Mississippi Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Senator Delma Furniss

District 11

As of 12/07/98 at 17:01

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SB2007  Coahoma County; contribute to Aaron Henry Community       Furniss
        Health Center.                                         
           04/03 Approved by Governor
SB2173  Foster children program under the Dept of Human           Bean
 *      Services; revise standards and procedures.             
           03/31 Approved by Governor
SB2195  CON to rehab hospital in Hinds County for nursing care    Woodfield
 *      for disabled persons; authorize.                       
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2208  Public housing; create drug-free zone.                    Furniss
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2232  Appropriation MS National Guard; construct Senatobia      Furniss
        armory FY99.                                           
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB2252  Beer; prohibit consumption on licensed premises after     Furniss
        hours.                                                 
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2253  Income tax refund check-off; burn center.                 Furniss
 *         03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2302  Public school classroom; brief period of quiet            Frazier
        reflection authorized.                                 
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2316  Law enforcement officer; not required to use personal     Jackson
        leave for wound or injury in line of duty.             
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2382  Salaries of sheriffs and justice court judges; based on   Furniss
        1980 federal census.                                   
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2417  Personal leave for state employees; eliminate first day   Furniss
        of illness requirement.                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2418  Highway; add in Coahoma County and make other changes     Furniss
 *      in highway system.                                     
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2419  Coahoma County; authorize to extend lease for health      Furniss
        care facilities on county-owned property.              
           04/03 Approved by Governor
SB2500  Local Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund;         Little
 *      increase # of eligible bridges & mandate funding       
        through 2008.                                          
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2542  Emergency Management Act; authorize local governments     Furniss
        to declare disaster areas and use equipment.           
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2543  Veteran's Home Purchase Board; authorize to purchase      Furniss
 *      property and construct offices thereon.                
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2544  Appropriation FY98 and FY99; to Veterans Home             Furniss
 *      Purchasing Board to purchase property and construct    
        offices.                                               
           03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2545  HIV; establish crime of exposure.                         Furniss
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2546  Child care facilities; certain students not counted       Furniss
        under licensing law.                                   
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2547  Corrections; authorize DOC to construct prison on state   Furniss
        land in Quitman County.                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2548  Public officials; allow PERS retiree serving as a local   Furniss
        elected or appointed official to receive retirement    
        allowance.                                             
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2549  Retirement system; allow credit for cert. service as      Furniss
        student high school bus driver.                        
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2550  Retirement; include judges in legislative retirement      Furniss
        plan.                                                  
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2551  Railroads; require minimum number of engineers and        Furniss
        conductors on trains.                                  
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2593  Salaries of county sheriffs and justice court judges;     Burton
 *      based on 1980 federal census.                          
           03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2602  Manslaughter; mother's use of illegal drugs while         Furniss
        pregnant.                                              
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2603  Motor vehicle license tags; authorize the issuance of     Furniss
   %    distinctive tags to retired law enforcement officers.  
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2604  DUI cases; prohibit plea bargaining when person           Furniss
   %    allegedly causes death in a negligent manner.          
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2605  Medicaid; increase home leave reimbursement for           Furniss
        nursing facilities.                                    
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2619  Medicaid waiver for coverage of the chronically ill       Jordan (24th)
        with hypertension and diabetes; authorize.             
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2620  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Furniss
        provisions.                                            
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2630  Transportation of houses; motor carriers keep minimum     Furniss
   %    insurance.                                             
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2633  County court; allow certain counties option to create,    Smith
 * %    enact state funding support of youth court division    
        (Council proposal).                                    
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2729  State service employees; increase annual compensation     White (5th)
        $3,000.                                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2765  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Simmons
 *   V  reform on its recipients.                              
           04/15 Vetoed
SB2766  School boards; may use district funds to pay for field    Simmons
   %    trips.                                                 
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2774  Forestry; provide tax credit as incentive to reforest     Harvey
  $%    private lands.                                         
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB2792  School attendance officers; create separate agency for    Furniss
        supervision.                                           
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2802  Minors; enact statewide curfew.                           Furniss
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2815  Railroads; require minimum number of persons on train     Furniss
        crews.                                                 
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2819  New motor vehicle purchases; cooling off period.          Furniss
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2888  Major General William "Bud" Miley Highway; designate.     Hamilton
           03/17 Approved by Governor
SB2936  Driver's license; provide religious exception to          Furniss
        education requirement.                                 
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2968  Vehicles for State Veterans Affairs Board; increase.      Furniss
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3026  Economic Development; authorize certain programs and      Simmons
 *$%    tax credits to encourage development in less developed 
        counties.                                              
           03/17 (H) Died In Committee
SB3039  Protection From High Risk And Coercive Abortion Act;      White (29th)
        enact.                                                 
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3044  Great River Road State Park; convey to National Park      Simmons
 *      Service.                                               
           03/26 Approved by Governor
SB3067  RR safety inspectors; must be qualified to be employed    Furniss
        by MDOT.                                               
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3068  RR; provide safety standards in terminals, yards and      Furniss
        along rights-of-way of.                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3092  Highway Patrol Retirement System; allow certain           Furniss
        beneficiary to change option selection.                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3107  County roads; revise grounds for abandonment.             Rayborn
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB3141  Appropriation; National Guard, Youth Challenge Program    Farris
        expansion at Camp Shelby; FY99.                        
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3142  DHS; inventory youth intervention programs.               Farris
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3143  Adequate education program; allot at-risk funds for       Farris
        employing elementary school guidance counselors.       
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3144  Appropriation; Human Services, expand Adolescent          Farris
        Offender Program; FY99.                                
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3145  Appropriation; Human Services, 100 placements in          Farris
        Wilderness Training Program; FY99.                     
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3158  Appropriation; Interest from the Mississippi Fire         Furniss
        Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund.                    
           03/23 Approved by Governor
SB3162  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for a hospitality station in      Furniss
  $%    Coahoma County.                                        
           03/17 (H) Died In Committee
SB3164  Tunica Co.; remove restriction on gaming revenue          Furniss
   %    expenditures by City of Tunica.                        
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3165  Appropriation; Department of Transportation construct     Furniss
        hospitality station in Coahoma County.                 
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3189  Appropriation FY99; to MAFES for animal waste managment   Thames
        research.                                              
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3190  Appropriation FY99; to MSU College of Veterinary          Thames
        Medicine for swine medicine research.                  
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3191  Appr. FY 1999; to MSU Cooperative Extension Serv. for     Thames
        animal waste mgmt. ed. activities.                     
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB3256  Tunica County; revise provisions concerning Diamond       Furniss
   %    Lakes Utilities and Improvements District.             
           04/06 Approved by Governor
SB3257  Tunica County; authorize contribution of funds to the     Furniss
 *      Aaron E. Henry Health Clinic.                          
           04/06 Approved by Governor
SB3260  Quitman County; may utilize certain school property for   Furniss
 *      a senior citizen care unit.                            
           04/03 Approved by Governor
SB3285  Tunica County; contribute to Tunica County Museum,        Furniss
        Inc., to establish a museum.                           
           04/06 Approved by Governor
SB3291  Tunica County; extend the repealer on the Tunica County   Furniss
 * %    Tourism Commission.                                    
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB3292  Tunica County; revise purposes for which gaming revenue   Furniss
   %    may be spent.                                          
           04/06 Approved by Governor
SB3297  Tunica County; authorize the creation of conservation     Furniss
        districts in.                                          
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3309  Tunica County; revise legal description of                Furniss
   %    Robinsonville-Commerce Utility District subject to     
        special assessments.                                   
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 517  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Trust Fund.                                            
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SC 535  Resolution; class size task force.                        Farris
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 536  Resolution; encourage State Department of Education.      Farris
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 537  Resolution; support community-based intervention          Farris
        programs.                                              
           02/03 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 538  Resolution; address challenge of youthful substance       Farris
        abuse.                                                 
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 539  Resolution; task force study reading and writing          Farris
        curricula.                                             
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 540  Resolution; implement character education.                Farris
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 541  Resolution; task force study parental involvement.        Farris
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 542  Resolution; study school dropouts.                        Farris
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 567  Commend Tregnel Thomas; Charles Conerly Award.            Dearing
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 573  Hainon A. Miller; commend life of.                        Woodfield
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 574  Bill Glass Prison Ministries; commend.                    Simmons
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 594  Dr. William Sutton; commend upon his retirement.          Jordan (24th)
           03/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 597  Sylvia Sessions; commend for work as MDHS adoption        Stogner
        specialist.                                            
           03/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 628  Caledonia Elementary School; commend as reading model     Canon
        school.                                                
           03/27 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 631  State Library Commission; authorize preplanning of        Jackson
        office facility for.                                   
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 640  Suspend rules; draft a bill to issue g.o. bonds for       Furniss
        hospitality station in Coahoma County.                 
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 654  Delta State "Statesmen" Boys Basketball Team; commend.    Dearing
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 655  DSU forward Chris Sykes; commend.                         Dearing
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 656  DSU Center Trina Davis; commend.                          Dearing
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 658  DSU Coach Steve Rives; commend.                           Dearing
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SR  21  T.C. Ward; commend life and service.                      Bryan
           03/11 (S) Adopted
SR  42  Gates Library Foundation; express gratitude for grant     Mettetal
        from.                                                  
           04/01 (S) Adopted
SR  59  Florida State Senator Daryl Jones; commend upon           Horhn
        nomination as Secy U.S. Air Force.                     
           04/03 (S) Adopted



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