Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/27/03



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Signed By The Governor

SB2592  Public utility; revise notice requirements when           Robertson
        petitioning PSC to serve uncertificated area.          
           02/27 Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HB1611  City of Vicksburg; authorize to adopt and enforce         Masterson
        building and design standards.                         
           02/27 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1612  Hinds County; authorize to establish special assessment   Robinson (63rd)
        districts to assist economic development in the county.
           02/27 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means
HB1613  City of Indianola; create Tourism Commission.             Capps
           02/27 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means
HC  87  Dr. Rodney A. Pearson; commend for his service on the     Brown
        board for the Mississippi Department of Information    
        Technology Services.                                   
           02/27 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  88  Commend Reverend John E. Cameron for 33 years of          Flaggs
        service as pastor.                                     
           02/27 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  89  Commend Warren and Lorraine Norton upon celebration of    Ford
        60th wedding anniversary.                              
           02/27 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  22  Commend life of Bobby Ray Weldon.                         Ishee
           02/27 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

SB2004  Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT)    Burton
        Program; authorize payment for graduate school courses,
        etc.                                                   
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To UC
SB2037  Transfer of Industrial Training and Postsecondary Adult   Burton
        Training Programs to SBCJC; delete repealer.           
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To UC
SB2279  Mississippi Educational Television Authority; define      Chaney
        authority to enter into joint revenue generating       
        ventures.                                              
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To ED
SB2313  Minimum sick leave allowance for assistant teachers;      Harden
        provide.                                               
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To ED
SB2340  Critical access hospitals may relicense acute care beds   Huggins
        without CON; authorize.                                
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
SB2346  Medicaid; make technical amendments and place certain     Huggins
        limits on services.                                    
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
SB2349  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        may be paid by parents involved.                       
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
SB2395  Statutes providing for administration of school           Harden
        districts; make technical amendments to.               
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To ED
SB2397  Vocational student organizations; authorize State         Harden
        Department of Education to perform services and expend 
        funds therefor.                                        
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To ED
SB2404  Schools; clarify minimum calendar regarding               Harden
        emergencies, and provide for additional funds for      
        certain high growth districts.                         
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To ED
SB2469  Unused personal leave for teachers; allow accumulation.   Harden
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
SB2482  Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Incentive Program;     Harden
        limit to junior and senior level university students.  
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To ED
SB2533  Transportation Commission; authorize expenditures for     Dearing
        certain promotional materials.                         
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To TR
SB2543  Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide legal                Williamson
        representation to the indigent.                        
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To JB
SB2605  Drug courts; establish statewide standards (S.Ct.).       Hyde-Smith
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To JA
SB2636  Early Childhood Education programs assessment;            Harden
        authorize.                                             
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To ED
SB2744  Transportation Commission; authorize the appointment of   Dearing
        an additional deputy executive director for            
        administration.                                        
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To TR
SB2861  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Jackson
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           02/27 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PB



House: Committee Reports

SB2004  Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT)    Burton
        Program; authorize payment for graduate school courses,
        etc.                                                   
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2028  Appointments to State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;    Little
        to be from 4 new congressional districts.              
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2037  Transfer of Industrial Training and Postsecondary Adult   Burton
        Training Programs to SBCJC; delete repealer.           
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2089  State Tax Commission; authorize the commission to enter   Smith
        into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.      
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2149  Exemption from child-care facility licensure for          Huggins
        certain accredited programs; extend the repealer for   
        one year.                                              
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2279  Mississippi Educational Television Authority; define      Chaney
        authority to enter into joint revenue generating       
        ventures.                                              
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2304  State-owned vehicles; revise deadline for annual report   Thames
        prepared by State Auditor.                             
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2313  Minimum sick leave allowance for assistant teachers;      Harden
        provide.                                               
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2340  Critical access hospitals may relicense acute care beds   Huggins
        without CON; authorize.                                
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2344  Public purchasing laws; make various amendments           Burton
        (MAGPPA).                                              
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2346  Medicaid; make technical amendments and place certain     Huggins
        limits on services.                                    
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2349  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        may be paid by parents involved.                       
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2354  Income taxation; remove reverter on method of             Minor
        determining "arms length" transactions (STC).          
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2395  Statutes providing for administration of school           Harden
        districts; make technical amendments to.               
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2397  Vocational student organizations; authorize State         Harden
        Department of Education to perform services and expend 
        funds therefor.                                        
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2404  Schools; clarify minimum calendar regarding               Harden
        emergencies, and provide for additional funds for      
        certain high growth districts.                         
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2410  Weapons; forfeited to be auctioned, proceeds to buy       Michel
        bulletproof vests.                                     
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2412  Automatic repealers on certain public education           Harden
        programs; delete.                                      
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2427  Vulnerable Adults Act; revise definition of               Tollison
        exploitation and the penalty for exploitation of a     
        vulnerable adult.                                      
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2446  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding     Johnson (38th)
        and create study commission.                           
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2463  Students may self-administer asthma medication;           Huggins
        authorize.                                             
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2482  Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Incentive Program;     Harden
        limit to junior and senior level university students.  
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2499  Bail bondsmen; revise qualification bond.                 Minor
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2507  Beer; define for purposes of the law legalizing its       Minor
        sale.                                                  
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2533  Transportation Commission; authorize expenditures for     Dearing
        certain promotional materials.                         
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2542  Percentage limitation on appropriations from State        Gordon
        General Fund; revise for FY04 only.                    
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2543  Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide legal                Williamson
        representation to the indigent.                        
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2549  Municipal Gas Authority of MS; authorize temporary        Robertson
        borrowings through revenue anticipation notes.         
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2578  Animal seizure law; clarify notice due owner.             Farris
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2584  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority; give         Minor
        authority certain discretionary power with regard to   
        certain projects.                                      
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2587  School bus driver; require to open service door and       Dickerson
        driver's window at railroad crossing.                  
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2593  Water Resources Advisory Council; extend repealer.        Scoper
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2636  Early Childhood Education programs assessment;            Harden
        authorize.                                             
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2666  Coastal wetlands; clarify definition of coastal           Hewes
        preserve system.                                       
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2710  Mississippi Development Bank; revise authority to make    Minor
        loans and issue bonds.                                 
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2744  Transportation Commission; authorize the appointment of   Dearing
        an additional deputy executive director for            
        administration.                                        
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2754  Ayers Settlement Fund; extend date for establishment.     Burton
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2756  Crimes; revise provisions regarding computer crimes.      Johnson (38th)
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2805  Crabs; increase penalty for theft of crab traps.          Hewes
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2819  State forfeited tax land; application for purchase need   Nunnelee
        not be sworn and applications from gov't entities may  
        be acted upon when filed.                              
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2844  IHL; amend FY03 appropriation to delete certain funds     Gordon
        appropriated and reappropriated contingent on Ayers    
        settlement.                                            
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2861  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Jackson
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 838  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase amount of   McCoy
        bonds authorized for and revise use of bond proceeds.  
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1483  Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties to grant partial     Eaton
        exemptions for commercial poultry houses.              
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1493  Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds that may    McCoy
        be issued for and extend repealer on certain           
        provisions.                                            
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1502  Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of project   Smith (39th)
        and authorize issuance of bonds for certain projects.  
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1594  Bonds; issue bonds for IHL, state agency and              McCoy
        community/junior college capital improvements.         
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1603  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements at the state          McCoy
        shipyard in Jackson County.                            
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2004  Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT)    Burton
        Program; authorize payment for graduate school courses,
        etc.                                                   
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2037  Transfer of Industrial Training and Postsecondary Adult   Burton
        Training Programs to SBCJC; delete repealer.           
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2076  Ad valorem taxation; exempt property of certain           Minor
        not-for-profit legal foundations.                      
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2213  Restitution; revise maximum in justice court.             Posey
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2253  Larger fraternal benefit societies; revise regulatory     Kirby
        laws.                                                  
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2288  Department of Audit; revise enforcement authority of      Ross
        investigative officers.                                
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2304  State-owned vehicles; revise deadline for annual report   Thames
        prepared by State Auditor.                             
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2306  Expunction; clarify for arrest record.                    Walls
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2328  Sheriffs; authorize to use Inmate Canteen Fund for        Dickerson
        educational related expenses.                          
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2339  Local school district health/physical education           Harden
        advisory councils; establish.                          
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2344  Public purchasing laws; make various amendments           Burton
        (MAGPPA).                                              
           02/27 (H) Amended
           02/27 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2348  DNA; biological sample from all convicted felons.         Carlton
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2354  Income taxation; remove reverter on method of             Minor
        determining "arms length" transactions (STC).          
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2384  Minimum standards; revise board membership.               King
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2385  Constables; authorized to serve process issued by         Huggins
        county, chancery or circuit courts.                    
           02/27 (H) Point of Order-Not Well Taken
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2421  Public Defender; extend repealer on task force.           Turner
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2482  Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Incentive Program;     Harden
        limit to junior and senior level university students.  
           02/27 (H) Amendment Failed
           02/27 (H) Passed
           02/27 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2507  Beer; define for purposes of the law legalizing its       Minor
        sale.                                                  
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2516  Board of Animal Health; reenact and extend repealer.      Stogner
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2530  Duck stamp; authorize Wildlife to issue electronic        Posey
        form.                                                  
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2542  Percentage limitation on appropriations from State        Gordon
        General Fund; revise for FY04 only.                    
           02/27 (H) Amended
           02/27 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/27 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2570  Airport authorities; increase the amount they may         Hewes
        borrow on a short term basis to $10,000,000.00.        
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2583  Open meetings; revise enforcement provisions.             Bryan
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2597  Laser pointers; restrict possession and criminalize       Hamilton
        pointing of.                                           
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2628  Medical Malpractice Insurance Availability Act; create.   Kirby
           02/27 (H) Conferees Named Stevens,Montgomery (74th),Robinson (63rd)
SB2636  Early Childhood Education programs assessment;            Harden
        authorize.                                             
           02/27 (H) Passed
           02/27 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2675  Municipalities; authorize cities to obtain credit cards   Jordan
        for official travel.                                   
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2695  County tax assessor; may amend homestead exemption        Dickerson
        applications under certain circumstances.              
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2710  Mississippi Development Bank; revise authority to make    Minor
        loans and issue bonds.                                 
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2754  Ayers Settlement Fund; extend date for establishment.     Burton
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2761  IHL, SBJCC & SBE enter into agreement on dual             Farris
        enrollment; direct.                                    
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2772  Open Meetings Law; apply to teleconference and video      Blackmon
        meetings.                                              
           02/27 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2819  State forfeited tax land; application for purchase need   Nunnelee
        not be sworn and applications from gov't entities may  
        be acted upon when filed.                              
           02/27 (H) Passed
SB2844  IHL; amend FY03 appropriation to delete certain funds     Gordon
        appropriated and reappropriated contingent on Ayers    
        settlement.                                            
           02/27 (H) Passed
SC 564  Commend Rust College A'Cappella Choir, Cultural           Little
        Ambassadors Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the   
        Arts.                                                  
           02/27 (H) Adopted
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 565  Commend Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education, 2003     Little
        Governor's Excellence in the Arts Award.               
           02/27 (H) Adopted
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 566  Commend Thallis Lewis, Leadership in Mississippi          Little
        Heritage Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts.
           02/27 (H) Adopted
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 567  Commend Charles Burnett, Filmmaking Award, 2003           Little
        Governor's Excellence in the Arts.                     
           02/27 (H) Adopted
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 568  Commend International Ballet Competition for 2003         Little
        Governor's Excellence in the Arts Award.               
           02/27 (H) Adopted
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 571  Commend Little Milton (Campbell) for Blues Ambassador     Little
        Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts.         
           02/27 (H) Adopted
           02/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SB2886  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvement     Moffatt
        at the state shipyard in Jackson County.               
           02/27 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2904  Appropriation; Medicaid; Additional FY 2003.              Gordon
           02/27 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB2979  Taxation; provide various tax credits and exemptions      Minor
        for companies that provide broadband technologies.     
           02/27 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2983  Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund;   Minor
        issue general obligation bonds to provide additional   
        funds for.                                             
           02/27 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2988  Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for IHL,      Minor
        community colleges and state agencies.                 
           02/27 (H) Referred To Ways and Means



House: Signed By The Speaker

SB2592  Public utility; revise notice requirements when           Robertson
        petitioning PSC to serve uncertificated area.          
           02/27 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SC 583  Commend State Treasurer Marshall Bennett for dedicated    Little
        public service.                                        
           02/27 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 584  Commend Corinth City Clerk Jim Billingsley.               Little
           02/27 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB 786  State offenders; extend repealer allowing offenders to    Ford
        serve in county jails.                                 
           02/27 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To AP
HB 829  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    McBride
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           02/27 (S) DR - TSDPAA: CR To AP
HB1138  Corrections; increase number of juvenile offenders        Malone
        Department of Corrections can contract for with Walnut 
        Grove Correctional Authority.                          
           02/27 (S) DR - TSDPAA: CR To AP
HB1232  Medical Education Scholarship Program; revise             Moody
        commitment periods and loan amounts.                   
           02/27 (S) DR - TSDP: UC To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

HB  46  Out-of-state tuition; waive for nonresident military      Mayo
        veterans born in Mississippi.                          
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB  99  Salaries; exempt professional employees of Mental         Reeves
        Health Department from the Governor's salary cap.      
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 517  Adjutant General; authorize to designate certain state    Rogers
        employee security guard positions as law officers.     
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 598  Estates; revise amount for payment of indebtedness.       Watson
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 642  Sexual abuse of children; delete statute of               Fredericks
        limitations.                                           
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 663  State classroom supply funds; clarify method of           Warren
        distribution and administration of.                    
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 675  Mississippi Department of Corrections; increase fee       Malone
        paid by offenders on parole, probation or under other  
        supervision by Community Services Division.            
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 679  Weighmaster's bonds; require surety approval by           Holland
        Commissioner of Insurance.                             
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 686  Audits of insurance companies; clarify qualifications     Stevens
        required of the accountants who perform audits.        
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 687  Legal process served on Commissioner of Insurance;        Stevens
        charge insurance company fee at time of service.       
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 688  Investment of certain funds by domestic insurance         Stevens
        companies; clarify percentage allowed.                 
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 689  Surplus lines insurance agents; revise qualifications     Stevens
        for licensing of.                                      
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 692  New domestic insurance company financial statements;      Stevens
        revise filing requirements.                            
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 743  Vocational student organizations; allow Department of     Warren
        Education to utilize staff for and expend vocational   
        funds for.                                             
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 744  Schools; extend repealers on certain sections.            Warren
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 746  Schools; exempt from 180-day minimum school calendar      Warren
        for time missed due to emergencies.                    
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 773  State Personnel Board; extend repealer establishing;      Ford
        require board to approve certain salaries.             
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 780  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer.           Ford
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 785  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer on.         Ford
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 787  Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; reenact and       Ford
        remove repealer.                                       
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 800  Teen court program; authorize establishment in any        Flaggs
        county.                                                
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 825  Health Care Expendable Fund; Treasurer shall deposit      Moody
        2003 tobacco settlement installment payment into.      
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 834  State toy; set forth Mississippi's connection to the      Holland
        Teddy Bear.                                            
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 844  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; extend repealer.   Ford
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 859  Department of Education; conduct a cost-benefit           Frierson
        analysis of mandatory kindergarten, pre-kindergarten   
        and optional diplomas.                                 
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 895  Drug repository program; establish for donation and       Moody
        dispensing of unused drugs to eligible individuals.    
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 897  Medicaid; make technical amendments to Medicaid laws.     Moody
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 973  County court; increase jurisdiction limit.                Watson
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 979  Domestic abuse; knowing violator of a protective order    Whittington
        guilty of misdemeanor and may be arrested without a    
        warrant.                                               
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 985  Domestic violence; clarify 24-hour period for court       Whittington
        appearances and limit bail settings to misdemeanors.   
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 992  Local Government Information Systems Task Force;          Stevens
        create.                                                
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1048  Revenue maximization contracts; clarify reimbursement     Gadd
        of federal funds.                                      
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1073  Service contracts; make subject to the Mississippi        Stevens
        Consumer Protection Act.                               
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1111  Mississippi Code; provide one additional set to           Ford
        Legislative Budget Office.                             
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1113  Mississippi Residential Property Insurance Underwriting   Stevens
        Association; create.                                   
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1158  State automobile museum; designate the Tupelo Auto        Scott (17th)
        Museum, Inc., as.                                      
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1227  Life insurance; provide that the proceeds become due as   Stevens
        of the date of the death of the insured.               
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1232  Medical Education Scholarship Program; revise             Moody
        commitment periods and loan amounts.                   
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1294  Bureau of Narcotics; delete major objects of              Capps
        expenditure in FY03 appropriation.                     
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1304  Trust property; title to acquired property to vest in     Snowden
        trustee and conveyance deemed by trustee.              
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1305  Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty   Stevens
        Association Law; revise.                               
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1366  Juvenile Detention Facilities Task Force; reestablish,    Davis
        expand and provide for additional duties of.           
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1433  Savings associations and savings banks; funds payable     Eads
        to survivors without administration may be from any    
        type account.                                          
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1457  Court proceedings; private way of necessity; circuit      Reynolds
        court to determine necessity.                          
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1458  Mississippi Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; revise      Guice
        exemptions, examination fee, definition of "loan       
        originator."                                           
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HC  72  Commend Bill Finney Cossar upon his retirement.           Ford
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  73  Commend Taylorsville High School on winning 2A State      Eaton
        Football Championship.                                 
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  75  Commend Mrs. Jane Roberts upon celebrating her 100th      Pierce
        birthday.                                              
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  76  Commend Bishop William R. Houck upon his retirement.      Holland
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  77  Commend Puckett "Wolves" Football Team for Class A        Moore (60th)
        State Championship.                                    
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SB2154  Joseph Harvey; restore suffrage.                          Harvey
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2158  Suffrage; restore to Jerry McDonald of Newton County.     Burton
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2632  Suffrage; restore to Thomas James Fairley.                Gollott
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2891  Jimmy Dale Beck; restore suffrage.                        Huggins
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2898  City of Okolona; may levy additional assessments on       Gordon
        misdemeanor cases for D.A.R.E. program.                
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SC 502  School districts; resolution encouraging training staff   Johnson (19th)
        member in CPR and Heimlich.                            
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 528  Study committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and   Nunnelee
        Mathematics (STEM) Education                           
        Improvement/Competitiveness; establish.                
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 562  Suspend deadlines for further consideration of SB 2176;   Burton
        DUI; allow multiple counts for vehicular homicide.     
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 575  Commend Betty Sue O'Brian, Instructor of the Year at      Gollott
        the Jefferson Davis Campus of the MS Gulf Coast        
        Community College.                                     
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 576  Commend Dr. Marie Davis-Heim, Perkinston Teacher of the   Gollott
        Year.                                                  
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 577  Commend Rex Moak, Instructor of the Year at the Jackson   Gollott
        County Campus of the MS Gulf Coast Community College.  
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 579  Commend Elizabeth Anne Finch upon selection as 2003       White
        Mississippi's Junior Miss.                             
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 580  Commend Major General Buford "Buff" Blount, Commander     Harvey
        of 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait.                    
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 581  Commend Attorney General Mike Moore for dedicated         Little
        public service.                                        
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 582  Commend life of Jackson business leader and               Michel
        philanthropist, Stuart C. Irby, Jr.                    
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 583  Commend State Treasurer Marshall Bennett for dedicated    Little
        public service.                                        
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 584  Commend Corinth City Clerk Jim Billingsley.               Little
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SN  58  Frank E. Melton, Jackson, Mississippi, Director -         GOVERNOR
        Bureau of Narcotics, effective immediately and serving 
        a term that is at the will and pleasure of the         
        Governor.                                              
           02/27 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SR  30  Commend life of Dr. E.T. Riemann, Jr., of Gulfport,       Hewes
        Mississippi.                                           
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  31  Commend Madison-Ridgeland National Jaguars Baseball       Michel
        Team.                                                  
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  32  Commend Dr. Hickman M. Johnson.                           Horhn
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  33  Commend and congratulate Roy Gale Martin upon             Kirby
        retirement.                                            
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  34  Commend Mrs. Fannie Louise McGee Jackson.                 White
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  35  Commend Houston Vocational Center Solar Race Car Team.    Gordon
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  36  Commend 150th Anniversary of the First Baptist Church     White
        of Terry, Mississippi.                                 
           02/27 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 837  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise maturity    McCoy
        date for notes issued under.                           
           02/27 (S) Amended
           02/27 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 849  Emerging Crops Fund; extend repealer on certain           Ford
        programs funded under and use portion of funds for MS  
        Farmers Central Market purposes.                       
           02/27 (S) Passed
HB1054  Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact; repeal      Woods
        laws authorizing State of Mississippi to enter.        
           02/27 (S) Passed
HB1415  Corrections; authorize Delta Correctional Facility        Perkins
        Authority, Leflore County and DOC to exchange real     
        property in Leflore County.                            
           02/27 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2886  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvement     Moffatt
        at the state shipyard in Jackson County.               
           02/27 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2904  Appropriation; Medicaid; Additional FY 2003.              Gordon
           02/27 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2979  Taxation; provide various tax credits and exemptions      Minor
        for companies that provide broadband technologies.     
           02/27 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2983  Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund;   Minor
        issue general obligation bonds to provide additional   
        funds for.                                             
           02/27 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2988  Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for IHL,      Minor
        community colleges and state agencies.                 
           02/27 (S) Transmitted To House



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 838  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase amount of   McCoy
        bonds authorized for and revise use of bond proceeds.  
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 839  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued        McCoy
        under the Economic Development Highway Act.            
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1483  Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties to grant partial     Eaton
        exemptions for commercial poultry houses.              
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1486  Mississippi Home Corporation; increase the amount of      Morris
        bonds that it may issue.                               
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1493  Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds that may    McCoy
        be issued for and extend repealer on certain           
        provisions.                                            
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1502  Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of project   Smith (39th)
        and authorize issuance of bonds for certain projects.  
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1592  Bonds; issue bonds for Water Pollution Control            McCoy
        Revolving Fund, increase bonds for Local Governments   
        and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan    
        Fund.                                                  
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1594  Bonds; issue bonds for IHL, state agency and              McCoy
        community/junior college capital improvements.         
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1595  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for Small             McCoy
        Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.   
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1596  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for the Mississippi   McCoy
        Land, Water and Timber Resources Fund.                 
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1597  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for the Mississippi   McCoy
        Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.            
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1603  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements at the state          McCoy
        shipyard in Jackson County.                            
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1604  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued to     McCoy
        provide funds for the Building Fund for the Arts.      
           02/27 (S) Referred To Finance



Senate: Signed By The President

HB1415  Corrections; authorize Delta Correctional Facility        Perkins
        Authority, Leflore County and DOC to exchange real     
        property in Leflore County.                            
           02/27 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2592  Public utility; revise notice requirements when           Robertson
        petitioning PSC to serve uncertificated area.          
           02/27 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/09/03 at 09:41.



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