Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/11/02



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House: Floor Actions

SB2189  Mississippi Medicaid Law; make technical amendments to.   Huggins
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2326  Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer and revise     Thames
        laws regulating barber profession.                     
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2367  Meat labeling; require country of origin label on meat    Stogner
        sold in Mississippi.                                   
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2381  Appropriation; MS Veterans' Home Purchase Bd; Add'l       Gordon
        FY2002.                                                
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB2418  Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human         Huggins
        spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2501  Motor vehicles; provide for various distinctive motor     Minor
        vehicle license tags.                                  
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2542  Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; revise per diem      Thames
        paid to board members.                                 
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2695  School boards investment of surplus funds; same as        Tollison
        investment of 16th section principal funds.            
           03/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2864  Local school board election districts; authorize boards   Harden
        to reapportion districts.                              
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2890  Light wine and beer laws; Alcoholic Beverage Control      Minor
        agents may enforce.                                    
           03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB3070  Appropriation; Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission;      Gordon
        Additional, FY2002.                                    
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3071  Appropriation; Tax Commission; Additional, FY2002.        Gordon
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3072  Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board; Additional,        Gordon
        FY2002.                                                
           03/11 (H) Amended
           03/11 (H) Passed As Amended
SB3073  Appropriation; State Treasurer - MPACT Program;           Gordon
        Additional, FY2002.                                    
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3074  Appropriation; Bd. of Pharmacy; Additional, FY2002.       Gordon
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3075  Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction;     Gordon
        Additional, FY2002.                                    
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3076  Appropriation; Secretary of State; Additional, FY2002 .   Gordon
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3078  Appropriation; Supreme Court - Trial Judges; Additional   Gordon
        FY2002.                                                
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3079  Appropriation; Bd. of Public Contractors; Additional      Gordon
        FY2002.                                                
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3080  Appropriation; Public Service Commission; Additional      Gordon
        FY2002.                                                
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3081  Appropriation; MEMA - Tornado and Flooding Disasters in   Gordon
        November, 2001; Additional FY2002.                     
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3096  Appropriation; Attorney General-Judgments, Settlements,   Gordon
        Fees; Additional FY2002.                               
           03/11 (H) Amended
           03/11 (H) Passed As Amended
SB3097  Appropriation; Judicial Performance, Additional FY2002.   Gordon
           03/11 (H) Amended
           03/11 (H) Passed As Amended
SB3098  Appropriation; State Treasurer - NAST Annual              Gordon
        Conference; Additional FY2002.                         
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3112  Appropriation; Real Estate Commission; Additional         Gordon
        FY2002.                                                
           03/11 (H) Passed
SB3198  Appropriation; Department of Education for Minimum        Little
        Program, additional for FY2002.                        
           03/11 (H) Amended
           03/11 (H) Passed As Amended



Senate: Introductions

SB3203  DeSoto County; authorize a contribution to the Historic   Chamberlin
        DeSoto Foundation.                                     
           03/11 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SB3204  Jackson County; revise membership of Jackson County       Moffatt
        Emergency Communications District Board of Director.   
           03/11 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SC 590  Suspend rules requesting the drafting, introduction,      Little
        consideration and passage of a bill; DHS; extend       
        repealer.                                              
           03/11 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 591  DSU Coach Lloyd Clark; commend career.                    Carlton
           03/11 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  80  Danny Dilworth, Corinth, Mississippi, the MS Civil War    LT. GOVERNOR
        Battlefield Commission, for a six-year term beginning  
        March 1, 2002.                                         
           03/11 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  81  Rick Olando Amos, Gulfport, Mississippi, MS Health Care   GOVERNOR
        Trust Fund and the Health Care Expendable Fund, for the
        unexpired term ending March 1, 2005, representing the  
        5th Congressional District, vice Jim Bean.             
           03/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  82  Hilda Marie Bills, Jackson, Mississippi, the State        GOVERNOR
        Cosmetology Board, for a four-year term ending on      
        August 8, 2006, representing the First Supreme Court   
        District.                                              
           03/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  83  Dr. Adele Louise Crudden, Starkville, Mississippi, MS     GOVERNOR
        Industries For The Blind, for the unexpired term ending
        2004, representing an educator in rehabilitation or the
        field of blindness.                                    
           03/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  84  Darlene Kilgore Lindsey, McComb, Mississippi, MS State    GOVERNOR
        Board of Nursing, for a four-year term ending June 30, 
        2006, representing the nurse educator position.        
           03/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  85  Janette Ward Self, Starkville, Mississippi, Ms Health     GOVERNOR
        Care Trust Fund and the Health Care Expendable Fund,   
        for a five-year term ending March 1, 2007, representing
        the 3rd Congressional District.                        
           03/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  86  Gloria Jean Waldrip, Guntown, Mississippi, MS State       GOVERNOR
        Board of Message Therapy, for the unexpired term of    
        office ending June 30, 2004, representing the American 
        Massage Therapy Association, vice Brenda Baughman.     
           03/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare



Senate: Committee Reports

HC  32  Commend the life and accomplishments of James "Joe"       Stevens
        Ferguson.                                              
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  33  Commend life of Lt. Col. Jerry Don "D.D." Dickerson.      Stevens
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  39  Commending Frances Coggins upon her retirement.           Ford
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  45  Commend East Central High School Softball Team.           Hamilton
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  50  Recognize and commend all troops serving out of the       Eads
        country.                                               
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  76  Commend Coach Sam Richey on becoming Mississippi's        Ford
        "winningest coach".                                    
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  78  Commend Clarksdale High School Wildcats Football team     Mayo
        on winning State 4-A championship.                     
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 589  Suspend rules for further consideration of Senate Bill    Posey
        2588; County patrol officers; increase salary in       
        certain counties.                                      
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 590  Suspend rules requesting the drafting, introduction,      Little
        consideration and passage of a bill; DHS; extend       
        repealer.                                              
           03/11 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SN   8  Patricia A. Phillips, Clinton, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the MS State Board of Registered Professional       
        Geologists, for a four-year term commencing August 22, 
        2001 and ending June 30, 2005, representing the        
        governmental sector position.                          
           03/11 (S) Do Return to Governor



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 417  MS Business Investment Act; extend repealer on MDA        Ford
        authority to use bond proceeds to make loans for low to
        moderate income housing (RP).                          
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 478  Art Therapists Licensure Law; reenact and extend          Ford
        repealer on (RP).                                      
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 480  Yellow Creek Regional Project Board; extend repealer      Ford
        (RP).                                                  
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 484  Community development block grants; extend repealer on    Ford
        prohibition against grants for public water systems    
        unless viable (RP).                                    
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 562  Death certificates; medical amendments in court require   Holland
        Medical Examiner and county medical examiner as        
        defendants.                                            
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 573  Surface Mining and Reclamation Law; revise provisions     Moody
        of.                                                    
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 576  Highway system; designate segment of U.S. 49 in Simpson   Rotenberry
        county as "Sheriff E.C. Mullins Memorial Highway".     
           03/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 682  State inmates housed in county jails; extend repealer     Ford
        on authority of Commissioner of Corrections (RP).      
           03/11 (S) Passed
HB 703  Products of deer antlers; authorize sale, purchase,       Nettles
        transportation and possession.                         
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 833  Elections; establish standards to be used when            Reynolds
        examining ballots that have been rejected by automatic 
        vote counting devices.                                 
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
           03/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 865  Beaver Control Program; increase county contribution;     Stringer
        revise advisory board membership.                      
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 891  Healthcare Coordinating Council; create to establish      Moody
        preventive health care plan.                           
           03/11 (S) Passed
           03/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 905  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; conform statutes   Moody
        to federal law.                                        
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 952  Scenic streams; designate Chunky Creek/Chunky River as    Nicholson
        eligible for nomination to scenic streams program.     
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 957  Funeral Service Board; reenact and make various changes   Holland
        to law.                                                
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 998  Paid educational leave for state health care              Young
        professionals; revise various provisions.              
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1084  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Ellington
        selling to Mississippi dealer to pay shell retention   
        fee.                                                   
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1111  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; extend     Moody
        repealer and licensure law and revise certain          
        provisions.                                            
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1121  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Malone
        of the Department of Corrections.                      
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1127  Sales Tax; divert tax collected on airport parking to     Compretta
        special fund for support and development of airports.  
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1129  State Tax Commission; authorize to retain portion of      McCoy
        certain local and private taxes in order to defray     
        costs of collection (STC).                             
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1204  Mental health facility; director may transfer             Moody
        patient/resident to another facility.                  
           03/11 (S) Passed
HB1205  Mental health institutions; update statutory listings     Moody
        of.                                                    
           03/11 (S) Passed
HB1300  Central health data registry system; create to maintain   Holland
        certain medical information.                           
           03/11 (S) Passed
HB1301  Community hospitals; hospital leased by another           Moody
        hospital remains subject to community hospital laws.   
           03/11 (S) Passed
HB1319  Chiropractors; delete requirement for U.S. citizenship    Moody
        for licensure.                                         
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1418  Corporation franchise tax; authorize administrative       McCoy
        dissolution or revocation of certificate for failure to
        pay (STC).                                             
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1435  Minority businesses, certification list; delete           Morris
        prohibition against considering size of business or    
        length of time in business (MDA).                      
           03/11 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1445  Elections; pilot project for student interns to assist    Reynolds
        at precincts during elections.                         
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1480  Abortions; prohibit use of public funds for.              Wells-Smith
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1548  Election commissioners; certification of hours worked     Reeves
        not required to be notarized.                          
           03/11 (S) Passed
HB1555  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; increase maximum      Malone
        age of offenders.                                      
           03/11 (S) Amended
           03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1558  Public improvement districts; authorize counties and      Morris
        municipalities to create.                              
           03/11 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1667  1987 Four-lane Highway Program and Casino Roads           Compretta *
        Programs; revise construction priorities (MDOT).       
           03/11 (S) Returned For Concurrence



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 396  City of Columbus; provide for minimum monthly benefits    Chism
        for retired firemen and policemen.                     
           03/11 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1682  DeSoto County; authorize to allow use of a county         Robertson
        building for a medical clinic.                         
           03/11 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1746  Smithville; authorize extension of territorial police     Markham
        jurisdiction.                                          
           03/11 (S) Referred To Local and Private



Senate: Signed By The President

SB2042  Internet; prohibit computer seduction of minors.          Burton
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2079  Misdemeanor violations; traffic, motor vehicle and game   Ross
        and fish may be paid without court appearance.         
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2109  Insurance Producer Licensing Law; revise.                 Kirby
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2112  Surplus lines insurance agents; remove bond requirement   Kirby
        for licensing of.                                      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2168  Teachers; include classroom instruction in military in    Harden
        computing years of teaching experience.                
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2175  Municipal Gas Authority of MS; may issue revenue bonds    Robertson
        with 60% of member municipalities consenting.          
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2180  Seized property; clarify disposition (MDPS).              Turner
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2183  Relocation of utilities located on rights-of-way of       Dearing
        state highways; certain water systems are not required 
        to bear the cost of.                                   
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2198  Highway Patrol; revise maximum number troopers, license   Turner
        examiners (MDPS).                                      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2279  Fraternal benefit societies; revise license fees and      Kirby
        date of annual renewal.                                
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2281  Escapes; impose same penalty on trusty who fails to       Hamilton
        return as an escapee.                                  
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2283  State Superintendent of Education; authorize designee     Harden
        to serve on certain boards and councils.               
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2286  Vocational education; clarify that state appropriations   Harden
        are payments (not reimbursements) to high schools.     
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2302  Architect Licensure Law; apply to professional limited    Chaney
        liability companies, revise exemptions.                
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2317  Extended school day/school year/instructional home rule   Harden
        authority; delete repealer on.                         
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2330  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison land; extend   Smith
        repealer.                                              
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2356  Business Corporation Act; technical correction.           Ross
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2382  Elections; declare all candidates elected if only one     Bryan
        person qualifies as a candidate for each office.       
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2385  Handicapped parking; vehicle with handicapped license     Dearing
        plate may be utilized without displaying a windshield  
        placard.                                               
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2409  Domestic violence; revise protective orders, protect      Carlton
        confidentiality of shelter locations (MCADV).          
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2413  Child abuse; require multidisciplinary review teams.      Carlton
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2425  State Veterans Affairs Board; may operate and maintain    Furniss
        all state veterans homes.                              
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2444  Coal mining; conform state law on existing rights on      Nunnelee
        public land to federal law.                            
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2465  Marine Resources; provide authority and procedure for     Hewes
        forfeiture of property seized in marine violations.    
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2500  Durable legal custody of a child ordered by the court;    Huggins
        DHS released from further custody and supervision.     
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2509  Highway Safety Patrol; increase number of days of         Gordon
        training school for recruits.                          
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2529  Assessment of property; copies of board of supervisors'   Minor
        orders reducing assessment need not be sent to the Tax 
        Commission (STC).                                      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2530  Ad valorem tax on aircraft; require airlines to file      Minor
        with Tax Commission a schedule of aircraft operated in 
        this state (STC).                                      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2532  Ad valorem taxation; clarify deadline for application     Minor
        for new enterprise exemption (STC).                    
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2536  International Fuel Tax Agreement; no license issued in    Minor
        this state if license is revoked in another            
        jurisdiction (STC).                                    
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2540  Age of emancipation determination under URESA; repeal.    Huggins
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2541  Northeast MS Gas District; authorize certain              Nunnelee
        compensation for board members.                        
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2562  Victim compensation; revise award limits.                 Frazier
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2602  Notary public; clarify attestation and allow affidavit.   Blackmon
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2603  Domestic violence; provide aggravating factor in          Williamson
        sentencing.                                            
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2606  Judges; revise terms of trial court judges (SCT).         Turner
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2622  Community/junior college dual enrollment program;         Burton
        delete certain minimum standardized test requirements. 
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2661  Law enforcement officers, fire fighters; revise death     Little
        benefits of when killed in line of duty.               
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2662  Criminal record background checks on prospective          Huggins
        employees and volunteers at the Department of Mental   
        Health; authorize.                                     
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2677  Scenic streams; designate Magee's Creek in Walthall       Stogner
        County as a state scenic stream.                       
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2694  Security guards at mental health facilities; authorize    Huggins
        promotion to campus police after proper training.      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2735  Wildlife; prohibit canned hunts of native game animals.   Posey
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2776  Wildlife conservation officers; remove examination        Posey
        qualification.                                         
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2777  Secretary of State; revise distribution of bound court    Turner
        decisions (SOS).                                       
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2781  Wildlife; authorize department to donate game to local    Posey
        law enforcement agencies for food for prisoners.       
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2784  Wildlife; require primitive weapon license for special    Posey
        hunts established by commission.                       
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2787  Hunting accidents; require medical personnel to report    Posey
        injuries to the Department of Wildlife.                
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2796  Charitable bingo; allow gross receipts from bingo games   Nunnelee
        to be used to pay administrative penalties.            
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2835  Public waterways; provide penalty for riding a            Posey
        motorized vehicle in stream beds.                      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2848  DUI; revise blood alcohol level.                          Turner
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2865  Supplemental roll; delete requirement that each page be   Minor
        totaled (STC).                                         
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2880  Physicians license; authorize for former director of      Thames
        state hospital.                                        
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2882  Public property; DFA and Dept. of Mental Health may       Jackson
        sell certain property in City of Laurel.               
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2898  Wildlife; clarify duties of wildlife department and       Posey
        Department of Agriculture related to permits for       
        cultivated game fish.                                  
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2914  Public property; Dept. of Wildlife,Fisheries & Parks      Jackson
        may transfer real property to Dept. of Finance & Adm.  
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2921  Municipal liens for cleaning; may be waived for           Jordan
        blighted property.                                     
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2925  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; extend repealer.         Jordan
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2940  New facilities administered by MS Department of Mental    Huggins
        Health; add to reimbursement statutes.                 
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2966  Marine Reserve officers; authorize Director of            Hewes
        Department of Marine Resources to supervise and allow  
        to keep side arm upon retirement.                      
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3003  Deer; prohibit importation and translocation of           Posey
        white-tailed deer into state.                          
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3011  Public property; DFA and Department of Mental Health      Jackson
        may sell certain property at auction.                  
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3035  Utility companies; make discretionary requirement to      Robertson
        furnish names/addresses of mobile home customers to    
        county tax collectors.                                 
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3052  Tort Claims Act; revise savings clause.                   Walls
           03/11 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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