Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/23/04



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House: Introductions

HB 545  Health Care Trust Fund; revise membership of and          Stevens
        authorize hiring of independent counsel for.           
           01/23 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 546  Chickasawhay Natural Gas District require audit; allow    Stevens
        credit card use; require relocation costs for certain  
        pipes.                                                 
           01/23 (H) Referred To Public Utilities
HB 547  Justice court civil cases; increase fee.                  Holland
           01/23 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
HB 548  Judges; create posts for the First Chancery and First     Holland
        Circuit Court Districts.                               
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 549  Judges; provide for posts in certain chancery and         Holland
        circuit court districts.                               
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 550  Electronic terminals; privately operated terminals        Guice
        subject to same requirements as those operated by      
        banks.                                                 
           01/23 (H) Referred To Banking and Financial Services
HB 551  Workers' Compensation Law; require the law and evidence   Guice
        presented thereto to be fairly construed.              
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 552  Workers' compensation; revise definition of "injury" to   Guice
        exclude coverage for acts of terrorism against         
        nonprofit groups.                                      
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 553  Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or   Rogers (14th)
        "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.         
           01/23 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 554  Gaming; create statewide lottery to fund college          Fleming
        scholarship program.                                   
           01/23 (H) Referred To Gaming;Ways and Means
HB 555  Tort reform; revise innocent seller protection.           Mims
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 556  Tort reform; revise cap on noneconomic damages.           Mims
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 557  Board of Medical Licensure; authorize to issue            Barnett
        subpoenas during investigations and provide for rules  
        and appeals.                                           
           01/23 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary A
HB 558  Board of Medical Licensure; delete cap on assessment of   Barnett
        costs of disciplinary action.                          
           01/23 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 559  Commercial contractors; delete exemption on commercial    Guice
        projects and provide fee for certificate of            
        responsibility.                                        
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 560  Administrative leave with pay; authorize for certified    Moss
        Red Cross relief volunteers requested for service in   
        U.S.                                                   
           01/23 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
HB 561  Tax Commission; establish two positions to investigate    Ward
        vehicle registration and title fraud.                  
           01/23 (H) Referred To Transportation;Appropriations
HB 562  County grand jury; allow to remand cases to justice or    Moak
        municipal court to be tried as misdemeanors.           
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 563  Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain clothing and    Moak
        school supplies on third Saturday in July and first    
        Saturday in December.                                  
           01/23 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 564  Regional economic development alliances; extend           Montgomery
        authority for member counties to exercise eminent      
        domain for certain projects.                           
           01/23 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 565  Department of Information Technology Services; require    Reeves
        to develop certain policies regarding cellular         
        telephones.                                            
           01/23 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 566  Implied consent; revise penalties for first and second    Reeves
        offenses with higher blood alcohol concentration.      
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 567  Implied consent; clarify DUI manslaughter and maiming     Reeves
        where more than one death or injury occurs.            
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 568  County and municipal advertising; repeal authority to     Reeves
        expend certain tax monies for.                         
           01/23 (H) Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
HB 569  Implied Consent Law; appeals from justice court for       Reeves
        violations given priority on county and circuit court  
        docket.                                                
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 570  Child custody; revise right of 12-year-old to select      Reeves
        custodial parent.                                      
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 571  Implied Consent; no dismissal or not guilty finding for   Reeves
        failure to provide full information.                   
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 572  DUI; create separate offense of violating DUI law with    Reeves
        minor as vehicle occupant.                             
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 573  Implied consent; no nonadjudication in zero tolerance     Reeves
        if no chemical test is given.                          
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 574  Sentencing; persons convicted of causing death or         Reeves
        serious injury while DUI are subject to 85% rule.      
           01/23 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 575  Implied consent; prohibit reduction of sentence for       Reeves
        second or subsequent offenses.                         
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 576  Motor vehicle operators; unlawful to avoid driver's       Reeves
        license or sobriety checkpoint.                        
           01/23 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 577  Implied Consent; revise officers authorized to            Reeves
        administer chemical tests.                             
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 578  Seat Belt Law; authorize to be entered as a primary       Reeves
        offense.                                               
           01/23 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 579  Open Container Law; create.                               Reeves
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 580  DUI manslaughter; clarify.                                Reeves
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 581  Mississippi Fire Prevention Code; require compliance      Stevens
        for permits to construct private correctional          
        facilities.                                            
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 582  Rural Fire Truck Program;  authorize the Department of    Stevens
        Insurance to accept applications for seventh round.    
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
HB 583  Bail agents; require to report any administrative or      Stevens
        criminal action against them to Insurance Commissioner.
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 584  Manufactured homes; establish continuing education        Stevens
        requirements for license of dealers and transporters.  
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 585  Burial associations; increase fee for a duplicate         Stevens
        certificate as an agent of a burial association.       
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 586  Planning and development districts; require certain       Stevens
        information before counties and cities may make        
        appropriations to.                                     
           01/23 (H) Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
HB 587  Residential sewage disposal system; require approval by   Stevens
        Health Department before receiving utility services.   
           01/23 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 588  Adoption laws; revise certain provisions of.              Holland
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 589  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; allow to enter     Stevens
        into consent decrees with chiropractors.               
           01/23 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 590  Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; reconstitute board     Stevens
        of directors.                                          
           01/23 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB 591  Annual inmate cost per day study; require Department of   Stevens
        Corrections to pay for costs associated with study.    
           01/23 (H) Referred To Corrections;Appropriations
HB 592  Marriage ceremony; increase fee charged by justice        Holland
        court judge to perform.                                
           01/23 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
HB 593  Salaries of justice court judges; increase by certain     Holland
        percentage.                                            
           01/23 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers;County Affairs
HB 594  Elections; establish open primary and abolish partisan    Holland
        primaries.                                             
           01/23 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 595  Health insurance; allow insured to designate which        Holland
        policy is primary coverage.                            
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
HB 596  Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision        Holland
        allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.  
           01/23 (H) Referred To Education
HB 597  Board of Education; require all third grade students      Holland
        who fail to meet certain proficiency levels to attend  
        summer school.                                         
           01/23 (H) Referred To Education
HB 598  Drainage ditches and creeks of municipalities; remove     Holland
        minimum population requirement to clean.               
           01/23 (H) Referred To Municipalities
HB 599  Child care facilities; develop list of contact persons    Holland
        to call if children don't timely arrive at facility.   
           01/23 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 600  Elections; persons convicted of any felony may not        Denny
        vote.                                                  
           01/23 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 601  Statute of limitations; revise computation on debts       Denny
        where partial payment is made.                         
           01/23 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 602  Justice court; provide jurisdiction over seized           Moak
        property for game and fish violations.                 
           01/23 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;Judiciary B
HB 603  Annexed territory; prohibit municipality from levying     Horne
        ad valorem taxes until services are provided.          
           01/23 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 604  Crimes; prohibit consumption of alcohol by minors.        Reeves
           01/23 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 605  Fire detectors; require all hotels and lodging houses     Stevens
        to have Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved      
        detectors.                                             
           01/23 (H) Referred To Insurance
HC  29  Dr. Walter Decell Newsom; commend life of.                Taylor
           01/23 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Floor Actions

HB 445  First responders; provide for certification of medical    Moore
        first responders.                                      
           01/23 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/23 (H) Passed
HB 544  Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority; expand        Huddleston
        powers of.                                             
           01/23 (H) Passed
           01/23 (H) Immediate Release
           01/23 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

HR  13  Magnolia J. Mitchell; commend on 101st birthday.          Reynolds
           01/23 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2256  Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority; expand        Huggins
        powers of.                                             
           01/23 (S) Referred To Local and Private;Appropriations
SB2257  Supreme Court; revise timing of election of certain       Tollison
        justices.                                              
           01/23 (S) Referred To Elections
SB2258  State Employees Health Insurance; pay for certain exams   Tollison
        from Tobacco Trust Fund.                               
           01/23 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2259  Tourism; require local tourism entities to conduct an     Dearing
        annual audit, MDA may contract with entities for       
        regional tourism promotion.                            
           01/23 (S) Referred To Economic Development and Tourism
SB2260  MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance          Walls
        Program.                                               
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2261  Commitment; limit time for transfer to state facility     Chamberlin
        and provide for treatment cost.                        
           01/23 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2262  Child care services by persons convicted of certain       Nunnelee
        offenses; prohibit at all unlicensed facilities.       
           01/23 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2263  Rape, statutory; must be knowing and willful.             Walls
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2264  Child custody; eliminate child's right to choose at age   Dearing
        12.                                                    
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2265  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations when       Tollison
        committed against a child.                             
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2266  Agreement between child development tech programs at      Harden
        the community colleges and the universities; require.  
           01/23 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations
SB2267  Wrongful death action; damages not awarded parent who     Nunnelee
        has abandoned a child.                                 
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2268  Campaign finance disclosure; failure to receive notice    Harden
        of late filing may mitigate civil fine.                
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2269  Certified animal euthanasia technicians; authorize        Tollison
        Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate.  
           01/23 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SB2270  Human Services; require department to pay costs of        Browning
        persons housed in county jails.                        
           01/23 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2271  Authorize counties and cities to sell advertisement on    Hyde-Smith
        county and city vehicles.                              
           01/23 (S) Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
SB2272  Motor vehicles; 10% disabled veterans may be issued a     Tollison
        disabled veteran tag.                                  
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2273  Consumer collection agencies; require registration and    Harden
        prohibit certain acts.                                 
           01/23 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Judiciary, Division A
SB2274  Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers         Doxey
        necessary.                                             
           01/23 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2275  Tidelands appropriation FY04; redesignate certain         Cuevas
        projects.                                              
           01/23 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2276  School board limitation based on assessed valuation;      Tollison
        revise.                                                
           01/23 (S) Referred To Education;Finance
SB2277  Public Employees' Retirement System; authorize member     Tollison
        of the Mississippi National Guard to be included as a  
        coverage group.                                        
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2278  Credit card issuers; prohibit charging merchants amount   Tollison
        in excess of contractual discount rate.                
           01/23 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2279  Taxation; exempt one motor vehicle of active duty U.S.    Doxey
        Armed Forces members from ad valorem taxation.         
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2280  Public school board members; include in State and         Doxey
        School Employees Health Insurance Plan.                
           01/23 (S) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
SB2281  Wildlife; person with honorable discharge exempt from     Doxey
        hunter education requirement.                          
           01/23 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
SB2282  Bonds; authorize certain bond proceeds to be utilized     Robertson
        to furnish and equip new MEMA building and related     
        facilities.                                            
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2283  Bonds; authorize MEMA to utilize the proceeds of bonds    Robertson
        in the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund for certain      
        additional purposes.                                   
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2284  Driver's license number; require to be different than     Ross
        social security number.                                
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2285  Contempt of the Legislature; prescribe crime for.         Chaney
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2286  Local natural gas districts; require annual audit by      Dearing
        State Auditor (PEER).                                  
           01/23 (S) Referred To Public Utilities;Highways and Transportation
SB2287  Video games; protect children from violent videos.        Tollison
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2288  Public roads; prohibit the shining of a light from        Doxey
        public roads on the adjoining lands of another during  
        the night.                                             
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2289  Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide      Tollison
        grants for livestock facilities.                       
           01/23 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2290  Murder; revise penalty to 25 years to life instead of     Doxey
        just life.                                             
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2291  Courts; additional circuit judge for Third District,      Doxey
        eliminate running in the herd.                         
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations
SB2292  Jurisdictional amount; revise for circuit and justice     Tollison
        court.                                                 
           01/23 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SC 526  Horace B. Labat, Sr.; commend life.                       Dawkins
           01/23 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 527  Urge Congress to make more students eligible for free     Dawkins
        school lunches.                                        
           01/23 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 528  Petty Officer First Class Betty Townsend; commend         Jackson (32nd)
        military service.                                      
           01/23 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  37  Paul Fugate, Jackson, Mississippi, Miss. Business         TREASURER
        Finance Corp., beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June  
        30, 2009.                                              
           01/23 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  38  Dr. Phillip T. Merideth, Jackson, Mississippi, Medical    GOVERNOR
        Licensure, unexpired term ending June 30, 2008,        
        representing the First Supreme Court District, vice Dr.
        Robert R. Smith.                                       
           01/23 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Referred Other House

HC  25  Joint session; call to hear the State of the State        Warren
        address of Governor Haley Barbour.                     
           01/23 (S) Referred To Rules

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