Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary, Division A Committee

As of 06/01/04 at 15:42

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HB  96  Vehicular manslaughter; require bail in DUI cases.        Fleming
 * %       05/04 Approved by Governor
HB 520  Legal notices; include foreclosure sales.                 Simpson
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB 564  Regional economic development alliances; extend           Montgomery
        authority for member counties to exercise eminent      
        domain for certain projects.                           
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 570  Child custody; revise right of 12-year-old to select      Reeves
        custodial parent.                                      
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 588  Adoption laws; revise certain provisions of.              Holland
 *         05/12 Approved by Governor
HB 794  Victims of Domestic Violence Fund; provide fee from       Reeves
 * %    divorce filings.                                       
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 827  Judges; redistrict chancery and circuit court             Blackmon
 *      districts.                                             
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 873  Child custody; Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and     Watson
 * %    Enforcement Act (NCCUSL).                              
           05/04 Approved by Governor
HB 889  Department of Agriculture; conform rule promulgation to   Eaton
 * %    Administrative Procedures Act.                         
           05/04 Approved by Governor
HB 928  Marriage; revise conditions precedent to issuance of      Cummings
 *      license.                                               
           04/29 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 955  Judges; revise office maintenance provisions.             Coleman (29th)
 * %       05/12 Approved by Governor
HB 972  Business Corporation Act; technical revisions (BLAG).     Pierce
 *         05/04 Approved by Governor
HB1150  IHL; authorize to include an arbitration provision in     Brown
        any international contract.                            
           04/14 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1202  Commission on Judicial Performance Fund; create and       Reeves
   %    impose additional fees on civil and criminal fees.     
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1323  Loans; provide remedy for contracting for or receiving    Guice
 *      unlawful "other charges."                              
           04/29 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1412  Administrative Procedures Act; extend period for          Smith (39th)
 *      exemption of IHL.                                      
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1517  Corporate successor liability; establish in connection    Morris
        with mergers or consolidations.                        
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1539  Family support; update uniform interstate family          Holland
 *   V  support act.                                           
           05/05 (H) Veto Sustained
HB1565  Mississippi Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide filing   Blackmon
   %    fees to fund.                                          
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1569  Medical Malpractice Insurance Availability Plan; expand   Blackmon
 * %@   coverage.                                              
           05/09 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1581  Performance and payment bonds; clarify rights of          Brown
 *      claimants.                                             
           04/28 Approved by Governor
SB2164  Supreme Court; revise timing of election of  certain      Gordon
        justices (S.Ct.).                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2165  Jury service; Jury Patriotism Act.                        Hewes
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2168  Juries; prohibit use of jurors' names in jury poll.       Gollott
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2198  DUI; enhance penalty when minors of a certain age are     Chamberlin
   %    passengers.                                            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2199  Judges; create new circuit judgeship in Subdistrict       Chamberlin
        17-1.                                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2200  Erroneous conviction; provide civil cause of action.      Jackson (32nd)
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2201  DUI; allow multiple counts for vehicular homicide.        Burton
 * %       04/16 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2202  Lemon Law; prohibit transfer of buy-back and              Jackson (32nd)
        nonconforming vehicles without notice.                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2203  Alienation of affection; abolish tort of.                 Jackson (32nd) *
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2205  Circuit judges; repeal running in the herd for 10th       Carmichael
 *      District.                                              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2206  DUI; certain convicts to serve prison term in county      Jackson (32nd)
 * %    jail.                                                  
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2212  Venue; intrastate forum nonconveniens.                    Ross
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2213  Lost or destroyed warrants; remove requirement for        Tollison
        filing an affidavit and bond for a duplicate to be     
        issued.                                                
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2214  Lobbying law; include public employees engaging in        Nunnelee
        lobbying activities.                                   
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2215  Jury duty; misdemeanor to dissuade and civil cause of     Walls
        action for retaliation.                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2217  Defendant delinquent in child support enlist in           Kirby *
        military service with pay garnished for arrearage;     
        authorize court to order.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2221  Eviction; by district attorney for drug violations.       Nunnelee
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2223  Eminent domain; authorize trials without a jury certain   Dearing
        circumstances.                                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2226  Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally     Walls
        retarded.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2228  Municipal annexation; require approval by majority of     Robertson
        electors in territory to be annexed.                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2230  Investigators; license and regulate private and legal.    Walls
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2232  Quality Education and Teacher and Principal Protection    Hewes
        Act; create.                                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2233  Tort liability, charitable activity; include food         Hewes
        donated to needy.                                      
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2235  Courts; eliminate running in the herd for First Circuit   Little
 *      and Chancery Districts.                                
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2236  Public official bonds; provide civil penalty upon         Kirby
 * %    sureties which fail to give reasons for nonpayment.    
           04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2237  Youth courts; state-funded support staff.                 Walls
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2238  Justice court; revise civil procedure.                    Nunnelee
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2239  Land surveyors; limitation of liability.                  Kirby
 *         04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2243  Youth court; state-funded county courts.                  Walls
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2245  Physicians; offer immunity from suit when rendering       Michel
        care to Medicaid patients.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2246  Appellate judges; to be appointed by the Governor.        Robertson
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2248  Death penalty; repeal.                                    Walls
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2252  Supreme Court judges; elections held November before      Little
        end of term, and extend Position 1 of District 1 by one
        year.                                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2263  Rape, statutory; must be knowing and willful.             Walls
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2264  Child custody; eliminate child's right to choose at age   Dearing
        12.                                                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2267  Wrongful death action; damages not awarded parent who     Nunnelee
        has abandoned a child.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2268  Campaign finance disclosure; failure to receive notice    Harden
        of late filing may mitigate civil fine.                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2273  Consumer collection agencies; require registration and    Harden
   %    prohibit certain acts.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2284  Driver's license number; require to be different than     Ross
        social security number.                                
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2290  Murder; revise penalty to 25 years to life instead of     Doxey
        just life.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2291  Courts; additional circuit judge for Third District,      Doxey
        eliminate running in the herd.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2292  Jurisdictional amount; revise for circuit and justice     Tollison
        court.                                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2311  Jurisdictional amount; revise for justice court.          Mettetal
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2330  Divorce; revise grounds for irreconcilable differences.   Williamson
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2332  Mississippi Whistleblower Protection Act; create.         Williamson
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2334  Constitutional rights; contractual waiver only            Williamson
        effective if knowingly executed.                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2336  Anti-secrecy for court records; define.                   Williamson
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2346  Sixteenth section land; grant immunity for lease or use   Horhn
        of.                                                    
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2357  Municipal annexation; require election in both            Cuevas
        municipality and territory to be annexed if petition   
        signed.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2371  Supreme Court; revise timing of election of certain       Ross
        justices.                                              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2388  Collection of debt for services provided at licensed      Dawkins
   %    hospitals; provide certain restrictions on.            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2395  Courts, trial; eliminate running in herd for certain      Tollison
 *      districts.                                             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2396  Medical Malpractice Insurance Availability Plan;          Kirby
 * %    authorize Tort Claims Board to borrow money to purchase
        reinsurance.                                           
           04/29 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2410  Department of Agriculture; conform rule promulgation to   Hyde-Smith
 *      administrative procedure act by deleting mandatory     
        public hearing.                                        
           04/29 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2416  Mississippi Civil Legal Assistance Fund; create and       Doxey
   %    provide filing fee to fund.                            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2438  Murder; include special and senior judges as peace        Huggins
 *      officers and designate manslaughter as a lesser        
        included offense.                                      
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2441  Mississippi drug and alcohol employee testing statutes;   Nunnelee
 *   V  clarify.                                               
           05/13 Vetoed
SB2452  Child custody; custodial parent responsible for health    Butler
        care expenses when court order is silent.              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2462  Regional economic development alliances; extend           Nunnelee
        authority for member counties to exercise eminent      
        domain for certain projects.                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2482  Chancery and circuit clerks; penalize for not filing      Browning
        timely report with State Auditor.                      
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2492  Ethics law; prohibit pecuniary benefits to county port    Dawkins
        authority officials.                                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2503  Exemption from execution; revise for personal injury      Walley
        claims.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2504  Partnerships; enact uniform act (BLAG).                   Ross
   %       04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2512  Courts; revise certain procedures affecting justice and   Burton
   %    municipal courts, both civil and criminal.             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2518  Jurors; may be drawn from entire circuit court district   Albritton
        for trials conducted in circuit court.                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2527  Justice Court; revise jurisdictional amount.              Butler
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2553  Business Corporation Act; technical revisions (BLAG).     Ross
 *         04/29 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2592  Public contractors; confer immunity where in compliance   Hewes
        with contract.                                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2593  ATV; immunity for private property owners.                Dearing
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2643  Exemption from execution; revise for personal injury      Bryan
        claims.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2646  Fifteenth Circuit Court District; provide additional      Albritton
        judge.                                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2670  State Ethics Commission; require executives of county     Dawkins
        commissions to file statement of economic interest.    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2672  Public Records Act; revise fees for providing             Dawkins
   %    records/increase civil penalties.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2680  Corrections; require person convicted of DUI violation    Huggins
        resulting in death to serve 85% of sentence.           
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2682  Criminal investigators; add one (1) to Fifteenth          Albritton
        Circuit.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2683  Chancery Court; create new chancellorship - 10th          Albritton
        district.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2700  Fourteenth and Twentieth Circuit Court Districts; allow   Butler
 *      judges to run by post.                                 
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2701  Additional privilege tax on heavy vehicles; clarify       Burton
   %    distribution of by counties.                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2716  Money judgments; court's opinion of record as to          Doxey
        additur or remittitur.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2750  Interpreters; courts required to appoint for              Harden
   %    non-English speaking persons in court proceedings.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2752  Volunteer interpreters; create volunteer system for use   Harden
        of courts in assisting foreign speaking parties.       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2763  Tort reform; revise.                                      Ross
 *  @      05/09 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2791  Public contractors; exempt from liability to 3rd          Robertson
        parties.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2830  Marriage; Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (NCCUSL).      Tollison
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2851  Family Support; update Uniform Interstate Family          Nunnelee
 *      Support Act (NCCUSL).                                  
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2870  Patient's Compensation Fund; establish to compensate      Robertson
   %    patients for medical malpractice.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2875  Trial court districts; create to allow better             Tollison
        distribution of caseloads.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2881  Continuing Care Retirement Communities; provide for       Nunnelee
   %    licensure by the State Department of Health.           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2883  Childhood sexual abuse; extend statute of limitations     Williamson
        for civil suits for damages.                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2888  Special judges; restrict appointment of.                  Turner
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2900  Child custody; Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and     Tollison
   %    Enforcement Act (NCCUSL).                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2910  Obesity; limitations on suing for damages for.            Ross
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2911  Bad check; revise service charge.                         Michel
   %       04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2929  Property; Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (NCCUSL).        Tollison
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2934  Child support; update Uniform Interstate Family Support   Tollison
        Act (NCCUSL).                                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2938  Sex crimes; reports to be confidential.                   White
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2944  Judges; Supreme Court required to appoint special         White
        judges to help reduce caseloads in overburdened        
        districts.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2945  District attorneys; submit quarterly statistical          King
        reports.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2948  Lengthy Trial Fund; create.                               Ross
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2953  Property; enact Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act           Tollison
        (NCCUSL).                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2959  Costs for guardian ad litem; court shall not assess       Nunnelee
        against Department of Human Services.                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2982  IHL to submit international contract disputes to          Tollison
        binding arbitration; authorize.                        
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB3008  Eminent domain; public entities may proceed only under    Harden
        state law.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3015  Notice of legislative fundraisers; require.               Frazier
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3017  Consent agreement; enact statute of limitations.          Doxey
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3018  Hunting accidents; person causing injury or death with    Posey
 * %    weapon in hunting accident deemed to give implied      
        consent for alcohol test.                              
           04/16 (H) Died On Calendar
SB3034  MS Public Accountancy Board; revise subpoena              Dawkins
        power/authorize civil penalty.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SC 517  Constitution; authorize Legislature to determine          Hewes
        limitations on damages in civil lawsuits.              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee

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