Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 04/09/04



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House: Floor Actions

SB2166  Law enforcement officers; create offense of fleeing or    Flowers
        eluding.                                               
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2236  Public official bonds; provide civil penalty upon         Kirby
        sureties which fail to give reasons for nonpayment.    
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2265  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations when       Tollison
        committed against a child.                             
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2601  Arrest warrants; include jail officers and certain        Carmichael
        counselors as entitled to probable cause hearing prior 
        to issuance of.                                        
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2617  Percentage limitation on appropriations from State        Gordon
        General Fund; revise for FY05.                         
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2619  Abortion Procedure Rights of Conscience Act; providers,   Little
        institutions and payers not required to participate in 
        abortion procedures.                                   
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2638  New Home Warranty Act; revise.                            Flowers
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2659  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Thames
        governing the retirement system.                       
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2661  Budget Contingency Fund; provide for transfer and         Gordon
        deposit of certain funds into.                         
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2673  PERS; allow deductions from benefits for group life or    Thames
        health insurance and certain dues.                     
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2678  State's share of oil and gas severance taxes; all to be   Gordon
        appropriated until FY2006.                             
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2721  Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend      Nunnelee
        repealer and make technical amendments.                
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2771  Professional engineers and land surveyors; reenact and    Mettetal
        revise licensing laws.                                 
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2864  MS Transportation Commission and Itawamba Community       Wilemon
        College Board of Trustees; authorize transfer of real  
        property.                                              
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2869  Feticide; revise offense.                                 Nunnelee
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2930  Economic Development Highway Act; revise the definition   Doxey
        of the term "high economic benefit project."           
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2957  Identity theft; expand authority of Attorney General to   Tollison
        prosecute.                                             
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2969  School districts may develop and implement voluntary      Harden
        prekindergarten program; authorize.                    
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB3038  Family Support Registry Fund for undeliverable child      Huggins
        support payments and fees; establish for support of    
        Child Support Unit.                                    
           04/09 (H) Returned For Concurrence



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB 343  Larger fraternal benefit societies; include under         Stevens
        definition of "insurer."                               
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 598  Drainage ditches and creeks of municipalities; remove     Holland
        minimum population requirement to clean.               
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 611  Tax evasion; use as a method for prosecuting drug         Brown
        dealers.                                               
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 767  Transportation Commission; revise allowable places of     Miles
        meetings.                                              
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 835  Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty               Guice
        Association; revise requirements for groups.           
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 900  Commissioner of Corrections; require commissioner's       Malone
        designees to approve or disapprove classifications of  
        offenders.                                             
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1523  Contractors; repeal certain privilege tax provision.      Guice
           04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Floor Actions

HB  96  Vehicular manslaughter; require bail in DUI cases.        Fleming
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 281  Mississippi Ratite Council; reenact and extend repealer   Watson
        on (RP).                                               
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
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).                          
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 407  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on      Watson
        (RP).                                                  
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 409  Agricultural Aviation Licensing Law of 2002; reenact      Watson
        and extend repealer (RP).                              
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 438  Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expendable Fund;   Watson
        extend repealers on (RP).                              
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 441  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; extend repealer (RP).           Watson
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 444  Emerging Crops Fund; extend repealer on certain           Watson
        provisions.                                            
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 473  Pretrial diversion; include RID program.                  Baker (74th)
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 495  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    McBride
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 564  Regional economic development alliances; extend           Montgomery
        authority for member counties to exercise eminent      
        domain for certain projects.                           
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 581  Mississippi Fire Prevention Code; require compliance      Stevens
        for permits to construct private correctional          
        facilities.                                            
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 605  Fire detectors; require all hotels and lodging houses     Stevens
        to have Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved      
        detectors.                                             
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 606  Employer-assisted housing program; establish for          Morris
        municipal employees.                                   
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 636  School counselors and speech pathologists; continue       Pierce
        receiving salary supplement without NBPTS              
        certification.                                         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 644  Streams and water courses; extend date of repeal for      Turner
        authority of boards of supervisors to alter.           
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 652  Intensive supervision program; provide field officers     Malone
        with discretion in arresting violators of program.     
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 654  Commissioner of Corrections; authorize supervision of     Malone
        terminally ill offenders by Community Corrections      
        Division.                                              
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 656  Assistant teachers; clarify that minimum number of sick   Pierce
        leave days will be same as licensed teachers.          
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 663  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Pierce
        extend repealer on.                                    
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 667  School districts; clarify authority for joint purchases   Pierce
        by.                                                    
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 668  Parole; clarify "first offender"; require timely review   Malone
        of application for; require DUI convictions to serve   
        85% before eligible for.                               
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 686  Trusty time allowance; increase allowance from 10 days    Malone
        to 30 days and exclude certain trusties from reduction 
        of sentence.                                           
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 721  Regional planning commissions; authorize to acquire and   Dedeaux
        dispose of property.                                   
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 741  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            Jennings
        high-growth school district formula.                   
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 785  Marinas; add new classification to definition.            Guice
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 786  Consumer finance licensees; revise various provisions     Guice
        applicable to.                                         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 787  Small loan licenses; revise certain provisions            Guice
        applicable to.                                         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 792  Professional Engineers and Surveyors; reenact and         Simpson
        revise licensing laws.                                 
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 834  Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty               Guice
        Association; create separate associations for          
        individual and group.                                  
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 858  Highway; require MDOT to construct certain highway        Vince
        segment in Marion County.                              
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 865  Organic farm certification; conform state program to      Eaton
        requirements of USDA National Organic Program.         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 889  Department of Agriculture; conform rule promulgation to   Eaton
        Administrative Procedures Act.                         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 904  Unauthorized electronic message devices; prohibit         Malone
        furnishing to offenders.                               
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 910  Department of Mental Health; may execute certain leases   Holland
        and receive monies derived from.                       
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 915  Criminal background checks; UMMC shall conduct for all    Holland
        new employees.                                         
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 928  Marriage; revise conditions precedent to issuance of      Cummings
        license.                                               
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 973  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Frierson
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact.           
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 990  Regional correctional officers; exempt from state board   Malone
        on jail officers certification if complete DOC training
        program.                                               
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1038  Abortions; require to be performed at ASF or hospital     Smith (39th)
        after first trimester.                                 
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1046  Health; SDH prepare state Hepatitis C plan, and allow     Bondurant
        obesity council to become nonpropfit entity.           
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1065  Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing    Blackmon
        transcripts and other papers for appeal.               
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1151  Hancock County; authorize salary for attorney hired to    Compretta
        appear and prosecute in case requiring a county        
        prosecuting attorney.                                  
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1175  Department of Mental Health; allow executive director     Young
        to grant paid educational leave to medical residents.  
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1178  Council of Education Technology; revise membership of.    Brown
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1251  State Auditor; authorize to establish policies and        Brown
        procedures for accounting of student average daily     
        attendance.                                            
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1308  Salaries; executive agency head appointed by Governor     Janus
        may waive all or part.                                 
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1333  Income tax; eliminate consolidated return filings of      Watson
        corporate income tax returns.                          
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1366  Exceptional children; revise eligibility requirements     Pierce
        to receive state assistance to attend certain schools. 
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1370  MDOT and PERS buildings; DFA has jurisdiction to          Weathersby
        enforce laws on proprties of.                          
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1376  Disability; authorize payment of temporary benefit to     Stringer
        PERS members who have applied for.                     
           04/09 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1388  Saltwater sport and boat fishing licenses; allow          Janus
        Commission on Marine Resources to exempt certain       
        groups.                                                
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1442  Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum; designate as      Snowden
        state historical industrial museum.                    
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1450  State Disaster Trust Fund; authorize certain              Rogers (61st)
        expenditures during state of emergency.                
           04/09 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1453  Public property; authorize exchange of real property      Miles
        between State Transportation Commission and Itawamba   
        Community College District.                            
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1460  Income taxation; authorize State Tax Commission to        Watson
        enter into tax refund offset program with the federal  
        government.                                            
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1500  Delinquent child; youth court must consider additional    Carlton
        factors before entering a disposition order.           
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1517  Corporate successor liability; establish in connection    Morris
        with mergers or consolidations.                        
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1594  Mississippi Scenic Byway Program; designate certain       Middleton
        highway segments as part of.                           
           04/09 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HC  85  Mississippi Technology Transfer Center; recognize a       Formby
        Center of Excellence in Geospatial Technologies.       
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  86  Mildred D. Taylor; recognize April 2, 2004, as "Mildred   Dickson
        D. Taylor Day" in Mississippi.                         
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  87  Kim LaFontaine; commend on being named a Milken Family    Rogers (61st)
        Foundation National Educator Award recipient.          
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  92  Fiona Gispen; commend on making perfect score on ACT      Akins
        exam.                                                  
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  93  Simmons High School; commend boys basketball team on      Hines
        winning state championship.                            
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  98  Suspend deadlines for introduction; elections; to         Warren
        require identification before an elector votes.        
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2989  Rails-to-Trails Recreational Districts; allow             King
        municipalities to enforce rules and regulations of the 
        district.                                              
           04/09 (S) Concurred in Amend From House
SC 603  Commend Mendenhall Principal and Coach James Crain on     Lee (35th)
        retirement.                                            
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 604  Commend Senator Billy Hewes, 2004 ALEC National           Michel
        Chairman.                                              
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 605  Commend dental school and association for "Give Kids a    Hyde-Smith
        Smile" program.                                        
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 606  Commend career of EMCC Football Coach Tom Goode.          Brown
           04/09 (S) Adopted
           04/09 (S) Immediate Release
           04/09 (S) Transmitted To House
SR  21  Commend the life of Arthur Michael Gill.                  Gollott
           04/09 (S) Adopted
SR  22  Commend Northeast Jones "Lady Tiger" Basketball Team,     Pickering
        State 4A Champions.                                    
           04/09 (S) Adopted
SR  24  Commend career of Dr. Dennis Tosh, Chair of University    Michel
        of Mississippi Department of Real Estate.              
           04/09 (S) Adopted
SR  25  Commend Mendenhall Principal and Coach James Crain on     Lee (35th)
        retirement.                                            
           04/09 (S) Adopted



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 861  Tunica County; authorize to contribute funds to           Mayo
        Institute of Community Services, Inc. for additional   
        Head Start class.                                      
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1002  Tunica County; revise distribution of gaming revenue      Mayo
        tax.                                                   
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1664  Tunica County; authorize board of supervisors to          Mayo
        contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.              
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1672  Noxubee County; authorize to contribute to Institute      Ellis
        for Community Services to purchase school bus.         
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1675  City of Jackson; may contract with Keep Jackson           Robinson (63rd)
        Beautiful, Inc.                                        
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1680  City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and      Flaggs
        in-kind services to Beulah Cemetery.                   
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1681  City of Vicksburg; allow to house prisoners in            Flaggs
        Louisiana.                                             
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1683  Donations; authorize Noxubee County to contribute to      Ellis
        Prairie Opportunity.                                   
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1754  City of Baldwyn; authorize to contribute to Chamber of    Holland
        Commerce.                                              
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1776  Forrest County; authorize to contribute to certain        Davis
        organizations.                                         
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1802  City of Long Beach; authorize to convey certain real      Simpson
        property to Harrison County.                           
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1805  City of Charleston; authorize to lease land to Robert     Reynolds
        Hill Youth Foundation, Inc.                            
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1812  City of Amory; authorize to contribute funds to Monroe    Markham
        County Chamber of Commerce.                            
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1815  City of McComb; authorize creation of Commission on       Myers
        Youth for.                                             
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1817  Bolivar County; authorize board of supervisors to         Coleman (29th)
        compensate Attorney Willie Griffin for services        
        rendered.                                              
           04/09 (S) Referred To Local and Private



Senate: Signed By The President

SB2009  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2101  Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act; increase       Thomas
        assistance that small businesses may receive.          
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2470  Consent to participate in research; provide for.          Tollison
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2785  Sales tax; clarify use of direct pay permits by           Robertson
        casinos.                                               
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2847  Turkey hunting; require permit to hunt during special     Posey
        fall turkey season.                                    
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2886  Wildlife; correct reference to snapping turtles.          Posey
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3030  Wildlife; revise possession of paddlefish prohibitions    Posey
        and make exception for lawfully taken.                 
           04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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