Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/09/03



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House: Committee Reports

HB 279  IHL; amend FY03 appropriation to delete Ayers             Flaggs
        contingency on reappropriation of certain funds.       
           01/09 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended



House: Floor Actions

HB 279  IHL; amend FY03 appropriation to delete Ayers             Flaggs
        contingency on reappropriation of certain funds.       
           01/09 (H) Amended
           01/09 (H) Passed As Amended
           01/09 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SB2001  Environmental self-audit privilege; remove availability   Nunnelee
        in criminal cases and conform to meet EPA requirements.
           01/09 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources



House: Signed By The Speaker

HC  32  Set Governor's address for January 9, 2003, at 11:00      Ford
        a.m.                                                   
           01/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2126  All special fund agencies shall be funded through the     Burton
        State General Fund; require.                           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2127  Telephone solicitors; prohibit from blocking consumers'   Smith
        use of caller I.D.                                     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Utilities
SB2128  Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize          Smith
        issuance for supporter of POW's and MIA's.             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2129  State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan          Browning
        premium cost increases; to be funded from Tobacco      
        Litigation Expendable Fund.                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2130  Equal pay; enact Fair Pay Act of 2003.                    Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Labor;Judiciary
SB2131  State travel agency contract; university may contract     Farris
        with separate agency without DFA approval.             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2132  Annexation; require bifurcated hearing.                   Farris
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2133  Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally     Walls
        retarded.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2134  Health care provider lien; create upon claims/actions     Farris
        of an injured person with an unpaid health care        
        provider bill.                                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2135  Traffic regulations; slow-moving traffic to keep right.   Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation;Judiciary
SB2136  Traffic regulations; create offense of failure to         Walls
        yield.                                                 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation;Judiciary
SB2137  Larceny, petit; increase threshold, conform grand         Walls
        larceny.                                               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2138  Retirement; law enforcement officers, fire fighters or    Walls
        emergency service employees may retire after 20 years' 
        service.                                               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2139  Death penalty; repeal.                                    Walls *
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2140  Criminal defense; diminished capacity established.        Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2141  Income tax; increase exemption for National Guard and     Furniss
        Reserve pay.                                           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2142  Jury duty; misdemeanor to dissuade and civil cause of     Walls
        action for retaliation.                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2143  Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create Good      Walls
        Faith in Employment Act.                               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Labor;Judiciary
SB2144  Gambling; cheating punished as larceny.                   Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2145  Mississippi Individual On-Site Wastewater System          Huggins
        Disposal Law; reenact and make technical amendments to.
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Environment Prot, Cons and Water
SB2146  Rape, statutory; must be knowing and willful.             Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2147  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for expansion of the Department   Huggins
        of Health's public health laboratory.                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2148  Law enforcement officers; revise definition of.           Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2149  Exemption from child-care facility licensure for          Huggins
        certain accredited programs; extend the repealer for   
        one year.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2150  Criminal records; certain young offenders may expunge.    Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2151  Infant Mortality Task Force organization; extend          Huggins
        repealer.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2152  Youth courts; state-funded support staff.                 Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary;Appropriations
SB2153  SDH report birth information on illegitimate children     Huggins
        to district attorneys; delete requirement.             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2154  Joseph Harvey; restore suffrage.                          Harvey
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2155  Statewide Public Defender System; revise.                 Gordon
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary;Appropriations
SB2156  Organ donation; establish and empower a Mississippi       Walls
        Organ Donor and Education Board.                       
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2157  Telemarketers; require to obtain listings of MS           Burton
        consumers on national do-not-call list.                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Utilities
SB2158  Suffrage; restore to Jerry McDonald of Newton County.     Burton
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2159  Commitment; limit time for transfer to state facility     Chamberlin
        and provide for treatment cost.                        
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary
SB2160  Teacher Retention Grant Program; scholarships available   Chamberlin
        to teachers working for a Master's or Doctorate of     
        Education degree.                                      
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2161  Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; provide for the   Minor
        issuance of to supporters of the Mississippi Nurses    
        Foundation.                                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2162  Public Service Commission; regulate cable television      Cuevas
        system.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Utilities
SB2163  Adult foster care family homes and group homes; provide   Burton
        for licensure and regulation of.                       
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2164  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Johnson (38th)
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SB2165  Law enforcement officers, fire fighters; revise death     Johnson (38th)
        benefits of when killed in line of duty.               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2166  Youth court; state-funded county courts.                  Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary;Appropriations
SB2167  Investigators; license and regulate private and legal.    Walls
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary;Appropriations
SB2168  Traffic violations; double fine/no record for 1st or      Walls
        2nd.                                                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2169  Licenses tags; provide a partial ad valorem tax           Furniss
        exemption for motor vehicles owned by active duty      
        members of the National Guard and Reserves.            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2170  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for a National      Furniss
        Guard Readiness Center in Clarksdale.                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2171  Telephone solicitations; prohibit for subscribers who     Furniss
        notify PSC.                                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Utilities
SB2172  Public housing; create drug-free zone.                    Furniss
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SC 508  Commend Football "Coach of the Year" Marcus Boyles.       Harvey
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 509  Commend Collins High School "Tigers" Football Team for    Harvey
        AAA State Championship.                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SN   8  Nancy King, Jackson, Mississippi, Miss. Business          GOVERNOR
        Finance Corp., unexpired term ending March 30, 2007.   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SN   9  Joe Usry, Brandon, Mississippi, Miss. Business Finance    GOVERNOR
        Corp., unexpired term ending March 30, 2008.           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SN  10  Herman Doyle Bailey, Merigold, Mississippi, Veterans'     GOVERNOR
        Affairs Board, representing the 2nd Congressional      
        District for the unexpired term ending May 14, 2004,   
        vice Bob L. Keeling, Ph.D.                             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  11  Robert H. Montague, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Veterans'   GOVERNOR
        Affairs Board, representing Fifth Congressional        
        District for a five-year term ending May 14, 2007.     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  12  Debra F. Allen, Greenville, Mississippi, Nursing, Miss.   GOVERNOR
        Bd. of, representing the nurse educator position for a 
        four-year term commencing July 9, 2002 and ending June 
        30, 2006.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  13  Patricia Randall, McComb, Mississippi, Community & Jr.    GOVERNOR
        Colleges, State Board of, representing the Fourth      
        Congressional District, for the unexpired term ending  
        June 30, 2007, vice David Marsh.                       
           01/09 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SN  14  Norman Marshall Price, Summit, Mississippi, Health,       GOVERNOR
        Board of, representing the Fourth Congressional        
        District, for a six-year term  ending June 30, 2008.   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  15  Ruth Greer, RN, Holly Springs, Mississippi, Health,       GOVERNOR
        Board of, representing the First Congressional         
        District, for a six-year term ending June 30, 2008.    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  16  Mary Kim Smith, Brandon, Mississippi, Health, Board of,   GOVERNOR
        representing the Third Congressional District, for a   
        six-year term ending June 30, 2008.                    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  17  Dr. William Briggs Hopson, Jr., Vicksburg, Mississippi,   GOVERNOR
        Health, Board of, representing the Fourth Congressional
        District for the unexpired term ending June 30, 2004,  
        vice Walter Thomas Johnson.                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  18  Bob Provine, Jr., Greenwood, Mississippi, Mississippi     GOVERNOR
        State Board of Agricultural Aviation, as a licensed    
        applicator for a two-year term commencing May 9, 2002  
        and ending on May 9, 2004.                             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SN  19  Virginia H. Adolph, Gulfport, Mississippi, Bd Examiners   GOVERNOR
        Soc Wkrs & Marriage/Fam Therapists, as a licensed      
        master social worker, for a four-year term of office   
        commencing July 1, 2002 and ending June 30, 2006.      
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  20  Malone Buchanan, Carthage, Mississippi, Mississippi       GOVERNOR
        State Board of Agricultural Aviation, as a registered  
        forester, for a three-year term commencing May 9, 2002 
        and ending on May 9,  2005.                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SN  21  Samuel Tom Hall, Oxford, Mississippi, Personnel Board,    GOVERNOR
        as an at-large member of the MS State Personnel Board  
        for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2002 and ending
        June 30, 2007.                                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SN  22  Martha Jo Leslie, Brandon, Mississippi, Veterans'         GOVERNOR
        Affairs Board, representing the state at large         
        position, for a five-year term ending May 14, 2007.    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  23  Roland E. ("Eddie") Mullins, Jr., Biloxi, Mississippi,    GOVERNOR
        Pharmacy Board, representing the Fifth Congressional   
        District, for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2002 
        and ending June, 2007.                                 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  24  Sam Provenza, Greenville, Mississippi, Veteran's Home     GOVERNOR
        Purchase Board, representing the Second Congressional  
        District, for a four-year term commencing July 1, 2002 
        and ending June 30, 2006.                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  25  Rosetta L. Richard, Gulfport, Mississippi, Education,     GOVERNOR
        St. Board of, representing the Second Supreme Court    
        District, for a nine-year term ending June 30, 2011.   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SN  26  Lenwood S. Sawyer, Jr., Gulfport, Mississippi, Real       GOVERNOR
        Estate Comm., representing the Fourth Congressional    
        District, commencing July 1, 2003, for a two-year term 
        ending June 30, 2005.                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  27  Barney Schoby, Natchez, Mississippi, Worker's             GOVERNOR
        Compensation Comm., as a representative of employees,  
        for a six-year term commencing January 1, 2003 and     
        ending December 31, 2008.                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SN  28  Cathy Shropshire, Ph.D, Terry, Mississippi, Mississippi   GOVERNOR
        Institute for Forest Inventory, representing an        
        enviromental organization, for a term commencing July  
        26, 2002 and serving at the pleasure of the Governor.  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Forestry
SN  29  David Smith, Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State   GOVERNOR
        Board of Agricultural Aviation, as a licensed engineer 
        with agricultural emphasis, for a four-year term       
        commencing May 9, 2002 and ending on May 9, 2006.      
           01/09 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SN  30  Vernon L. Asper, Ph.D, Diamondhead, Mississippi,          GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources,            
        representing a member of an incorporated nonprofit     
        environmental organization, for the unexpired term     
        ending June 30, 2006.                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
SN  31  Dr. Lavon Fluker-Reed, Aberdeen, Mississippi,             GOVERNOR
        Education, St. Board of, representing an active and    
        full-time school administrator for the unexpired term  
        ending June 30, 2005, vice Jayne A. Burrows Sargent.   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SN  32  Claude Hartley, Belden, Mississippi, Education, St.       GOVERNOR
        Board of, representing the Third Supreme Court District
        for a nine-year term commencing July 1, 2003 and ending
        June 30, 2012.                                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SN  33  James S. Meeks, Batesville, Mississippi, Oil and Gas      GOVERNOR
        Board, representing the Third Supreme Court District,  
        for the unexpired term ending May 7, 2008.             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Oil, Gas and Other Minerals
SN  34  Christopher Epps, Brandon, Mississippi, Commissioner of   GOVERNOR
        Corrections, for the term commencing August 31, 2002   
        and serving at the pleasure of the Governor.           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Corrections
SN  35  Jesse B. Davis, Abbeville, Mississippi, Veterans Home     GOVERNOR
        Purchase Board, representing the First Congressional   
        District, for a four-year term commencing July 1, 2002 
        and ending June 30, 2006.                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  36  Sam Forbert, Jr., Meridian, Mississippi, Veterans Home    GOVERNOR
        Purchase Board, representing the Third Congressional   
        District, for the unexpired term ending June 30, 2004, 
        vice Johnnie Sartor.                                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs



Senate: Floor Actions

HC  32  Set Governor's address for January 9, 2003, at 11:00      Ford
        a.m.                                                   
           01/09 (S) Adopted
           01/09 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2001  Environmental self-audit privilege; remove availability   Nunnelee
        in criminal cases and conform to meet EPA requirements.
           01/09 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           01/09 (S) Transmitted To House



Senate: Signed By The President

HC  32  Set Governor's address for January 9, 2003, at 11:00      Ford
        a.m.                                                   
           01/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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



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