Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 04/01/04



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House: Introductions

HR  68  Lonnie Charles Johnson; commend life and works and        Watson
        express deepest sympathy upon his passing.             
           04/01 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

SB2300  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Chaney
        extend repealer.                                       
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
SB2302  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors and     Chaney
        school speech-language pathologists and audiologists;  
        clarify.                                               
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
SB2386  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; reenact and     Carmichael
        extend the date of repeal (RP).                        
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: MA To AP
SB2404  Vulnerable adults; revise sexual battery and fondling.    Burton
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To JB
SB2466  Crime victims' rights; revise definition of criminal      Albritton
        offense.                                               
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: JA To AP
SB2521  Admission and discharge procedures for mentally ill       Nunnelee
        patients committed to treatment facilities; clarify.   
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: PH To JA
SB2552  County court judges; revise maximum salary of.            Chamberlin
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: FS To CA
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: CA To FS
SB2588  State/school employees health insurance; authorize        Kirby
        levels of coverage (Governor's proposal).              
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: IN To AP
SB2613  Fire Safety Education Division; create in State Fire      Kirby
        Marshal's Office.                                      
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: IN To AP
SB2642  Mississippi Children's Museum; expand the locations at    Michel
        which it may be constructed.                           
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: PP To WM
SB2647  County officials; increase salaries.                      Little
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: FS To CA
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: CA To FS
SB2660  State employees; delete repealer on law authorizing       Thames
        donation of leave.                                     
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: FS To AP
SB2676  Corrections; authorize Department of Corrections to       Huggins
        contract with private facility in Tallahatchie County  
        to house state inmates.                                
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: CN To AP
SB2859  Magnetic resonance imaging unit and linear accelerator    Jackson (15th)
        at MSU; authorize CON with conditions.                 
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDPAA: PH To AP
SB2876  Exceptional children receiving state financial            Chaney
        assistance; revise eligibility requirements.           
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
SB2990  Disabled Physician Law; certain records shall be          King
        confidential.                                          
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To JA
SB3028  Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing     Carmichael
        Act; create.                                           
           04/01 (H) DR - TSDP: MA To AP



House: Committee Reports

SB2009  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2078  Military monuments and memorials; prohibit the            Carmichael
        alteration of.                                         
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2146  Bail agents; revise the amount of the qualification       Kirby
        bond required for agents who act as personal surety.   
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2166  Law enforcement officers; create offense of fleeing or    Flowers
        eluding.                                               
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2265  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations when       Tollison
        committed against a child.                             
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2296  Administrative superintendent; delete term from public    Chaney
        school statutes.                                       
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2297  Assistant teachers receive same minimum sick leave days   Chaney
        as licensed teachers; clarify.                         
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2308  Procedure for reinstatement of a teacher's license;       Chaney
        revise.                                                
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2312  Human corpse; create felony of desecration of.            Mettetal
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2417  Law enforcement/jailers; revise definition of             Huggins
        part-time.                                             
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2470  Consent to participate in research; provide for.          Tollison
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2498  Contract personnel with direct contact with students;     Chaney
        authorize procedure for criminal background checks.    
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2510  "Chiropractic Physician"; licensed chiropractors may      Little
        use title.                                             
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2552  County court judges; revise maximum salary of.            Chamberlin
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2579  Firearms; enhancement of penalty for use in commission    Tollison
        of any felony.                                         
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2601  Arrest warrants; include jail officers and certain        Carmichael
        counselors as entitled to probable cause hearing prior 
        to issuance of.                                        
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2602  Corrections; authorize commissioner to transfer           Huggins
        employees to any corrections facility.                 
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2619  Abortion Procedure Rights of Conscience Act; providers,   Little
        institutions and payers not required to participate in 
        abortion procedures.                                   
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2638  New Home Warranty Act; revise.                            Flowers
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2639  "Mississippi Living Organ Donor Leave Act" for state      Bryan
        employees; enact.                                      
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2647  County officials; increase salaries.                      Little
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2680  Corrections; require person convicted of DUI violation    Huggins
        resulting in death to serve 85% of sentence.           
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2721  Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend      Nunnelee
        repealer and make technical amendments.                
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2771  Professional engineers and land surveyors; reenact and    Mettetal
        revise licensing laws.                                 
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2794  Wildlife; give officer discretion in seizure of           Posey
        endangered wildlife.                                   
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2826  Chapter 486, General Laws of 1994; technical              Tollison
        correction.                                            
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2831  Kidnapping; revise element of intent to confine.          Chamberlin
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2841  Department of Human Services; extend repealer on.         Nunnelee
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2847  Turkey hunting; require permit to hunt during special     Posey
        fall turkey season.                                    
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2850  "Rural Health Availability Act"; enact.                   Burton
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2862  Child in custody of DHS; transferred to regional mental   Nunnelee
        health center for evaluation if believed to be in need 
        of certain treatment.                                  
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2864  MS Transportation Commission and Itawamba Community       Wilemon
        College Board of Trustees; authorize transfer of real  
        property.                                              
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2869  Feticide; revise offense.                                 Nunnelee
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2871  Airports; revise definition to include buffer areas.      Hewes
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2886  Wildlife; correct reference to snapping turtles.          Posey
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2893  Turkey hunting season; authorize the commission to open   Posey
        regular season between March 1 and May 15.             
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2896  Wildlife; authorize seizure of wild hogs imported into    Posey
        the state.                                             
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2950  Criminal information; provide immediate access from       White
        Mississippi Justice Information Center.                
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2957  Identity theft; expand authority of Attorney General to   Tollison
        prosecute.                                             
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2969  School districts may develop and implement voluntary      Harden
        prekindergarten program; authorize.                    
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB3016  Educational service agencies; provide for establishment   Carmichael
        by school districts.                                   
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB3030  Wildlife; revise possession of paddlefish prohibitions    Posey
        and make exception for lawfully taken.                 
           04/01 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 553  Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or   Rogers (14th)
        "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.         
           04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 999  Income tax; revise amount of certain military             Montgomery
        compensation for officers which is excluded from gross 
        income.                                                
           04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1051  Motor vehicle privilege tax; revise definition of         Watson
        certain carriers of property (STC).                    
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1086  Major Economic Impact Act; increase amount of bonds       Smith (39th)
        authorized for certain projects.                       
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1459  Motor fuel tax; exclude racing fuel.                      Watson
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1491  Alcoholic beverages; revise privilege tax for             Holland
        manufacturer/distiller producing a product obtained    
        primarily from Mississippi ingredients.                
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1640  Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program;         Scott
        create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.        
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1654  Major Economic Impact Act; authorize issuance of          Bentz
        additional bonds to address possible military base     
        closure and realignment.                               
           04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1659  Growth and Prosperity Act; revise definition of "state    Howell
        tax" under to exempt certain leases of equipment from  
        sales and use taxes.                                   
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1676  George County Lake; increase bonds for project.           Robinson (84th)
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1762  Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ to borrow     Smith (39th)
        from for loan programs, Department of Rehabilitation   
        Services to borrow from.                               
           04/01 (H) Reconsidered
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1780  Taxation; provide certain tax incentives for the          Peranich
        production of motion pictures in Mississippi.          
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1785  Sales tax; exempt stripping and painting of commercial    Bailey
        aircraft engaged in foreign or interstate              
        transportation.                                        
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1788  Bonds; authorize issuance for certain economic            Howell
        development programs and projects.                     
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1791  Bonds; increase amount authorized for certain             Howell
        Mississippi Development Authority programs.            
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1792  Bonds; authorize for Building Fund for the Arts and the   Smith (39th)
        Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
           04/01 (H) Reconsidered
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1793  Bonds; issue for IHL, community colleges and state        Smith (39th)
        agencies capital improvements.                         
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1796  Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or   Janus
        "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.         
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1798  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise             Howell
        definition of "project" and authorize issuance of bonds
        for certain projects.                                  
           04/01 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2075  Disabled parking; date of expiration of windshield        Hewes
        placards must be visible.                              
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2102  State Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on.      Thames
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2105  Highway 45 bridge over MS 19; designate as Military       Carmichael
        Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Mississippi,  
        Memorial Bridge.                                       
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2213  Lost or destroyed warrants; remove requirement for        Tollison
        filing an affidavit and bond for a duplicate to be     
        issued.                                                
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2314  Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention;        Mettetal
        revise membership.                                     
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2355  Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on           King
        training requirements and funding for training.        
           04/01 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
SB2368  Traffic violations; repeal sunset provisions for adult    Dearing
        safety course.                                         
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2434  Licensure standards for personal care homes; extend       Nunnelee
        repealer on.                                           
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2449  MS Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission; authorize to     Hewes
        lease property for MDOT offices.                       
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2455  Mississippi Scenic Byway program; designate certain       Chaney
        highways as the "Grand Gulf-Raymond Scenic Byway."     
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2461  Highways; designate Lower Historic Byway as an official   Dearing
        scenic byway.                                          
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2482  Chancery and circuit clerks; penalize for not filing      Browning
        timely report with State Auditor.                      
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2508  Highways; designate I-20 and Highway 15 interchange in    Burton
        Newton County as "Medgar Evers Memorial Interchange."  
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2519  Critical access hospitals; revise definition to conform   Nunnelee
        to federal law.                                        
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2526  Petroleum products; unlawful to divert to destination     Hewes
        other than destination on manifest.                    
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2531  Transportation Commission; authorize to hold meetings     Hewes
        other than commission office in Jackson.               
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2536  Appropriation; MDA-Baroque Dresden Exhibition;            Gordon
        Additional FY 2004.                                    
           04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
SB2545  Municipalities; revise method of notice of special        Burton
        meetings.                                              
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2560  Commercial driver's license; permit diabetics to obtain   Tollison
        under certain conditions.                              
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2589  Coastal wetlands; require applicant for permit to pay     Gollott
        costs of public notice before publication.             
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2607  Health care worker criminal background check              Burton
        requirements; do not apply to certain students         
        performing clinical training.                          
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2624  Memorial Highway; designate portion of MS 149 in Town     Lee (35th)
        of D'Lo as D'Lo WWII Veterans Highway.                 
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2713  Interception of wire or oral communications; extend       Ross
        repealer on provisions authorizing (RP).               
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2718  Motor vehicle titles; require titles to be sent to        Wilemon
        owners and lienholders within 30 days after receipt of 
        applications.                                          
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2734  Highways; authorize MS Transportation Commission to use   Hewes
        design-build method of contracting for certain pilot   
        projects.                                              
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2754  Business advertising signs; prohibit governing            King
        authorities from imposing fees and privilege taxes.    
           04/01 (H) Passed
           04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2777  Highway work zone; revise penalty for speeding.           Hewes
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2783  Public property; DFA may sell certain property to St.     Frazier
        Peters Missionary Baptist Church.                      
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2823  Oysters; require Marine Resources employee to be          Gollott
        present at relaying of oysters.                        
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2824  Oysters; require captain's license for captain of         Gollott
        commercial oyster harvesting vessel.                   
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2907  State Board of Education grant surface easement on        Chaney
        campus of MS School for the Blind and Deaf; authorize. 
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2921  Coastal wetlands; allow extension for processing          Gollott
        permits by Department of Marine Resources.             
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2982  IHL to submit international contract disputes to          Tollison
        binding arbitration; authorize.                        
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB2989  Rails-to-Trails Recreational Districts; allow             King
        municipalities to enforce rules and regulations of the 
        district.                                              
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2991  Public Service Commission; shall not regulate rates of    King
        carriers transporting household goods.                 
           04/01 (H) Amended
           04/01 (H) Passed As Amended
           04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB3010  Multi-modal transportation; revise multi-modal            Hewes
        transportation program and fund.                       
           04/01 (H) Passed
SB3019  Municipalities; reduce period of existence of liens on    Harden
        certain real property from five years to two years for 
        lien amnesty purposes.                                 
           04/01 (H) Passed



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB1456  Sales tax; allow telecommunications providers to sell     Watson
        taxable and nontaxable services at a single nonitemized
        price.                                                 
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  36  New Hope High School Trojans Baseball Team; commend on    Chism
        outstanding season for 2003.                           
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  47  Brookhaven High School Science Bowl Team; commend on      Barnett
        winning Mississippi Regional Science Bowl Competition. 
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  48  Biloxi High School Basketball Team; commend on winning    Patterson
        5A State Championship.                                 
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  49  Judge Mablean Ephriam; commend success and                Holloway
        accomplishments.                                       
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  50  Von Kyle Hersey; commend life of.                         Watson
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 587  Commend Marcus Ware for service to Petal School           King
        District.                                              
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 588  Commend Kelli Jackson, 2004 Miss Dixie National Queen     Jackson (15th)
        Competition.                                           
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 589  Commend New Hope High School Trojans Baseball Team        Brown
        championship season.                                   
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 590  Commend James W. Hill, Sr.                                Hyde-Smith
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 591  Commend life of Assistant Attorney General Alice Wise.    Ross
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 592  Commend 2004 Murrah High School Mock Trial Team.          Frazier
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 593  Commend Ray Brooks High School State Basketball           Walls
        Championship.                                          
           04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3192  DeSoto County; authorize work on portions of Stateline    Flowers
        Road located in Tennessee.                             
           04/01 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SC 598  Commend Mississippi State University Basketball Team      Little
        for winning SEC regular season title.                  
           04/01 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 599  Commend Hollandale-Simmons High School Basketball Team    Clarke
        for championship.                                      
           04/01 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB 286  Agricultural leases of prison lands to private            Watson
        entities; extend repealer on DFA's duty to contract.   
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
HB 406  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer on (RP).    Watson
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To AP
HB 414  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; reenact and        Watson
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
HB 546  Chickasawhay Natural Gas District require audit; allow    Stevens
        credit card use; require relocation costs for certain  
        pipes.                                                 
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDPAA: PU To HI
HB 653  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; increase number of    Malone
        youth offenders that may be contracted for housing at  
        facility.                                              
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDPAA: CR To AP
HB 966  Public property; authorize certain conveyances.           Weathersby
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
HB1175  Department of Mental Health; allow executive director     Young
        to grant paid educational leave to medical residents.  
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: FS To AP
HB1193  Per diem; increase for county port and harbor             Compretta
        commission.                                            
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: FS To CA
HB1308  Salaries; executive agency head appointed by Governor     Janus
        may waive all or part.                                 
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: FS To AP
HB1320  Fire Safety Education Division; create within State       Formby
        Fire Marshal's Office.                                 
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: IN To AP
HB1366  Exceptional children; revise eligibility requirements     Pierce
        to receive state assistance to attend certain schools. 
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
HB1397  Task force; create to study feasibility of                Pierce
        reconstituting methods of professional development for 
        school board members.                                  
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
HB1401  Agricultural leases of prison land; revise lease term     Mayo
        and authorize auction for.                             
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
HB1436  Rural Fire Truck Program; authorize Department of         Formby
        Insurance to accept applications for seventh round.    
           04/01 (S) DR - TSDP: IN To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 288  Mississippi Business Investment Act; extend repealer on   Watson
        MDA authority to use bond proceeds to make loans for   
        low or moderate housing (RP).                          
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 318  Zoning; require majority vote to change.                  Denny
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 343  Larger fraternal benefit societies; include under         Stevens
        definition of "insurer."                               
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 403  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Watson
        repealer (RP).                                         
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 407  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on      Watson
        (RP).                                                  
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 441  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; extend repealer (RP).           Watson
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 443  Emergency telecommunications; extend repealer on          Watson
        training requirements and funding for training of      
        telecommunicators (RP).                                
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 444  Emerging Crops Fund; extend repealer on certain           Watson
        provisions.                                            
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 520  Legal notices; include foreclosure sales.                 Simpson
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 522  Life insurance; provide that the proceeds become due as   Stevens
        of the date of the death of the insured.               
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 581  Mississippi Fire Prevention Code; require compliance      Stevens
        for permits to construct private correctional          
        facilities.                                            
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 605  Fire detectors; require all hotels and lodging houses     Stevens
        to have Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved      
        detectors.                                             
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 652  Intensive supervision program; provide field officers     Malone
        with discretion in arresting violators of program.     
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 654  Commissioner of Corrections; authorize supervision of     Malone
        terminally ill offenders by Community Corrections      
        Division.                                              
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 668  Parole; clarify "first offender"; require timely review   Malone
        of application for; require DUI convictions to serve   
        85% before eligible for.                               
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 676  Fireworks; permits to sell must be in compliance with     Stevens
        certain fire codes.                                    
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 725  Public purchasing laws; include state agency as entity    Brown
        that can designate purchasing agent.                   
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 743  State agencies; authorize to donate to any nonprofit      Holland
        entity.                                                
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 776  Law enforcement officers; revise salaries for             Malone
        classification as full time and part time.             
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 785  Marinas; add new classification to definition.            Guice
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 817  County industrial development authorities, certain;       Smith (39th)
        revise maturity date for bonds issued by.              
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 834  Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty               Guice
        Association; create separate associations for          
        individual and group.                                  
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 835  Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty               Guice
        Association; revise requirements for groups.           
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 925  Public purchasing; authorize certified purchasing         Pierce
        offices to utilize RFP process to purchase commodities.
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 928  Marriage; revise conditions precedent to issuance of      Cummings
        license.                                               
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 955  Judges; revise office maintenance provisions.             Coleman (29th)
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 956  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer on (RP).   Watson
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 973  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Frierson
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact.           
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 992  Title certificates on motor vehicles and manufactured     Turner
        homes; provide expedited procedure for processing;     
        increase fees.                                         
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1149  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Brown
        governing the retirement system.                       
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1179  PERS; allow deductions from benefits for group life or    Brown
        health insurance and certain dues.                     
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1181  PERS; revise types of investments that may be made of     Brown
        the board of trustees.                                 
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1217  Bonds; revise purposes for which allocations may be       Morris
        used by community and junior colleges.                 
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1268  Port commissions; provide procedure for dissolution of    Janus
        certain municipal port commissions.                    
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1333  Income tax; eliminate consolidated return filings of      Watson
        corporate income tax returns.                          
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1349  License Tag Commission; authorize to enter into cost      Eaton
        saving or revenue generating contracts.                
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1370  MDOT and PERS buildings; DFA has jurisdiction to          Weathersby
        enforce laws on proprties of.                          
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1388  Saltwater sport and boat fishing licenses; allow          Janus
        Commission on Marine Resources to exempt certain       
        groups.                                                
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1442  Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum; designate as      Snowden
        state historical industrial museum.                    
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1453  Public property; authorize exchange of real property      Miles
        between State Transportation Commission and Itawamba   
        Community College District.                            
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1458  Sales tax; clarify use of direct pay permits by owners    Watson
        of certain floating structures.                        
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1460  Income taxation; authorize State Tax Commission to        Watson
        enter into tax refund offset program with the federal  
        government.                                            
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1581  Performance and payment bonds; clarify rights of          Brown
        claimants.                                             
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1627  Insurance, surplus lines; State Tax Commission to         Peranich
        collect insurance premium tax.                         
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HC  71  Brookhaven Academy "Lady Cougars" Girls Basketball        Barnett
        Team; commend on winning state championship.           
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  72  Seminary High School Bulldogs Football Team; commend on   Warren
        winning Class 2A State Championship.                   
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  73  Grace Ortte; commend on 105th birthday.                   Compretta
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  74  Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies; commend on   Davis
        25th anniversary.                                      
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  75  Falkner High School Cheerleading Squad; commend on        Ward
        being selected 2003 Class 1A Small State Cochampions.  
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  76  Falkner High School Cheerleading Squad; commend on        Ward
        being selected 2002 Class 1A Small State Champions.    
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  78  Inverness, Mississippi; commend on celebration of its     Thomas
        100th anniversary.                                     
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  79  Citizens of Spain; express our sorrow and respect to      Zuber
        concerning the bombing in Madrid.                      
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  82  Walnut High School Cheerleaders; commend on winning       Ward
        Class 1A small state champions.                        
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  83  Our Lady Academy Soccer Team; commend on winning state    Compretta
        championship.                                          
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  84  St. Stanislaus Soccer Team; commend on winning Class 4A   Compretta
        State Championship.                                    
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 595  Designate National Boys and Girls Club Week.              Dawkins
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 596  Commend Northeast Jones "Lady Tiger" Basketball Team,     Pickering
        State 4A Champions.                                    
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 597  Commend the life of professional fisherman Wayne Monk.    Gollott
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 598  Commend Mississippi State University Basketball Team      Little
        for winning SEC regular season title.                  
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 599  Commend Hollandale-Simmons High School Basketball Team    Clarke
        for championship.                                      
           04/01 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SN  46  Charles Chisolm, Brandon, Mississippi, Executive          GOVERNOR
        Director - Dept. Of Environ. Quality, effective January
        13, 2004, and shall serve at the will and pleasure of  
        the Governor.                                          
           04/01 (S) Do Advise and Consent



Senate: Floor Actions

HB1456  Sales tax; allow telecommunications providers to sell     Watson
        taxable and nontaxable services at a single nonitemized
        price.                                                 
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2135  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Hyde-Smith
        of National Guard Readiness Center in City of          
        Monticello.                                            
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2390  Major Economic Impact Act; increase bonds authorized      Brown
        for certain projects under.                            
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2729  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements at the state          Moffatt
        shipyard in Jackson County.                            
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2742  Bonds; increase for Water Pollution Control Revolving     Nunnelee
        Fund, Local Governments & Rural Water Systems          
        Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.                      
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2804  Bonds; provide for the issuing of state general           Robertson
        obligation bonds for the ACE Fund.                     
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2809  Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to fund the            Robertson
        Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.                         
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3042  Motor vehicle privilege; treat private commercial and     Robertson
        noncommercial carriers of property the same.           
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3051  Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties      Robertson
        Fund; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued  
        for.                                                   
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3076  Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds     Hewes
        for construction of Gulf Coast Botanical Gardens at    
        Beauvoir.                                              
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3078  Economic Development Highway Act; prohibit use of funds   Robertson
        on retail project and increase the amount of bonds that
        may be issued under.                                   
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3085  Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment   Michel
        mandated by federal or state law.                      
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3087  Emerging Crops Fund; continue minority loan program and   Robertson
        increase amounts that may be utilized in the program.  
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3088  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase bond for    Robertson
        certain grants or loans to counties and municipalities.
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3091  Major Economic Impact Act; provide additional bonding     Michel
        authority to address base closure and realignment.     
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3093  Growth and Prosperity Act; exempt certain equipment       Huggins
        from sales and use taxes.                              
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3103  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for the Mississippi Land, Water   Robertson
        and Timber Resources Fund.                             
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3173  Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation        Little
        Fund; issue bonds and revise appropriation requirement 
        for.                                                   
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3174  Estate tax; provide that tax schedule shall not be        Robertson
        coupled to federal law and provide for in state law.   
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3177  Taxation; exempt certain technology incubators &          Robertson
        tenants from ad valorem taxation & exempt MS Technology
        Alliance from sales tax.                               
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3178  Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for state     Robertson
        agencies, IHL and community colleges.                  
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3182  Appropriation; Attorney General - Judgments,              Gordon
        Settlements, Fees; Additional FY 2004.                 
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3183  Appropriation; Debt Service; Additional FY 2004.          Gordon
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3184  Appropriation; Supreme Court - Trial Judges; Additional   Gordon
        FY 2004.                                               
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3185  Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections; Additional FY        Gordon
        2004.                                                  
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3186  Sales taxation; reduce and exempt certain sales to high   Robertson
        technology businesses.                                 
           04/01 (S) Transmitted To House



Senate: Signed By The President

SC 587  Commend Marcus Ware for service to Petal School           King
        District.                                              
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 588  Commend Kelli Jackson, 2004 Miss Dixie National Queen     Jackson (15th)
        Competition.                                           
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 589  Commend New Hope High School Trojans Baseball Team        Brown
        championship season.                                   
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 590  Commend James W. Hill, Sr.                                Hyde-Smith
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 591  Commend life of Assistant Attorney General Alice Wise.    Ross
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 592  Commend 2004 Murrah High School Mock Trial Team.          Frazier
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 593  Commend Ray Brooks High School State Basketball           Walls
        Championship.                                          
           04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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