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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; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Co. Livestock Show.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Harrison County; authorize board of supervisors to enter into certain contracts to promote tourism.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Revenue.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Sponsor: William Denny
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
State funds; provide for transfers of funds and delay of certain payments and provisions.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Expunction of certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Oktibbeha County; increase authorized debt limit for certain bonds.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Town of Como; authorize to impose certain sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Attala County; authorize to construct jail anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Hinds County; may establish Hinds County Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds County Economic Development district.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
City of Fulton; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
City of Biloxi, MS; may clean certain private property that was impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; State Government Agencies Special Fund; Additional FY 2010.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Emergency 911 law; include fees for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and prepaid cell phones/extend repealer.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Authorized activity by trustees; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Bd.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease the Old School for the Blind property.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Foresters.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Employment Security Commission; reenact and extend date of repeal.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Appropriation; Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Harrison County; authorize to create the "Harrison County Motor Vehicle for Hire Commission."
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; reappropriation, DFA - Bureau of Building; FY11.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Sponsor: Frank Hamilton
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Natchez/Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Inc. and abolish the Natchez-Adams County Development Authority.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Designate Thursday, May 6, 2010, as the "Mississippi Day of Prayer."
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; commend commitment to health care and partnering with the Heinz Family Philanthropic Foundation.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
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
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
Reverend Donald E. Wildmon; commend prolific service provided to the American Family Association and upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Suspend deadlines for introduction; expunction, certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
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: Joe Gardner
Steve Cummings; commend on 30 years of service to Yalobusha County.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Dr. John E. Walls, Jr.; commend service as Deputy Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
Create Joint Study Committee on Minority Business Participation in Public Contracts.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Charles W. (Charlie) Capps, Jr.; commend life, service, accomplishments and legacy upon his passing.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Dr. Claudia Limbert; commend laudable service as President of MUW upon the occasion of her retirement.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Recognize Ann Coleman Thames, MS Business Journal leading business woman, upon retirement from MS Department of Mental Health.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Dr. James Price; commend dedicated service upon occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren Schools.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Adams County; revise jurisdiction of St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
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
Suspend rules for further consideration of SB 2785; state agency information technology services; authorize MDITS to consolidate.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Legislature; suspend deadlines for further consideration of appropriation bills.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Suspend rules for further consideration of Senate Bill No. 2404; Department of Employment Security and related laws; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Lauderdale County; authorize to negotiate fee-in-lieu payment to school district under major economic project in the county.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various agencies.
Sponsor: Billy Hudson
Oktibbeha County; increase authorized debt limit for certain bonds.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Claiborne County; authorize to expend funds for the development of an industrial park.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Harrison County; authorize the lease of a trailer to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for nominal consideration.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Three Rivers PPD; authorize certain counties and municipalities for loans & grants made available by.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Issaquena County; authorize to participate in turbine project in Mississippi River.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Issaquena County; authorize transfer of lot to Town of Mayersville.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind services to Beulah Cemetery.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
City of Fulton; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
City of Rolling Fork; authorize expansion of water distribution system to areas more than 5 miles outside city limits.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Yalobusha County; may locate a detention facility and sheriff's office anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Lowndes County; may enter into loan agreements with the USDA for terms of not more than 30 years.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Crime and corrections; create House study committee to study and make recommendations.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB 1346; reenact provisions and include federal conforming language.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Climate; acknowledge and express the need for fair and effective approach to.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Legislature; extend session, set return date, suspend deadlines for certain bills, and change deadlines for general bill conf. rpts.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Suspend deadlines for introduction; state agencies; delete repealer on Dept. of Employment Security and related laws of other agencies.
Sponsor: David Campbell
House Rules; amend to allow member to request that conference report be read in full before vote on adoption.
Sponsor: John Moore
Suspend deadlines for introduction; include Legislature and exempt courts from statute allowing budget cuts.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Worker's Bill of Rights; endorse adoption of.
Sponsor: James Evans
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB1744; authorize City of McComb to impose a tourism tax.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Suspend deadlines for introduction; castle doctrine; revise.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
House Rules; amend to require approval of majority of House before employment of certain officers and employees.
Sponsor: William Denny
Mississippi businesses; urge to implement ergonomic practices to protect the health of the state's workforce.
Sponsor: James Evans
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of SB 2938; emergency 911 law; include certain fees.
Sponsor: Tyrone Ellis
Suspend deadlines for introduction; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: David Campbell
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB 452; municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area within 30 days.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
House Rules; member may serve as Speaker for only two terms.
Sponsor: William Denny
House Rules; amend to limit additional compensation or allowance that may be paid to Speaker Pro Tempore.
Sponsor: William Denny
Suspend deadlines for introduction; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Suspend deadlines for introduction; mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
United States Constitution; request Congress to call convention to adopt flat-rate income tax.
Sponsor: John Moore
Suspend deadlines for introductions; Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections relating to, for purposes of amendment.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
U.S. Congress; urge not to support legislation removing or restricting the use of private-ballot elections in union formations.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Joint Rules; amend to require 72-hour waiting period before voting on appropriation or revenue bill.
Sponsor: Jerry Turner
City of Southaven; authorize to contract with AWG, Inc., for certain road improvements.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Town of Glendora; authorize to designate as a qualified resort area.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HCR 17; amend Constitution to prohibit laws compelling participation in health care plan.
Sponsor: Toby Barker
Greenhouse gases; support congressional action on.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
A resolution affirming the sovereignty of the people of the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: David Campbell
Joint Rules; amend to extend deadlines related to reconsideration of general bills for 2010 Regular Session.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
U.S. Congress; urge to be mindful of state sovereignty enumerated in the 10th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Hinds County; authorize to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
State tax system; create study committee to study and make recommendations.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Slavery; issue apology for state's role in upholding and perpetuating the institution of in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Claiborne County; authorize economic development district to expend certain funds for certain economic and industrial development.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
State appointments, certain; urge to reflect more of the demographics and diversity of the state.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
George County; authorize to issue bonds and levy tax for county sports and recreation complex.
Sponsor: Deryk Parker
Harrison County; create Civil Service Commission for the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Suffrage; restore to Pamela Davis of Forrest County.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
State of Mississippi; urge to take critical and fundamental actions to improve the state's economic and social rankings.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections regarding.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Hattiesburg Public School District; authorize release of certain funds to Hattiesburg Public Schools Foundation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Lauderdale County; authorize board of supervisors to negotiate apportionment of certain fee in lieu of tax revenues.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
City of Ridgeland; authorize to impose local sales tax.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of certain real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Adams County; prohibit certain actions 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
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Suffrage; restore to Richard Fulton Carson of Itawamba County.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
"Old School for the Blind" Property; authorize Department of Finance and Administration to sell and convey or lease.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Suffrage; restore to Leon Bishop of Oktibbeha, County.
Sponsor: Tyrone Ellis
Warren County; authorize to contribute funds to certain organizations.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
City of Natchez and Adams County; authorize to contribute certain funds to Natchez, Inc.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
City of Fayette; authorize to impose a certain local sales tax.
Sponsor: America Middleton
Suffrage; restore to Willie E. White of Amite County.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Suffrage; restore to Jimmy Williams of Union County.
Sponsor: Margaret Rogers
Suffrage; restore to Mary H. Gregory of Winston County.
Sponsor: Russ Nowell
Suffrage; restore to Richard Deon Williams of Greene County.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of certain real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Institute for Community Services, Inc., for a bus for Head Start program.
Sponsor: Eugene Hamilton
Lowndes County; may enter into certain loan agreements with the USDA for terms of not more than 30 years.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Prescription drugs; increase maximum permitting fee for businesses engaged in sale and distribution of.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Oakley Training School; change name to the "Oakley Youth Development Center."
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Uniform laws; create uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize to receive certain funds and information for construction of a lake in George County.
Sponsor: Deryk Parker
Highway Patrol officers; specify rate of compensation for certain.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Crisis intervention teams; provide for implementation of to provide mental health services.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Mental Health; amend certain provisions of the FY2010 appropriation to the department.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
PERS retirees; may not work for PERS employer until 90 day after retirement.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Mississippi Health Information Network Act; create.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Yalobusha County; authorize to construct county jail anywhere in the county.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
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: Thomas Reynolds
Jackson County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Highway patrol; allow beneficiary of officers killed in line of duty to receive weapon and revise minimum requirements.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Jackson County; authorize pilot program for sheriff to use radar.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Commend Sidney G. Morgan, Chairman of Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Gary Matthews, Executive Director of the Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend life and public service of Lt. Colonel James "Jim" Maher, longest-serving Director of MEMA.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend life of Iraq casualty U.S. Army PFC Anthony Blount.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Recognize that May 2010 is "Better Hearing and Speech Month in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Commend public service of Michael Thomas, Deputy Superintendent for Operations with the Jackson Public School District.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Designate April 22, 2010, as "Mississippi Earth Day: The Green Generation."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend the life of Dorothy Irene Height, founding matriarch of the National Civil Rights Movement.
Sponsor: David Blount
Commend the life of Natchez business and civic leader Sim Chase Callon.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize WTVA-TV (Tupelo-Columbus) Managing Editor Terry Smith and Meteorologist Dick Rice for Silver Circle Emmy Award.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
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
Commend life and public service of former State Senator Orene Farese of Ashland, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognize Mr. Carroll Johnson on his 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Recognize Dr. Daniel W. Jones on his Investiture as the 16th Chancellor of The University of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Mississippi Department of Archives and History; may use certain funds to restore monuments at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Interest on real estate broker escrow accounts; authorize to be payable to certain real estate entities.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Smoking; prohibit at public venues for youth sports events.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Bennie L. Jones, Sr; commend life and legacy on his passing.
Sponsor: Linda Coleman
Council on Education Technology; revise responsibilities; authorize.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Youth Court Hearing Act; revise.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
1984 Rust College Lady Bearcats Basketball Team; commend upon being inducted into the inaugural Rust College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Domestic violence; revise elements of the offense.
Sponsor: David Blount
Certain school boards convey school buildings not used for school purposes to nonprofit entity; authorize.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Senate Rules; limit number of resolution presentations on the floor of the Senate.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Recognize Morton Police Department for seizure of illegal drug money on Interstate 20.
Sponsor: Haskins Montgomery
Designate "National Wear Red Day" in Mississippi to bring awareness to cardiovascular disease in women.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Designate "National Wear Red Day" in Mississippi to support women's heart disease awareness.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Request the Boy Scouts of America to make an Annual Report to the Legislature.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Suspend rules for further consideration of SB 2938; Emergency 911 law; include fees for VoIP and extend repealer.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Suspend deadlines for introduction; mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Urge Congress to declare national holiday in honor of the birthday of Mr. Cesar Chavez.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Designate March 22, 2010, as "Water Day in Mississippi" to focus on the importance and management of freshwater.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Urge federal government to name FBI Building for James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau; remove repeal date on.
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Jackson County; authorize the use for forfeiture funds to pay a clothing allowance to certain undercover agents.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Urge Congress to adopt legislation addressing clean energy developemnt and climate change.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Designate January 13, 2010, as "Wear Blue for a Healthy Gulf and Coast Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Early oral health care; urge State Board of Education/Health to recognize importance to a child's ability to learn.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Resolution to protect and defend state authority under Tenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution over certain powers.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
United States Constitution; urge Congress to call convention to amend relative to a flat-rate income tax system.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Tallahatchie County; authorize to name a Family Master for chancery court.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Designate May 17, 2010, as "Bike-to-Work Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
Martin Luther King birthday; Legislature not convene.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority; limit its duties to solid waste and storm water.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Tunica County; authorize contribution to the Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Joint Rules of the Senate and House; revise conference report adoption deadline for appropriation/revenue bills.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Taxation; joint committee to study state tax system.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Designate the geographic center of the State of Mississippi to be located in Leake County.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Harrison County; authorize to create the "Harrison County Motor Vehicle for Hire Commission."
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Town of Glendora; designate a qualified resort area for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Harrison County; authorize contracts with not-for-profit organizations for promotion of tourism and conventions.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
George County; authorize to issue bonds and levy tax for county sports and recreation complex.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Hinds County; may establish the Hinds Co. Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds Co. Economic Development District.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
City of Petal; authorize to provide a reduced rate for water and sewer service to senior citizens and certain veterans.
Sponsor: Tom King
Billy Mac Gore; commend upon the occasion of his retirement and honor meritorious service as Sheriff of Calhoun County.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Stephen and Evelyn Drury Day; proclaim October 14, 2010, as in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Tunica County Economic Development Foundation after 2012.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Janette Breedlove; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Mrs. Mary Ann Williams Nave; commend life and legacy and express sympathy upon passing.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
USM; commend the recipients of the Founders' Day awards.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Hancock County; authorize to levy a certain lien related to car tags for unpaid water and sewer bills.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
City of Southaven; authorize to impose certain tax on restaurants to provide funding for promotion of tourism and conventions.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
City of Biloxi; authorize to clean certain property and assess costs and penalties to landowner for such cleaning.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Suffrage; restore to Ira J. Banks of Amite County.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
City of Jackson; delete repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and expand authority of bureau to contract.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Tallahatchie County; authorize to name a family master for chancery court.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Robert Davis, Sr.; commend and congratulate on 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
State of poverty in Mississippi; acknowledge need for improved economic viability and increased awareness.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Reciprocity; urge Louisiana to provide for Mississippi gun permits.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Drew Lenard; commend commitment to education and providing workforce development training.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Honorable Paul E. Winfield; commend upon being elected the 44th Mayor of the City of Vicksburg.
Sponsor: Alex Monsour
Willie Flynt Lee; commend the life of.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and MDEQ; commend efforts of successfully transforming a contaminated area of city.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Liturgical Dance Day; recognize the observance of on September 7, 2010, in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins; commend upon the occasion of their 50th anniversary in the ministry.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Bassfield High School Yellowjackets Football Team; commend on winning Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Jim Weatherly; commend career accomplishments upon Pontotoc's celebration of "Jim Weatherly Day" on August 7, 2010.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Suspend deadlines for introduction; Medicaid; transfer sum from Health Care Trust Fund to division to reduce FY10 deficit.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life, legacy and stellar community service upon his passing.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Spouses of deceased military servicemen and women; advocate for fair care and treatment by U.S. government.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Subramanian Swaminathan; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Bluegrass Instrumental Championship; express a need to sanction.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Unemployment eligibility; revise definition of base period.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Isaiah Canaan; commend athletic success and congratulate upon a remarkable season with Murray State University Racers Basketball Team.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Gibbs-Green memorial observance; 40th year anniversary; commemorate.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Talbot John Brooks; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Steven Palazzo
Nurse Anesthetists Week; designate week of January 24-30, 2010, as in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Damion Fletcher; commend athletic success and congratulate on career accomplishments.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Guice
Nissan North America, Inc.; commend upon being awarded two top 2009 IQS awards by J.D. Power and Associates.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
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
William K. and Barbara Dease; commend and congratulate on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Gulfport High School; commend for winning 2010 "We the People" civic education competition and advancing to national event.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
George County; commend on occasion of 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Gary Matthews; commend on achievements as Executive Director of Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Commend service of Dr. John E. Walls, Jr., Deputy Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District, upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Commend Dr. James Price upon the occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Senate Rules; authorize bills and resolutions to be prepared on letter-size paper.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Amend Senate Rules to limit private discourse on the Senate floor while the Senate is in session.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Direct AG to challenge constitutionality of federal legislation requiring individuals to purchase health insurance.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Urge Congress to adopt legislation allowing states to intercept federal tax refunds for court-ordered obligations.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Senate Rules; amend to require an unedited copy of the Senate Journal from the previous day available to any Senator.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Direct DFA to place a moratorium on the acquisition of real property within the City of Jackson.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Acknowledge the state of poverty in Mississippi and need for improved economic viability.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
Direct DFA to prohibit relocation of certain state agencies.
Sponsor: David Blount
2010 Greenwood Public School District retirees; congratulate for numerous years of dedicated service.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey the "Old School for the Blind" property.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Celebrate National Train Day on May 8, 2010, to promote the history and future of rail travel in Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize Dr. Randy Easterling, President of the Mississippi State Medical Association.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Recognize career of Bolivar County R&B-soul-gospel singer Otis Clay.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend the Oak Grove "Mojo" U12 Select Baseball Team as Mississippi State Champions.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Mourning the loss of legendary Delta State University football Coach Horace Lowry McCool of Cleveland, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Kossuth High School "Aggies" Boys Cross Country Team for MHSAA Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
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
Reverend Dr. Jerry Young; commend and congratulate on 30th anniversary as Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Sacred Heart Mock Trial Team; commend on State Championship.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Belmont High School Girls Basketball Team; commend on winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
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
City of McComb; authorize to impose a tourism tax to promote economic development.
Sponsor: David Myers
Pam Lee; commend exemplary and dedicated service to the Carroll County Extension Service upon retirement.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life and legacy.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Attaché Show Choir; commend upon its winning 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Sponsor: Kimberly Campbell
Callaway High School Chargers Boys Basketball Team; commend on winning back-to-back Class 5A/4A State Championships.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Tiffany Martin McLain; commend life and service upon her passing.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
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
Boll Weevil Management Act; revise certain provisions relating to the administration of.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Minimum Standards Board; revise membership.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Joint Legislative Study Committee on mental health system; continue authority of.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Columbia Training School property; authorize sale or lease of certain acreage.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
District attorneys; may employ additional legal assistants and criminal investigators if funds are received from any available source.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Custody and visitation; clarify for parents on certain military duty.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
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
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of various organizations.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Salary supplements for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators; authorize from nonstate funds.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Retirement; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of PERS.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Auto club memberships; extend repealer on authority of small loan licensees to sell to borrowers.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Traffic offenses; clarify payment of fine when defendant fails to appear.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Wild hogs; prohibit transportation of live wild hogs within the state.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Hunting; require safety program for use of trails in wildlife management areas during gun season.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State agencies to submit energy management plans and meet energy consumption reduction standards; require.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Bonds; Bond Commission may negotiate sale of cert. bonds; auth. edu. bldg. corps. for comm. colleges; auth. bonds for wireless sys.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to assess active employees a portion of premium under health plan.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Public property; authorize transfer of various state-owned properties.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Uniform Commercial Code; revise to conform to model act (ULC).
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Employment Security; revise unemployment for rates to make payment of the tax more equitable.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
State Department of Health and reconstituted State Board of Health; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Municipalities and counties; authorize to trap fur-bearing and nuisance animals within 100 feet of any street.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Income tax; allow credit for owner of lands dedicated to certain public or wildlife use.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ and State Department of Health to borrow for loan programs.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Taxation; provide ad valorem, fuel and sales tax exemptions regarding private buses contracted to transport school students.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
UMMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Intensive supervision program; increase monthly program fee that offenders must pay to participate in.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Hancock County Utility Authority; revise composition of board of directors.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Motor vehicle title fees; increase and deposit into Crisis Intervention Mental Health Fund.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Schools at risk; revise certain provisions relating to.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
School District Maintenance Fund; require district to file budget cuts plan if falls below 7% ending balance of.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Dental services; prohibit certain provision in contract between health care entity and dentist.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Statewide monetary assessments; revise.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Task Force to study strategies for solving the current teacher shortage in Mississippi; establish.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Nurse-Family Partnership program; State Department of Health shall establish in MS.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Reimbursement to counties for Department of Corrections prisoners; clarify that counties are not responsible for certain medical costs.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Individuals delinquent in child support payments; authorize release of income/sales tax information.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Breach of Security; require notice.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Justice court; required to set separate court term.
Sponsor: William McCoy
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
State Board of Mental Health; extend repealer on mental health services and protocol for providers of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Open records; revise time period available to a public body for response and allowable costs.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Suspend rules for drafting, etc; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included in authorized trust activity.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
Oktibbeha County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc., for purchase of school bus.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau; extend repealer.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Rails and Trails Museum.
Sponsor: William McCoy
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 Bay St. Louis; authorize two-year waiver for required state audit due to effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
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
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Jurors; exclude permanently excused from list of potential jurors and allow reinstatement.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Mr. Douglas T. "Bliss" Baker; commend life, legacy and service on his passing.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Jackson County; authorize use of forfeiture funds to pay clothing allowance for undercover agents of Narcotics Task Force.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Humphreys County; authorize to contribute funds to Humphreys County Dixie Youth Little League.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Farmers' markets; clarify sales tax provisions regarding products sold at markets certified by Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Tallahatchie County; authorize contribution to Emmett Till Memorial Commission.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Stalking; revise elements of offense.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of; authorize to perform criminal background checks of employers and contractors.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Municipalities; revise procedures that authorize such to clean certain private property.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
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
DHS; develop pilot program to track recipients of SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps).
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Transportation; create public transit task force.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Public property; authorize sale of certain properties by MUW and USM.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Smith
Bail bonds and agents; revise certain licensing provisions.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Lee County; authorize contribution to the Sanctuary Hospice House.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
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
Mississippi Transportation Commission; require to donate certain real property to the City of Sallis.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
MS S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use for certain expenses.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Family protection specialists and workers; extend repealers on duty of DHS to establish employment standards for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Carrying a concealed weapon; revise qualification for retired law enforcement officers and delete prohibition in parks.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
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
Sales tax; divert a portion derived from sales by cotton warehouses or compresses to the Boll Weevil Management Fund.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Barber Practice Act; make technical revisions to.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Kelsey Ann Jackson; commend on anti-bullying campaign.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
W.J. "Boy" Howard; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Mississippi Home Education Week; recognize week of May 10-14, 2010, as.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
Mrs. Almeta C. Dampeer; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Wren McKinnon Frith; commend life and accomplishments of.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Insurance companies; revise statutory classifications by deleting the home warranty class.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Sale of Checks Act; rename "MS Money Transmitters Act" and make various amendments.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Designate "Hydrocephalus Awareness Week in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Authorize the establishment of a Mississippi Legislative Prayer Caucus.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Recognize "Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Day in Mississippi".
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
Urge Congress and Executive Branch to adopt a Clean and Sustainable Energy Standard (CSES) for Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Memorial Highways; designate certain highways in the City of Pascagoula.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Department of Human Services; revise restrictions regarding employees participating in political campaigns.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Credit card processing hardware or software; shall meet federal law requirements when provided to retail merchants.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Sponsor: Albert Butler
Memorial Highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 23 in Itawamba County as the "Tammy Wynette Memorial Highway."
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Elections; revise runoff date for certain levee commissioner; clarify authority of chancellor in 7th Chancery District.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
County court; authorize for Pearl River County.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Memorial highways; designate "Ken Lundberg Memorial Highway" in Grenada County and "Veterans Memorial Bridge" in D'Iberville.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Not guilty by reason of insanity; create presumption of continuing mental illness.
Sponsor: Perry Lee
Department of Finance & Administration; may transfer real property located on North West Street to MS Transportation Commission.
Sponsor: Tom King
Driver's license; make optional to have four-year or eight-year license.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
New start school; require transformation of chronically failing school into.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Hunting and fishing; create an additional category for a lifetime sportsman license.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Corrections; revise initial period for agricultural leases.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Acquittal by reason of insanity; revise release from treatment.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
State agency information technology services; authorize Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services to consolidate.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
MS Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund; revise use of certain funds.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
Lawrence County Hospital; congratulate on the celebration of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Mrs. Vashti Underwood Muse; commend on meritorious and dedicated service to education in the Magnolia State.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Brain Injury Awareness Day; designate March 25, 2010, as day of observance in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Suspend deadlines for introduction; Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections relating to for purposes of amendment.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Dr. Robert Smith, Sr.; commend committed dedication to the health care profession and acknowledge as a "Living Legend."
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Captain Laverne Sing; commend and acknowledge service and recognize as the first African-American female fire fighter in MS.
Sponsor: John Hines
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Simpson County Cattlemen's Association; commend & congratulate on winning Dixie National First South Farm Credit Steak Grilling Contest.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Rials Creek United Methodist Church; congratulate upon 150 years of service and ministry.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Joseph Compretta
School boards; require members of certain to be elected at time of general elections.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Annual compensation for sworn officers of the Mississippi Highway Patrol based on hourly rate; provide for.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Social security numbers; provide for redaction in recorded documents.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Trapping; all cities and counties to trap within 100 feet of a street to protect public safety.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Expressing our appreciation to Paul Lacoste.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Mental commitment; revise 72-hour hold procedures and authorize Crisis Intervention Teams.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Housing Development Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use bond proceeds for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Boll Weevil Management Act; revise certain provisions relating to the administration of.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
St. Stanislaus Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning state championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Carl Keen Vocational Center; commend on winning management competition at 2010 MS ProStart Invitational.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Commend Mississippi Homemaker Volunteers, Inc.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Health Insurer "Code of Conduct"; encourage House of Representatives of Mississippi to work with health care community to develop.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Coach Gina Skelton; commend on 700th career win.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Starkville High School Basketball Team; commend on winning the MHSAA Class 6A State Championship.
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Ms. Fanya Telepathia "Teb" Smith; commend life and legacy on her passing.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Wayne County High School Lady Eagles; commend on winning 2009-2010 5A MHSAA Championship.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Recognize and salute Chef Luis Bruno for Mississippi Public Broadcasting Production "Cooking for Life with Chef Luis Bruno."
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Legislature; extend session, set return date, suspend deadlines for certain bills, change deadlines for general bill conf. rpts.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Special Olympics Mississippi Team; commend outstanding achievements of.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
Recognize the Clinton High School Attaché Show Choir for 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Motor vehicles; prohibit use of nitrous oxide in certain.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
MS School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Our Lady Academy Girls Soccer Team; commend on winning 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 Crescent Volleyball Team; commend on winning the 2009 Class I 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 Girls Cross Country; commend on winning the 2009 MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team; commend and congratulate upon its winning the MHSAA Grand Slam Championship.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Shay Jackson; commend and congratulate on coaching the Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team to a Grand Slam Championship.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Declaration of local emergency; authorize mayor to make proclamation.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Health discount plans; extend repealer on requirements for.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; require Office of State Auditor to implement.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Municipalities; authorize to contract with public housing authorities for extra police protection.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Bail agents; revise licensure laws.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Mississippi Education Achievement Council; establish to set higher education benchmarks.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Sale or distribution of novelty lighters; prohibit and provide criminal penalties for.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Old School for the Blind property; revise authority to lease and redevelop.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Deer enclosures; create a task force to study deer breeding industry in the state.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Earlora Holden to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Belmont High School "Lady Cardinals" Girls Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize 150th Anniversary celebration of First Baptist Church Morton, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Carole Lynn Meadows for 2010 "Billy Creel" Tourism Award.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Newton High School "Lady Tigers" Girls Basketball Team for winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Callaway High School "Chargers" Boys Basketball Team for winning consecutive Class 5A State Championships.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize and salute New Orleans Saints career rushing leader and former Ole Miss star Deuce McAllister.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend Mississippi State University Men's Basketball Team and Coach Rick Stansbury for winning SEC Western Division Title.
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
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Kathryn Moody to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins upon occasion of 50th Anniversary of the Perkins Foundation.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Raymond High School "Lady Rangers" Basketball Team for winning the Grand Slam and Class 4A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Pharmacists; revise continuing education reporting requirements for licensure renewal.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Health discount plans; extend repealer on requirements for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Sweet potato industry; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for disaster assistance loan guaranty program.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Income tax; exclude amounts converted from traditional IRA to Roth IRA from gross income.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Municipal executive committee; revise provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Excavations near underground utility lines; certain persons who remove markings shall be subject to civil penalty.
Sponsor: Tyrone Ellis
Truss construction emblem; revise provisions related to.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Gaming Commission; clarify authority to impose and collect certain fees, revise certain other provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Education Achievement Council; establish to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Healthier School Initiative; require the State Department of Education to implement to incentivize schools.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Noncitizen's driver's license; revise requirements for.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Office of Compulsory School Attendance; extend date by which its annual report is submitted.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Mississippi Recovery School District; appointment of Deputy Superintendent for shall be subject to approval by State Bd. of Edu.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
East Rankin Academy "Lady Patriots" Basketball Team; commend on winning its first MAIS overall state championship.
Sponsor: John Moore
Commend Joe Morrow upon being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Male Athlete of the Year.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Kayla Stricker on being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Female Athlete of the year.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
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
Arthur Lee Thomas; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Coach Billy Lamb; commend on achievements in the State of Mississippi sports.
Sponsor: Rita Martinson
Philip Michael Goodwin; commend upon the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
ICCCY and State System of Care; delete repealers, expand council and define authority of council.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Commend Horn Lake High School "Lady Eagles" Basketball Team for winning first girls Class 6A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Joe Morrow; commend upon being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Male Athlete of the Year.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
Commend Dr. William Malone, "Mississippi Optometrist of the Year" and "Optometrist of the South."
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Phi Theta Kappa on occasion of "Mississippi Phi Theta Kappa Day."
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Dr. William A. (Billy) Morehead, President of the Association of Government Accountants.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
210th Financial Management Company and 220th Financial Management Detachment; commend exemplary service to this state and nation.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
West Point High School Football Team; commend on winning 2009 Class 5A State Championship."
Sponsor: Charles Beckett
Commend Forest High School "Bearcats" Boys Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; create.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Kayla Stricker; commend on being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Female Athlete of the Year.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
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
John C. Poelma II; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC Jackson County Campus.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
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
Christopher J. DeDual; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Jefferson Davis Campus).
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
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
Recognize 40 years of leadership by Reverend Dr. John E. Cameron, Sr., Pastor of Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
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
Mrs. Alice Thornton; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 91st birthday.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
University of Southern Mississippi; commend upon the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Steven Wiley Jennings; commend upon earning the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Ms. Fannie B. McConnell Clayton; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Sponsor: Wilbert Jones
Staff Sgt. William S. "Seth" Ricketts; commend life, legacy and military service upon his passing.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Mrs. Loraine McDaniel; commend commitment to being actively engaged in her child's educational success through volunteerism.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Honorable Paul E. Winfield; commend upon being elected the 44th Mayor of the City of Vicksburg.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Mississippi Code; certain elected officials shall receive CD-ROM version of the code unless they request bound volumes.
Sponsor: Billy Hewes
MS Major Economic Impact Act; revise the definition of the term "project" and authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Tax information; authorize MDA to examine if necessary for proper administration of programs under its jurisdiction.
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
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
Income tax credit for port facility usage and annual impact report; extend repeal date.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Dept. of Revenue; authorize certain info to be provided to Bd. of Tax Appeals & provide for appeals of IRP registration denials.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Judicial office; candidates may not qualify before January 1 of the year in which the election is held.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Fishing; authorize Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to issue group pier fishing license.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Highways; create the "John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act."
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Oakley; revise age committing a delinquent child.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Income tax and sales tax; 3-year assessment period begins to run after corporation's or LLC's liability becomes final.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Saltwater fishing license; require lifetime license for persons 65 and older for a one-time fee.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Motor Vehicle Commission; authorize enforcement of provisions regarding return of inventory upon termination of franchise.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Motor vehicle license tags; deposit portion of registration and tag fees into a special fund for purchase of.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Oysters; prohibit discharge of human waste and require marine sanitation devices for oyster harvesting vessels.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise the data upon which supervisors districts are determined eligible for the program.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Municipal election commissioners; if names of persons elected are not transmitted, Secretary of State may petition court to compel.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi Athletic Commission; clarify authority to fine certain participants and official in events.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
State Chemist and State Chemical Laboratory; revise qualifications and responsibility.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Election commissioners; authorize counties to pay per diem for an additional five days.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; authorize payment of certain large tax liabilities in monthly installments over 60 months.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Petroleum Products Inspection Law of MS; revise penalties and extend repealer on definitions.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Hit-and-run; revise penalties under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Testing instruments and procedures for students with disabilities; clarify accommodation.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
High School alternative career track programs; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Model Business Corporation Act; correct certain fees.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Boating under the influence; conform to driving under the influence.
Sponsor: David Baria
Contractors; revise certificate of responsibility threshold for private contracts.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Health insurance; provide for reciprocal limitations on claim filing and claim audits.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Trade names; create the Fictitious Business Name Registration Act.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Noah Robertson; commend upon receiving the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Rev. Dr. Jerry Young; commend and salute charitable service and national leadership.
Sponsor: Linda Coleman
Corinth Junior High School Warriors Boys Basketball Team; commend on second consecutive undefeated season.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Mental health commitment laws; revise various provisions of.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
State-held lands; require lands held by state agencies to be titled in the name of the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Wetlands; revise beneficial use of dredging materials program.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Public lands; revise provisions regarding certain conveyances and claims.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Parole supervision fees; increase.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Private correctional facilities; require to reimburse Department of Corrections for contract compliance officer's salary.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Health care; Board of Health adopt guidelines incorporating principles of patient-centered medical home.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Corrections; prohibit sex between employees of correctional facilities or law enforcement agencies and offenders.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Municipal judges; revise population threshold of cities that must appoint.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Marine Resources; authorize commission to to revoke license indefinitely for multiple offenses within a certain time period.
Sponsor: Frances Fredericks
Preneed casket contracts; must meet all requirements applicable to preneed contracts for funeral services.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Contact lenses; optometrists and ophthalmologists may prescribe and fit FDA-approved medicated lenses.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Water well drillers; revise certain provisions regarding licensing of.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Physician assistants; extend repealer on authority to grant temporary licenses to.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Small business; authorize a loan program to encourage extension of conventional financing.
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
Economic development; authorize certain tax exemption and loans or grants for certain business enterprises.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for upgrades to State Tax Commission information technology systems.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Income tax; authorize a deduction for certain college savings plans maintained by other states.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Mississippi Existing Forestry Industry Enterprise Revolving Loan Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds for.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Income tax; authorize a credit for first-time homebuyers of principal residence.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; provide a credit for costs under a homeowners deductible due to loss incurred from a named storm.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Leslie Frazier; commend and congratulate on success as an NFL Defensive Coordinator.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Ad valorem tax; revise manner of determining true value of affordable rental housing and exempt portion of true value.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Commend East Rankin Academy "Lady Patriots" Basketball Team for first Overall State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Homestead exemption; increase in certain counties for persons 65 or older or totally disabled.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Employment Security; revise unemployment for rates to make payment of the tax more equitable.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Shirley A. Gibbs Walker; commend career accomplishments as Women's Basketball Coach at Alcorn State University.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
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
Commend MSU All-SEC senior forward Jarvis Varnado for breaking NCAA career records.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
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
Commend West Bolivar High School "Eagles" Basketball Team for Class 2A State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend MRA "Patriots" Boys Basketball Team and Coach Richard Duease for unprecedented 4th consecutive MAIS State Championship.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Laurie Taft McIlrath, Instructor of the Year at the Perkinston Campus of MS Gulf Coast Community College.
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
Commend international rhythm and blues gospel artist Miss Dorothy Moore.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize The University of Southern Mississippi on its Centennial Commemoration.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend Christopher J. DeDual, Instructor of the Year at the Jefferson Davis Campus of the MS Gulf Coast Community College.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend Ole Miss Basketball Team and Coach Andy Kennedy for winning SEC Western Division Title.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend and recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. on hosting 78th South Eastern Regional Conference.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Mourn the loss and commend the literary legacy of Mississippi author Barry Hannah.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Commend life of Afghanistan casualty United States Army Staff Sergeant William Seth Ricketts of Glen, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Recognize legacy of Richard Atley Donald, only Major League baseball player from Morton, MS.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize Betty Archibald Fernandes of Moon Lake, Mississippi, recipient of Congressional Gold Medal.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Celebrate and commend career of The Jackson Southernaires.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend Dr. Freda Bush for appointment as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federation of State Medical Licensure Boards.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize Meridian businessman, Mayor and WWII Veteran I. Alfred Rosenbaum.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend John C. Poelma II, Instructor of the Year at the Jackson County Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Obesity Awareness Day; acknowledge first annual observance of in Mississippi on March 10, 2010.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Mississippi Valley State University Mock Trail Team; commend on season of success for advancing to the AMTA National Championships.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Vicksburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; commend on the occasion of 2010 Founder's Day Luncheon.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Corinth High School Warriors Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning 2010 Class 1A/2A/3A State Championship.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Peter Michael Pellegrini, Sr.; commend the military and civilian service of.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Construction contractors; require disclosure regarding general liability insurance.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Hunting; provide for assessment of administrative fee for hunting without license.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Income tax; revise the penalty for grossly negligent preparation of a return.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
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
Block grants for improvements to water systems; waive determination of viability for certain water system.
Sponsor: Willie Bailey
Blues Commission; authorize to raise funds to assist blues musicians in need.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
MS Persian Gulf War Memorial; transfer state-owned property to Veterans Affairs Board and create.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
State parks; authorize Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to discount certain fees for promotional purposes.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Hunting & fishing licenses; allow Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to recoup administrative fees for.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Mississippi Highway 63; designate a certain segment in Greene County as "Representative Fred Dobbins Memorial Highway".
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Child care facilities; require to provide parents with information about the risks of flu and availability of vaccines.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
911 address; require owners and renters to obtain.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Free fishing day; move from July 4.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Office of Healthy Schools; require to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practices.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
MS Virtual Public School Program; revise operation of and time period for which evaluation of must be performed.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Insurance companies; revise certain provisions of law regarding risk-based capital requirements for.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Oyster vessel license; authorize transfer of vessel license.
Sponsor: Frances Fredericks
Crimes; revise defacing, removing or destroying signs.
Sponsor: Willie Bailey
Pawnbrokers; require prelicensing and continuing education.
Sponsor: Willie Bailey
Fee for future conveyance of property; prohibit payment of certain.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Sponsor: Angela Cockerham
Marriage and family therapists; allow to provide same services performed by social workers if within their scope of practice.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Local emergency; authorize a mayor of a municipality to proclaim, if necessary.
Sponsor: W.T. Mayhall
Architects; clarify qualifications for nonresident.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Tourism; create Mississippi heritage, history and culture trail.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
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
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
Larceny of timber; revise time limitation on prosecution.
Sponsor: Jerry Turner
Exceptional children; repeal law requiring a due process hearing relating to certain services provided for.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
GED programs; revise entrance requirements for certain students and require end-of-course subject area testing.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Mississippi Highways 310 and 161; designate certain segments as memorial highways.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; delete repealer on statute creating board of directors for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Statutes of limitations; revise limitation on actions founded on domestic judgments or decrees.
Sponsor: William Denny
Deer hunting; delete the repealer on commission's authority to allow baiting and to establish deer management zones.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sale or distribution of novelty lighters; prohibit and provide criminal penalties for.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Emergency telecommunications; extend repealer on training requirements/funding.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Drinking water quality reports; revise public notification requirements.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Paddlefish; delete repealer on penalties for unlawful possession of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Mississippi Auctioneers License Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Strip clubs; authorize boards of supervisors to regulate.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers; extend repealer on authority to create.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Public office; allow board of supervisors to close in the event of death of elected or appointed official.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Municipalities, certain; extend time to borrow funds from date of incorporation in anticipation of collection of ad valorem taxes.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Marlin Miller; commend artistic expression and use of remnants of trees damaged by Hurricane Katrina to inspire hope.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Advanced practice registered nurses; extend repealer on licensing provisions of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Trusties who are authorized to accumulate additional earned time; revise.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Employment security; exclude certain services performed by individuals in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Revision of state agency budgets; authorize restoration of funds and certain transfers during FY2010.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Open Meetings and Public Records Acts; revise imposition of penalties for violation of.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Uniform Law Commission; allow Secretary of State to appoint associate member to commission.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; allow to form a nonprofit foundation.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Gulfport High School; commend on winning State Quiz Bowl.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
County court; establish in Pearl River County.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Scenic Streams Program; Add certain rivers.
Sponsor: Eugene Hamilton
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Legislative qualifying petitions; file all with State Board of Election Commissioners.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to impose premium differential based on risk factors.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Insurance, certain types; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Cleaning private property; revise procedure by municipalities.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Stalking; revise elements of offense.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Clyde Bryant; commend exemplary and dedicated service to the Hattiesburg Public School Board and as a civic and social activist.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Fair and Equitable Claims Processing Act; create.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Flood and Drainage Control Joint Legislative Study Committee; create.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Bicycles; provide rights and duties of when in traffic with vehicles.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
State employee parking arrangements; extend repealer on authority of DFA to contract for.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Bonds; authorize for matching funds for construction of a regional workforce training center at Southwest MS Community College.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Premium finance companies; insurer shall furnish certain information when insurance contract is cancelled.
Sponsor: Gary Jackson
Recycling; local governments may establish recycling centers at regional correctional facilities and authorize DEQ to assist.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Insurance rate filings; revise effective date when Commissioner of Insurance needs extension to consider filing.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Municipalities; change the date upon which elected municipal officers take office.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; make discretionary certain duties under the program.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Continuing education requirements for pharmacist license renewal; revise.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Certified nurse practitioner requirement for supervision by a licensed physician for insurance reimbursement; delete reverter.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Nursing home administrator licensure law; prescribe qualifications and amend complaint procedure.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; commend on occasion of "2010 Statewide Delta Day at the Capitol."
Sponsor: Adrienne Wooten
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; commend and congratulate on hosting 79th anniversary of the Southern Region Convention in Jackson, MS.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
The 3-D School; commend continuing efforts to reduce the rate of dyslexia in the State of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Larry Byrd
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise certain provisions of regulatory laws.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Ruby Jefferson Worsham; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Alternative career track programs and diplomas; require all high schools to provide.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
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
Auto club memberships; extend repealer on authority of small loan licensees to sell to borrowers.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Mississippi Debt Management Service Act; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Commend Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated on the occasion of its "2010 Statewide Delta Day at the Capitol."
Sponsor: Hillman Frazier
Recognize Dr. J.Y. Trice of Cleveland, Mississippi, for 2009 Community Transportation Association of America Leadership Award.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognize Pontotoc Electric Power Association on 75th Anniversary.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Provide for dedication of sculpture of former Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy in the Old Supreme Court Chamber.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Recognize career of Langston Rogers, Ole Miss Athletics Director for Media Relations.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend broadcaster Bill Ellison and "Grassroots" Radio Show upon receiving the 2010 Governor's Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Recognize Dr. Stuart Rockoff for 2010 Mississippi Humanities Council Award.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Jackson Academy "Raiders" for fourth consecutive MAIS Division I Boys Soccer Championship.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Commend St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws Boys Soccer Team for winning fifth State Championship.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Mourn the loss and commend the public service of Sam Hamilton, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Commend Noah Robertson for winning the 2010 Mississippi Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Commend service of Reverend Dr. Jerry Young, President of General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend Emily White as a Distinguished Finalist in the 2010 Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Public water systems; delete repealer on requirement to maintain optimum corrosion inhibitor levels.
Sponsor: T.O. Moffatt
Child Death Review Panel; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; authorize to establish a nonprofit foundation.
Sponsor: David Blount
Barbara McMillin; commend upon being named a Distinguished Finalist in the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program.
Sponsor: Russ Nowell
Sara Nelson; commend her dedicated service of volunteerism upon being honored as the 2009 Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year for MS.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
School buses; authorize districts to adopt policy allowing advertising on.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Motor vehicles; allow ER physicians to use blinking, oscillating or rotating red lights when responding to an emergency.
Sponsor: Kenneth Jones
Educator sexual misconduct; revise reporting requirements and criminal penalty for such with a student.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Healthcare Coordinating Council; require to make report on specific health goals for the state.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Health Disparities Council; create.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Bolivar County Regional Facility; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
State employee parking arrangements; extend repealer on authority of DFA to contract for.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
State Parole Board; require recommendation be made to Governor either in support or nonsupport of requested pardon.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Chancery clerks; authorize to exclude certain identifying and confidential information from public records.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Child Death Review Panel; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Dialysis transportation program; extend repealer on the Division of Medicaid's duty to implement.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Public water systems; extend repealer on requirement to maintain optimum corrosion inhibitor levels.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Whistleblower Law; provide for damages.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Poverty; create "Mississippi Higher Education Service Corps Act of 2010."
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Domestic abuse; clarify recording of proceedings in justice and municipal court.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Budget; exempt all or part of budgets of certain state agencies from reduction by Fiscal Officer.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Petroleum Products Inspection Law of MS; extend repealer on definitions and specifications under.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Burying of dead livestock or poultry; authorize boards of supervisors of counties to do so in emergency situations.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Bond for probation; name of company posting must be shown.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Law enforcement officers, firefighters and conservation officers; legal to videotape while on duty.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Livestock facilities; expand organizations that may use for livestock shows.
Sponsor: Rita Martinson
Application for marriage license; reduce time that it must be on file before license issued by circuit clerk.
Sponsor: Diane Peranich
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Motor vehicle; include all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles in certain definition of.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Military; recognize person designated by federal documentation to direct disposition of decedent's body.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Wills; revocation upon divorce or annulment.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Statutes relating to public education; delete repealers on certain.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Student assessments testing instruments and procedures; provide for accommodations for, rather than modification of, for certain students.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Price gouging; revise.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Jury selection; clarify permanent exclusion.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Wiretapping; revise to authorize Attorney General to use.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Joint legislative study committee on children and family issues; reestablish for further study and reporting purposes.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Children's Product Safety Act; create.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Midwifery; Board of Nursing shall regulate the practice of, and only certified nurse midwives may practice.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Insurance premium finance companies; insurer shall furnish certain information to when insurance contract is cancelled.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Gaming; clarify powers of Mississippi Gaming Commission to regulate bingo.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Willie E. "Rat" McGowan, Sr.; name Alcorn State University Baseball Park in honor of.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise membership.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Columbia Training School properties; authorize alternative uses by Department of Human Services.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
PEER Committee; establish criminal and civil penalties for contempt of.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Domestic violence; revise assault as an offense.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Ferr Smith
Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Sickle cell disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Early Voting Act; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Insurance company classifications; eliminate home warranty class.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Family masters; clarify chancellors' authority in Seventh Chancery Court District.
Sponsor: David Norquist
CON law; revise various provisions of.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Crime Victim Compensation; increase by 50%.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Public purchasing; define "construction project" and prescribe conditions for certain contracts.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Public Service Commission; may transfer portion of certificated area to adjacent utility upon certain findings.
Sponsor: Sara Thomas
Net metering and clean energy bonds; create study committee for purpose of making recommendations regarding.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
District attorneys; revise funding source for legal assistants and criminal investigators.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Department of Agriculture; provide for charging of fees for certain licenses and certifications.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Department of Agriculture; increase annual fee for pesticide registration with.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Insurance adjuster and public adjuster licensing; revise certain provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
State jet; require sale of.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Highway Patrol officers; allow to be employed after retirement under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
School sports; require school districts to adopt policies regulating outdoor practices during high temperatures.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; make discretionary certain duties under the program.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Marine sanitation device; prohibit overboard discharge while engaged in oyster harvesting.
Sponsor: Frances Fredericks
Personal care homes; revise certain licensure provisions for.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Attorneys in Legislature and staff attorneys; exempt from CLE.
Sponsor: Edward Blackmon
Education Enhancement Fund; revise the allocation of funds for classroom supplies to certain teachers.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Interpreting services for the deaf and hard of hearing; revise credentialing requirements and related provisions.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Filing of rates by insurers; revise.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Transporting live wild hogs; prohibit except as authorized by permit.
Sponsor: Jack Gadd
Universities and colleges; delete requirements for eligibility for students in certain student organizations.
Sponsor: Toby Barker
Gaming; clarify that wagering on certain athletic events is unlawful.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Deer Management Assistance Program; expand for antlerless deer harvest.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
State Board of Dental Examiners; authorize to regulate individuals or businesses who sell metallic coverings for human teeth.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Sponsor: John Hines
Insurance companies; increase privilege taxes and license fees for foreign and domestic companies.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Scholarship; create program for law students who agree to work as attorney for Mississippi Legal Services.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Mississippi Proprietary School and College Registration Law; revise provisions of law regarding fees and surety bonds.
Sponsor: Kimberly Campbell
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Sixteen Section Principal Funds; authorize school districts under financial hardship to borrow from.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Department of Finance and Administration; may transfer certain real property to MDOT.
Sponsor: Tommy Woods
Medicaid Fraud Control Act; revise several provisions of.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Sponsor: Joe Gardner
Asthma or anaphylaxis medication; revise provisions authorizing self-administration by students.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program; require Board of Pharmacy to assess fee against licensed practitioners to fund.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Squirrel; revise current hunting season for.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Nonresident pharmacies; clarify permitting requirements for.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Traffic safety violator course; may be an Internet course.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Wildlife; revise seasons on hunting deer.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
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
Municipalities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
Sponsor: Henry Espy
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
Property damages; release of damages and expenses.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease Jefferson Street properties.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Motor vehicle license tags; deposit portion of registration and tag fees into a special fund for purchase of.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
State veterans home; repeal law which establishes the amount of contribution paid by veteran residents of.
Sponsor: Johnny Stringer
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Child support; Division of Medicaid to recognize certain as allowable cost and allow credit for certain noncustodial parents.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Youth court jurisdiction; revise.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of veterans killed in the Persian Gulf War.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Mississippi Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; require Office of State Auditor to implement.
Sponsor: Larry Byrd
District Attorney; allow additional employees without limitation of funds.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Disposition alternatives in delinquency cases, certain; revise.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Community colleges; authorize to pledge taxes regarding auxiliary facilities.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
DA, asst. DA and criminal investigators; allow salaries to be supplemented by nonstate funds to be supplemented.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Sponsor: Preston Sullivan
Legal Aid for Economically Deprived Mississippians Study Panel; create.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Constitution; amend to restrict use of eminent domain.
Sponsor: James Evans
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown; commend career success and acknowledge his humanitarian and civic efforts.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Alan Bank; commend and congratulate upon being named Tupelo's Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
Sponsor: Jerry Turner
First lien; hospitals have against damages.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Immigration Reform Act of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Public benefits; agencies administering programs for must verify lawful presence in U.S. of applicants for.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Justice court; required to set separate traffic court term.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Rape or sexual battery of a child; mandate life without parole for.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Parole; provide for conditional release of an offender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Jurors; may receive supplemental pay from parties to a civil suit.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Highway patrol officer; revise minimum qualifications.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Controlled substances; enhance penalty for illegal sale in proximity to drug rehab facility.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Highways; add certain segment of Miss. 32 in Sunflower County and Miss. 6 in Pontotoc County to state highway system.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Law enforcement officer; create crime of public intimidation of.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; enact.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Child Protection Act; enact.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
State Emergency Duty Leave; certain state employees shall receive leave during state of emergency.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Jurors; may be drawn from entire circuit court district for trials conducted in circuit court.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Privilege license tax; local governments may reduce or waive.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Child abuse and neglect; revise persons with a duty to inform (AG).
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Commissioners of election; may run for other offices if they resign before they qualify.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
IHL; may waive out-of-state tuition for students on a reciprocity basis.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Controlled substances; misdemeanor of falsely representing a substance to be.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Municipal judge; revise population threshold of cities that must appoint.
Sponsor: David Blount
Mississippi Persian Gulf War Memorial; authorize State Veterans Affairs Board to establish in Newton County.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Retirement; exclude value of noncash maintenance furnished to PERS members for retirement purposes.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Elections; authorize the Secretary of State to issue subpoenas for records insofar as they relate to voting.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Mississippi Principal and Income Act of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Vulnerable adult investigations; conform to new reporting requirements.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Rating Bureau; shall use Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS) published by ISO when rating municipalities or districts.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Court-appointed special advocates; clarify court's authority.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Veterans; authorize IHL to transfer certain real property for cemetery/create Persian Gulf War Memorial in Newton County.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Annual school attendance reports by the State Department of Education; clarify date for filing.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Administration of public education; delete automatic repealers on statutes relating to.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
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
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Hunting rights on Sixteenth Section school land; local school board may hold an auction on leases for.
Sponsor: David Jordan
UMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Cell phones; limit use and prohibit texting while driving.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Mississippi Virtual Public School Program; authorize SDE to contract with private provider to operate.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Sex offender registration; revise to comply with federal mandates.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
State IHL Board; authorize to acquire and sell real property for certain universities in their program of operations.
Sponsor: Carl Gordon
Mississippi State Department of Health; extend automatic repealer.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Terrorism; add as an aggravating circumstance for capital offenses.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Education of exceptional children; repeal certain standards for hearings.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
General Educational Development (GED) program; revise entrance and testing requirements.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Commercial driver's license; technical correction and clarification.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Fines; provide for uniform credit against fines for work performed by a convict.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Animal cruelty; revise.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Traffic tickets; clarify time of filing in certain circumstances and revise authority to prescribe form of ticket.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Revenue from leasing of channels awarded by the FCC; are public funds expendable by the state agency leasing the channels.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Seventh Chancery District; delay election of third Chancellor.
Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol
Youth court; transportation and treatment costs post commitment.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to impose premium surcharge on certain retirees.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Hamlets; revise law regulating.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Research and Development Center; increase assessment charged by IHL for services.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
State agency budgets; authorize transfer of allotments and remove employees from State Personnel Board procedures.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Wildlife; prohibit the hunting of deer with dogs in Homochitto National Forest.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Department of Revenue; revise information that may not be disclosed, allow to require certain electronic filing.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Online voter registration; require the Secretary of State to study and report on the cost and feasibility of.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Municipal elections; require election managers to be qualified electors of the municipality.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Retirement; authorize counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Oyster vessels; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to transfer vessel license to another vessel under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
State Department of Rehabilitation Services perform criminal record background checks on employees and volunteers; authorize.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Driver's License; additional $1 for Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Inc., for litter prevention.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Parole supervision fees; increase.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; restrict zoning powers and duties.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Section captions; generally editorial in nature.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Office of Capital Defense Counsel/Office of Indigent Appeals; merge into Office of State Public Defender.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Intensive supervision program; increase monthly program fee that offenders must pay to participate in.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Corrections; provide that a county is not liable for medical costs that exceed certain reimbursement rates.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Parole; provide for discretion for the revocation of certain offender's parole.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Emergency 911 address; require owners and tenants of residences, buildings and structures to obtain.
Sponsor: Nickey Browning
Income tax; revise the penalty for grossly negligent preparation of a return.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Marine Resources; authorize commission to revoke license indefinitely for multiple offenses within a certain time period.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Sunshine Attorney Act; create.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Corrections; revise initial period for agricultural leases.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Child sexual conduct; revise computation of second or subsequent offense of depiction of.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Highways; revise requirements for trucks carrying loose material.
Sponsor: Tom King
Distinctive license tag; delete requirement that the name of the county in which vehicle is registered be placed thereon.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Private correctional facilities; require to reimburse Department of Corrections for contract compliance officer's salary.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Corrections; prohibit sex between employees of correctional facilities or law enforcement agencies and offenders.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Coastal Wetlands; authorize executive director to issue after fact authorization for minor violation of a permit.
Sponsor: Tommy Dickerson
Animal cruelty; revise.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Transportation; allow MTC to assess a fee for certain surplus right-of-way and uneconomic remnant property sales.
Sponsor: Tom King
Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on training requirements/funding.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Task Force to Study Strategies for Solving the Current Teacher Shortage in Mississippi; establish.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
High school students suspended from extracurricular/athletic activity for failure to maintain certain grades; repeal.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Rental equipment; tax rental equipment and distribute revenue to local governments and exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Lt. Col. Lee Archer; commend life and legacy as acclaimed Tuskegee Airman upon his passing.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
2009 Ole Miss Rebels Football Team; commend.
Sponsor: Noal Akins
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
Gulfport High School Boys Soccer Team; commend and congratulate on winning 2010 Class 6A State Championship.
Sponsor: Richard Bennett
Jerry Rice; commend stellar athletic career and congratulate on being inducted into the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
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
Commend the New Orleans Saints Football Team for winning their first Super Bowl Championship.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Pass Christian High School State Champion distance runner Cory McGee for winning the mile race at the Millrose Games.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Mourn the loss of Choctaw Chief Phillip Martin and commend his legacy.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Corinth High School Boys Soccer Team for winning state championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Commend 18 Senior Class Eagle Scouts from Jackson Prep.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Commend Alcorn State University National Alumni Association.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognizing February as National "Black History Month."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Commend Our Lady Academy "Crescents" Soccer Team for winning State Championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Commend LaPetra Wilson, Miss Mississippi Jr. Teen Cover Girl and National American Miss Cover Girl 2009-2010.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize Mrs. Martha Segars, Mississippi's Leading Business Woman for 2009.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize career of Mr. André Curry, Vice President of Business and Finance for Mississippi Valley State University.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commemorate the 105th Anniversary of the founding of Rotary International and designate "Rotary Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Bill Stone
State funds; transfer certain sums to BCF to restore portion of FY10 budget cuts.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
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; 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
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Tom King
Cigarettes; impose tax on those manufactured for sale or distribution outside of this state.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
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
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Income tax; authorize credit for taxpayers who maintain, support and care for dependent with diagnosis of developmental disability.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to Jackson State University for purchase of historical exhibit.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Income tax; authorize a job credit for employers that hire certain unemployed persons.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Income tax; increase personal exemption and dependent exemption for married persons living together.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to state parks.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund; create and authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Economic development; authorize certain tax exemptions and loans and grants for certain business enterprises.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to state parks.
Sponsor: Blaine Eaton
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of fruits and vegetables.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create.
Sponsor: Bryant Clark
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for employers that hire certain unemployed persons.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sales tax; authorize sales tax holiday for retail sales of guns and certain other outdoor sporting goods.
Sponsor: Herb Frierson
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for construction of state law enforcement and fire museum.
Sponsor: Sherra Hillman Lane
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; increase amount authorized for loans to develop the Farish Street Historic District, clarify use of loan proceeds.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Rental equipment; tax rental equipment and distribute revenue to local governments and exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; provide investment tax credit for facilities producing renewable energy from biomass.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Tim and Katara James; commend business success as owners of Southern Aroma Coffee Roasters in Winona, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stevens
Philadelphia High School cheerleaders; commend on winning Class 3A Small School State Championship.
Sponsor: Scott Bounds
Dr. S.L. Johnson; commend the life of.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Homestead exemption; extend to unremarried surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Disabled veterans; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Ad valorem taxes; authorize cities to designate areas in which certain residences are exempt from city ad valorem taxes.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Income tax; allow adjustment to gross income for certain unreimbursed travel expenses of National Guard/Reserves.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Corporation franchise tax; phase out effective January 1, 2015.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Distinctive license tag; authorize a tax free tag for World War II Veterans.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Bonds; create and fund the New Municipalities Infrastructure and Essential Services Fund.
Sponsor: David Blount
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
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
Annexed territory; prohibit municipality from levying ad valorem taxes until services are provided.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Mississippi Dairy Industry Stabilization Act; create.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to certain organizations providing food to needy persons.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
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
Distinctive license tag; authorize for Silver Star recipient, exempt from additional fee, privilege taxes and ad valorem taxes.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Sales tax; reduce on retail sales of certain food.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Appropriation; Recreational Facilities Activity Program Fund administered by the State Department of Education.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Sales tax; reduce rate on certain sales of recycling equipment to commercial recycling facilities.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Income tax; exclude from gross income amounts received as national service educational awards from the National Service Trust.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Sponsor: William Denny
Sales tax; exempt sales of personal property and services to Mississippi affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Sales taxation; exempt Central Mississippi Prevention Service, Inc.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Second Amendment Weekend Holiday.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities for adults with mental retardation.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for upgrades to State Tax Commission information technology systems.
Sponsor: William McCoy
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Department of Insurance for windstorm reinsurance expenses.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayer paying home security expenses for primary residence.
Sponsor: William Denny
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of hearing aids.
Sponsor: William Denny
Appropriation; Department of Corrections to provide funding for additional field officers.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Sales tax and use tax; exempt finance charges from.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Sales tax; exempt sales of property to sdchools for use in fundraising activities.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Sales tax; revise exemption for transfers of motor vehicles between certain family members.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
Bonds; authorize issuance for grants to counties/municipalites for improvements to livestock facilities.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Second Amendment Weekend holiday.
Sponsor: Philip Gunn
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide grants to counties/municipalities for improvements to livestock facilities.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Sponsor: Andy Gipson
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
Sponsor: Linda Whittington
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed individuals.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Income tax; provide credit to contractors for homes constructed in accordance with certain Green standards.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Income tax; phase out for corporations.
Sponsor: John Moore
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Sponsor: John Moore
Sales tax; temporarily reduce rate on retail sales of private carriers of passengers and light carriers of property.
Sponsor: John Moore
Ad valorem tax; exempt business inventories from.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for higher education tuition, fees and other costs.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Homestead exemption; extend to unremarried surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: John Moore
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a lake in Alcorn County.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Cultural products district program; create.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Income tax; authorize fuel cost adjustment to gross income.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Alcohol; increase excise tax and markup on alcoholic beverages, increase excise tax on light wine and beer.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Tobacco; increase excise tax on all products except cigarettes.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Transportation to fund certain gaming road projects in Natchez.
Sponsor: Robert Johnson
Income tax; authorize adjustament to gross income for costs paid for textbooks and supplies for home schooled students.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
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
Income tax; authorize adjustment to gross income for physician providing services for which no compensation is received.
Sponsor: W.T. Mayhall
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Gasoline excise tax; increase and use additional revenues for city, county and state highways purposes.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of certain state facilities.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Bonds; increase amount authorized to be issued for the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for.
Sponsor: Warner McBride
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers allowed to claim federal earned income tax credit.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to Edwards Street Fellowship Center.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers pursuing associate degree or baccalaureate degree.
Sponsor: Reecy Dickson
Appropriation; State Department of Education.
Sponsor: Philip Gunn
Income tax; authorize a credit for a portion of health insurance premiums paid by a small employer for employees.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Income tax; increase rate of.
Sponsor: Bob Evans
Sales tax; exempt sales of handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition during Second Amendment Weekend.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Revenue from motor vehicle parking lots and garages operated by airport authorities; exempt from state, county and local sales tax.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
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
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
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
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
Mississippi Optional Sales Tax Act; enact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Ad valorem taxation; revise definition of "head of a family" and "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
Sponsor: William Denny
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
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
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
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
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; 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
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
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Income tax; tax amounts paid gaming patrons that are not subject to reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Income taxation; authorize a credit for payment of health insurance premiums.
Sponsor: Merle Flowers
Appropriation FY11; Alcorn State University - Agricultural Programs.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
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
Income tax credit; authorize for taxpayers who maintain, support and care for a dependent with a diagnosis of developmental disability.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Distinctive motor vehicle tags; Purple Heart Medal tags may be used upon motorcycles.
Sponsor: Billy Hudson
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Ad valorem taxation; exempt a portion of the assessed value of egg houses, pullet houses and broiler houses.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Appropriation FY11; SDH operate two STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Motor vehicle privilege tax; include in definition of private carriers of property certain persons transporting cotton/cottonseed.
Sponsor: Gray Tollison
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
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
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Johnnie Walls
Ad valorem and sales tax; exempt certain foundation that provide support to state institutions of higher learning.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Ad valorem tax; increase mills that municipalities may levy for recreational purposes.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Income tax credit; provide for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising purchases.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Ad valorem tax; authorize partial exemption for agricultural land that is converted to a residential use.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvement to the Natchez Institute school building.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve Duncan Park Golf Course in Natchez.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Sales tax; revise definition of business" to exclude food sales paid by certain declining balance debit cards.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Movie Industry Studio Construction Loan Fund; create and issue bonds to fund.
Sponsor: Terry Brown
Military; recognize person designated by federal documentation to direct disposition of decedent's body.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Ad valorem tax, homestead property; exempt portion of increase in assessed value above assessed value for preceding year.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain food for human consumption.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP); create.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
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
Appropriations; MS National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp McCain.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Income tax; authorize transfer, sale or assignment of credit received for rehabilitation of certain historic structures.
Sponsor: Deborah Dawkins
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
State veterans home; repeal law which establishes the amount of contribution paid by veteran residents of.
Sponsor: Tom King
Sales taxation; reduce rate on sales of unprepared food for human consumption.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Ad valorem taxes; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Income taxation; allow a deduction for amounts contributed to accounts established to pay for uninsured wind damage to homesteads.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Sponsor: Perry Lee
Appropriations; tobacco litigation funds, supplemental health insurance for law enforcement; FY2011.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Income tax; increase rate of tax.
Sponsor: Willie Simmons
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize the issuance of bonds for.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Appropriation; Attorney General - Boys and Girls Clubs of America from tobacco funds; FY 2011.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of bridges in Alcorn and Tishomingo Counties.
Sponsor: Eric Powell
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
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; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to the Military Veterans Association, Inc.
Sponsor: Tom King
Income taxation; grant a tax credit for contributions to certain student aid programs.
Sponsor: Sampson Jackson
Cigarettes; impose a health tax on cigarettes of distributors.
Sponsor: Videt Carmichael
Freeport warehouse ad valorem tax exemption; authorize certain underground formations and cavities to be warehouses.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Sales taxation; exempt the sale of property and services used in the improvement of realty for churches or religious association.
Sponsor: Tom King
Bonds; authorize issuance for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Sponsor: T.O. Moffatt
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: J.P. Wilemon
Farmers markets; clarify sales tax provisions regarding products sold at markets certified by Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
Homestead exemption; increase.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Appropriation FY2011; Oakley Training School funded to continue operation as juvenile training facility.
Sponsor: David Jordan
Income tax; authorize a credit for the purchase of new hybrid electric vehicles or electric vehicles.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Frank E. Dennis, Sr.; commend life and legacy upon his passing.
Sponsor: Mary Coleman
Carlton Reeves; commend upon being named Board Member of the Year by the Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
Sherri Jones; commend upon receiving the Fannie Lou Hamer Award by the Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: Henry Espy
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
Nita Michelle Carter; commend upon receiving the Sojourner Truth Founder's Award by the MS Workers Center for Human Rights.
Sponsor: John Hines
Boy Scouts of America and Pine Burr Area Council; commend and congratulate upon 100th anniversary of scouting on February 8, 2010.
Sponsor: Mark Formby
Alcorn State University National Alumni Association; commend.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Terry Smith; commend and congratulate on election to the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Southeast Chapter Silver Circle.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
Morton Police Dept.; commend its exemplary efforts to serve and protect and recognize upon major seizure of suspected drug money.
Sponsor: Tracy Arinder
Dick Rice; commend and congratulate on election to the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Southeast Chapter Silver Circle.
Sponsor: Brian Aldridge
John H. Outlaw, Sr.; commend distinguished career and meritorious service to the City of Starkville upon his retirement.
Sponsor: Esther Harrison
Dr. Juniper Yates Trice; commend service and contribution to the state and acknowledge as a living legend.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Alcorn State University Alumni Association; commend on its 2010 Mid-Winter Conference.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Pierson Waring and Wesley Aldridge; commend as outstanding student athletes on the observance of The Spirit of America Day XXXX.
Sponsor: John Moore
Warren L. Ashmore; commend on winning the President's Volunteer Service Award.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Recognize Grady Champion for winning the 26th Annual International Blues Challenge.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
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
Commend the M.S. Palmer High School Cheerleading Squad for winning the second consecutive COED State Championship.
Sponsor: Kelvin Butler
Recognize "Miss Rodeo America 2010" Kelli Jackson of Eupora, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Bobby "Blue" Bland and declare "Bobby 'Blue' Bland Day."
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Commend East Mississippi Community College "Lions" Football Team for first State Championship and Mississippi Bowl victory.
Sponsor: Giles Ward
Commend Our Lady Academy Girls Volleyball Team for 4th consecutive 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 Cross Country Team for first State Championship.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Recognize the 18th Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, USPHS.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Recognize Mrs. Zula Criddle Warnick on 104th birthday.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Commend Miss Sydney Dedeaux of Pass Christian High School for her selection as "Queen Illinois 2010."
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Mississippi Catfish Marketing Law; delete repealer.
Sponsor: Mark DuVall
Welcome Turkish Delegation to Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize business and civic leadership of Michael Joe Cannon.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
Institutions of higher learning; authorize to dispose of real property.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Insurance adjuster and public adjuster licensing; revise certain provisions regarding.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Agent for service of process; Model Registered Agents Act (ULC).
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Residential builders and remodelers; revise certain provisions.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Department of Employment Security; reenact with revisions.
Sponsor: Rufus Straughter
Implied consent law; allow sentence for violations to be suspended or reduced if violator is under 21 years.
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
Implied consent law; allow sentence for violations to include house arrest at rehab center.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Attempted murder; create criminal offense.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
School districts and State Department of Education; extend automatic repealers on certain programs.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
MS Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Recognize April 19, 2010, as "Patriots Day in Mississippi."
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Limited Liability Companies; revised Act.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Child support; authorize chancery judge to assess cost of confinement for person in jail for delinquent child support.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Municipal judges; may require cash bond.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise forfeiture under.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Insurance companies; increase privilege taxes and license fees for foreign and domestic companies.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Registered nurse and LPN; require fingerprint-based criminal history check.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
State Fire Academy; cities and counties providing certain fire service personnel training shall coordinate with.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Bail agents; revise.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Youth (ICCCY); define responsibilities and delete repealer.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Central business functions, payroll and purchases for all state agencies; establish DFA Office of Shared Services.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Age of majority; eighteen.
Sponsor: Briggs Hopson
Tort reform; clarify legislative intent.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Mississippi Trust Code of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Joey Fillingane
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule III controlled substances.
Sponsor: Sidney Albritton
Divorce; restore "insanity" as fault grounds for divorce.
Sponsor: Alan Nunnelee
Mississippi Ethics Commission; revise jurisdiction of.
Sponsor: David Norquist
Flood and drainage control districts; revise composition of board of directors of certain.
Sponsor: William Denny
Public buildings; require to be painted and furnished with Mississippi produced and manufactured products.
Sponsor: Donnie Bell
Department of Revenue; authorize certain info to be provided to Bd. of Tax Appeals & provide for appeals of IRP registration denials.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Alcoholic beverages; authorize limited sales during events at cultural, civic or community arts center.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Income tax and sales tax; revise provisions regarding liability of certain owners and members of corporations and limited liability companies.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act; enact.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Trusties who are authorized to accumulate additional earned time; revise.
Sponsor: Bennett Malone
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the wholesale sale of wine by private entities.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
MAEP Funds; grant school districts discretionary spending authority for next two school years.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
MAEP at-risk funds; allow school districts to spend for operational purposes if MAEP not fully funded.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
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
Wireless telephones; prohibit use of while driving without use of hands-free device.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
National Popular Vote; authorize Mississippi to enter an agreement among the states to elect President by.
Sponsor: Percy Watson
State Fire Academy; require cities and counties performing fire training on personnel outside jurisdiction to coordinate with.
Sponsor: Walter Robinson
Suffrage; prescribe conditions for reinstatement.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
State Board of Architecture; clarify liability for legal costs.
Sponsor: Greg Snowden
Contractors, remodelers and rebuilders; revise certain provisions and licensing requirements.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Jails; remove requirement that county jails be built in the county seats.
Sponsor: Thomas Reynolds
Alcoholic beverages; prohibit adults from allowing party at private premises if minors obtain and adults know.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
School of the Arts; close at Brookhaven campus and relocate on campus of MUW.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Pseudoephedrine; provide statewide tracking.
Sponsor: Stephen Holland
Mental health screenings for youth in juvenile detention centers; require Department of Mental Health personnel to administer.
Sponsor: George Flaggs
Child custody; create rebuttable presumption of shared custody.
Sponsor: Margaret Rogers
Contracts; prohibit use of automatic renewal clauses.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Regional jails; authorize Franklin County to withdraw from the Jefferson/Franklin Regional Correctional Facility.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Voting precincts; must have at least 250 qualified electors.
Sponsor: Terry Burton
Highways; allow on-premise signs to be a certain distance from the business.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Sponsor: Earle Banks
Jackson Academy Raiders Football Team; commend on winning MAIS Class AAA Division I State Championship.
Sponsor: William Denny
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; extend repealer on statute creating board of directors for.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Emergency telephone service and enhanced wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Nolan Mettetal
Oil and gas severance taxes; revise definition of "person" for purposes of and clarify production subject to.
Sponsor: Dean Kirby
Public swimming pools; require owners to post signs to contact Health Department for concerns about sanitation or safety of.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Kaleb Eulls; commend and honor his lifesaving heroic acts exemplified on September 1, 2008.
Sponsor: Randall Patterson
Mississippi Lions' All-State Band; commend and congratulate on the occasion of its 60th year anniversary.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
Northrop Grumman Corp.; commend efforts to provide financial relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
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
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
Public property; authorize DFA to exchange certain property between two public entities.
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith
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 Don Mason as 2009-2010 Chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association.
Sponsor: Walter Michel
Hunting; require person using elevated hunting stands to use safety harness.
Sponsor: Thomas Gollott
Commend St. Stanislaus Football Team and Quarterback Dylan Favre for winning Class 4A State Championship.
Sponsor: Doug Davis
Mourn the loss of former Associate State Superintendent of Vocational Education Elwyn Wheat.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize Reverend John Carter for over 60 years of religious leadership.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
Commend Trinity Episcopal Day School "Saints" Football Team for winning MAIS Class A State Championship.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Recognize Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company on 5th Anniversary and for contributions to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Sponsor: Michael Watson
Commend Tito Echiburu upon induction into the 2009 Mississippi Tennis Association Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
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
Commend Major General J. Erik Hearon, Commander of Mississippi Air National Guard, upon retirement after 40 years of service.
Sponsor: Chris McDaniel
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
Recognize country/bluegrass music legacy of Bud and Hazel Huddleston of Ripley, Mississippi.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Sponsor: Bennie Turner
Designate "ALS Awareness Day in Mississippi" and urge Congress to fund research.
Sponsor: Bob Dearing
Commend Northwest Rankin High School "Cougar" Marching Band for Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago.
Sponsor: Lee Yancey
Recognize the three university basketball coaches from Louisville, Mississippi, currently coaching in the SEC.
Sponsor: Bill Stone
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Sponsor: Hob Bryan
Health discount plans; delete repealer on.
Sponsor: Eugene Clarke
Airport authorities; authorize to enter into certain contracts.
Sponsor: Billy Broomfield
Municipal separate school board; remove disqualification of municipal employee from serving on board.
Sponsor: Ezell Lee
School boards; revise composition for certain school districts.
Sponsor: Alice Harden
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
Mississippi Catfish Marketing Law; extend the date of the repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
School start date; restrict local school boards from starting before Labor Day.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Mental Health, Department of; employees who are provided housing on facility grounds must pay rent.
Sponsor: Becky Currie
Court reporters; additional compensation for court administrator duties to be paid from judge's support staff allowance.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Crimes; make it unlawful for motor vehicle dealers to charge certain document-related fees.
Sponsor: Greg Ward
Alcoholic beverages; allow certain direct shipments of wine from out of state.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Municipal annexation; require approval by majority of electors in territory to be annexed.
Sponsor: Jim Ellington
Pharmacy benefit managers; require to inform plan sponsors of any rebates received from drug manufacturers.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Dairy show; hold in Brookhaven in Lincoln County.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
State employees; may not be reemployed with same state entity for one year after termination from employment.
Sponsor: Bobby Howell
Intensive supervision program; revise eligibility requirements for offenders who may participate in.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Burial lots; require cemeteries providing for compensation to make filing of with Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Workers' compensation; allow interlocutory appeal to circuit court of commission's denial of employee's right to medical benefits.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Distinctive license tag; authorize for supporters of Mississippi College School of Law.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Unauthorized insurance agents; extend repealer on prohibition against paying commission to.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Lake Cormorant High School.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Medicaid; extend repealer on coverage for certain services provided by dentists under.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Health screening; require annually for Medicaid, CHIP and State Health Plan recipients and participants.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Task force to address the disparity of African-American males in the judicial system; create.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Department of Employment Security and Workforce Training and Education Laws; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to court appointed special advocates.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Contraband tobacco; extend repealer on authority of law enforcement officers to seize.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Public hearing; require when Governor exercises power to grant a pardon for a felony crime.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Weapons; authorize certain prosecutors to carry.
Sponsor: Sam Mims
School districts; require policies if accredited at the 3 lowest levels as defined by the State Bd. of Edu. and alternate curriculum.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Hunting; create spring squirrel hunting season.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance for supporters of Amory High School.
Sponsor: Jimmy Puckett
Fire protection districts; revise voting requirement of board of commissioners for reducing certain district boundaries.
Sponsor: Mark Baker
Child support payments; extend repealer on statutes relating to modification and judgments for nonpayment of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Income tax; extend repeal date on tax credit for certain charges incurred at ports for import of cargo.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Health insurance; require coverage for treatment of infertility in certain policies.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
Retirement; prohibit PERS from holding equity investments in companies with business ties in certain countries.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Crimes; create for using cell phone without hands-free accessories while driving.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealer on registration of.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Youth; extend repealer on.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Counties; expand jurisdictional authority and police powers.
Sponsor: Rita Martinson
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within the State Department of Education.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Broadcasting stations; require certain stations to provide fair opportunity to all candidates when used for campaigns.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Public Swimming Pool Act; enact.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Medicaid; require testing of applicants and recipients for illegal drugs.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Mississippi Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Teacher scholarship; authorize for college graduates for costs of courses required for teacher licensure.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create to require the implementation of certain programs in certain school districts.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Public utilities; create "Mississippi Renewable Energy Development Act of 2010."
Sponsor: Mark Baker
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Bicycles; prescribe certain rights and duties of bicyclist in traffic.
Sponsor: Brandon Jones
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Early Voting Act; require voting systems only.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Voting machines special fund; extend repealer on provision requiring certain large counties to create.
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Delinquent, abused or neglected youth; require county or city where charge arose to pay cost of certain conveyance.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
School nutrition; require school districts to serve low-fat meals and snacks to students diagnosed as overweight.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Group property and workers' compensation insurance program; require DFA to establish for all school districts.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Bonds; mandate election on issuing county or municipal bonds.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Lien; allow for hospitals against damages recovered by patient.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Emergency telephone service (911) and enhanced wireless emergency telephone service (E911); extend repealer on (RP).
Sponsor: Joe Warren
Left-hand lane traffic; require to move over when overtaken by vehicle traveling at higher rate of speed.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Medicaid; art therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Outdoor advertising; prohibit promoting or marketing alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and fast food in certain areas.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Child custody; active military duty not a change in circumstance.
Sponsor: Harvey Fillingane
Department of Archives and History; provide for appeals of board decisions.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Automobile liability insurance; require Department of Public Safety to implement database program on uninsured motorists.
Sponsor: Lester Carpenter
Uniform laws; create uniform international wills act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Retirement; compensation paid to special masters in chancery included as earned compensation for PERS purposes.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Mental health; create pilot program in Hinds County for single point of entry for persons detained by law enforcement.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Universities and colleges; create task force to study graduation rates at.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Election commissioners; provide that they will be members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Sex Education Pilot Program; State Boards of Education and Health to jointly establish for public schools.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Early voting pilot program; create in Alcorn County.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Public Swimming Pool Act; create.
Sponsor: Sidney Bondurant
Budget; prohibit certain actions by state agencies during current and next fiscal years.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Motor vehicle; provide it is unlawful for person under age 18 to ride in portion not designed for passengers.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Eminent domain; restrict use of.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Elementary school counselors; allocate funds under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Radar; authorize sheriffs, deputies and constables to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Rest areas, highway; provide that transportation commission shall adopt and enforce parking duration restrictions.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Retirement; allow retired county/city elected officials to receive salary of up to 50% of average compensation.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
School buses; increase maximum authorized speed limits.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Life support system; state's official position for courts to follow is to sustain life if conflict between family members.
Sponsor: Harvey Fillingane
Security freeze; delete requirement for law enforcement report of unlawful information used to place freeze.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Random drug tests; require of all public school students in Grades 6 through 12.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Voter identification; require.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Workers' compensation; reduce amount an employer may receive from third party for damages by employer's percentage of fault.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Independent candidates; require to file qualifying petition with the Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Homeowners; remove any liability when contractor fails to pay subcontractor.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Ad valorem tax; remove provisions that prescribe the manner of determining true value of affordable rental housing.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Fishing privileges; authorize reciprocity with adjacent states for persons 65 or older.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Implied Consent Law; provide enhanced penalties for higher blood alcohol concentration.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Crimes; revise crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities from constituting the crime.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Minority set-aside; revise qualifications of eligibility for obtaining purchasing contracts under.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
TANF recipients; authorize DHS to require recipients to submit to drug test to determine eligibility for benefits.
Sponsor: Harvey Fillingane
Gaming license fees; redistribute portion of state's share to local system road and bridge programs.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Open primaries; establish and abolish partisan primaries.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Elections for state officers; change day of week to Saturday.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Youth adjudicated to perform community service, certain; authorize judges to order parents to participate in the service.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Death penalty; provide moratorium for purposes of completing study on impact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Sponsor: Omeria Scott
Four-lane highway program; add segments of Highways 7 and 8 to high priority list.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Constables; authorize to be paid after diligent search and inquiry upon unsuccessful service of process.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Income tax refund checkoff; authorize for Mississippi Council for Economic Education.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Implied Consent Law; clarify who may administer blood tests.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
DUI; clarify no plea bargaining for repeat offenders.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Mississippi Delta Region Revitalization Act of 2006; reenact sections repealed on July 1, 2009, and extend repealer.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
School nurses; require school districts to grant same leave allowances as allowed teachers.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Mississippi Renewable Energy Development Act of 2010; create.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Mental health commitment laws; authorize certain trained law enforcement officers to hold mentally ill persons for treatment.
Sponsor: Alyce Clarke
Lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring contract lobbyists with public funds.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Uniform laws; create uniform interstate deposition and discovery act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Child support; obligations begin at conception.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Uniform laws; create uniform prudent management of institutional funds act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Death penalty; require notice of state's intention to seek or reject.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Death penalty; revise written finding requirements by a jury to impose.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Ad valorem tax; bring forward certain sections of law regarding assessment of property for purposes of.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Lobbying; prohibit legislator from engaging in for four years after leaving office.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Workers' Compensation Commission; provide that appeals from commission go directly to Supreme Court.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Municipal annexation; require election on question of.
Sponsor: Stephen Horne
Open Container Law; enact.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Internal audit law; remove condition for specific appropriations to fund, and delay implementation date.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
All-terrain vehicles; prohibit the operation of on public highways, roads and streets.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Health care providers; provide for a lien on certain third-party payment for services to patient or policyholder.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; construct in Leflore County and place under jurisdiction of Department of Archives and History.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Campaign contributions; restrict use by candidate for purposes unrelated to election campaign.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Landfills; require to be a certain minimum distance from municipalities, schools, etc., unless written agreement from owner.
Sponsor: Harvey Moss
Local planning commission members; revise the maximum per diem amount to the federal per diem rate.
Sponsor: Dirk Dedeaux
Uniform laws; create uniform unclaimed property act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
DUI; revise minimum penalty for death and maiming.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Automobile insurance; provide that payment of a total loss claim include payment for certain taxes and fees.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; create under Department of Archives and History and issue bonds to construct.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Crimes; revise prohibition against conducting certain animal fights.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
School district superintendents; appoint in all districts.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Public records; delete authority of public agencies to collect certain fees.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Uniform laws; create uniform premarital agreement act.
Sponsor: Bobby Moak
Crimes; create offense of using cell phone without hands-free accessories while driving.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Tobacco use by minors; provide penalty for possession.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Do not call registry; include text messages.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Budget; state budget requests, recommendations and appropriations shall be based on zero-based budgeting principles.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Medicaid; provide reimbursement for breast prosthesis and bra after cancer surgery.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Write-in candidates; allow voter to write in the name of any individual on the ballot.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Child endangerment; provide for DUI violations.
Sponsor: Jessica Upshaw
Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Health insurance; prohibit issuance of policy restricting insurer from assigning benefits to provider.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Indecent exposure; revise penalties.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Youth taken into custody by law enforcement, certain; require presence of parent before interrogation of youth occurs.
Sponsor: Karl Gibbs
Traffic-control devices; placement that placement of shall be based on factors relevant to public safety.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Smoke Free Air Act of 2010; enact.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Mississippi Charter Public School Act; create.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Sponsor: Cecil Brown
Lawsuits; plaintiff liable for defendant's costs if defendant prevails.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
All-terrain vehicles; establish ownership registration network for.
Sponsor: Willie Perkins
Mississippi Highway 42; require MDOT to reconstruct a portion in Forrest and Perry Counties to four lanes.
Sponsor: Shaun Walley
Sentences; provide that fines from failure to have insurance card in vehicle shall not be suspended.
Sponsor: Gary Chism
Handicapped parking; reserve spaces for ramp-equipped vans.
Sponsor: Henry Zuber
Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
Sponsor: Brad Mayo
Distinctive license tags; authorize issuance to supporters of D'Iberville Elementary School.
Sponsor: Steven Palazzo
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
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Passed (500)
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Co. Livestock Show.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Expunction of certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
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; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Hinds County; may establish Hinds County Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds County Economic Development district.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
State funds; provide for transfers of funds and delay of certain payments and provisions.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Revenue.
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Harrison County; authorize board of supervisors to enter into certain contracts to promote tourism.
City of Fulton; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
City of Biloxi, MS; may clean certain private property that was impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Appropriation; State Government Agencies Special Fund; Additional FY 2010.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Emergency 911 law; include fees for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and prepaid cell phones/extend repealer.
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
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; Egg Marketing Bd.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease the Old School for the Blind property.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
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.
Harrison County; authorize to create the "Harrison County Motor Vehicle for Hire Commission."
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; reappropriation, DFA - Bureau of Building; FY11.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
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.
Suspend deadlines for introduction; expunction, certain criminal offenses; provide for filing fee.
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.
Kossuth High School Aggies; commend on winning Class 3A Cross Country State Championship.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station; commend for 25 years of clean, reliable and affordable energy to Mississippi.
Suspend deadlines for introduction; authorize DFA to sell, convey or lease property known as the "Old School for the Blind."
Reverend Donald E. Wildmon; commend prolific service provided to the American Family Association and upon his retirement.
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
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.
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Recognize Ann Coleman Thames, MS Business Journal leading business woman, upon retirement from MS Department of Mental Health.
Dr. John E. Walls, Jr.; commend service as Deputy Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren School District upon his retirement.
Dr. James Price; commend dedicated service upon occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren Schools.
Dr. Claudia Limbert; commend laudable service as President of MUW upon the occasion of her retirement.
Charles W. (Charlie) Capps, Jr.; commend life, service, accomplishments and legacy upon his passing.
Create Joint Study Committee on Minority Business Participation in Public Contracts.
Warren County; authorize to contribute funds to certain organizations.
Suffrage; restore to Willie E. White of Amite County.
Suffrage; restore to Jimmy Williams of Union County.
Suffrage; restore to Mary H. Gregory of Winston County.
Suffrage; restore to Richard Deon Williams of Greene County.
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."
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.
Highway Patrol officers; specify rate of compensation for certain.
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
Crisis intervention teams; provide for implementation of to provide mental health services.
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.
Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2010; create.
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.
Commend Sidney G. Morgan, Chairman of Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association.
Commend Gary Matthews, Executive Director of the Tishomingo County Development Foundation.
Commend life and public service of Lt. Colonel James "Jim" Maher, longest-serving Director of MEMA.
Commend life of Iraq casualty U.S. Army PFC Anthony Blount.
Recognize that May 2010 is "Better Hearing and Speech Month in Mississippi."
Commend public service of Michael Thomas, Deputy Superintendent for Operations with the Jackson Public School District.
Designate April 22, 2010, as "Mississippi Earth Day: The Green Generation."
Commend the life of Dorothy Irene Height, founding matriarch of the National Civil Rights Movement.
Commend the life of Natchez business and civic leader Sim Chase Callon.
Recognize WTVA-TV (Tupelo-Columbus) Managing Editor Terry Smith and Meteorologist Dick Rice for Silver Circle Emmy Award.
Recognize the "100 Years of Ministry Anniversary Celebration" of Tylertown First Baptist Church.
Acknowledge 40th Anniversary of Gibbs-Green Memorial Observance.
Commend life and public service of former State Senator Orene Farese of Ashland, Mississippi.
Recognize Mr. Carroll Johnson on his 100th birthday.
Recognize Dr. Daniel W. Jones on his Investiture as the 16th Chancellor of The University of Mississippi.
Reenacted State Department of Health and State Board of Health; change effective date on bill.
Harrison County; authorize the lease of a trailer to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for nominal consideration.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Issaquena County; authorize transfer of lot to Town of Mayersville.
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
City of Rolling Fork; authorize expansion of water distribution system to areas more than 5 miles outside city limits.
Lowndes County; may enter into loan agreements with the USDA for terms of not more than 30 years.
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Claiborne County; authorize economic development district to expend certain funds for certain economic and industrial development.
Harrison County; create Civil Service Commission for the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.
Suffrage; restore to Pamela Davis of Forrest County.
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Historic DeSoto Foundation, Inc.
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of certain real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.
Suffrage; restore to Richard Fulton Carson of Itawamba County.
Suffrage; restore to Leon Bishop of Oktibbeha, County.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Council on Education Technology; revise responsibilities; authorize.
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.
State Port Authority; extend repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
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.
Smoking; prohibit at public venues for youth sports events.
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
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.
Billy Mac Gore; commend upon the occasion of his retirement and honor meritorious service as Sheriff of Calhoun County.
Stephen and Evelyn Drury Day; proclaim October 14, 2010, as in the State of Mississippi.
Janette Breedlove; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Mrs. Mary Ann Williams Nave; commend life and legacy and express sympathy upon passing.
USM; commend the recipients of the Founders' Day awards.
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.
Gulfport High School; commend for winning 2010 "We the People" civic education competition and advancing to national event.
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.
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.
Nissan North America, Inc.; commend upon being awarded two top 2009 IQS awards by J.D. Power and Associates.
Damion Fletcher; commend athletic success and congratulate on career accomplishments.
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Talbot John Brooks; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Gibbs-Green memorial observance; 40th year anniversary; commemorate.
Isaiah Canaan; commend athletic success and congratulate upon a remarkable season with Murray State University Racers Basketball Team.
Bluegrass Instrumental Championship; express a need to sanction.
Subramanian Swaminathan; commend on volunteer efforts in Haiti and Chile.
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life, legacy and stellar community service upon his passing.
Jim Weatherly; commend career accomplishments upon Pontotoc's celebration of "Jim Weatherly Day" on August 7, 2010.
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Bassfield High School Yellowjackets Football Team; commend on winning Class 2A State Championship.
Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins; commend upon the occasion of their 50th anniversary in the ministry.
Liturgical Dance Day; recognize the observance of on September 7, 2010, in the State of Mississippi.
Drew Lenard; commend commitment to education and providing workforce development training.
Michael Gavin; commend and congratulate on placing third in the Great Seal of Mississippi Art Contest.
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; commend on work for the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery.
Karen and Maur McKie; commend upon being named a finalist for Total Landscape Care Magazine Landscaper of the Year Award.
George Thatcher; commend the military and civilian service of.
Carole Lynn Meadows; commend on receiving the coveted Billy Creel Tourism Award.
2010 Greenwood Public School District retirees; congratulate for numerous years of dedicated service.
Belmont High School Girls Basketball Team; commend on winning Class 3A State Championship.
Sacred Heart Mock Trial Team; commend on State Championship.
Reverend Dr. Jerry Young; commend and congratulate on 30th anniversary as Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church.
Holmes CC-Grenada Campus' Alpha Mu Beta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa; commend upon being named Most Distinguished Chapter.
Woolmarket Elementary School; honor remarkable history and commend on occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Biloxi Public School District; commend on the occasion of its 150th anniversary celebration.
USM; commend newly elected executive officers of the Student Government Association.
Commend Kossuth High School "Aggies" Boys Cross Country Team for MHSAA Class 3A State Championship.
Mourning the loss of legendary Delta State University football Coach Horace Lowry McCool of Cleveland, Mississippi.
Commend the Oak Grove "Mojo" U12 Select Baseball Team as Mississippi State Champions.
Recognize career of Bolivar County R&B-soul-gospel singer Otis Clay.
Recognize Dr. Randy Easterling, President of the Mississippi State Medical Association.
Celebrate National Train Day on May 8, 2010, to promote the history and future of rail travel in Mississippi.
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.
Tiffany Martin McLain; commend life and service upon her passing.
Pam Lee; commend exemplary and dedicated service to the Carroll County Extension Service upon retirement.
Dr. Wood Hiatt; commend life and legacy.
Bonds and economic development; authorize bonds for various purposes and provide/revise certain incentives.
Limited liability companies; require annual reports and revise fees.
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Retirement; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of PERS.
Auto club memberships; extend repealer on authority of small loan licensees to sell to borrowers.
Traffic offenses; clarify payment of fine when defendant fails to appear.
Wild hogs; prohibit transportation of live wild hogs within the state.
Hunting; require safety program for use of trails in wildlife management areas during gun season.
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.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Minimum Standards Board; revise membership.
Salary supplements for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators; authorize from nonstate funds.
Joint Legislative Study Committee on mental health system; continue authority of.
Columbia Training School property; authorize sale or lease of certain acreage.
District attorneys; may employ additional legal assistants and criminal investigators if funds are received from any available source.
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Custody and visitation; clarify for parents on certain military duty.
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
State Board of Contractors; may conduct meetings through teleconferencing/revise application procedure.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of various organizations.
Bonds; Bond Commission may negotiate sale of cert. bonds; auth. edu. bldg. corps. for comm. colleges; auth. bonds for wireless sys.
Public property; authorize DFA to sell or lease Jefferson Street properties.
Nationally accredited proprietary schools; may follow federal standards for faculty.
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to assess active employees a portion of premium under health plan.
Public property; authorize transfer of various state-owned properties.
Uniform Commercial Code; revise to conform to model act (ULC).
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
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.
Dental services; prohibit certain provision in contract between health care entity and dentist.
Income tax; allow credit for owner of lands dedicated to certain public or wildlife use.
Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ and State Department of Health to borrow for loan programs.
Taxation; provide ad valorem, fuel and sales tax exemptions regarding private buses contracted to transport school students.
UMMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Intensive supervision program; increase monthly program fee that offenders must pay to participate in.
Hancock County Utility Authority; revise composition of board of directors.
Municipalities and counties; authorize to trap fur-bearing and nuisance animals within 100 feet of any street.
Motor vehicle title fees; increase and deposit into Crisis Intervention Mental Health Fund.
Schools at risk; revise certain provisions relating to.
School District Maintenance Fund; require district to file budget cuts plan if falls below 7% ending balance of.
Statewide monetary assessments; revise.
Task Force to study strategies for solving the current teacher shortage in Mississippi; establish.
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.
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Individuals delinquent in child support payments; authorize release of income/sales tax information.
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Breach of Security; require notice.
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.
Open records; revise time period available to a public body for response and allowable costs.
Suspend rules for drafting, etc; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included in authorized trust activity.
Chickasaw County; authorize the imposition of certain assessments to fund the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program.
City of Bay St. Louis; authorize two-year waiver for required state audit due to effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Three Rivers PDD; authorize certain counties and municipalities to apply for loans and grants made available by.
Oktibbeha County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc., for purchase of school bus.
Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau; extend repealer.
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Rails and Trails Museum.
City of Booneville; authorize to contribute funds to Booneville Hardware Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Jurors; exclude permanently excused from list of potential jurors and allow reinstatement.
Mr. Douglas T. "Bliss" Baker; commend life, legacy and service on his passing.
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.
Tallahatchie County; authorize contribution to Emmett Till Memorial Commission.
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Stalking; revise elements of offense.
Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of; authorize to perform criminal background checks of employers and contractors.
Municipalities; revise procedures that authorize such to clean certain private property.
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
MS Veterans Monument Commission; revise the makeup of the advisory board and increase the maximum state match for private donations.
Parole board; provide discretion for the revocation of certain offender's parole.
DHS; develop pilot program to track recipients of SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps).
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
Transportation; create public transit task force.
Public property; authorize sale of certain properties by MUW and USM.
Bail bonds and agents; revise certain licensing provisions.
Lee County; authorize contribution to the Sanctuary Hospice House.
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.
Mississippi Transportation Commission; require to donate certain real property to the City of Sallis.
Family protection specialists and workers; extend repealers on duty of DHS to establish employment standards for.
MS S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009; extend repealer on.
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use for certain expenses.
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Farmers' markets; clarify sales tax provisions regarding products sold at markets certified by Department of Agriculture.
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Carrying a concealed weapon; revise qualification for retired law enforcement officers and delete prohibition in parks.
Mississippi Interpreter Registration Law; clarify confidentiality, update definitions, etc.
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.
Barber Practice Act; make technical revisions to.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Insurance companies; revise statutory classifications by deleting the home warranty class.
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.
Kelsey Ann Jackson; commend on anti-bullying campaign.
W.J. "Boy" Howard; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
Mississippi Home Education Week; recognize week of May 10-14, 2010, as.
Bryce Morgan Shands; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Mrs. Almeta C. Dampeer; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Wren McKinnon Frith; commend life and accomplishments of.
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
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.
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.
Credit card processing hardware or software; shall meet federal law requirements when provided to retail merchants.
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.
Recognize Juneteenth Freedom Day as day of commemoration.
Commend Dr. David Childers of Holly Springs, Mississippi, State Veterinarian of the Year 2010.
Recognize "Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Day in Mississippi".
Authorize the establishment of a Mississippi Legislative Prayer Caucus.
Designate "Hydrocephalus Awareness Week in Mississippi."
Lawrence County Hospital; congratulate on the celebration of its 50th anniversary.
Mrs. Vashti Underwood Muse; commend on meritorious and dedicated service to education in the Magnolia State.
Brain Injury Awareness Day; designate March 25, 2010, as day of observance in the State of Mississippi.
Suspend deadlines for introduction; Employment Security Commission; bring forward sections relating to for purposes of amendment.
Dr. Robert Smith, Sr.; commend committed dedication to the health care profession and acknowledge as a "Living Legend."
Captain Laverne Sing; commend and acknowledge service and recognize as the first African-American female fire fighter in MS.
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.
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.
Ms. Fanya Telepathia "Teb" Smith; commend life and legacy on her passing.
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.
Vernon R. Kelley, III; request the nomination of to the TVA Board by the President of the United States.
Health Insurer "Code of Conduct"; encourage House of Representatives of Mississippi to work with health care community to develop.
Coach Gina Skelton; commend on 700th career win.
Starkville High School Basketball Team; commend on winning the MHSAA Class 6A State Championship.
Legislature; extend session, set return date, suspend deadlines for certain bills, change deadlines for general bill conf. rpts.
Special Olympics Mississippi Team; commend outstanding achievements of.
St. Stanislaus Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning state championship.
Commend Mississippi State University Men's Basketball Team and Coach Rick Stansbury for winning SEC Western Division Title.
Recognize 150th Anniversary celebration of First Baptist Church Morton, Mississippi.
Commend Carole Lynn Meadows for 2010 "Billy Creel" Tourism Award.
Commend Newton High School "Lady Tigers" Girls Basketball Team for winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.
Recognize the Clinton High School Attaché Show Choir for 22 consecutive Grand Championships.
Commend Callaway High School "Chargers" Boys Basketball Team for winning consecutive Class 5A State Championships.
Recognize and salute New Orleans Saints career rushing leader and former Ole Miss star Deuce McAllister.
Commend Belmont High School "Lady Cardinals" Girls Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Recognize contributions of Mrs. Earlora Holden to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Deer enclosures; create a task force to study deer breeding industry in the state.
Municipalities; authorize to contract with public housing authorities for extra police protection.
Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; require Office of State Auditor to implement.
Shay Jackson; commend and congratulate on coaching the Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team to a Grand Slam Championship.
Raymond High School Girls Basketball Team; commend and congratulate upon its winning the MHSAA Grand Slam Championship.
Recognize Drs. John M. and Vera Mae Perkins upon occasion of 50th Anniversary of the Perkins Foundation.
Commend Raymond High School "Lady Rangers" Basketball Team for winning the Grand Slam and Class 4A State Championship.
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.
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. Kathryn Moody to PRCC on the occasion of the Student Residence Hall named in her honor.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Commend Ingomar High School "Falcons" Boys Basketball Team and legendary Coach Norris Ashley for MHSAA Class 1A State Championship.
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
MS School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act; create.
Education Achievement Council; establish to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
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.
Truss construction emblem; revise provisions related to.
Gaming Commission; clarify authority to impose and collect certain fees, revise certain other provisions regarding.
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.
Mrs. Pauline C. Banks; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Allen Nicholson Kurr; commend and congratulate on the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
Arthur Lee Thomas; commend and congratulate on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Coach Billy Lamb; commend on achievements in the State of Mississippi sports.
East Rankin Academy "Lady Patriots" Basketball Team; commend on winning its first MAIS overall state championship.
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.
Joe Morrow; commend upon being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Male Athlete of the Year.
Kayla Stricker; commend on being selected the 2009 State Games AT&T Female Athlete of the Year.
New Orleans Saints Football Team; commend and congratulate upon winning Super Bowl XLIV.
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.
Laurie Taft McIlrath; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Perkinston Campus).
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; commend and recognize.
Christopher J. DeDual; commend and congratulate on being named Instructor of the Year at MGCCC (Jefferson Davis Campus).
West Point High School Football Team; commend on winning 2009 Class 5A State Championship."
210th Financial Management Company and 220th Financial Management Detachment; commend exemplary service to this state and nation.
Dr. Timothy Alford; commend upon being one of five U.S. medical professionals to carry Olympic torch for the 2010 games.
Commend Forest High School "Bearcats" Boys Basketball Team for winning Class 3A State Championship.
Commend Dr. William A. (Billy) Morehead, President of the Association of Government Accountants.
Commend Phi Theta Kappa on occasion of "Mississippi Phi Theta Kappa Day."
Commend Dr. William Malone, "Mississippi Optometrist of the Year" and "Optometrist of the South."
Designate March 2010 as "Women's History Month in Mississippi."
Recognize 40 years of leadership by Reverend Dr. John E. Cameron, Sr., Pastor of Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Commend Horn Lake High School "Lady Eagles" Basketball Team for winning first girls Class 6A State Championship.
Mrs. Loraine McDaniel; commend commitment to being actively engaged in her child's educational success through volunteerism.
Steven Wiley Jennings; commend upon earning the honor of receiving the Eagle Scout Award.
University of Southern Mississippi; commend upon the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Mrs. Alice Thornton; commend and congratulate on the occasion of her 91st birthday.
Staff Sgt. William S. "Seth" Ricketts; commend life, legacy and military service upon his passing.
Ms. Fannie B. McConnell Clayton; commend life and legacy upon her passing.
Honorable Paul E. Winfield; commend upon being elected the 44th Mayor of the City of Vicksburg.
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.
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.
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 and sales tax; 3-year assessment period begins to run after corporation's or LLC's liability becomes final.
Saltwater fishing license; require lifetime license for persons 65 and older for a one-time fee.
Motor Vehicle Commission; authorize enforcement of provisions regarding return of inventory upon termination of franchise.
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Motor vehicle license tags; deposit portion of registration and tag fees into a special fund for purchase of.
Oysters; prohibit discharge of human waste and require marine sanitation devices for oyster harvesting vessels.
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise the data upon which supervisors districts are determined eligible for the program.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Municipal election commissioners; if names of persons elected are not transmitted, Secretary of State may petition court to compel.
Mississippi Athletic Commission; clarify authority to fine certain participants and official in events.
State Chemist and State Chemical Laboratory; revise qualifications and responsibility.
Election commissioners; authorize counties to pay per diem for an additional five days.
Income tax; authorize payment of certain large tax liabilities in monthly installments over 60 months.
Petroleum Products Inspection Law of MS; revise penalties and extend repealer on definitions.
Hit-and-run; revise penalties under certain circumstances.
Testing instruments and procedures for students with disabilities; clarify accommodation.
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
High School alternative career track programs; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Model Business Corporation Act; correct certain fees.
Mississippi Code; certain elected officials shall receive CD-ROM version of the code unless they request bound volumes.
Boating under the influence; conform to driving under the influence.
Contractors; revise certificate of responsibility threshold for private contracts.