Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/31/01



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House: Floor Actions

HB  20  Courts; permit county board attorneys to receive          Perkins
        official copy of the Mississippi edition of Supreme    
        Court decisions.                                       
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 148  Burglar alarms; license and regulate installation.        Compretta
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 260  Mississippi Shelter Care Facilities Fund; create and      Compretta
        provide checkoff on individual income tax form to allow
        contributions to.                                      
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 296  Mississippi Code; provide sets to the paralegal           Smith (39th)
        programs at USM and MUW.                               
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 341  Prepaid legal services insurance; authorize insured to    Reeves
        select any active member of Mississippi Bar.           
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 342  Child support; appointment of guardian ad litem to be     Reeves
        discretionary when abuse and neglect charges arise.    
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 352  Adoption; authorize background check of parents for       Montgomery (15th)
        child support delinquency.                             
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 354  Revenue maximization contracts; must contain provision    Frierson
        holding contractor liable for repaid federal funds.    
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 438  State offenders serving sentence in county jails;         Ford
        extend repealer.                                       
           01/31 (H) Amendment Failed
           01/31 (H) Passed
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 444  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; delete repealer   Ford
        and allow coverage of certain dental services.         
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 445  School nurse intervention program; extend repealer.       Ford
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 446  Power of municipalities to change streams; extend         Ford
        repealer.                                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 451  Flood and drainage control districts; extend repealer.    Ford
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 453  Banks; increase amount that may be paid to the            Reynolds
        successors of deceased depositors without              
        administration.                                        
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider W/Drawn
HB 458  Construction Education Fund; authorize distribution to    Guice
        the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation.     
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 460  Public Defender Task Force; continue operation.           Blackmon
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 470  Certificate of need; extend repealer.                     Ford
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 473  Medicaid; extend repealer on implantable programmable     Ford
        pump.                                                  
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 483  Waste tire disposal fee; remove repealer date.            Ford
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 554  Juror qualifications; revise.                             Blackmon
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 627  Distinctive license tags for out-of-state public          Eads
        universities; increase additional fee.                 
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 643  Insurance companies; require written approval of the      Stevens
        commissioner before paying extraordinary dividends.    
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 645  Burial associations; allow Commissioner of Insurance to   Stevens
        place in receivership if not properly licensed.        
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 649  Insurance agents and bail agents; remove automatic        Stevens
        suspension of licenses before hearings.                
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 652  Insurance companies; authorize deposit of securities      Stevens
        with clearing corporations and federal reserve         
        book-entry system.                                     
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 653  Commissioner of Insurance as attorney for all insurance   Stevens
        companies; require for service of process.             
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 657  Disclosure of nonpublic personal information by           Stevens
        insurance licensees; regulate.                         
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 658  Insurance producers; provide licensure requirements.      Stevens
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 664  Liquified petroleum/compressed gas; revise standards      Stevens
        concerning regulation of.                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 667  Health insurance policies; require to provide certain     Stevens
        benefits for treatment of mental illness.              
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 682  Travel expenses and per diem; authorize before            Eads
        confirmation for appointees of Governor or Lt. Governor
        requiring Senate confirmation.                         
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 720  Rural Fire Truck Program; authorize the Department of     Stevens
        Insurance to accept applications for fifth round.      
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 721  Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act; create.    Stevens
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB 724  Legislative special sessions; create revolving fund to    Capps
        pay expenses of.                                       
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 730  Crab theft; increase fine for larceny of crabs or crab    Ellington
        pots.                                                  
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 751  Marriage; Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (NCCUSL).      Watson
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 754  State Tax Commission; authorize use of certified or       McCoy
        registered mail to serve warrants used to levy on money
        due a delinquent taxpayer (STC).                       
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 759  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; create.   Barnett (92nd)
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 767  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Young
        additional in Lauderdale County.                       
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 780  Pretrial intervention program; revise to provide          Moak
        keeping of nonpublic records for subsequent            
        proceedings.                                           
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 820  Prosecutors; increase assessments that fund the State     Compretta
        Prosecutor Education Fund.                             
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 837  Securities Act; clarify transactional deminimus           Pierce
        exception and technical revisions.                     
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 848  Home inspectors; provide for licensure and regulation     Wallace
        of.                                                    
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 851  Prisoners; create medical release program for             Ellis
        offenders.                                             
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 855  Child custody; Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and     Watson
        Enforcement Act (NCCUSL).                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 864  Attorney General investigators and IHL law enforcement    Compretta
        officers; allow retirees to retain or purchase firearm.
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 868  Warrantless arrest; revise domestic violence              Watson
        provisions.                                            
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 869  Domestic abuse; allow waiver of filing fees for the       Watson
        abused.                                                
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 870  Protection from Domestic Abuse Law; revise definition.    Watson
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 871  Crimes; revise domestic violence provision of assault     Watson
        statute.                                               
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 872  Domestic abuse; revise length of protective orders.       Watson
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 881  Medicaid; revise eligibility and services provisions.     Moody
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 905  Threatening phone calls; revise penalties.                Frierson
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 908  Extortion; revise certain definitions.                    Frierson
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 912  Crimes; create offense of solicitation to commit a        Frierson
        felony.                                                
           01/31 (H) Recommitted to Committee
HB 929  Persons with disabilities; provide for development of     Evans
        comprehensive state plan for providing services to.    
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB 939  Medicaid and CHIP; provide for presumptive eligibility    Espy
        for children under those programs.                     
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1000  Medicaid; provide for reimbursement for nursing           Moody
        facility services for the severely disabled.           
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1011  Transfer of offenders treaty; transfer in accordance      Holland
        with treaty between United States and the foreign      
        country.                                               
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1015  Insurance Department and Fire Academy; transfer certain   Capps
        funds into the State General Fund.                     
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1020  Property; authorize DFA, on behalf of Forestry            Moody
        Commission, to sell certain property in Winston County.
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1024  Illegitimate children; delete requirement that            Moody
        Department of Health notify D.A.s of parents' names on 
        birth certificates of.                                 
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1027  Nursing; Workforce Program and Office of Nursing          Moody
        Workforce; revise provisions relating to.              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1035  Community service revolving fund; increase fees.          Malone
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1053  Obesity; create Mississippi Council on Obesity            Whittington
        Prevention and Management.                             
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1063  Mississippi Local Government Historic Preservation Law;   Whittington
        revise.                                                
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1082  Hospital beds; allow transfer from North Panola           McBride
        Community Hospital to South Panola Community Hospital  
        without CON review.                                    
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1115  Soil and Water Conservation Commission; authorize to      Holland
        purchase used equipment at auction without meeting bid 
        requirements.                                          
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1139  Corrections; authorize the commissioner to transfer       Malone
        employees to any DOC location.                         
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1140  Exploitation of children and credit card fraud; clarify   Franks
        Internet violations.                                   
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1141  Health care professionals; advertising by must describe   Simpson
        license or qualifications.                             
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1157  Property; authorize DFA to purchase certain property in   Pierce
        Greene County for the Forestry Commission.             
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1182  Retired PERS employees; may work and receive benefits     Weathersby
        for up to 1/2 of normal working days or hours.         
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1207  Appeals; clarify time to appeal from county court to      Watson
        circuit court.                                         
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1220  Elections; provide safety net for election day            Reynolds
        problems.                                              
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1238  Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having       Grist
        high drug expenses eligible for.                       
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1255  Purchasing; allow state-owned hospitals to participate    Holland
        in group purchasing programs.                          
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1273  Late payment charges; make uniform for various            Guice
        transactions.                                          
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1275  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Moody
        Youth; establish to provide coordinated services to SED
        children.                                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1287  Optional retirement program; provide for eligibility of   Stringer
        interns and residents at UMMC and MSU Vet School.      
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1291  Ad valorem tax; revise time that assessments of public    McCoy
        utility property remain open and subject to objection. 
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1297  National Guard; transfer funds in FY 2001 appropriation   Capps
        from one category to another.                          
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1307  Trespass; clarify application to airports.                Snowden
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1312  Corrections; revise name, procedure and meetings of the   Malone
        classification committee.                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1327  Graveline Bayou Project; clarify purpose for which        Read
        funds may be expended.                                 
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1328  State buildings; revise buildings under supervision of    Peranich
        Department of Finance and Administration.              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1329  Health Care Professions' Loan Program; revise list of     Barnett (92nd)
        institutions where person may work to repay loan.      
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1332  Public property; name certain Department of Agriculture   Holland
        and Commerce building at MSU the Robert Horne McCarty  
        Building.                                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1341  Department of Mental Health; transfer funds in FY 2001    Capps
        appropriation among several categories.                
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1342  Workforce training; designate MDA as sole administrator   Morris
        of certain programs under Workforce Investment Act,    
        revise internal reference.                             
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1344  State Tax Commission; clarify authority to provide        Moak
        information to other jurisdictions which enforce motor 
        fuel tax laws (STC).                                   
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1358  Earned time; include additional programs by which a       Malone
        trusty may acquire.                                    
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1360  Property; authorize DFA, on behalf of Forestry            Eakes
        Commission, to sell certain property in Neshoba County.
           01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1422  Termination of parental rights proceedings for children   Moody
        in custody of DHS; require certain reports on parents. 
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1424  State agencies; allow to receive payments by credit       Brown
        cards or other electronic payment.                     
           01/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1427  Coal; revise Mississippi's surface coal mining and        Ellington
        reclamation law.                                       
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1450  Private correctional officers; delete provision which     Malone
        specifies where training shall take place.             
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1456  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; delete requirement that         Cummings
        monies in the fund be appropriated in order to be      
        expended.                                              
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1459  Retirement; conform certain provisions of PERS, Highway   Stringer
        Patrol and municipal statutes to federal law.          
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1465  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Malone
        of the Department of Corrections.                      
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1468  Budget; delete requirement that legislative and           Ford
        executive recommendations be published together in one 
        report.                                                
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1471  Ayers Settlement Fund; create and fund with Working       Ford
        Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund interest.              
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1474  Judicial Advisory Study Committee; revise repealer.       Watson
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1481  Intensive Supervision Program; delete provision           Malone
        restricting the time when an offender may be placed in.
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1492  Mississippi Creditor-Placed Insurance Act; create.        Stevens
           01/31 (H) Amended
           01/31 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1495  Property; authorize Forestry Commission and Prentiss      Ford
        County to exchange certain real property in Prentiss   
        County.                                                
           01/31 (H) Passed
HB1502  Secretary of State; may issue certificates of             McCoy
        dissolution or withdrawal without certain notices from 
        Tax Commission.                                        
           01/31 (H) Passed
SB2285  Mississippi Coat of Arms; adopt.                          Chaney
           01/31 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Measures That Have Died

HB 912  Crimes; create offense of solicitation to commit a        Frierson
        felony.                                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2017  Insurance agents; exempt 65 or older from continuing      Dearing
        education requirements.                                
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2074  Home repair fraud; create offense, prescribe              Moffatt
        punishment.                                            
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2084  Municipalities; revised definitions.                      Chamberlin
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2142  Prison industries; define agricultural commodities.       Posey
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2146  Internet; prohibit computer seduction of minors.          Burton
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2172  Usury Law; remove repealer on provision allowing debtor   Minor
        and lender to contract for finance charge on certain   
        contracts.                                             
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2173  Personal property; exemption from seizure or execution.   Carlton
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2207  Disclosure of nonpublic personal information by           Kirby
        insurance licensees; regulate.                         
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2255  Transportation Commission; authorize short term           Dearing
        borrowing to fund cash flow deficiencies.              
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2262  Commissioner of Public Safety; allow constables to        Posey
        purchase used highway patrol autos from department.    
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2290  MS Emergency Management Agency; establish state public    Furniss
        assistance program.                                    
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2305  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2312  Uniform Athlete Agents Act; enact.                        Hamilton
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2318  Local System Road Program; establish.                     Dearing
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2353  Circuit clerks; filing fee accrues to clerk at time of    Thames
        collection.                                            
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2361  Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage; raise         Kirby
        statutory minimum/make primary offense.                
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2386  License tags; provide preference for competitive bid by   Smith
        prison industries for manufacture.                     
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2389  State employee; may operate state vehicle with driver's   Thames
        license from contiguous state.                         
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2393  Wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer.    Robertson
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2406  Lost or destroyed warrants; remove requirement for        Tollison
        filing an affidavit and bond for a duplicate to be     
        issued.                                                
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2407  State Board of Banking Review; remove repealer on.        Mettetal
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2409  Transportation Commission; may adopt rules regarding      Dearing
        the management, sale or disposal of timber on highway  
        rights-of-way.                                         
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2411  MS Check Cashers Act; revise licensing requirements and   Mettetal
        civil penalties, and extend repealer.                  
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2415  Tort Claims Act; delay increased liability for one        Furniss
        year.                                                  
           01/31 (S) Failed
           01/31 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2433  Transportation projects; allow certain entities to        Dearing *
        advance funding to accelerate completion date.         
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2436  1987 Four-Lane Highway Program; authorize additional      Dearing
        federal funds to be used in lieu of state funds.       
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2457  Pre-need Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act; create.   Browning
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Failed
           01/31 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2511  Highways; designate a portion of MS Highway 25 as         Johnson (19th)
        Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive; all of U.S   
        I-20 as 31st Infantry Division Memorial Highway.       
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2517  Mississippi meat products; provide preference for         Stogner
        procurement of.                                        
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2521  Highways; designate a certain portion as "Jo Doss         Bryan
        Miller Memorial Drive."                                
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2524  Hospitality stations; transportation commission work      Hewes
        with universities for beautification.                  
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2525  Crabs; revise resident and nonresident commercial         Hewes
        crabber licenses and fees.                             
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2526  Crabs; increase penalty for theft of crab pots.           Hewes
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2527  Multi-Modal Transportation Improvement Fund; create.      Hewes
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2529  State Port Authority; conform purchasing authority to     Hewes
        state purchasing laws.                                 
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2558  Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; provide for the   Williamson
        issuance to constables.                                
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2604  Designate a portion of U.S. 51 from South Jackson         Hyde-Smith *
        Street to U.S. Highway 84 bypass as the Jefferson Davis
        Memorial Highway.                                      
           01/31 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SB2608  State Veterans Affairs Board; eliminate personnel         Furniss
        performance review of executive director.              
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
           01/31 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2642  Tort Claims Board; revise membership.                     Turner
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2682  Solid waste; allow municipalities to use certain funds    Gollott
        to pay for garbage collection.                         
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2693  Marine Resources; revise brill net requirements and       Hewes
        clarify use of.                                        
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2699  Motor Vehicle Tag Law; make revisions.                    Minor
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2700  DFA; perform functions of state travel agency when        Canon
        contract is terminated.                                
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2706  School bond limitation based on assessed valuation;       Tollison
        revise.                                                
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2708  Forfeiture; revise division of proceeds (MBN).            Tollison
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2714  Premium retaliatory tax; utilize highest local tax of     Nunnelee
        foreign jurisdictions in determining amount of.        
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2722  Uniform Securities Law; raise exemption regarding the     Mettetal
        sale of securities by an issuer.                       
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2730  Agriculture; extend boll weevil referendum from 5 years   Stogner
        to 10 years.                                           
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2736  Highway weight restrictions; exempt rear axle of          Dearing
        knuckle boom log loaders from tire loading limitations.
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2740  Vehicles with projecting loads; clarify provisions        Dearing *
        relating to operation at night.                        
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2741  Mississippi Creditor-Placed Insurance Act; enact.         Kirby
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2742  Insurers; offer stacking and nonstacking coverage of      Kirby
        uninsured motorist insurance.                          
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2743  Insurers; may appoint director with relationship to its   Kirby
        managing general agent.                                
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2751  Public Purchasing Law; agencies and governing             Canon
        authorities shall purchase contracts for insurance in  
        accordance with.                                       
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2777  Corrections; authorize DOC to use inmate labor to         Smith
        expand community work centers.                         
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2781  Gaming Counties State-Assisted Infrastructure Program;    Hewes
        add certain projects.                                  
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2782  Municipalities; authorize municipalities to expend        Harden
        matching funds for any state, federal or private       
        program.                                               
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2790  Agriculture; revise liability of person willfully         Hamilton
        destroying a field crop.                               
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2797  State hospitals; authorize to participate in group        Thames
        purchase programs with other hospitals.                
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2799  Public purchases; delete RFP requirement for certain      Robertson
        waste disposal contracts.                              
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2820  Real property; clarify ad valorem tax exemption           Dearing *
        whenever acquired by governmental entity (MDOT).       
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2826  Driver's license; revise social security number           Horhn
        requirement.                                           
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2831  Highway system; designate a portion of MS 35 and the      Mettetal
        Waverly Wray Memorial Highway.                         
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2886  Fair Commission; allow to solicit bids for sponsorship    Stogner
        of major events.                                       
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2904  Home inspectors; provide for licensure and regulation     Hewes
        of.                                                    
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2911  Post conviction counsel; revise authority and             Tollison
        administrative details.                                
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2912  Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; provide for the   Farris
        issuance to active duty members of the United States   
        Armed Forces.                                          
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2915  Solid waste authority; revise and require conformity in   Cuevas
        board representation.                                  
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2929  Signs; revise the size restriction on certain signs.      Dearing
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2934  Waste tire fee; remove repealer and revise allocation     Nunnelee
        of funds.                                              
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2948  Charitable gift annuities; issuance does not constitute   Hewes
        engaging in business of insurance.                     
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2954  Marine resources; make technical correction by removing   Hewes
        reference to repealed code section.                    
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2959  Driver's license; revise fee, create separately set       Dearing
        photo fee.                                             
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2961  Motor carrier fuel tax; revise laws to conform to         Minor
        International Fuel Tax Agreement (STC).                
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2986  Sex offenders; revise registration of.                    Carlton
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2991  Corrections; authorize early work release for certain     Ross
        nonviolent inmates.                                    
           01/31 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB2993  Divorce; revise fault grounds.                            Ross
           01/31 (S) Passed
SB3024  Aeronautics; include private airports open to the         Minor
        general public in.                                     
           01/31 (S) Amended
           01/31 (S) Passed As Amended
SC 506  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Trust Fund.                                            
           01/31 (S) Adopted
SR   6  Deputy Commissioner of Insurance Ron Hanna; commend       Kirby
        upon retirement.                                       
           01/31 (S) Adopted



Senate: Measures That Have Died

SB2604  Designate a portion of U.S. 51 from South Jackson         Hyde-Smith *
        Street to U.S. Highway 84 bypass as the Jefferson Davis
        Memorial Highway.                                      
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/19/01 at 11:22.



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