Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 05/08/04



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Floor Actions

HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 Suspend from Deadlines by HC 112
SB2930  Economic Development Highway Act; revise the definition   Doxey
        of the term "high economic benefit project."           
           05/08 Suspend from Deadlines by SC 624



Pending Governor's Signature

HB 522  Life insurance; provide that the proceeds become due as   Stevens
        of the date of the death of the insured.               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 546  Chickasawhay Natural Gas District require audit; allow    Stevens
        credit card use; require relocation costs for certain  
        pipes.                                                 
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 657  School districts; authorize to provide training and       Pierce
        incentive pay to comply with No Child Left Behind Act. 
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 663  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Pierce
        extend repealer on.                                    
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 668  Parole; clarify "first offender"; require timely review   Malone
        of application for; require DUI convictions to serve   
        85% before eligible for.                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 715  Physicians; Board of Medical Licensure may make renewal   Barnett
        applications available by electronic means.            
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 739  Civil commitment; revise venue for proceedings, and       Fillingane
        require commitment near patient's county of residence. 
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 797  Union County; authorize to regulate running at large of   Rogers (14th)
        domestic animals.                                      
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 834  Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty               Guice
        Association; create separate associations for          
        individual and group.                                  
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 966  Public property; authorize certain conveyances.           Weathersby
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 990  Regional correctional officers; exempt from state board   Malone
        on jail officers certification if complete DOC training
        program.                                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB 992  Title certificates on motor vehicles and manufactured     Turner
        homes; provide expedited procedure for processing;     
        increase fees.                                         
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1453  Public property; authorize exchange of real property      Miles
        between State Transportation Commission and Itawamba   
        Community College District.                            
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1698  Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.    Read
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1700  Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management    Read
        District.                                              
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1760  Lafayette County; authorize to contribute to County       Akins
        Economic Development Foundation.                       
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1762  Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ to borrow     Smith (39th)
        from for loan programs, Department of Rehabilitation   
        Services to borrow from.                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1800  Grenada County; authorize to contribute to local Boys     Bondurant
        and Girls Club.                                        
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1822  City of Iuka; authorize to construct, expand, operate     Cummings
        and maintain water distribution system.                
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1826  Harrison County; authorize to contribute to Boys and      Fredericks
        Girls Clubs.                                           
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1828  Harrison County; authorize to contribute funds to Gulf    Fredericks
        Coast Search and Rescue.                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1837  Tallahatchie County; allow to spend funds derived from    Reynolds
        ad valorem property taxes on private correctional      
        facilities.                                            
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1840  City of Philadelphia; authorize to create the             Bounds
        Philadelphia-Neshoba County Museum Council.            
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1841  Oktibbeha County; authorize contribution to Institute     Ellis
        of Community Services, Inc., for purchase of school    
        bus.                                                   
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1850  Humphreys County; authorize to pledge tax revenues as     Perkins
        security for loan guarantee.                           
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1853  City of Oxford; authorize to contribute to county         Akins
        economic development foundation.                       
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1854  Copiah County; authorize contribution to local Boys and   Holloway
        Girls Club.                                            
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1855  Humphreys County; authorize contribution to the           Straughter
        Humphreys County Dixie Youth Foundation, Inc.          
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
HB1859  City of Hattiesburg; authorize to contribute funds to     Davis
        the Center for Gifted Studies.                         
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2216  Norman Jones; restore suffrage.                           Simmons
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2265  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations when       Tollison
        committed against a child.                             
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2302  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors and     Chaney
        school speech-language pathologists and audiologists;  
        clarify.                                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2372  Suffrage; restore to Ronald Bailey.                       Harden
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2386  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; reenact and     Carmichael
        extend the date of repeal (RP).                        
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2441  Mississippi drug and alcohol employee testing statutes;   Nunnelee
        clarify.                                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2461  Highways; designate Lower Historic Byway as an official   Dearing
        scenic byway.                                          
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2498  Contract personnel with direct contact with students;     Chaney
        authorize procedure for criminal background checks.    
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2521  Admission and discharge procedures for mentally ill       Nunnelee
        patients committed to treatment facilities; clarify.   
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2567  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2616  Suffrage; restore to Earlene Williams of Tate County.     Mettetal
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2618  Suffrage; restore to Victor B. Andrews, III of Hinds      Harden
        County.                                                
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2619  Abortion Procedure Rights of Conscience Act; providers,   Little
        institutions and payers not required to participate in 
        abortion procedures.                                   
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2623  Distinctive license tag; authorize for various            Michel
        organizations and revise certain existing tags.        
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2624  Memorial Highway; designate portion of MS 149 in Town     Lee (35th)
        of D'Lo as D'Lo WWII Veterans Highway.                 
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2638  New Home Warranty Act; revise.                            Flowers
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2640  Purchase of supply of natural gas; authorize certain      Little
        municipalities to contract for purchase and exempt from
        bid requirements.                                      
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2659  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Thames
        governing the retirement system.                       
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2676  Corrections; authorize Department of Corrections to       Huggins
        contract with private facility in Tallahatchie County  
        to house state inmates.                                
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2734  Highways; authorize MS Transportation Commission to use   Hewes
        design-build method of contracting for certain pilot   
        projects.                                              
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2862  Child in custody of DHS; transferred to regional mental   Nunnelee
        health center for evaluation if believed to be in need 
        of certain treatment.                                  
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2892  Drug courts; provide assessments on offenses to provide   Hyde-Smith
        funding.                                               
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2893  Turkey hunting season; authorize the commission to open   Posey
        regular season between March 1 and May 15.             
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB2992  Domestic violence; Uniform Interstate Enforcement of      Tollison
        Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act (NCCUSL).      
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB3065  Warren County; authorize a contribution to the            Chaney
        Vicksburg Main Street Program.                         
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04
SB3090  Jackson County; certain utility districts may expand      Moffatt
        services not more than 1 mile beyond its boundaries.   
           05/08 Due From Governor 05/14/04



House: Introductions

HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations



House: Committee Reports

HB1087  City of Horn Lake; authorize to levy hotel and motel      Mayhall
        tax for tourism.                                       
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1671  Perry County; authorize to contribute to We Care Day      Pierce
        Care, Inc., to fund certain human services programs.   
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1787  City of Saltillo; authorize tax on hotels, motels,        Holland
        restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism. 
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1794  City of Baldwyn; authorize tax on hotels, motels,         Holland
        restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism. 
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1811  Local and Private; provide that certain counties may      Carlton
        contribute to Pearl River Valley Opportunity, Inc.     
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1823  Harrison County; authorize issuance of bonds and          Janus
        additional hotel/motel tax to renovate Mississippi     
        Coast Coliseum.                                        
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1833  City of Starkville; extend repeal date on economic        Ellis
        development, tourism/convention tax and revise         
        distribution.                                          
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1839  Forrest County; extend repealer on Hattiesburg Tourism    Davis
        Commission.                                            
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1851  City of Pontotoc; authorize to levy tax on hotels,        Montgomery
        motels and restaurants for tourism purposes.           
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB3082  Jackson County; authorize payments by consumers to        Robertson
        Whispering Pines Golf Course & Ocean Springs Harbor to 
        be made by credit card.                                
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
SB3190  Lafayette County; authorize to contribute funds to        Tollison
        Youth Baseball Association.                            
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Filed
SB3222  Town of Sturgis; authorize to expand water distribution   Jackson (15th)
        system more than five miles outside corporate limits.  
           05/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/08 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/08 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HB1434  Medicaid; make technical amendments to law.               Morris
           05/08 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1805  City of Charleston; authorize to lease land to Robert     Reynolds
        Hill Youth Foundation, Inc.                            
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
HB1832  City of Jackson; create convention center commission      Robinson (63rd)
        and levy taxes to construct, operate, promote and      
        maintain a convention center.                          
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
HB1844  City of Houston; authorize to impose tourism tax.         Sullivan
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 (H) Passed
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
           05/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC  95  Cervical cancer; establish task force to study impact     Martinson
        in women.                                              
           05/08 (H) Concurred in Amend From Senate
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
SB2439  City of Hattiesburg; authorize the imposition of a food   King
        and beverage tax to fund capital improvements at USM.  
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
SB2930  Economic Development Highway Act; revise the definition   Doxey
        of the term "high economic benefit project."           
           05/08 (H) Conference Report Adopted
SB3212  City of Pascagoula; authorize a tax on hotel, motel and   Moffatt
        bed and breakfast room rentals.                        
           05/08 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           05/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB3222  Town of Sturgis; authorize to expand water distribution   Jackson (15th)
        system more than five miles outside corporate limits.  
           05/08 (H) Passed
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
           05/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/08 (H) Adopted
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
           05/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/08 (H) Adopted
           05/08 (H) Immediate Release
           05/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SB3222  Town of Sturgis; authorize to expand water distribution   Jackson (15th)
        system more than five miles outside corporate limits.  
           05/08 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/08 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB 306  Suffrage; restore to Jarvis Dow Watkins of Rankin         Rogers (61st)
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 402  Child Care Licensing Law; extend repealer on exemption    Watson
        for certain accredited programs (RP).                  
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 438  Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expendable Fund;   Watson
        extend repealers on (RP).                              
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 441  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; extend repealer (RP).           Watson
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 445  First responders; provide for certification of medical    Moore
        first responders.                                      
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 664  Charter Schools; delete repealer on authorization of.     Pierce
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 741  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            Jennings
        high-growth school district formula.                   
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 743  State agencies; authorize to donate to any nonprofit      Holland
        entity.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 792  Professional Engineers and Surveyors; reenact and         Simpson
        revise licensing laws.                                 
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 858  Highway; require MDOT to construct certain highway        Vince
        segment in Marion County.                              
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 897  Youth court judges; authorize to order parenting          Carlton
        classes for parents of delinquent youth who are in     
        training schools.                                      
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 973  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Frierson
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact.           
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1038  Abortions; require to be performed at ASF or hospital     Smith (39th)
        after first trimester.                                 
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1046  Health; SDH prepare state Hepatitis C plan, and allow     Bondurant
        obesity council to become nonpropfit entity.           
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1107  Hunting and fishing licenses; nonresident active member   Compretta
        of United States Armed Forces may be issued resident   
        license.                                               
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1120  Suffrage; restore to Jerry Wayne Jones of Leflore         Whittington
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1130  Correctional officers; clarify prohibition against        Malone
        carnal knowledge of any offender.                      
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1178  Council of Education Technology; revise membership of.    Brown
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1215  State highways; designate certain highways as memorial    Compretta
        highways.                                              
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1308  Salaries; executive agency head appointed by Governor     Janus
        may waive all or part.                                 
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1366  Exceptional children; revise eligibility requirements     Pierce
        to receive state assistance to attend certain schools. 
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1423  Freedom to Farm Act; revise definitions.                  Moore
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1537  Reasonable medical insurance paid by noncustodial         Holland
        parent; define for child support purposes.             
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1594  Mississippi Scenic Byway Program; designate certain       Middleton
        highway segments as part of.                           
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1649  Suffrage; restore to Richard E. Smith of Forrest          Watson
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1673  Suffrage; restore to Christopher A. Lee of Smith          Eaton
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1679  City of Vicksburg; authorize to provide in-kind           Flaggs
        services to The Initiative, Inc.                       
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1680  City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and      Flaggs
        in-kind services to Beulah Cemetery.                   
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1685  Suffrage; restore to Rufus L. Harris of Lincoln County.   Barnett
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1686  Suffrage; restore to Byron Weeks of Lowndes County.       Smith (39th)
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1687  Suffrage; restore to Jimmie D. Foreman of Amite County.   Green
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1688  Suffrage; restore to Buford Edward Mitchell of Amite      Green
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1689  Suffrage; restore to Sammye Sanders of Holmes County.     Clark
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1692  Suffrage; restore to Earnestine Robinson of Noxubee       Dickson
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1693  Suffrage; restore to Angela Carol Boyd Saik of Hinds      Fleming
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1694  Suffrage; restore to Robert W. Jobe of Warren County.     Clark
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1749  Suffrage; restore to Marietta Johnson of Oktibbeha        Ellis
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1751  Suffrage; restore to Howard Jones of Marshall County.     Buck
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1753  Suffrage; restore to Hilton Trest of Scott County.        Arinder
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1763  Suffrage; restore to Hugh King of Claiborne County.       Middleton
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1765  Suffrage; restore to Tiffany S. Dean of Harrison          Fredericks
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1772  Suffrage; restore to Charles H. Porter of Lowndes         Harrison
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1773  Suffrage; restore to Chad Loup of Walthall County.        Vince
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1774  Suffrage; restore to Edison Lee Holder of Jasper          Stringer
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1786  Suffrage; restore to Teresa Carol Tucker Wijesinghe of    Holland
        Lee County.                                            
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1807  Suffrage; restore to Charles Bennett of Grenada County.   Bondurant
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1808  Suffrage; restore to Maurice Harper Arrington of Jasper   Staples
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1809  Suffrage; restore to Bobby Lee Russell of Alcorn          Moss
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1824  Suffrage; restore to Terry Lynn Lomax of Hinds County.    Banks
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1825  Suffrage; restore to Sammy Edward Washington of           Fredericks
        Harrison County.                                       
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1835  Suffrage; restore to Keith David Dennis of Neshoba        Bounds
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1843  Suffrage; restore to Charlene Moore of Claiborne          Middleton
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1857  Greenwood; authorize to expend monies and provide         Perkins
        in-kind services to maintain certain cemeteries.       
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  95  Cervical cancer; establish task force to study impact     Martinson
        in women.                                              
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 118  Gordon W. Fellows; commend on election as 87th            Aldridge
        Associated Student Body President at University of     
        Mississippi.                                           
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 122  Bay High Steppers; commend on championship season.        Compretta
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 124  Eli Manning; commend athletic accomplishments of.         Smith (39th)
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 128  Thomas Hamill; commend bravery and steadfastness of.      Dickson
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 129  Our Lady Academy Crescents Volleyball Team; commend on    Compretta
        outstanding season and state championship.             
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 130  890th Engineer Battalion; commend for service in          Formby
        Operation Iraqi Freedom.                               
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 120  Siwell Middle School "Checkmates" Chess Team; commend     Robinson (63rd)
        for outstanding performance at national championship.  
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 121  Versie Nelson; commend contributions of.                  Straughter
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 122  Loyd Benford (Rob) Roberson II; commend on passing and    Zuber
        being admitted to the Mississippi Bar.                 
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 123  Dr. Thomas L. Davis, Jr.; commend upon his retirement.    Chism
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 125  Mississippi Braves; Welcome to the State of               Rogers (61st)
        Mississippi.                                           
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 126  East Central High School Lady Hornets Fast-pitch          Hamilton (109th)
        Softball Team; commend on winning state championship.  
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR 127  Corey Baker; commend bravery and heroism of.              Baker (74th)
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2216  Norman Jones; restore suffrage.                           Simmons
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2265  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations when       Tollison
        committed against a child.                             
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2302  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors and     Chaney
        school speech-language pathologists and audiologists;  
        clarify.                                               
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2372  Suffrage; restore to Ronald Bailey.                       Harden
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2386  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; reenact and     Carmichael
        extend the date of repeal (RP).                        
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2441  Mississippi drug and alcohol employee testing statutes;   Nunnelee
        clarify.                                               
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2461  Highways; designate Lower Historic Byway as an official   Dearing
        scenic byway.                                          
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2498  Contract personnel with direct contact with students;     Chaney
        authorize procedure for criminal background checks.    
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2521  Admission and discharge procedures for mentally ill       Nunnelee
        patients committed to treatment facilities; clarify.   
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2567  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2616  Suffrage; restore to Earlene Williams of Tate County.     Mettetal
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2618  Suffrage; restore to Victor B. Andrews, III of Hinds      Harden
        County.                                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2619  Abortion Procedure Rights of Conscience Act; providers,   Little
        institutions and payers not required to participate in 
        abortion procedures.                                   
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2623  Distinctive license tag; authorize for various            Michel
        organizations and revise certain existing tags.        
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2624  Memorial Highway; designate portion of MS 149 in Town     Lee (35th)
        of D'Lo as D'Lo WWII Veterans Highway.                 
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2638  New Home Warranty Act; revise.                            Flowers
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2640  Purchase of supply of natural gas; authorize certain      Little
        municipalities to contract for purchase and exempt from
        bid requirements.                                      
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2659  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Thames
        governing the retirement system.                       
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2676  Corrections; authorize Department of Corrections to       Huggins
        contract with private facility in Tallahatchie County  
        to house state inmates.                                
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2734  Highways; authorize MS Transportation Commission to use   Hewes
        design-build method of contracting for certain pilot   
        projects.                                              
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2862  Child in custody of DHS; transferred to regional mental   Nunnelee
        health center for evaluation if believed to be in need 
        of certain treatment.                                  
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2892  Drug courts; provide assessments on offenses to provide   Hyde-Smith
        funding.                                               
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2893  Turkey hunting season; authorize the commission to open   Posey
        regular season between March 1 and May 15.             
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2992  Domestic violence; Uniform Interstate Enforcement of      Tollison
        Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act (NCCUSL).      
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3065  Warren County; authorize a contribution to the            Chaney
        Vicksburg Main Street Program.                         
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3090  Jackson County; certain utility districts may expand      Moffatt
        services not more than 1 mile beyond its boundaries.   
           05/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3222  Town of Sturgis; authorize to expand water distribution   Jackson (15th)
        system more than five miles outside corporate limits.  
           05/08 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/08 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Committee Reports

HB1087  City of Horn Lake; authorize to levy hotel and motel      Mayhall
        tax for tourism.                                       
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1671  Perry County; authorize to contribute to We Care Day      Pierce
        Care, Inc., to fund certain human services programs.   
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1787  City of Saltillo; authorize tax on hotels, motels,        Holland
        restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism. 
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1794  City of Baldwyn; authorize tax on hotels, motels,         Holland
        restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism. 
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1811  Local and Private; provide that certain counties may      Carlton
        contribute to Pearl River Valley Opportunity, Inc.     
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1823  Harrison County; authorize issuance of bonds and          Janus
        additional hotel/motel tax to renovate Mississippi     
        Coast Coliseum.                                        
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1833  City of Starkville; extend repeal date on economic        Ellis
        development, tourism/convention tax and revise         
        distribution.                                          
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1839  Forrest County; extend repealer on Hattiesburg Tourism    Davis
        Commission.                                            
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1851  City of Pontotoc; authorize to levy tax on hotels,        Montgomery
        motels and restaurants for tourism purposes.           
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HC 112  Suspend deadlines for introduction; Working               Brown
        Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete requirement    
        that $4 million remain in.                             
           05/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 130  890th Engineer Battalion; commend for service in          Formby
        Operation Iraqi Freedom.                               
           05/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SB3082  Jackson County; authorize payments by consumers to        Robertson
        Whispering Pines Golf Course & Ocean Springs Harbor to 
        be made by credit card.                                
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
SB3190  Lafayette County; authorize to contribute funds to        Tollison
        Youth Baseball Association.                            
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Filed
SB3222  Town of Sturgis; authorize to expand water distribution   Jackson (15th)
        system more than five miles outside corporate limits.  
           05/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

HB1767  West Rankin Metropolitan Sewer Authority; rename as       Rogers (61st)
        West Rankin Utility Authority and revise authority.    
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
HB1805  City of Charleston; authorize to lease land to Robert     Reynolds
        Hill Youth Foundation, Inc.                            
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
HB1832  City of Jackson; create convention center commission      Robinson (63rd)
        and levy taxes to construct, operate, promote and      
        maintain a convention center.                          
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
HB1844  City of Houston; authorize to impose tourism tax.         Sullivan
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 (S) Passed
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
           05/08 (S) Transmitted To House
HC 112  Suspend deadlines for introduction; Working               Brown
        Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete requirement    
        that $4 million remain in.                             
           05/08 (S) Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
           05/08 (S) Transmitted To House
HC 130  890th Engineer Battalion; commend for service in          Formby
        Operation Iraqi Freedom.                               
           05/08 (S) Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
           05/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2439  City of Hattiesburg; authorize the imposition of a food   King
        and beverage tax to fund capital improvements at USM.  
           05/08 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
SB3222  Town of Sturgis; authorize to expand water distribution   Jackson (15th)
        system more than five miles outside corporate limits.  
           05/08 (S) Passed
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
           05/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/08 (S) Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
           05/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/08 (S) Adopted
           05/08 (S) Immediate Release
           05/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SN  49  Sister Rebecca Rutkowski, Biloxi, Mississippi, Ms         LT. GOVERNOR
        Commission On Status Of Women, effective immediately   
        and expires June 30, 2007.                             
           05/08 (S) Appointment Confirmed
           05/08 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  53  Mrs. Norma Bourdeaux, Meridian, Mississippi, Ms           SPEAKER
        Commission On Status Of Women, beginning July 1, 2004  
        and ending June 30, 2008.                              
           05/08 (S) Appointment Confirmed
           05/08 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  74  Aubrey Patterson, Tupelo, Mississippi, Institutions Of    GOVERNOR
        Higher Learning, as a trustee of the State Institutions
        of Higher Learning for an eleven-year term ending May  
        8, 2015, representing the Third Supreme Court DIstrict.
           05/08 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  75  Henry Edward Blakeslee, Gulfport, Mississippi,            GOVERNOR
        Institutions Of Higher Learning, as a trustee of the   
        State Institutions of Higher Learning for an           
        eleven-year term ending May 8, 2015, representing the  
        Second Supreme Court District.                         
           05/08 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  76  Robin Joyce Robinson, Laurel, Mississippi, Institutions   GOVERNOR
        Of Higher Learning, as a trustee of  the State         
        Institutions of Higher Learning for an eleven-year term
        ending May 8, 2015, representing the Second Supreme    
        Court District.                                        
           05/08 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  77  Bob Owens, Jackson, Mississippi, Institutions Of Higher   GOVERNOR
        Learning, as a trustee of the State Institutions of    
        Higher Learning for an eleven-year term ending May 8,  
        2015, representing the First Supreme Court District.   
           05/08 (S) Notified of Approval



Senate: Referred Other House

HB1860  Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; delete           Brown
        requirement that $4 million remain in for certain      
        purpose.                                               
           05/08 (S) Referred To Appropriations
HC 130  890th Engineer Battalion; commend for service in          Formby
        Operation Iraqi Freedom.                               
           05/08 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Signed By The President

HB1760  Lafayette County; authorize to contribute to County       Akins
        Economic Development Foundation.                       
           05/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2659  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Thames
        governing the retirement system.                       
           05/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2893  Turkey hunting season; authorize the commission to open   Posey
        regular season between March 1 and May 15.             
           05/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2992  Domestic violence; Uniform Interstate Enforcement of      Tollison
        Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act (NCCUSL).      
           05/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3065  Warren County; authorize a contribution to the            Chaney
        Vicksburg Main Street Program.                         
           05/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3090  Jackson County; certain utility districts may expand      Moffatt
        services not more than 1 mile beyond its boundaries.   
           05/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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