Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/19/01



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Signed By The Governor

SB2294  Approp.; Tax Commission - STARS Project; add'l FY2001.    Gordon
           02/19 Approved by Governor
SB2295  State Tax Commission FY2001 Appropriation bill; make      Gordon
        certain transfers.                                     
           02/19 Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HB1644  Stone County; authorize to increase assessment on         Maples
        misdemeanors in justice court to fund Crimestoppers.   
           02/19 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1645  City of Gulfport; provide for additional payment each     Ishee
        year to retired firemen and policemen.                 
           02/19 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1646  Ad valorem taxation; revise definition of "home" or       McCoy
        "homestead" for purposes of homestead exemption.       
           02/19 (H) Referred To Ways and Means



House: Committee Reports

HR  12  Commend Sela Ward on acting awards and for support of     Ford
        Hope for Children Facility.                            
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HB 622  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Eads
        of National Guard Armory in City of Oxford.            
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB 723  Appropriation; reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY02.                                        
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1526  Ad valorem taxation; restrict partial exemption for       McCoy
        newly acquired railroad property to property acquired  
        before January 1, 2001 (STC).                          
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1569  Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.            Green
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1570  Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.            Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1571  Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.    Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1572  Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply            Read
        District.                                              
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1573  Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management    Read
        District.                                              
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1574  Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port             Read
        Authority.                                             
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1575  Appropriation; Board of Agricultural Aviation.            Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1576  Appropriation; Athletic Commission.                       Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1577  Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.                    Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1578  Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.                      Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1579  Appropriation; State Board of Psychology.                 Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1580  Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers      Read
        and Marriage and Family Therapists.                    
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1581  Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.                 Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1582  Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.           Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1583  Appropriation; State Board of Registration for            Read
        Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.             
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1584  Appropriation; Mississippi State Port Authority at        Read
        Gulfport.                                              
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1585  Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.          Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1586  Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home                Read
        Administrators.                                        
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1587  Appropriation; Board of Nursing.                          Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1588  Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.                         Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1589  Appropriation; Board of Optometry.                        Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1590  Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement               Read
        System-administrative expenses; maintenance and        
        operation of building.                                 
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1591  Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.             Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1592  Appropriation; Mississippi Public Service Commission.     Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1593  Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.                    Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1594  Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and        Read
        Certification Board.                                   
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1595  Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.                    Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1596  Appropriation; Mississippi Department of                  Read
        Transportation.                                        
           02/19 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1597  Appropriation; Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission.      Read
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1598  Appropriation; Attorney General - support.                Watson
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1599  Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.              Watson
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1600  Appropriation; Insurance Department.                      Watson
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1601  Appropriation; State Fire Academy.                        Watson
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1602  Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.                    Watson
           02/19 (H) Passed
           02/19 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1603  Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.         Watson
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1604  Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction          Watson
        Counsel.                                               
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1605  Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.        Flaggs
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1606  Appropriation; Arts Commission.                           Flaggs
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1607  Appropriation; expenses of Legislature, monthly           Flaggs
        expense, Legislative Budget Office, PEER Committee.    
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1608  Appropriation; benefit payments to retirants under the    Flaggs
        former Teachers' Retirement System.                    
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1609  Appropriation; State Department of Education - General    Warren
        Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational          
        Education.                                             
           02/19 (H) Amended
           02/19 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1610  Appropriation; pay interest on Chickasaw School Fund.     Warren
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1611  Appropriation; Department of Education - Minimum          Warren
        Program.                                               
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1612  Appropriation; Schools for the Blind and the Deaf.        Warren
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1613  Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational      Warren
        Television.                                            
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1614  Appropriation; Library Commission.                        Warren
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1615  Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.   Holland
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1616  Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.        Stevens
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1617  Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.                 Henderson (9th)
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1618  Appropriation; State Board of Registration for            Henderson (9th)
        Foresters.                                             
           02/19 (H) Amended
           02/19 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1619  Appropriation; Beauvoir Shrine.                           Denny
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1620  Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.       Denny
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1621  Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.      Denny
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1622  Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.   Green
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1623  Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.    Green
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1624  Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and      Green
        Parks.                                                 
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1625  Appropriation; Department of Human                        Moody
        Services-Consolidated.                                 
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1626  Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.    Moody
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1630  Bonds; issue general obligation and revenue bonds for     Simpson
        acquisition and upgrade of rail line between State Port
        at Gulfport and Hattiesburg.                           
           02/19 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1637  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Building Fund   Smith (39th)
        for Arts and Community Heritage Preservation Fund.     
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1641  Bonds; issue bonds for IHL and community/junior college   Smith (39th)
        capital improvements and repair and renovation.        
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB1642  Bonds; issue bonds for capital improvements and repair    Smith (39th)
        and renovation of state agency facilities.             
           02/19 (H) Passed
SB2207  Disclosure of nonpublic personal information by           Kirby
        insurance licensees; regulate.                         
           02/19 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2522  Elections; exempt persons unable to read/write from the   Bryan
        requirement of personally completing application for   
        registration as voter.                                 
           02/19 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2523  Elections; State Executive Committees must appoint        Bryan
        election integrity assurance committee;                
        county/municipal committees may delegate duties.       
           02/19 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2741  Mississippi Creditor-Placed Insurance Act; enact.         Kirby
           02/19 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

SC 514  Nancy Knight, Director ARC; commend on retirement.        Gordon
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 519  Robert McCarty, State Entomologist; commend life and      Hamilton
        express sympathy of Legislature.                       
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 521  William Bryant Ridgway; World War II B-24 bomber          Michel
        command pilot; commend.                                
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 525  Coach Jim Drewry, Booneville High School; commend.        Little
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 526  West Lauderdale High School Girls Softball Team;          Carmichael
        commend.                                               
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 527  West Lauderdale Baseball Team; commend.                   Carmichael
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 530  Harrison County Volunteer Fire Service; commend.          Cuevas
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 531  "National Heart Failure Awareness Week" and congestive    Huggins
        heart failure guidelines; urge adoption of.            
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 532  High school athletes; commend those who sign with         Hamilton
        in-state universities and colleges.                    
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 534  Former First Lady of Mississippi Dorothy P. Johnson;      Farris
        commend life.                                          
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 544  Randy Graves, Jr., Eagle Scout; commend.                  White (29th)
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 551  "The Year of the Mississippi Smile"; designate 2001.      Farris
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 553  North Delta Academy Green Wave Football Team; commend.    Mettetal
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 554  Actress Sela Ward; commend.                               Carmichael
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 556  Dr. Rod Paige, Sr.; commend appointment as Education      Harvey
        Secretary.                                             
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 557  George Berry; commend for Artist's Achievement Award.     Frazier
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 558  Roy Oswalt; commend for 2000 Summer Olympics Gold         Hamilton
        Medal.                                                 
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 560  Coach "Blackie" Blackwell; recognize for posthumos        Michel
        induction into Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.        
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 561  Marvin Terrell; commend upon induction into Mississippi   Michel
        Sports Hall of Fame.                                   
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 562  Orsmond E. Jordan, Jr.; commend upon induction into       Michel
        Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.                       
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 563  Ken Lindsay; commend upon induction into Mississippi      Michel
        Sports Hall of Fame.                                   
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 564  Larry Myricks; commend upon induction into MS Sports      Michel
        Hall of Fame.                                          
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 565  Defensive lineman "Stonewall" Jackson Brumfield;          Michel
        commend upon induction into Mississippi Sports Hall of 
        Fame.                                                  
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 566  Professor Ronald Otto Schnell; commend for Arts Pioneer   Horhn
        Award.                                                 
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 567  Roger D. Malkin, recipient of Governor's Patron of the    Carlton
        Arts Award; commend life.                              
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3163  Madison County Wastewater Authority; create.              Johnson (19th)
           02/19 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SB3164  Storm water management districts; authorize funding by    Nunnelee *
        bonds, user fees or ad valorem taxes.                  
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3165  Homestead exemption; increase in certain counties.        Cuevas
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3166  Sales taxation; enact sales tax holiday and raise the     Michel
        sales tax on casual sales of motor vehicles.           
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SC 576  Dr. Mark Greenberg; commend upon receiving the 2001       Frazier
        Humanities Scholar of the Year Award.                  
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 577  Elizabeth Aydelott; commend upon receiving the 2001       Frazier
        Public Humanities Achievement Award.                   
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 578  Dr. Elizabeth Sarcone; commend upon receiving the 2001    Frazier
        Humanities Educator of the Year Award.                 
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 579  Jane Hearn; commend upon receiving the 2001 Chair's       Frazier
        Award for Special Achievements in the Humanities.      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 580  Robert S. McGowan, Director of Grace House; commend the   Dawkins
        life of.                                               
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 581  Law Enforcement Officers Memorial; express support for    Minor
        location.                                              
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  12  Commend Linda Key; Council for Exceptional Children       Kirby
        Teacher of the Year.                                   
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  13  Harrison Central High School Cheerleaders; commend upon   Cuevas
        championship wins.                                     
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB 438  State offenders serving sentence in county jails;         Ford
        extend repealer.                                       
           02/19 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 466  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Ford
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 475  Agricultural leases of prison lands; extend repealer.     Ford
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 477  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer.        Ford
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 480  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer.           Ford
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 518  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Ford
        repealer.                                              
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1011  Transfer of offenders treaty; transfer in accordance      Holland
        with treaty between United States and the foreign      
        country.                                               
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1358  Earned time; include additional programs by which a       Malone
        trusty may acquire.                                    
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1450  Private correctional officers; delete provision which     Malone
        specifies where training shall take place.             
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1465  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Malone
        of the Department of Corrections.                      
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2034  Bonds; issue to fund the Highway 98 Access Improvement    King
        Program Fund.                                          
           02/19 (S) Passed
SB2729  Bonds; issue for entertainment and film center and        Blackmon
        museum and sound stage complex.                        
           02/19 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (S) Passed
SB3144  Bonds; issue for the Water Pollution Control Revolving    Nunnelee
        Fund & the Local Governments & Rural Water Systems     
        Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.                      
           02/19 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3145  Bonds; issue general obligation and revenue bonds for     Hewes
        acquisition and upgrade of rail line between State Port
        at Gulfport and Hattiesburg.                           
           02/19 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (S) Passed
SB3150  Income tax; impose a 3% tax on gaming winnings to be      Minor
        collected by casinos & exclude gaming winnings from    
        gross income.                                          
           02/19 (S) Amended
           02/19 (S) Passed As Amended
SB3158  Bonds; issue for state agencies and community colleges    Minor
        capital improvements.                                  
           02/19 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (S) Passed
SB3159  Bonds; issue for matching requirements for Federal        Ross
        Highway Administration grant for North Shore Causeway  
        safety improvements.                                   
           02/19 (S) Passed



Senate: Signed By The President

SC 514  Nancy Knight, Director ARC; commend on retirement.        Gordon
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 519  Robert McCarty, State Entomologist; commend life and      Hamilton
        express sympathy of Legislature.                       
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 521  William Bryant Ridgway; World War II B-24 bomber          Michel
        command pilot; commend.                                
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 525  Coach Jim Drewry, Booneville High School; commend.        Little
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 526  West Lauderdale High School Girls Softball Team;          Carmichael
        commend.                                               
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 527  West Lauderdale Baseball Team; commend.                   Carmichael
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 530  Harrison County Volunteer Fire Service; commend.          Cuevas
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 531  "National Heart Failure Awareness Week" and congestive    Huggins
        heart failure guidelines; urge adoption of.            
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 532  High school athletes; commend those who sign with         Hamilton
        in-state universities and colleges.                    
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 534  Former First Lady of Mississippi Dorothy P. Johnson;      Farris
        commend life.                                          
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 544  Randy Graves, Jr., Eagle Scout; commend.                  White (29th)
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 551  "The Year of the Mississippi Smile"; designate 2001.      Farris
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 553  North Delta Academy Green Wave Football Team; commend.    Mettetal
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 554  Actress Sela Ward; commend.                               Carmichael
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 556  Dr. Rod Paige, Sr.; commend appointment as Education      Harvey
        Secretary.                                             
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 557  George Berry; commend for Artist's Achievement Award.     Frazier
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 558  Roy Oswalt; commend for 2000 Summer Olympics Gold         Hamilton
        Medal.                                                 
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 560  Coach "Blackie" Blackwell; recognize for posthumos        Michel
        induction into Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.        
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 561  Marvin Terrell; commend upon induction into Mississippi   Michel
        Sports Hall of Fame.                                   
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 562  Orsmond E. Jordan, Jr.; commend upon induction into       Michel
        Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.                       
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 563  Ken Lindsay; commend upon induction into Mississippi      Michel
        Sports Hall of Fame.                                   
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 564  Larry Myricks; commend upon induction into MS Sports      Michel
        Hall of Fame.                                          
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 565  Defensive lineman "Stonewall" Jackson Brumfield;          Michel
        commend upon induction into Mississippi Sports Hall of 
        Fame.                                                  
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 566  Professor Ronald Otto Schnell; commend for Arts Pioneer   Horhn
        Award.                                                 
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 567  Roger D. Malkin, recipient of Governor's Patron of the    Carlton
        Arts Award; commend life.                              
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/19/01 at 11:23.



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