudoephedrine in Schedule III.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Evidence; allow law enforcement to keep photographs in lieu of keeping physical evidence.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Uniform laws; create uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Health care services; declare state policy that availability of is the right of all citizens of Mississippi.
Sponsor: James Evans
Funeral service/directing license; revise certain requirements for reinstatement after expiration.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
State Superintendent of Public Education; revise manner of setting salary of.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Unemployment compensation; allow benefits for individuals who relocate due to service orders of military spouse.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Venue; clarify when state commences action.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Liability; create duty of train crew to lookout for persons and property on railroad tracks.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Capital murder; provide death penalty for murder of two or more persons.
Sponsor: John Moore
Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Sponsor: John Moore
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Ad valorem tax; require tax collector to provide notice to owner before advertising land for which taxes have not been paid.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
State agencies; flexible office hours for certain.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Auto theft; revise penalties.
Sponsor: John Moore
"Health Careers Academy"; create for students in Grades 9 through 12.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Horn Lake High School.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
PERS retirees; state agencies may not employ or contract with through June 30, 2012, with certain exceptions.
Sponsor: John Hines
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; only pharmacists may dispense.
Sponsor: David Norquist
"Dream Makers Program"; create as an after-school program for students in Grades 7 and 8.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Highways; require MDOT install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Youth court; adopt rules for appointment of persons to assist litigants.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Crimes; create offense of sexting.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Estates; hearing on final account may be waived if certain circumstances exist.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Hernando High School.
Sponsor: Eugene Hamilton
Budget; State Fiscal Officer shall not reduce funds of Department of Education when state revenues fall below estimate.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Alcohol; allow certain direct shipments of wine from out of state.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Medicaid; children under age 18 in foster care are eligible for.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
State funded seminars; not to be held at locations not paying state income taxes.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
County superintendent of education; change from elected to appointed by school board in certain counties.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of DeSoto Central High School Band Boosters.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Fair Pay Act of 2010; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Sponsor: James Evans
State employees; require certain state employees to take unpaid furlough leave.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
School boards; revise notice form and content of notice required for annual ad valorem tax effort.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Mississippi Failing School Recovery Act; enact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Income tax; authorize transfer, sale or assignment of credit received for rehabilitation of certain historic structures.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.
Sponsor: James Evans
Criminal penalties; sentence for accessory before the fact cannot be more severe than sentence for the principal.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Statutes of limitations; revise limitation on actions founded on domestic judgments.
Sponsor: William Denny
Elected school boards; elect all members at time of presidential election.
Sponsor: John Moore
Sidearm; allow MDOT Law Enforcement to retain upon retirement.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Motor vehicles; prohibit destruction of without prior notice to lienholder.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Pistol or revolver; authorize to carry unless specifically prohibited by law.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Supersedeas bond; revise for appeals from justice court in civil cases.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Public defenders; compensation shall be same as county prosecutors.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Crimes; create offense of lewd and lascivious acts or obscene electronic communication regarding minors under 16.
Sponsor: David Norquist
State institutions; patients admitted for less than six months not required to pay social security disability benefits to the institution.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Charter schools; establish process for establishing in underperforming schools and districts.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
State Superintendent of Education; elect at general state election.
Sponsor: John Moore
All-terrain vehicles; make it lawful for person to operate on county roads if certain conditions are met.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Evolution of humanity; require local school boards to include a lesson in their high school biology curriculum.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Criminal courts; require transfer to youth court when youth commit traffic violations or certain alcohol-related offenses.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Mississippi Code; provide set to each public defender.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
DNA testing; prohibit use of test results for discriminatory purpose.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Medicaid and CHIP; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail in hardship cases.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Municipal election commissioners; change from an appointed to an elected office.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
County school boards members; require to declare party affiliation and be elected by a majority vote.
Sponsor: John Moore
Insurance fraud; provide immunity to certain persons who disclose information regarding.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Youth court records; provide certain penalty for individuals who fraudently access or disclose such records.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Municipal utilities; limit water rates within one mile of city to Public Service Commission approved rates beyond one mile.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Motor vehicle liability insurance; remove provision allowing penalty reduction if person produces new policy in court.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Homeowners insurance; require the Commissioner of Insurance to make an annual report evaluating companies offering.
Sponsor: Diane Peranich
Pseudoephedrine, Ephedrine and Phenylpropanolamine Monitoring Act; create and revise conditions for purchase of.
Sponsor: Diane Peranich
Medicaid; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Sponsor: James Evans
U.S. Highway 72; require MDOT to conduct feasibility study for Corinth bypass.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Publication requirements; revise.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
School start date; require local school boards to fix the opening of the school term no earlier than the fourth Monday in August.
Sponsor: Diane Peranich
Children's products; ban phthalates and other ingredients from.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Collective Bargaining Agreement; authorize fair share provision.
Sponsor: James Evans
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Sponsor: James Evans
English language; require all state documents to be produced in.
Sponsor: John Moore
English language; must show ability in to get state license or public assistance.
Sponsor: John Moore
Joint Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee on Crime and Corrections; create.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Uniform laws; create uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Southaven High School.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Execution or attachment; revise property exempt from seizure under.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Bill of Rights for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Mississippi Postsecondary Textbook Pricing and Access Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Mississippi Minimum Wage Law; enact.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Agency rules and regulations; require legislative approval.
Sponsor: John Moore
Gaming; distances from U.S. Highway 90 applying to legal gaming in Harrison County limited to highway location on August 28, 2005.
Sponsor: John Moore
Teachers; extend years for annual incremental increases to 40.
Sponsor: John Moore
Driver's license; provide that retired law enforcement officer may request identifying symbol, character or endorsement.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Diane Peranich
State Board of Health; authorize to establish Office of Occupational Safety and Health in Department of Health.
Sponsor: James Evans
Vulnerable Adults Act; revise definition of "vulnerable adult" to include minors 10 years old and younger and revise certain penalties.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Irreconcilable differences; additional ground for divorce.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Correctional regional facility; authorize Department of Corrections to contract with Lawrence County for.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act."
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Internet in schools; require State Board of Education to adopt safety and usage policy.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Rape; death penalty for conviction if victim is age 13 or under.
Sponsor: John Moore
Attempted murder; establish as a crime.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Offices of Capital Defense Counsel, Post-Conviction Counsel & Indigent Appeals; revise director qualifications and hiring authority.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Fair Pay Act of 2010; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Partisan Judicial Elections; authorize.
Sponsor: John Moore
State parks; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may lease certain lands for commercial and/or residential development.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Nursing schools and programs; make eligible for funding to increase faculty if increase enrollment proportionately.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Public utilities; create "Mississippi Renewable Energy Development Act of 2010."
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Capital murder; apply to multiple murders.
Sponsor: John Moore
Public employee; prohibit from using a public resource for a candidate's campaign or ballot issue.
Sponsor: John Moore
Association or organization dues; authorize municipalities and counties to deduct from employee's salary at employee's request.
Sponsor: James Evans
Schools; establish opening and closing dates of the scholastic year.
Sponsor: John Moore
Civil Rights Education Commission; repeal provisions creating.
Sponsor: John Moore
Income tax; revise time within which Department of Revenue must refund overpayment before taxpayer may petition for hearing.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Nursing education; require community colleges to offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Vote fraud; revise penalty.
Sponsor: John Moore
Ad valorem taxation; revise manner of determining true value of homestead property.
Sponsor: John Moore
State license or benefits; must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident and show ability in English to receive.
Sponsor: John Moore
Handicapped parking; reserve spaces for ramp-equipped vans.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Charter schools; create pilot program in the Laurel Municipal Separate School District.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Child support; noncustodial parent to pay portion of child care expenses.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Pretrial intervention program; revise to provide keeping of nonpublic records for subsequent proceedings.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
Sales tax; no diversion to municipality of revenue derived from sale of tobacco if municipality prohibits/restricts tobacco use.
Sponsor: John Moore
Motor vehicles; establish requirements for leased and rent-to-own vehicle registration, titles and liability insurance.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Environmental fees; authorize Commission on Environmental Quality to set to cover costs of permitting programs.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
State law enforcement officers; not required to use personal or major medical leave when injured in line of duty.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area to be completed within 30 days of annexation decree.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Workers' compensation; increase amount of lump sum death benefit and benefit for funeral expenses.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Crimes; create criminal offense for law enforcement to provide false evidence.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Emerging crops fund; revise loan requirements for poultry growers.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Municipal annexation; require election in territory to be annexed if petition signed.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Charter schools; establish process for establishing open enrollment and conversion.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Ballots in primary elections; require names of all party nominees to appear in each county.
Sponsor: Billy Nicholson
Human Embryo Protection Act; create.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Motor vehicle liability insurance; revise time for owner cited for lack of to show proof necessary for waiver of fine.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Ad valorem tax; require cities/counties to reduce millage rate for purposes of proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Sponsor: John Moore
Municipal annexation; require approval by majority of electors in municipality and in territory to be annexed.
Sponsor: John Moore
Board of commissioners for certain utility districts; require to receive approval of board of supervisors before rate increase allowed.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Abortion Complication Reporting Act; require certain professionals to report treatment for emotional trauma.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Military; provide leave of absence procedure, exempt active from jury service and revise MS Military Family Relief Fund usage.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Voter ID; require to be shown before being allowed to vote.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Pharmaceutical companies; require to report all gifts and other economic benefits provided to physicians and nurse practitioners.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
DHS; maintain database of organizations providing meals to elderly, to notify persons on DHS waiting list.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer; allow any municipality in dry county to vote on legalizing sales of in the municipality.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Act; revise to place appraisal management companies under the authority of.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Nonpartisan Judicial Election Act; repeal.
Sponsor: William Denny
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Legislative subpoenas; provide for enforcement of and disallow protection of certain confidential information.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
County prisoners; revise amount paid for nonemergency medical care by.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Uniform Unclaimed Property Act; enact.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Jurors; revise fees paid to.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Universities and colleges; prohibit granting of tenure to professors, instructors or other teaching personnel.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Mineral rights; allow the conditional sale or lease of.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Sales tax, liability; limit liability if previous Department of Revenue audits determined taxpayer to be in compliance with law.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefit Fund; include emergency management personnel.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Counties; authorize board of supervisors to maintain driveways or roads of any poultry farms located in.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Acquittal by reason of insanity; clarify release from treatment.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
School ad valorem taxes; transfer school board's authority to increase to levying authority.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Motor vehicle insurance; prohibit certain acts by insurers and adjusters in connection with repair of a vehicle.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Radar; prohibit use within 1,000 feet of posted point where speed limit is reduced.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Rest areas; require MDOT to study the efficiency of operations and feasibility of leasing to private entities.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Health insurance; require providers to allow children under 30 who are veterans to be covered under parent's policy.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Office of Homeland Security; create within Department of Public Safety.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Weapons; authorize investigators employed by the Real Estate Commission to carry.
Sponsor: Tom Weathersby
Sex offenders; prohibit residing near victim and require notice to persons residing near offender.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Child custody; provide notice and procedure for relocating a child's residence.
Sponsor: Philip Gunn
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Traffic-control signals; require only flashing lights at certain times.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Sixteenth section or lieu lands; revise expenditure of certain monies derived from.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Cosmetology; revise certain requirements for licensure and increase fees and penalty amounts.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Juvenile detention center staff; require background checks on.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
County road construction and repair; create state funding program to assist.
Sponsor: Billy Nicholson
Mississippi Human Embryo Adoption Act; create.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
"Nonpartisan Municipal Elections Act"; create.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Security freeze; authorize consumers to place on their credit reports.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Income tax; revise time when interest begins to run on refund made by Department of Revenue for overpayment of.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Municipal annexation; require election in territory to be annexed.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Concealed weapons; remove all state restrictions where permittees may carry.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Genetic information; prohibit discrimination by health benefit plans on basis of.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Juvenile detention centers; require staff to attend yearly state-sponsored training concerning delinquency.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Mississippi Consumer Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; enact.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Poverty; create task force to study impact of immigrants on poverty in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Trusty status offenders; revise crimes that make such offenders ineligible for additional earned time.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
State Board of Mental Health; reconstitute membership of.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Health insurance; require coverage for pregnancy.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Public institutions and employees; prohibit from using public funds for procedures that kill or injure human embryos.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Motor vehicle liability insurance; revise certain provisions regarding penalty for failure to provide proof of.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Abuse of school officials and personnel; include students in list of persons who may be charged with.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Elections; revise laws relating to voter assistance and crimes.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Juvenile detention centers; require procedure to have staff submit to physical exam to prevent spread of communicable diseases.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Local government self-insurance plans; remove certain restrictions on employee group insurance.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Joint state-county work programs; authorize certain nonviolent offenders to work as volunteer fire fighters.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Security freeze statutes; strengthen provisions of.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Public utilities; create "Mississippi Renewable Energy Development Act of 2010."
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Law enforcement; prohibit issuing moving violation tickets while using an unmarked vehicle.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Motor vehicle liability insurance; increase penalty for failure to provide proof of, revise distribution of funds from fines.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Jurors; revise selection.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Ad valorem tax; require cities/counties to reduce millage rate for purposes of proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Sexual offenses against children; revise certain provisions.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require insurers to notify the Commissioner of Insurance if a policy lapses.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Economic development financial incentives; require repayment under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Department of Corrections; require to develop pilot programs to ban smoking in state correctional facilities.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
All-terrain vehicles; authorize on government lands under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Dannie Reed
County and municipal prosecutors; allow to carry weapons.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Failure of public schools to notify youth court when youth are expelled from schools; provide penalties for.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Undocumented students; allow to attend college at in-state tuition rates subject to certain conditions.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Domestic violence; report convictions to DPS for enhancement and officer protection purposes.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Justice court; provide jurisdiction over property seized for game and fish violations.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
District attorney; provide additional assistant for the Fourth Circuit Court District.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Ethics violation; revise enforcement provisions for charges against a public body.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
Sponsor: William Denny
Nonpartisan County Elections Act; create.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Seat belt and booster seat laws; remove criminal penalties for violation of.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Smoking; prohibit in motor vehicle in which a person under 21 is a passenger or the driver.
Sponsor: Tom Weathersby
Campaign Finance Disclosure Law; clarify "contribution" and require disclosure of certain loans made to candidates.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Low-speed vehicles/golf carts; authorize use of on certain public highways, roads and streets.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Institutions of higher learning; authorize certain senior citizens to attend free.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Municipal utilities; limit approved water rates within one mile of certain cities.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Retirement; require counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Municipal annexations; prohibit use of municipal funds to obtain annexations.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Salvage motor vehicles; provide for issuance of certificates of title.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Mississippi Indian Affairs Commission; create.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Constables; increase the lost cause fee that may be charged by.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Workers' Compensation Commission; require members to be attorneys, grandfather in certain members.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Law enforcement officers and personnel; prohibit active or retired from serving on grand or petit jury.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Election crimes; increase fines and jail time for violation of.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
State Superintendent of Education; State Board of Education shall set salary of.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Motor vehicle inspection fees; increase.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
DUI; revise use of ignition interlock device.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Retirement medical benefits account; establish for state officers and employees.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Early Graduation Achievement Act of 2010; create to provide scholarship incentive for early high school graduates.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Retirement; exclude value of noncash maintenance furnished to PERS members for retirement purposes.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Salvage certificate of title; revise manner by which title is obtained.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
College tuition; waive the cost of for individuals age 65 or older.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Voter identification; require before voting in person or by absentee.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Workers' compensation; revise criteria for drug and alcohol testing, increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Motor vehicles; require notice to buyer that vehicle may be salvaged or rebuilt and provide penalties for violations.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Grant Program; create.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Medicare Advantage plans & Prescription Drug plans; provide civil & criminal penalties for violating federal marketing restrictions on.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Municipal annexation; require approval by majority of electors in territory to be annexed.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Uniform laws; create uniform real property electronic recording act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
School districts; require administrative consolidation into one district per county.
Sponsor: William Denny
Uniform laws; adopt UCC, Article 1 uniform revisions.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation in.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Ad valorem tax; revise date and amount for which cities/counties may allow partial payments, revise interest rate on unpaid taxes.
Sponsor: William Denny
Cellular phone use in automobiles; state law regulating preempts local ordinances.
Sponsor: William Denny
Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be board certified in OB/GYN.
Sponsor: Harvey Fillingane
Justice court judges; increase jurisdiction amount to $10,000.00.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Gaming; hold statewide election on issue of state lottery to fund higher education.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Public officials; require reimbursement of remuneration upon removal.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Public improvement districts; revise newspaper notice when issuing certificates of public convenience & necessity in certain areas.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Elected officials; indictment results in suspension without pay and conviction results in removal.
Sponsor: William Denny
Fax solicitations, certain; prohibit under Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act.
Sponsor: William Denny
Controlled substances; felony to bring into state, county or municipal facility.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Motor vehicle dealers; prohibit from charging document preparation fees.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Crimes; create felony offense of child endangerment.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Reappraisal; local taxing units must publish certain information regarding to receive homestead exemption reimbursement.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Athletic and extracurricular organizations; prohibit traveling more than 25 miles in radius outside local school district.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Pain Relief Act; create.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
State agency purchases and contracts; require percentage of total expenditures for to be made with disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Uninsured motorist coverage; revise number of vehicles necessary to purchase nonstacking coverage.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Sales tax; require sales receipts to differentiate between food sales and other sales if tax is reduced on sales of certain food.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Mississippi University for Women; change name of the university to Mississippi University for Women and Men.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Gasoline; require suppliers to offer unblended gasoline to distributors and retailers.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
State and local governmental agencies; require to post details of expenditures on Web site.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
First Circuit Court District; provide additional legal assistant.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Municipal employees; prohibit governing authorities from requiring to reside inside municipal boundaries.
Sponsor: William Denny
Gaming Commission; authorize certain expenditures without appropriation bill, only to fund essential operations.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Water, sewer, garbage disposal and fire protection districts; require publication of budgets.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Sponsor: William Denny
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Capital cases; allow change of venue under certain circumstances if requested by prosecutor.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Election courts; create with three-judge panel.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Distinctive license tags; authorize issuance to supporters of Center Hill High School.
Sponsor: Tommy Woods
Delinquent county debts; county may pay debt collector up to 50% of amount collected.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Highway Patrol; revise minimum requirements for officers.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Workers' compensation; clarify the exclusiveness of liability and provide penalties for bad faith claims.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Open Lawyer Fees Act; create.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Camp Bratton-Green.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
State buildings; increase number of women's restrooms and include limited diaper changing areas.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Abortion; felony to transport minor to another state to receive without parental consent.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Wine tasting; create special permit for package retailer to conduct.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Circuit clerks; require to file sentencing orders within 3 days of receipt from judge.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
School district graduation rates; require local districts to receive education credit for resident students obtaining GED.
Sponsor: Rita Martinson
Nonpartisan county elections; authorize for all county offices.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of certain deceased veterans.
Sponsor: William Denny
Hunting; allow special youth season on open public lands.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Chancery courts; allow to hear Tort Claims Act suits remanded by appellate courts.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Lewisburg High School.
Sponsor: Eugene Hamilton
Trusty status; prohibit individual convicted of murder or capital murder from becoming eligible for.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Forensic evidence; require review of certain cases.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the African American Heritage Rodeo Association.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Workers' compensation; results of drug and alcohol test, employer-administered or otherwise, are admissible for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Photo voter identification; require when a person appears to vote at registrar's office or polling place.
Sponsor: William Denny
Mental Health, Department of; revise qualifications for executive director of.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Notaries public; increase maximum fee to $7.00.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to the supporters of the Aberdeen Main Street Association.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
Health insurance; require coverage for domestic abuse injuries.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Bank accounts; require bank to provide certain information to and obtain written acknowledgement from account holder before adding other persons to.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Constitution; amend Section 252 to provide for statewide elections to occur in even numbered years.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Constitution; amend Section 241 to provide that persons convicted of a felony may not vote.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Constitution; authorize alternative forms of county government.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Constitutional amendment; reduce the size of the Legislature.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Constitution; amend Section 121 to require the Governor to give at least 10 days' notice before convening an extraordinary session.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Unfunded state mandates; amend Constitution to prohibit.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Constitution; amend Section 46 to allow a decrease in the compensation of members of the Legislature to become effective immediately.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Constitution; amend Section 97 to allow legislative extension of a statute of limitations.
Sponsor: David Baria
Constitution; amend to provide that felony convictions result in loss of suffrage; Legislature impose conditions for restoration.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Constitution; amend Section 124 to require a favorable recommendation from the State Parole Board before the Governor can issue a pardon.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Constitution; amend to prohibit laws compelling any person, employer or health care provider to participate in any health care plan.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Constitution; amend to require election districts to be composed of whole precincts.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Constitution; amend Section 241 to provide that a person convicted of buying votes shall lose his right of suffrage.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Constitution, Section 26; widen geographical area for jury pool.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
State agency advertising procurements; require approval by Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Const.; provide for alternative forms of county government.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; revise membership of.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Crabs; remove prohibition on possessing female sponge crabs and authorize Commission on Marine Resources to regulate taking of crabs.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
"Old School for the Blind Property"; authorize DFA and MDA to sell for purposes of redevelopment.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Landowners; compensated by state for certain diminution in property value.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Public lands; bring forward various provisions for purpose of amendment.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Cell phones; require hands-free accessories and prohibit texting while driving.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Homestead exemption reimbursement; prohibit under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Bureau of Fleet Management of DFA; bring forward.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Uniform traffic ticket; revise responsibility for devising form and accounting for copies.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Corrections; authorize MDOC to construct a fire station at or near the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Agriculture; consolidate several agencies.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Department of Audit; bring forward provisions relating to powers and duties of.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
BUI; conform BAC and punishment to DUI.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Charitable organizations; violations of the Charitable Bingo Law are also a violation of law requiring registration.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Operation Lifesaver; create statewide monetary assessment for benefit of.
Sponsor: Tom King
Private property; unpaid costs of cleaning by municipality collected as for delinquent municipal taxes.
Sponsor: David Blount
Airports; exempt parking revenue from sales tax.
Sponsor: Tom King
Old School for the Blind property; authorize DFA to sell and convey.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
State-owned vehicles; prohibit permanent assignment of passenger vehicles to certain employees.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Flood and drainage control districts; create study committee to study impact on state.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Severed mineral interests; require registration in the office of the chancery clerk.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
CON; issue to Alexander Milne Home for Women, Inc., for ICF-MR beds in Laurel.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Mississippi Prison Industries; prohibit state agencies from purchasing from business employing inmates of another state.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Nonresident pharmacies; clarify permitting requirements for.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Flood and drainage control districts; revise composition of board of directors of certain.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Light wine and beer; clarify law regarding sale of beer from hospitality carts and make certain technical changes to.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Elections; require persons or organizations that solicit voter registration applications to register with the Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize for supporters of the Clinton Community Nature Center.
Sponsor: David Blount
Drug courts; authorize drug court judge to assess direct cost of confinement for person in jail.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Transportation; authorize MDOT to make certain expenditures without an appropriation bill.
Sponsor: Tom King
Tort Claims Fund; exempt MDOT from participation.
Sponsor: Tom King
School influenza vaccination pilot program; establish under State Department of Health.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Furlough Plan for State of Mississippi; require.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Malicious prosecution; define as an intentional common law tort.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Public Service Commission; define authority relative to performing audits of utilities.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Medicaid reimbursement for inpatient services; require APR/DRG system.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Personal care attendant for the severely disabled; provide qualifications.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Silencers; authorize in limited circumstances.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Whistleblower Act; protection of public employee from reprisal for giving information to investigative body or agency.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
County prosecuting attorneys; salary shall not automatically increase after salary increase of supervisors.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Election commissioners; increase maximum number of days per diem may be received.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Counties; maintain private roads used as Head Start turnarounds.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Attorney's fees; owed in suits for certain failures to pay amount when due.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Mental Health, Department of; employees who are provided housing on facility grounds must pay rent.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Children's Health Insurance Program; transfer administration to Division of Medicaid.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Radar; authorize use by sheriffs and municipal police.
Sponsor: Tom King
Bingo licensees; define authority of Mississippi Gaming Commission.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Individuals delinquent in child support payments; authorize release of income/sales tax information.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Lotteries; define certain games of chance as lotteries.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Cleaning private property; revise municipal notice procedures.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Medical examiners; must be certified forensic pathologists.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Community Corrections Reassimilation and Restitution Program; create.
Sponsor: David Baria
Task force to study strategies for educating state's residents on personal finances; create.
Sponsor: David Blount
Child custody; custodial parent responsible for health care expenses when court order is silent.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Environmental Quality; require greenhouse gas inventory and voluntary registry.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Portable school classrooms; require process for environmental evaluation of sites for construction.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Broadband Over Power Lines Act; create.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Uniform laws; create Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Corrections; authorize commissioner to operate a jamming system within correctional facility and seek approval from FCC.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Economic development; MDA & MS Prison Industries to develop program on feasibility of prison labor to prevent plant closings.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Nonviolent offenders; may be placed on house arrest.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Mentally ill; may not be held in jail pending commitment.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Community Corrections Reassimilation and Restitution Program; create.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
State-held lands; revise law regulating the conveyances of.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
"Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008"; DFA make report on implementation.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Airports; allow airport authority to enter into contracts without limitation of vendor's liability if commercially reasonable.
Sponsor: Tom King
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Open records law; revise maximum waiting period for production of records.
Sponsor: David Blount
Justice court judges; salary shall not increase with salary for supervisors unless approved separately.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to random drug testing to qualify.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Environmental fees; authorize Commission on Environmental Quality to set to cover costs of permitting programs.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Bad check; revise fee for deferral of prosecution.
Sponsor: David Blount
Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act; revise certain provisions.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Gaming; create statewide lottery to fund Hope College Scholarship Program.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
MS Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission; increase membership of.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Central business, payroll and purchase for all universities; IHL administers shared services.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Absentee ballots; allow all persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot to do so by mail.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Student immunization requirements; provide exemption based on philosophical beliefs of parent or guardian.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Loans over a certain amount; borrower may skip one monthly payment per calendar year.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for Mississippi residents age 65 or over.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
"Momentum Mississippi Act of 2010"; establish Momentum Mississippi Board within Mississippi Development Authority.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Local system roads; allow portion of state aid allocated to counties to be used to retire debt for.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Cooperatives; provide for the incorporation of.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Delinquent utility bills; revise collection procedures for certain.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Nonlicensed teacher assignment; provide notice requirements.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
Elections; Secretary of State shall conduct a study on the feasibility of allowing students to vote via the Internet.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act; revise definitions and clarify permitting for nonresident pharmacists.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Use tax; person soliciting remote sales through representatives in this state is subject to use tax.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Hunting; increase fines for trespass and conform hunting on lands of another without permission.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Bail bonds; clarify Victims of Domestic Violence Fund fee.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Elections; qualified elector may vote absentee for any reason.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
DUI; authorize drug or alcohol treatment in lieu of imprisonment.
Sponsor: David Baria
Health insurance; limit insurers' recoupment of payments to health care providers.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Animal cruelty; revise.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appeal bond; set the maximum amount for appeals from decisions of local governments as to taxes.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for students with at least 3.0 GPA.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Tony Gobar program; revise.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 30 years of creditable service.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Legislative Internship Program; authorize IHL to administer under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Tenth Circuit District; create subdistrict and additional judge.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Wildlife; establish liquidated civil damages to the state for violations of game laws.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Internet; Web site host may be liable for anonymous defamatory postings.
Sponsor: Perry Lee
Marine Resources; designate tripletail as saltwater game fish.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Recreational facility tax credit; create a joint committee to study.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Hunting; allow the use of crossbows during deer and turkey seasons.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
DNA testing; revise in context of post-conviction relief.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Public improvement districts; may construct and sell improvements without public bidding.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Municipal judges; provide additional.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Net energy metering; require electric utilities to allow.
Sponsor: David Baria
Manslaughter; increase maximum sentence.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Animal cruelty; revise.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Board on Law Enforcement Standards and Training; revise qualification for certain officers.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Counties; shall adopt a fire prevention code requiring installation of smoke detectors.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Oil, gas and other minerals; clarify underground storage of natural gas, compressed air and carbon dioxide.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all beds in facility in DeSoto County to participate in Medicaid.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Law enforcement officers; protect from liability during funeral escorts.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Department of Finance and Administration; shall place a moratorium on the acquisition of real property within the City of Jackson.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Auto liability insurance; prohibit courts from reducing or suspending the penalty for failure to have proof of insurance.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Sponsor: Tom King
Certificate of title; if the original is mailed to a lienholder, a duplicate shall be mailed to the owner only upon his request.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
"Truth in Grading Act"; create to require the State Board of Education to adopt a uniform grading policy for the state.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Nonsettling-manufacturer cigarette fee; collect from distributor in the same manner as the tobacco excise tax.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Funeral service/directing license; revise certain requirements for reinstatement after expiration.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi Health Information Network; establish and empower board of directors.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
U.S. Highway 72; authorize MDOT to construct an interchange and railroad overpass in Marshall County.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouses of deceased and disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Tom King
Elected judiciary and district attorneys; bring forward law relating to the annual salaries of.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
State and local government contracts; shall give preference to disabled veteran businesses in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Wastewater; remove revisions to the individual on-site wastewater disposal system law.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Certified emergency telecommunicators; require continuing education for.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Retirement; school districts may pay health insurance premium of retirees employed as school bus drivers.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.); authorize under Division of Youth Services.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by students.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Environmental Quality; require commission to adopt rules on radon control.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Child support; court may deviate from guidelines for child care expenses in certain cases.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Public term contracts, public construction projects; provide certain conditions for.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
PEER Committee; create criminal offense and revise subpoena power.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Sixteenth Section school land; limit rent increases on farm residential land.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Absentee ballot; require ballots to be sent automatically to persons 65 years of age or older upon written request.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Law Enforcement Officers Disability Benefits Trust Fund; pay benefits to injured officer's employing government entity.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
State mental institutions; patients admitted less than 6 months not required to pay social security disability to the institution.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Statewide Victims' Information and NotificationSystem Fund; increase statewide monetary assessment for benefit of.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
School district consolidation; require in counties with 3 or more school districts.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Computer and electronic waste; require management plan for recycling and disposal.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
DUI; authorize constables to administer test.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Random drug testing; require for TANF recipients.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Loan Program; establish under the Mississippi Home Corporation.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Paid educational leave program for health care professions; revise conditions.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Gaming; authorize aboard cruise vessels on the Pearl River within a city with a population of 150,000 or more.
Sponsor: John Horhn
Mississippi Stroke Registry Act and Stroke Task Force; establish.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
Oil and gas wells; must be located away from barns and homes.
Sponsor: Haskins Montgomery
Environmental justice; require meaningful involvement of all people in siting process.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Environmental Quality; require the department to identify all coal ash dam sites.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Distinctive license tag; revise purposes for which Boxing Commission may utilize fees from.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Corrections; allow offenders convicted of small quantity drug violations to be eligible for trusty time allowance.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Riding bailiffs; shall be employees of sheriff.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Highways; repeal the section that designates a certain segment of MS Highway 5 in Benton County as a scenic route.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Driver's license; revise penalty for driving with suspended.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Cremains; provide for disposition when unclaimed.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Registration of nonresident dispensers of controlled substances; require registration.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Hill Fire folk play; designate as official folk play of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Coroners; allow to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Medicaid program; make technical amendments to.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Health Information Technology Act; enact.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Oakley Training School; authorize downsizing or reorganization.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Robert E. Lee Building; authorize DFA to sell or lease.
Sponsor: John Horhn
All-terrain vehicles; require owners to obtain a certificate of number.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the wholesale sale of wine by private entities.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
ATV Alcohol Safety Act; create.
Sponsor: Billy Hudson
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the direct shipment of certain wines to persons in this state.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
High school alternative career track programs and diplomas; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Municipal sales tax; remove provisions that require a commission to approve expenditures.
Sponsor: John Horhn
School Employment Procedures Law; include assistant teachers under.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Compulsory commitment of active tuberculosis cases to hospital; clarify procedures.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi Hamlet Act; Bring forward sections for purposes of amendment.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Proprietary School and College Registration law; provide for fees and agent permits.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Governor; reduce the annual salary of.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Gaming; remove obsolete and repealed language and confirm authority to conduct certain activities.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Department of Corrections contract with CPA to establish state inmate cost; require.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Administrative merger of MUW with MSU; direct IHL to implement.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Personal information; require state agencies and businesses to keep confidential.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
Records of floor debate in both houses of the Legislature; to be available under the Open Records Law.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expendable Fund; abolish and transfer assets to the State General Fund.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Health professional students receiving SREB scholarships; IHL shall not impose certain conditions.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Sex offenses; revise.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Central business, payroll and purchases for all community college districts; SBCJC Office of Shared Services administers services.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Alcoholic beverages; authorize wine to be sold at wholesale by private entities.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Employment procedures; prohibit employer from using an arrest record as a basis to deny an applicant.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Nonsettling cigarette manufacturer fee; do not impose on cigarettes distributed in this state for sale outside this state.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Sponsors (12)
Passed (500)
Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Co. Livestock Show.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Expunction of certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Oktibbeha County; increase authorized debt limit for certain bonds.
Town of Como; authorize to impose certain sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
Attala County; authorize to construct jail anywhere in the county.
Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
State funds; provide for transfers of funds and delay of certain payments and provisions.
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Harrison County; authorize board of supervisors to enter into certain contracts to promote tourism.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
City of Fulton; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Revenue.
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Hinds County; may establish Hinds County Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds County Economic Development district.
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
Appropriation; State Government Agencies Special Fund; Additional FY 2010.
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
City of Biloxi, MS; may clean certain private property that was impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Emergency 911 law; include fees for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and prepaid cell phones/extend repealer.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Foresters.
Employment Security Commission; reenact and extend date of repeal.
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; reappropriation, DFA - Bureau of Building; FY11.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease the Old School for the Blind property.
Harrison County; authorize to create the "Harrison County Motor Vehicle for Hire Commission."
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Authorized activity by trustees; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Bd.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Designate Thursday, May 6, 2010, as the "Mississippi Day of Prayer."
Natchez/Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Inc. and abolish the Natchez-Adams County Development Authority.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station; commend for 25 years of clean, reliable and affordable energy to Mississippi.
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; commend commitment to health care and partnering with the Heinz Family Philanthropic Foundation.
Kossuth High School Aggies; commend on winning Class 3A Cross Country State Championship.
Suspend deadlines for introduction; expunction, certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
Reverend Donald E. Wildmon; commend prolific service provided to the American Family Association and upon his retirement.
Suspend deadlines for introduction; authorize DFA to sell, convey or lease property known as the "Old School for the Blind."
Evan Littleton Turnage; commend for his outstanding and exemplary academic achievements and extend best wishes.
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; commend commitment to health care and partnering with the Heinz Family Philanthropic Foundation.
Steve Cummings; commend on 30 years of service to Yalobusha County.
Dr. Claudia Limbert; commend laudable service as President of MUW upon the occasion of her retirement.
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Create Joint Study Committee on Minority Business Participation in Public Contracts.
Dr. James Price; commend dedicated service upon occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren Schools.
Dr. John E. Walls, Jr.; commend service as Deputy Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District upon his retirement.
Charles W. (Charlie) Capps, Jr.; commend life, service, accomplishments and legacy upon his passing.
Recognize Ann Coleman Thames, MS Business Journal leading business woman, upon retirement from MS Department of Mental Health.
Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2010; create.
Reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Recognize that May 2010 is "Better Hearing and Speech Month in Mississippi."
Suffrage; restore to Mary H. Gregory of Winston County.
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
Issaquena County; authorize transfer of lot to Town of Mayersville.
Suffrage; restore to Jimmy Williams of Union County.
Suffrage; restore to Willie E. White of Amite County.
Commend Gary Matthews, Executive Director of the Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Highway Patrol officers; specify rate of compensation for certain.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
Recognize WTVA-TV (Tupelo-Columbus) Managing Editor Terry Smith and Meteorologist Dick Rice for Silver Circle Emmy Award.
Commend the life of Natchez business and civic leader Sim Chase Callon.
Commend the life of Dorothy Irene Height, founding matriarch of the National Civil Rights Movement.
Designate April 22, 2010, as "Mississippi Earth Day: The Green Generation."
Harrison County; create Civil Service Commission for the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of certain real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Crisis intervention teams; provide for implementation of to provide mental health services.
Claiborne County; authorize economic development district to expend certain funds for certain economic and industrial development.
Commend life of Iraq casualty U.S. Army PFC Anthony Blount.
Suffrage; restore to Richard Deon Williams of Greene County.
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
Commend public service of Michael Thomas, Deputy Superintendent for Operations with the Jackson Public School District.
Mental Health; amend certain provisions of the FY2010 appropriation to the department.
PERS retirees; may not work for PERS employer until 90 day after retirement.
Mississippi Health Information Network Act; create.
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Commend life and public service of Lt. Colonel James "Jim" Maher, longest-serving Director of MEMA.
City of Rolling Fork; authorize expansion of water distribution system to areas more than 5 miles outside city limits.
Uniform laws; create uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act.
Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize to receive certain funds and information for construction of a lake in George County.
Lowndes County; may enter into loan agreements with the USDA for terms of not more than 30 years.
Recognize Dr. Daniel W. Jones on his Investiture as the 16th Chancellor of The University of Mississippi.
Commend Sidney G. Morgan, Chairman of Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association.
Suffrage; restore to Pamela Davis of Forrest County.
Acknowledge 40th Anniversary of Gibbs-Green Memorial Observance.
Suffrage; restore to Richard Fulton Carson of Itawamba County.
Recognize the "100 Years of Ministry Anniversary Celebration" of Tylertown First Baptist Church.
Yalobusha County; authorize to construct county jail anywhere in the county.
Highway patrol; allow beneficiary of officers killed in line of duty to receive weapon and revise minimum requirements.
Harrison County; authorize the lease of a trailer to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for nominal consideration.
Warren County; authorize to contribute funds to certain organizations.
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Suffrage; restore to Leon Bishop of Oktibbeha, County.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Recognize Mr. Carroll Johnson on his 100th birthday.
Commend life and public service of former State Senator Orene Farese of Ashland, Mississippi.
Prescription drugs; increase maximum permitting fee for businesses engaged in sale and distribution of.
Oakley Training School; change name to the "Oakley Youth Development Center."
Bennie L. Jones, Sr; commend life and legacy on his passing.
1984 Rust College Lady Bearcats Basketball Team; commend upon being inducted into the inaugural Rust College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Council on Education Technology; revise responsibilities; authorize.
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
Youth Court Hearing Act; revise.
Domestic violence; revise elements of the offense.
Certain school boards convey school buildings not used for school purposes to nonprofit entity; authorize.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Smoking; prohibit at public venues for youth sports events.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History; may use certain funds to restore monuments at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Interest on real estate broker escrow accounts; authorize to be payable to certain real estate entities.
USM; commend the recipients of the Founders' Day awards.
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Suspend rules for further consideration of SB 2938; Emergency 911 law; include fees for VoIP and extend repealer.
Drew Lenard; commend commitment to education and providing workforce development training.
Liturgical Dance Day; recognize the observance of on September 7, 2010, in the State of Mississippi.
Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins; commend upon the occasion of their 50th anniversary in the ministry.
Bassfield High School Yellowjackets Football Team; commend on winning Class 2A State Championship.
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Jim Weatherly; commend career accomplishments upon Pontotoc's celebration of "Jim Weatherly Day" on August 7, 2010.
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life, legacy and stellar community service upon his passing.
Subramanian Swaminathan; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Billy Mac Gore; commend upon the occasion of his retirement and honor meritorious service as Sheriff of Calhoun County.
Bluegrass Instrumental Championship; express a need to sanction.
Stephen and Evelyn Drury Day; proclaim October 14, 2010, as in the State of Mississippi.
Isaiah Canaan; commend athletic success and congratulate upon a remarkable season with Murray State University Racers Basketball Team.
Gibbs-Green memorial observance; 40th year anniversary; commemorate.
Janette Breedlove; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Mrs. Mary Ann Williams Nave; commend life and legacy and express sympathy upon passing.
Talbot John Brooks; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Robert Davis, Sr.; commend and congratulate on 100th birthday.
George County; commend on occasion of 100th anniversary.
Gary Matthews; commend on achievements as Executive Director of Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Damion Fletcher; commend athletic success and congratulate on career accomplishments.
Gulfport High School; commend for winning 2010 "We the People" civic education competition and advancing to national event.
Nissan North America, Inc.; commend upon being awarded two top 2009 IQS awards by J.D. Power and Associates.
The 761st Tank Battalion "Black Panthers"; commend for heroic efforts during World War II.
Jarvis Varnado; commend athletic success and congratulate on NCAA record-breaking season.
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
2010 Greenwood Public School District retirees; congratulate for numerous years of dedicated service.
Recognize career of Bolivar County R&B-soul-gospel singer Otis Clay.
Belmont High School Girls Basketball Team; commend on winning Class 3A State Championship.
Mourning the loss of legendary Delta State University football Coach Horace Lowry McCool of Cleveland, Mississippi.
Celebrate National Train Day on May 8, 2010, to promote the history and future of rail travel in Mississippi.
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
Biloxi Public School District; commend on the occasion of its 150th anniversary celebration.
Michael Gavin; commend and congratulate on placing third in the Great Seal of Mississippi Art Contest.
Karen and Maur McKie; commend upon being named a finalist for Total Landscape Care Magazine Landscaper of the Year Award.
Sacred Heart Mock Trial Team; commend on State Championship.
Recognize Dr. Randy Easterling, President of the Mississippi State Medical Association.
Commend Kossuth High School "Aggies" Boys Cross Country Team for MHSAA Class 3A State Championship.
Holmes CC-Grenada Campus' Alpha Mu Beta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa; commend upon being named Most Distinguished Chapter.
George Thatcher; commend the military and civilian service of.
USM; commend newly elected executive officers of the Student Government Association.
Commend the Oak Grove "Mojo" U12 Select Baseball Team as Mississippi State Champions.
Reverend Dr. Jerry Young; commend and congratulate on 30th anniversary as Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church.
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life and legacy.
Tiffany Martin McLain; commend life and service upon her passing.
Attaché Show Choir; commend upon its winning 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Callaway High School Chargers Boys Basketball Team; commend on winning back-to-back Class 5A/4A State Championships.
Pam Lee; commend exemplary and dedicated service to the Carroll County Extension Service upon retirement.
Bonds and economic development; authorize bonds for various purposes and provide/revise certain incentives.
Limited liability companies; require annual reports and revise fees.
Columbia Training School property; authorize sale or lease of certain acreage.
Salary supplements for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators; authorize from nonstate funds.
Minimum Standards Board; revise membership.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Retirement; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of PERS.
State Board of Contractors; may conduct meetings through teleconferencing/revise application procedure.
Auto club memberships; extend repealer on authority of small loan licensees to sell to borrowers.
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
Custody and visitation; clarify for parents on certain military duty.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of various organizations.
Traffic offenses; clarify payment of fine when defendant fails to appear.
Wild hogs; prohibit transportation of live wild hogs within the state.
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Hunting; require safety program for use of trails in wildlife management areas during gun season.
District attorneys; may employ additional legal assistants and criminal investigators if funds are received from any available source.
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
State agencies to submit energy management plans and meet energy consumption reduction standards; require.
Boll Weevil Management Act; revise certain provisions relating to the administration of.
Joint Legislative Study Committee on mental health system; continue authority of.
Bonds; Bond Commission may negotiate sale of cert. bonds; auth. edu. bldg. corps. for comm. colleges; auth. bonds for wireless sys.
Nationally accredited proprietary schools; may follow federal standards for faculty.
Uniform Commercial Code; revise to conform to model act (ULC).
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to assess active employees a portion of premium under health plan.
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
Public property; authorize transfer of various state-owned properties.
Public property; authorize DFA to sell or lease Jefferson Street properties.
Employment Security; revise unemployment for rates to make payment of the tax more equitable.
State Department of Health and reconstituted State Board of Health; extend repealer on.
Hancock County Utility Authority; revise composition of board of directors.
Justice court; required to set separate court term.
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
State Board of Mental Health; extend repealer on mental health services and protocol for providers of.
School District Maintenance Fund; require district to file budget cuts plan if falls below 7% ending balance of.
Dental services; prohibit certain provision in contract between health care entity and dentist.
Statewide monetary assessments; revise.
Task Force to study strategies for solving the current teacher shortage in Mississippi; establish.
Intensive supervision program; increase monthly program fee that offenders must pay to participate in.
Nurse-Family Partnership program; State Department of Health shall establish in MS.
Reimbursement to counties for Department of Corrections prisoners; clarify that counties are not responsible for certain medical costs.
UMMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Taxation; provide ad valorem, fuel and sales tax exemptions regarding private buses contracted to transport school students.
Suspend rules for drafting, etc; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included in authorized trust activity.
Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ and State Department of Health to borrow for loan programs.
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Municipalities and counties; authorize to trap fur-bearing and nuisance animals within 100 feet of any street.
Income tax; allow credit for owner of lands dedicated to certain public or wildlife use.
Individuals delinquent in child support payments; authorize release of income/sales tax information.
Motor vehicle title fees; increase and deposit into Crisis Intervention Mental Health Fund.
Open records; revise time period available to a public body for response and allowable costs.
Schools at risk; revise certain provisions relating to.
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Breach of Security; require notice.
City of Bay St. Louis; authorize two-year waiver for required state audit due to effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau; extend repealer.
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Booneville Hardware Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Three Rivers PDD; authorize certain counties and municipalities to apply for loans and grants made available by.
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Chickasaw County; authorize the imposition of certain assessments to fund the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program.
Oktibbeha County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc., for purchase of school bus.
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Rails and Trails Museum.
Farmers' markets; clarify sales tax provisions regarding products sold at markets certified by Department of Agriculture.
Transportation; create public transit task force.
Judgment for overdue child support and enforcement by DHS; extend reverters on statutes providing for.
Nurses; require applicants for licensure as to undergo criminal background checks.
Tallahatchie County; authorize contribution to Emmett Till Memorial Commission.
MS Veterans Monument Commission; revise the makeup of the advisory board and increase the maximum state match for private donations.
Public property; authorize sale of certain properties by MUW and USM.
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
Stalking; revise elements of offense.
Municipalities; revise procedures that authorize such to clean certain private property.
Barber Practice Act; make technical revisions to.
Carrying a concealed weapon; revise qualification for retired law enforcement officers and delete prohibition in parks.
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Jurors; exclude permanently excused from list of potential jurors and allow reinstatement.
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use for certain expenses.
Mississippi Interpreter Registration Law; clarify confidentiality, update definitions, etc.
Lee County; authorize contribution to the Sanctuary Hospice House.
Bail bonds and agents; revise certain licensing provisions.
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Public streets and highways; prohibit racing and use of nitrous oxide.
Sales tax; divert a portion derived from sales by cotton warehouses or compresses to the Boll Weevil Management Fund.
Mississippi Transportation Commission; require to donate certain real property to the City of Sallis.
Jackson County; authorize use of forfeiture funds to pay clothing allowance for undercover agents of Narcotics Task Force.
Humphreys County; authorize to contribute funds to Humphreys County Dixie Youth Little League.
Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of; authorize to perform criminal background checks of employers and contractors.
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
MS S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009; extend repealer on.
Family protection specialists and workers; extend repealers on duty of DHS to establish employment standards for.
Mr. Douglas T. "Bliss" Baker; commend life, legacy and service on his passing.
DHS; develop pilot program to track recipients of SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps).
Parole board; provide discretion for the revocation of certain offender's parole.
W.J. "Boy" Howard; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
Wren McKinnon Frith; commend life and accomplishments of.
Mississippi Home Education Week; recognize week of May 10-14, 2010, as.
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Mrs. Almeta C. Dampeer; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Kelsey Ann Jackson; commend on anti-bullying campaign.
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Insurance companies; revise statutory classifications by deleting the home warranty class.
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Credit card processing hardware or software; shall meet federal law requirements when provided to retail merchants.
Recognize "Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Day in Mississippi".
Commend Dr. David Childers of Holly Springs, Mississippi, State Veterinarian of the Year 2010.
Department of Finance & Administration; may transfer real property located on North West Street to MS Transportation Commission.
Not guilty by reason of insanity; create presumption of continuing mental illness.
Recognize Juneteenth Freedom Day as day of commemoration.
Memorial highways; designate "Ken Lundberg Memorial Highway" in Grenada County and "Veterans Memorial Bridge" in D'Iberville.
County court; authorize for Pearl River County.
Elections; revise runoff date for certain levee commissioner; clarify authority of chancellor in 7th Chancery District.
Memorial Highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 23 in Itawamba County as the "Tammy Wynette Memorial Highway."
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Authorize the establishment of a Mississippi Legislative Prayer Caucus.
Sale of Checks Act; rename "MS Money Transmitters Act" and make various amendments.
Department of Human Services; revise restrictions regarding employees participating in political campaigns.
Memorial Highways; designate certain highways in the City of Pascagoula.
Urge Congress and Executive Branch to adopt a Clean and Sustainable Energy Standard (CSES) for Mississippi.
Designate "Hydrocephalus Awareness Week in Mississippi."
Lawrence County Hospital; congratulate on the celebration of its 50th anniversary.
Rials Creek United Methodist Church; congratulate upon 150 years of service and ministry.
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Captain Laverne Sing; commend and acknowledge service and recognize as the first African-American female fire fighter in MS.
Suspend deadlines for introduction; Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections relating to for purposes of amendment.
Mrs. Vashti Underwood Muse; commend on meritorious and dedicated service to education in the Magnolia State.
Dr. Robert Smith, Sr.; commend committed dedication to the health care profession and acknowledge as a "Living Legend."
Brain Injury Awareness Day; designate March 25, 2010, as day of observance in the State of Mississippi.
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Simpson County Cattlemen's Association; commend & congratulate on winning Dixie National First South Farm Credit Steak Grilling Contest.
Health Insurer "Code of Conduct"; encourage House of Representatives of Mississippi to work with health care community to develop.
Legislature; extend session, set return date, suspend deadlines for certain bills, change deadlines for general bill conf. rpts.
St. Stanislaus Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning state championship.
Special Olympics Mississippi Team; commend outstanding achievements of.
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Ms. Fanya Telepathia "Teb" Smith; commend life and legacy on her passing.
Coach Gina Skelton; commend on 700th career win.
Starkville High School Basketball Team; commend on winning the MHSAA Class 6A State Championship.
Wayne County High School Lady Eagles; commend on winning 2009-2010 5A MHSAA Championship.
Carl Keen Vocational Center; commend on winning management competition at 2010 MS ProStart Invitational.
Commend Callaway High School "Chargers" Boys Basketball Team for winning consecutive Class 5A State Championships.
MS School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act; create.
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Commend Newton High School "Lady Tigers" Girls Basketball Team for winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Commend Carole Lynn Meadows for 2010 "Billy Creel" Tourism Award.
Recognize 150th Anniversary celebration of First Baptist Church Morton, Mississippi.
Recognize the Clinton High School Attaché Show Choir for 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Commend Raymond High School "Lady Rangers" Basketball Team for winning the Grand Slam and Class 4A State Championship.
Shay Jackson; commend and congratulate on coaching the Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team to a Grand Slam Championship.
Commend Ingomar High School "Falcons" Boys Basketball Team and legendary Coach Norris Ashley for MHSAA Class 1A State Championship.
Recognize Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins upon occasion of 50th Anniversary of the Perkins Foundation.
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Kathryn Moody to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; require Office of State Auditor to implement.
Municipalities; authorize to contract with public housing authorities for extra police protection.
Our Lady Academy Girls Cross Country; commend on winning the 2009 MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Stephen Wahl; commend on being named recipient of the 2010 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in Math, Science and Technology.
Commend Mississippi State University Men's Basketball Team and Coach Rick Stansbury for winning SEC Western Division Title.
Deer enclosures; create a task force to study deer breeding industry in the state.
Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team; commend and congratulate upon its winning the MHSAA Grand Slam Championship.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Our Lady Academy Crescent Volleyball Team; commend on winning the 2009 Class I State Championship.
St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws Football Team on winning 2009 Class 4A State Championship.
Our Lady Academy Girls Soccer Team; commend on winning state championship.
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Earlora Holden to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Commend Belmont High School "Lady Cardinals" Girls Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Recognize and salute New Orleans Saints career rushing leader and former Ole Miss star Deuce McAllister.
Truss construction emblem; revise provisions related to.
Sweet potato industry; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for disaster assistance loan guaranty program.
Income tax; exclude amounts converted from traditional IRA to Roth IRA from gross income.
Municipal executive committee; revise provisions regarding.
Excavations near underground utility lines; certain persons who remove markings shall be subject to civil penalty.
Gaming Commission; clarify authority to impose and collect certain fees, revise certain other provisions regarding.
Education Achievement Council; establish to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
Healthier School Initiative; require the State Department of Education to implement to incentivize schools.
Noncitizen's driver's license; revise requirements for.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Office of Compulsory School Attendance; extend date by which its annual report is submitted.
Mississippi Recovery School District; appointment of Deputy Superintendent for shall be subject to approval by State Bd. of Edu.
Health discount plans; extend repealer on requirements for.
East Rankin Academy "Lady Patriots" Basketball Team; commend on winning its first MAIS overall state championship.
Coach Billy Lamb; commend on achievements in the State of Mississippi sports.
Arthur Lee Thomas; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Mrs. Pauline C. Banks; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Philip Michael Goodwin; commend upon the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
ICCCY and State System of Care; delete repealers, expand council and define authority of council.
New Orleans Saints Football Team; commend and congratulate upon winning Super Bowl XLIV.
Laurie Taft McIlrath; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Perkinston Campus).
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; commend and recognize.
Joe Morrow; commend upon being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Male Athlete of the Year.
Commend Horn Lake High School "Lady Eagles" Basketball Team for winning first girls Class 6A State Championship.
Recognize 40 years of leadership by Reverend Dr. John E. Cameron, Sr., Pastor of Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Designate March 2010 as "Women's History Month in Mississippi."
Commend Dr. William Malone, "Mississippi Optometrist of the Year" and "Optometrist of the South."
Commend Phi Theta Kappa on occasion of "Mississippi Phi Theta Kappa Day."
Kayla Stricker; commend on being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Female Athlete of the Year.
Commend Dr. William A. (Billy) Morehead, President of the Association of Government Accountants.
Commend Forest High School "Bearcats" Boys Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Cathy Chen; commend on being named recipient of the 2010 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in Math, Science and Technology.
John C. Poelma II; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC Jackson County Campus.
Dr. Timothy Alford; commend upon being one of five U.S. medical professionals to carry Olympic torch for the 2010 games.
210th Financial Management Company and 220th Financial Management Detachment; commend exemplary service to this state and nation.
West Point High School Football Team; commend on winning 2009 Class 5A State Championship."
Christopher J. DeDual; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Jefferson Davis Campus).
Ms. Fannie B. McConnell Clayton; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Steven Wiley Jennings; commend upon earning the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Honorable Paul E. Winfield; commend upon being elected the 44th Mayor of the City of Vicksburg.
Mrs. Alice Thornton; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 91st birthday.
Mrs. Loraine McDaniel; commend commitment to being actively engaged in her child's educational success through volunteerism.
Staff Sgt. William S. "Seth" Ricketts; commend life, legacy and military service upon his passing.
University of Southern Mississippi; commend upon the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Contact lenses; optometrists and ophthalmologists may prescribe and fit FDA-approved medicated lenses.
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Municipal election commissioners; if names of persons elected are not transmitted, Secretary of State may petition court to compel.
MS Major Economic Impact Act; revise the definition of the term "project" and authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Tax information; authorize MDA to examine if necessary for proper administration of programs under its jurisdiction.
Water well drillers; revise certain provisions regarding licensing of.
Trade names; create the Fictitious Business Name Registration Act.
Corinth Junior High School Warriors Boys Basketball Team; commend on second consecutive undefeated season.
Noah Robertson; commend upon receiving the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
PERS; increase the number of years for retirement at any age for public schoolteachers hired on or after July 1, 2011.
Certificates of nomination and nominating petitions for President and V.P.; must be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the deadline day.
Income tax credit for port facility usage and annual impact report; extend repeal date.
Dept. of Revenue; authorize certain info to be provided to Bd. of Tax Appeals & provide for appeals of IRP registration denials.
Hit-and-run; revise penalties under certain circumstances.
Petroleum Products Inspection Law of MS; revise penalties and extend repealer on definitions.
Testing instruments and procedures for students with disabilities; clarify accommodation.
Physician assistants; extend repealer on authority to grant temporary licenses to.
Judicial office; candidates may not qualify before January 1 of the year in which the election is held.
Fishing; authorize Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to issue group pier fishing license.
Highways; create the "John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act."
Oakley; revise age committing a delinquent child.
Income tax; authorize payment of certain large tax liabilities in monthly installments over 60 months.
Health insurance; provide for reciprocal limitations on claim filing and claim audits.
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Income tax and sales tax; 3-year assessment period begins to run after corporation's or LLC's liability becomes final.
Contractors; revise certificate of responsibility threshold for private contracts.
Boating under the influence; conform to driving under the influence.
Election commissioners; authorize counties to pay per diem for an additional five days.
Saltwater fishing license; require lifetime license for persons 65 and older for a one-time fee.
Mississippi Code; certain elected officials shall receive CD-ROM version of the code unless they request bound volumes.
Model Business Corporation Act; correct certain fees.
Motor Vehicle Commission; authorize enforcement of provisions regarding return of inventory upon termination of franchise.