Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Senator Rob H. Smith

District 35

As of 12/20/01 at 08:56

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SB2002  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Smith
        high school arts education instructors.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2003  Appropriation; SDE for additional teacher units in        Smith
        Grades 1-4.                                            
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2004  Teacher certification; require instruction in all         Smith
        reading methods for K-4.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2006  Approp. FY2002; SDE for additional teacher assistants     Smith
        in school districts with 60% participation in free     
        lunch program.                                         
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2007  Bonds for Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds   Smith
  $%    that may be issued under.                              
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2008  Discount prescription rates for veterans; require for     Smith
        pharmacists participating in Medicaid program.         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2009  Fleeing or eluding; create offense.                       Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2010  Medicaid reimbursable; services provided by licensed      Smith
        certified social worker.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2011  Homestead exemption; increase the amount of               Smith
        reimbursement for county tax losses.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2012  Cheerleaders in middle school and high school; shall      Smith
        receive 1/2 credit toward graduation.                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2137  MS Chiropractic Practice Act; make technical amendments   Huggins
   %    and extend repealer.                                   
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2157  Rape; enhance penalty when occurring in correctional      Smith
        facility.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2165  Sales tax; phase in a reduction to 6%.                    Smith
  $%       02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2166  Sales tax; authorize local governments to impose.         Smith
  $%       02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2167  Television; authorize appearance of certain defendants    Smith
 *      by closed circuit.                                     
           03/05 Approved by Governor
SB2168  Landlord/tenant law; revise.                              Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2171  Marriage and family therapists; revise competency to      Smith
        testify in alimony, custody or divorce actions.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2239  MS School Safety Act of 2001; enact.                      Little
 *         03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2242  Department of Education; devise program to award high     Kirby
        school diplomas to World War II veterans.              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2257  Budget; require the Joint Legislative Budget Committee    Smith
        to make its final revenue estimate by the first Monday 
        in March.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2264  Military motor vehicle license tags; create the           Smith
   %    Mississippi Military License Tag Design Approval       
        Committee to approve design of.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2265  Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; authorize sale    Smith
 *      of property to V.F.W., Post 9122.                      
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2273  Homestead exemption; increase exemption for persons 65    Gollott
  $%    years of age or older.                                 
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2278  Sales taxation; sales tax system for the Twenty-first     Smith
        Century Act.                                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2285  Mississippi Coat of Arms; adopt.                          Chaney
           02/07 Approved by Governor
SB2291  Assistant district attorneys; revise number.              Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2318  Local System Road Program; establish.                     Dearing
 *         03/24 Approved by Governor
SB2337  TANF assistance; establish Child Development Trust Fund   Smith
        Pilot Program.                                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2342  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Thames
 *      Youth; establish and empower to provide coordinated    
        services to SED children.                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2344  Highways; establish the Four-Lane Right-of-Way            Smith
        Acquisition Program.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2351  Bureau of Narcotics; agents injured on duty not           Thames
        required to use leave during recovery.                 
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2354  Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Act of 2000; enact.       Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2355  MS Department of Children and Family Programs; study      Smith
        feasibility of.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2356  Minimum education program; one teacher unit for every     Smith
        20 pupils in Grades 1-4.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2362  Telephone solicitations; prohibit for subscribers who     Robertson
 * %    notify PSC.                                            
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2385  License tags; MS Prison Industries to manufacture.        Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2386  License tags; provide preference for competitive bid by   Smith
 *      prison industries for manufacture.                     
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2395  Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Program,      Farris
        Addl. FY2001 and FY2002.                               
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2396  State Employee Management Training Act; create.           Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2408  Homestead exemption; increase for persons over 65 or      Canon
  $%    100% disabled.                                         
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2422  Electronic Government Services Fund and Oversight         Chaney
 *      Committee; establish.                                  
           03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2437  Prison industries; require private prison with state      Smith
        inmates to purchase clothing from MS Prison Industries 
        Corporation.                                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2440  Tax assessors and tax collectors; revise salary scale.    Minor
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2463  Regional corrections facilities; require facility         Smith
        dedicated to substance abuse treatment of nonviolent   
        inmates.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2468  License tags; provide preference for competitive bid by   Smith
        prison industries for manufacture.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2469  Prison Industries; make technical revisions to work       Smith
        programs.                                              
           03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2491  Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain food for        Smith
  $%    human consumption.                                     
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2492  Nurses; add nurse member to Board of Mental Health.       Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2503  Study Mississippi Department of Children's Affairs;       Smith
 * %    extend repealer on DHS.                                
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2576  "IN GOD WE TRUST"; require display in each public         Nunnelee
        school classroom.                                      
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2577  Sixteenth section school land classified as               Smith
        residential; immediate family members of leaseholders  
        may reside thereon.                                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2630  Homestead exemption; phase in a 25% increase.             Hewes
  $%       02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2774  Corrections; Intensive Supervision Program and House      Smith
        Arrest; extend repealer.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2777  Corrections; authorize DOC to use inmate labor to         Smith
        expand community work centers.                         
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2778  State-owned vehicles; revise authorization law.           Thames
 *         04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2784  Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; enact.               Chaney
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2787  Community Service Revolving Fund; increase fees.          Smith
   %       01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2793  Corrections; revise work training program requirements.   Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2794  Corrections; revise requirements for meritorious earned   Smith *
        time and remove limit on time earned by inmate.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2796  Board of Mental Health; authorize negotiation for sale    Thames
 * %    of Boswell Regional Center property.                   
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2813  Donation of leave time; extend repealer.                  Thames
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2814  Donated leave; reestablish policy for state employees     Smith
        with one-year cap.                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2821  Corrections; allow DOC to feed garbage to swine.          Smith
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2835  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Smith
        repealer.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2857  Credit cards and electronic funds transfers for payment   Chaney
 *      of government fees; authorize.                         
           03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2867  Corrections; authorize increase in state inmates in       Smith *
        private facility in Marshall County.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2868  Corrections; expand trusty earned time allowance          Smith
        programs.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2870  Corrections; authorize the commissioner to transfer       Smith *
        employees to any DOC location.                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2872  Corrections; revise restrictions on placement of          Smith *
        inmates in the earned probation program.               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2873  Corrections:  Authorize office of governor and            Smith
        commissioner of corrections to privatize community     
        services.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2874  Regional jails; authorize work programs with              Smith
        Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation.             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2876  Felons; may be sentenced to county jail.                  Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2878  Corrections; remove requirement that private guards       Smith *
        train at public facilities.                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2879  Corrections; revise time for placement in house arrest.   Smith *
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2880  Correctional facilities; increase number of beds at       Smith *
        Delta Correctional Facility in Leflore County.         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2881  Correctional facility; increase number of beds at         Smith *
        Walnut Grove juvenile facility.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2937  Department of Education; devise program to award high     King
 *      school diplomas to World War II veterans.              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2956  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Smith *
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3008  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison lands;         Smith
        extend repealer.                                       
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB3015  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Smith *
   %    of the Department of Corrections.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3018  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Smith
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB3022  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB3025  Corrections; transfer Division of Community Services of   Smith
   %    DOC to new Department of Community Correctional        
        Services.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3028  Corrections; abolish classification committees and        Smith *
 *      create hearing officers; nonviolent first offenders    
        eligible for parole.                                   
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB3080  City of Richland; extend repealer on prepared food and    Smith
   %    beverage tax and allow proceeds to be used for a soccer
        complex.                                               
           03/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB3083  Appropriation; Dept. of Education-Min. Program & other    Gordon
        K-12 Programs; Addl. FY2001.                           
           03/13 (H) Died In Committee
SB3145  Bonds; issue general obligation and revenue bonds for     Hewes
 *$%    acquisition and upgrade of rail line between State Port
        at Gulfport and Hattiesburg.                           
           03/13 (H) Died On Calendar
SB3194  Simpson County; authorize contributions to the Veterans   Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB3195  City of Magee; authorize contributions to the Veterans    Smith
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB3196  Covington County; authorize contributions to the          Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SC 512  Delta State University "Fighting Okra" Football Team;     Dearing
        commend for winning first national championship.       
           02/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 519  Robert McCarty, State Entomologist; commend life and      Hamilton
        express sympathy of Legislature.                       
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 522  Senator and Representative Kenneth Williams; commend      Scoper
 *      life.                                                  
           02/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 524  Dr. Rod Paige, Sr.; commend appointment as Education      Harvey
        Secretary.                                             
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
SC 547  Habitat for Humanity; commend for service in              Nunnelee
        Mississippi.                                           
           02/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 549  Dr. Rod Paige, Sr.; commend appointment as Education      Harvey
        Secretary.                                             
           02/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 556  Dr. Rod Paige, Sr.; commend appointment as Education      Harvey
        Secretary.                                             
           02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 568  Senator John Ashcroft; commend appointment as Attorney    White (29th)
        General.                                               
           03/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 573  Lysbeth Anne Gillespie; commend the life of.              Thames
           03/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 584  Joint rules; amend to make conference committees open.    Bryan
 *         03/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 599  MSU Coach Pat McMahon; commend upon selection as Head     Hamilton
        Coach of 2001 USA Baseball National Team.              
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 608  "Willie Morris Day" in Mississippi; declare May 12,       Horhn
        2001.                                                  
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
SC 609  Ole Miss Basketball Coach Rod Barnes; commend for         Tollison
        Naismith National Coach of the Year and SEC Coach of   
        the Year.                                              
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
SC 610  Ole Miss "Rebels" Basketball Team; commend for SEC        Tollison
        Western Division Championship and NCAA Sweet 16.       
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
SR   3  Gina Holland; commend.                                    Little
           01/10 (S) Adopted
SR   8  13th Annual Senate Reunion; commend former Senators.      White (29th)
           02/08 (S) Adopted
SR  15  Repeal Federal Unified Gift & Estate Tax; request         Michel
        Congress to.                                           
           03/29 (S) Adopted
SR  27  Morgan Freeman; commend for outstanding career as an      Jordan
        actor.                                                 
           03/15 (S) Adopted
SR  36  Crystal Springs Boys Basketball Team; commend.            Smith
           03/25 (S) Adopted
SR  43  Crystal Springs High School Girls Basketball Team;        Smith
        commend.                                               
           03/25 (S) Adopted
SR  54  Piney Woods School as first recipient of Direct T.V.      Michel
        Educational Programming; commend.                      
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  55  Willie Morris; commend life.                              Horhn
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  65  Richland High School "Rangers" Football Team; commend.    Smith
           03/29 (S) Adopted

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