Mississippi Legislature

2000 Regular Session

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House: Introductions

HB1555  Appropriation; PERS to study feasibility of one health    Gadd
        insurance program for all retired public employees.    
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1556  Appropriation; Department of Archives and History for     Capps
        acquisition of Civil War battlefields or sites.        
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1557  Appropriation; Division of Medicaid to provide senior     Scott (80th)
        adult day care services.                               
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1558  Appropriation; Department of Human Services for Home      Scott (80th)
        Detention for Juveniles Program.                       
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1559  Appropriation; Department of Corrections for expansion    Scott (80th)
        of intensive supervision program to include juveniles. 
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1560  Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration   Scott (80th)
        to construct State School for Children.                
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1561  Appropriation; Department of Human Services for youth     Scott (80th)
        aftercare program.                                     
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1562  Appropriation; State Department of Education for school   Scott (80th)
        counselors.                                            
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1563  Appropriation; Department of Corrections for expansion    Scott (80th)
        of the intensive supervision program to include        
        juveniles.                                             
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1564  Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and      Moore (100th)
        Parks for feasibility study on project in Marion       
        County.                                                
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1565  Marshall County; contribute to Institute of Community     Gadd
        Services, Incorporated.                                
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1566  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for capital         Mayo
        improvements for Delta State University.               
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1567  Sales tax; create industrial exemption for certain        Wells-Smith
        sales of environmental pollution control equipment.    
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1568  Income tax; provide a credit for premiums paid for        Barnett (92nd)
        long-term care insurance.                              
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1569  Bonds; issue to fund the Highway 98 Access Improvement    Fillingane
        Program Fund.                                          
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1570  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to purchase         Ketchings
        right-of-way for the Natchez Trace terminus project.   
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1571  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Scott (80th)
        of State School for Children.                          
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1572  Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for   Malone
        certain self-employment taxes paid by self-employed    
        individuals.                                           
           Referred To Ways and Means
HC  82  Commend Charlie Musselwhite on receiving 2000             Stevens
        Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts Artist     
        Achievement Award.                                     
           Referred To Rules
HC  83  Commend Dr. F. Val Husley.                                Janus
           Referred To Rules
HC  84  Support the creation of the Southeastern Transportation   Horne
        Safety Center to be located in Meridian, MS.           
           Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 153  Victims Assistance Coordinators; to be state employees.   Moak
           DR - TSDPCS: JA To AP
HB 292  Agricultural Seed Law; revise definitions and complaint   Holland
        procedures.                                            
           DR - TSDPCS: JB To AG
HB 337  Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; reenact and       Ford
        extend repealer.                                       
           DR - TSDPAA: IN To AP
HB 666  Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; update references to old   Livingston
        agency names.                                          
           DR - TSDPCS: WM To GF
HB 770  Drug Court Fund; create special fund for distribution     Clarke
        to drug courts.                                        
           DR - TSDPAA: JA To AP
HB 795  Involuntary commitment; authorize emergency detention     Holland
        of certain persons by physicians and psychologists.    
           DR - TSDP: JA To PH
HB1000  Corrections; revise certain provisions regarding          Malone
        operations.                                            
           DR - TSDP: PE To AP
HB1228  Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel and Statewide   Watson
        Public Defender System; create.                        
           DR - TSDPCS: JA To AP
HB1295  Utility regulation taxes; cap at legislative              Ellis
        appropriation for utility regulatory purposes.         
           DR - TSDP: PU To WM
HB1374  Capital cases; provide statewide defense for indigent.    Blackmon
           DR - TSDPCS: JB To AP



House: Committee Reports

HB 214  Child custody; remove maternal presumption in divorce     Moak
        cases.                                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 394  Municipally owned railroad transportation system;         Mayo
        revise definition of "municipality.".                  
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 505  Marriage; Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (NCCUSL).      Watson
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 506  Controlled substances; include precursors in              Watson
        enhancement provision.                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 552  Prosecutor Education Fund; increase.                      Compretta
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 641  Tobacco; prohibit use by adults on certain school         Moody
        property.                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 645  State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan;         Stevens
        provide subrogation rights to board.                   
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 666  Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; update references to old   Livingston
        agency names.                                          
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 761  Insurance advertising; allow to advertise in foreign      Stevens
        languages with English policy controlling.             
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 795  Involuntary commitment; authorize emergency detention     Holland
        of certain persons by physicians and psychologists.    
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 843  Jurors; alternates may be retained until end of trial.    Watson
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 852  Insurance agents; revise penalties for operating          Stevens
        without a license.                                     
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 874  Advisory Committee on Telecommunications Service for      Ellington
        the Deaf and Hearing Impaired; revise membership.      
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 942  Motor Vehicle; clarify that theft shall be a felony       Moore (60th)
        regardless of value.                                   
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 971  Child custody; mandate fee for court ordered home         Moody
        study.                                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1018  Retired highway patrol officer; allow to wear uniform     Stringer
        at certain events.                                     
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1135  Mississippi Bar; reenact and revise repealer.             Simpson
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1195  Health insurance plans for political subdivisions;        Stevens
        provide certain subrogation rights.                    
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1207  Notary public; authorize to notarize documents on any     Banks
        day.                                                   
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1301  Sales tax; provide incentives for entities incurring      Cummings
        indebtedness to locate certain family-owned enterprises
        in state.                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1357  Health insurance; remove requirement that certain rules   Stevens
        impacting nurse practitioners be jointly promulgated.  
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1534  Crime Victims' Compensation Act; revise.                  Stevens
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2009  Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System;      Gollott
        allow members to serve in the Highway Patrol beyond age
        60.                                                    
           Conference Report Filed



House: Floor Actions

HB 174  Jail administrators; allow clothing allowance for         Compretta
        warden assistant.                                      
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB 250  Children's Advisory Council; reenact and extend for one   Ford
        year.                                                  
           Passed
HB 252  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Ford
           Passed
HB 260  Professional Art Therapists Advisory Council; extend      Ford
        repealer.                                              
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB 311  Body piercing; may not be performed for compensation      Fredericks
        without registration with Health Department.           
           Passed
HB 486  Workers' compensation; appeal commission decisions to     Watson
        the Court of Appeals instead of to the circuit court.  
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
           Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 520  Banker's bank; define and allow acquisitions and          Guice
        transactions involving.                                
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB 535  Nursing; enact and enter into the interstate Nurse        Moody
        Licensure Compact.                                     
           Passed
HB 651  State and School Employees Health Insurance Management    Stevens
        Board; determine direction of benefit payments.        
           Passed
HB 653  Surplus lines insurance; authorize certain nonresident    Stevens
        agents to place.                                       
           Passed
HB 677  Credit cards; issuers may offer products and services     Guice
        agreed to by the debtor.                               
           Amended
           Point of Order Raised
           Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
HB 709  Town of Noxapater; authorize expansion of water system    Moody
        outside corporate limits.                              
           Passed
           Transmitted To Senate
HB 759  Hearing Aid Dealers Licensure Law; extend repealer on.    Moody
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB 784  Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act; revise       Stevens
        priority of distribution of claims.                    
           Passed
HB 829  Viatical Settlements Act; create to protect certain       Stevens
        insurance policyholders.                               
           Passed
HB 846  Physician assistants; provide for licensure and           Moody
        regulation of.                                         
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB 854  State financial institutions; revise record-keeping       Guice
        laws.                                                  
           Passed
HB 889  Insurance agents; allow to finance insurance premiums.    Stevens
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
HC  38  Recognize Mississippi Authority for Educational           Holland
        Television on its 30th Anniversary.                    
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  45  Commend James Terryl Bechtol.                             Formby
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  46  Commend Lawrence County High School football team upon    Hudson
        winning 4A State Championship.                         
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  50  Commend Mississippi Special Olympics Team.                Martinson
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  51  Commend Wayne Academy High School Football Team.          Taylor
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  52  Commend Booneville High School Football Team.             McCoy
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  53  Commend Booneville High School Baseball Team.             McCoy
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  55  Commend Steve "Air" McNair upon outstanding football      Clarke
        career.                                                
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  56  Commend the life of Judge Chet Henley.                    Brown
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  57  Commend Leasha Segars upon being named 1999-2000 Lee      Scott (17th)
        County Teacher of the Year.                            
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  59  Commending Jim Maher upon his retirement as the           Rogers
        Executive Director of the Mississippi Emergency        
        Management Agency.                                     
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  61  Commend Maribeth Porter on receiving 2000 Prudential      Nettles
        Spirit of Community Award.                             
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  63  Commend Nick Peterman upon being named 1999-2000          Ketchings
        Natchez-Adams County Teacher of the Year.              
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  66  Commend Reservoir Thunder on winning 12-year-old World    Smith (59th)
        Series.                                                
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  69  Commend the life of Ernest Lynn McMurchy, Jr.             Capps
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  72  Commend Amber Wallin for receiving Prudential Spirit of   Davis
        Community Award.                                       
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  75  Commend Kimberly Dickard on being named state's top       Martinson
        middle level student volunteer.                        
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  76  Commend Byron Stallings on winning a Prudential Spirit    Taylor
        of Community Award.                                    
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  78  Commend Crossroads Quilters.                              Middleton
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  79  Commend Hattiesburg Arts Council upon receiving the       Watson
        Arts in Community Award.                               
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  80  Commend Reverend Richard G. Burns upon his retirement.    Flaggs
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  81  Commend John N. Palmer on receiving the Arts Patron       Brown
        Award.                                                 
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HR  11  Commending the life of Reverend Johnnie B. Owens, Sr.     Watson
           Adopted
SC 504  Jordan Morrison; commend.                                 Smith
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 522  Mississippi's three Division I-A football teams;          Moffatt
        commend for being ranked in the final college football 
        polls.                                                 
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 533  Weyerhaeuser; commend for contributions and               Canon
        congratulate on its Centennial Day.                    
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 534  Lawrence County High School Football Cougars; commend     Hyde-Smith
        on perfect season and state championship.              
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 535  MSU Bulldog Football team; commend for outstanding        Hamilton
        season, Peach Bowl victory and national ranking.       
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 536  Dr. Walter Washington; commend life and express           Simmons
        sympathy of the Legislature.                           
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 537  Timmy Foster; commend for winning NFL National PP&K       Dearing
        competition.                                           
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 540  Vicksburg; congratulate on 175th anniversary.             Chaney
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 543  Kenneth Quinn, Mississippi's Superintendent of the Year   Browning
        2000; commend.                                         
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 545  Booneville High School Football Team; commend for         White (5th)
        perfect season.                                        
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 546  Betty J. Brumfield; commend life of.                      Frazier
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 547  1999 USM Golden Eagles Football Team; commend.            Farris
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 548  Booneville High School Baseball Team; commend on State    White (5th)
        2A championship.                                       
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 551  Legendary radio personality Early Wright; commend life.   Walls
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 552  National TRIO Day 2000; designate and comment TRIO        Harden
        Programs.                                              
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 561  Brigadier General Ernest R. Webster; commend.             Gollott
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SB2469  Transportation Commission; delete requirement that all    Dearing
        requisitions be approved by commission (MDOT).         
           Referred To Transportation
SB2637  Transportation Commission; authorize to enter             Dearing
        agreements for advance funding of highway projects     
        (MDOT).                                                
           Referred To Transportation



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB 987  Sales tax diversions; abate suit by municipalities for    McCoy
        additional amounts.                                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3217  Individual development accounts; create and provide a     Furniss
        tax credit for contributions to.                       
           Referred To Finance
SB3218  Rural Fire Truck Acqusition Act; revise provisions;       Thames
        exempt certain sales to fire depts. from taxation.     
           Referred To Finance
SC 580  Excellence in Arts; commend Andrew Lark, Jr. for Arts     Turner
        Education Award.                                       
           Referred To Rules
SR  18  March 2000 as American Red Cross Month in Mississippi;    Huggins
        proclaim.                                              
           Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2141  Off-duty municipal or county law enforcement officers;    Nunnelee
        authorize to use public equipment for school security. 
           DR - TSDP: MU To ED
SB2159  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; establish (MMA).         Jordan
           DR - TSDPCS: MU To AP
SB2315  Municipally-owned railroad transportation system;         Furniss
        revise definiton of "municipality" in regard to.       
           DR - TSDP: MU To HI
           DR - TSDP: HI To MU
SB2506  State automobiles; increase authority for MS Bureau of    Gordon
        Narcotics, PERS, Capitol Police, State Fire Marshal,   
        Liquefied Compressed Gas Div.                          
           DR - TSDPCS: FS To AP
SB2848  MRI health care provider services; delete from CON        Huggins
        requirement and provide for licensure by SDH.          
           DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2931  Statewide trauma care system; hospitals located in        Huggins
        contiguous states may participate.                     
           DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2942  Medicaid disproportionate share program; require          Gordon
        hospitals to participate in an intergovernmental       
        transfer program.                                      
           DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB3027  State and School Employee Life Insurance Plan; revise     Dearing
        definition of "annual wage.".                          
           DR - TSDPCS: FS To AP
SB3028  Children's Advisory Council; reenact and extend one       Thames
        year.                                                  
           DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB3136  State Veterans Affairs Board; authorize to purchase       Furniss
        contracts for auto insurance.                          
           DR - TSDP: FS To AP
SB3190  Department of Finance and Administration; may execute     Gordon
        multiple contracts for travel agency services.         
           DR - TSDPCS: FS To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2009  Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System;      Gollott
        allow members to serve in the Highway Patrol beyond age
        60.                                                    
           Conference Report Filed
SB2047  Law enforcement officer; not required to use personal     Jackson
        leave for wound or injury in line of duty.             
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2075  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Canon
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2089  Divorce; equitable distribution of marital property.      Blackmon
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2315  Municipally-owned railroad transportation system;         Furniss
        revise definiton of "municipality" in regard to.       
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2356  Relocation Assistance Law; prohibit assistance to         Dearing
        illegal aliens except in extreme hardship cases (MDOT).
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2401  Riding bailiffs; compensation shall equal per diem paid   Walls
        to commissioners of elections.                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2428  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins *
        forward and extend repealer.                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2429  Residential child care facilites and youth camps;         Huggins *
        increase licensure fees.                               
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2430  Radiological health license fees; increase.               Huggins *
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2434  Hearing Aid Dealers Licensure Law; extend repealer on.    Huggins *
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2437  Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions     Huggins *
        and definitions.                                       
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2472  Practice of podiatric medicine; clarify definition.       Thames
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2555  Litter; prohibit littering of putrescible animal waste.   Posey
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2572  Municipalities; revise definitions.                       Chamberlin
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2580  Municipalities; may assess fee against certain property   Jordan
        owners.                                                
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2583  Forestry; extend forester registration law.               Harvey
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2591  State Board of Cosmetology; revise certain license        Canon
        qualifications and authorize biennial license renewal. 
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2592  Recreational vehicles; make exceptions for with regard    Dearing
        to certain width and length limitations.               
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2629  Natchez Trace Parkway; delete certain exemptions from     Scoper
        signs and building restrictions.                       
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2635  Municipalities; authorize to expend matching funds for    Harden
        grant programs.                                        
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2657  Highways; designate portion of I-20 as Dixie Division     Chaney
        Memorial Hwy. and portion of U.S. 61 as MS Calvary 1st 
        Regiment Memorial Hwy.                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2665  Unmarked vehicles; authorize use by Department of         Hewes
        Marine Resources.                                      
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2667  Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; patrol          Ross
        officers, revise.                                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2736  Vulnerable Adults Act; provide for mandated reporters     Little
        of abuse and require criminal background checks for    
        nursing home employees.                                
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2900  Public purchasing laws; make various amendments           Burton
        (MAGPA).                                               
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2934  Postauditing of documents processed by state agencies;    Gordon
        authorize Dept. of Finance and Administration.         
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2948  Appointive state officials; may receive education         Thames
        benchmark award in addition to salary.                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3026  License tags; MS Prison Industries to manufacture.        Smith
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3080  Highways; designate a portion of U.S. 84 in Adams         Johnson (38th)
        County the "Delvru John Anthony Minor Memorial         
        Highway."                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3131  Highways; designate a bridge as the "E.C. Gable           Scoper
        Memorial Bridge."                                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3148  Wildfires; authorize board of supervisors to regulate     King
        outdoor burning during drought conditions.             
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 987  Sales tax diversions; abate suit by municipalities for    McCoy
        additional amounts.                                    
           Transmitted To House
SB2052  Local government-CAP loans; include construction of       Nunnelee
        athletic complexes.                                    
           Transmitted To House
SB2738  Highway Patrol Retirement System; allow credit for all    Gordon
        active duty military service.                          
           Transmitted To House
SB2854  Distinctive license plates; require purchase certain      Minor
        number to be guaranteed before the State Tax Commission
        prepares and issues them.                              
           Transmitted To House
SB3078  Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; authorized   Ross
        a certain city to vote to come out from under the dry  
        law.                                                   
           Transmitted To House
SB3169  State Fair Commission; authorize to lease state           Horhn
        property for construction of sports arena.             
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
           Transmitted To House

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