Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/29/04



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House: Introductions

HB 673  Animals; provide definitions in chapter providing for     Whittington
        crime of cruelty to animals.                           
           01/29 (H) Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary B
HB 674  Liquefied compressed gas tax; increase tax and amount     Stevens
        distributors may retain when filing monthly reports and
        remitting tax.                                         
           01/29 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 675  State Veterans Affairs Board; revise membership.          Stevens
           01/29 (H) Referred To Military Affairs
HB 676  Fireworks; permits to sell must be in compliance with     Stevens
        certain fire codes.                                    
           01/29 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 677  Insurance rebate monies; request investigation if use     Stevens
        is inconsistent with state law.                        
           01/29 (H) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
HB 678  Bail bonds; require court to notify the Department of     Stevens
        Insurance if final judgment against surety is set      
        aside.                                                 
           01/29 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 679  Health insurance policies; require coverage for           Whittington
        colorectal cancer examinations.                        
           01/29 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 680  Coahoma County Sheriff; authorize annual salary           Mayo
        supplement for.                                        
           01/29 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
HB 681  Motor vehicle headlights; require use when windshield     Patterson *
        wipers necessitated.                                   
           01/29 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 682  Contracts; require use of certain forms for               McBride
        construction projects.                                 
           01/29 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 683  Commission on Judicial Performance Fund; create and       Reeves
        impose fee.                                            
           01/29 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 684  Capital punishment; abolish and impose life without       Fleming
        parole with hard labor imposed.                        
           01/29 (H) Referred To Judiciary En Banc
HB 685  Traffic violations; remove repealer on traffic safety     Fleming
        violator course sentence alternative.                  
           01/29 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 686  Trusty time allowance; increase allowance from 10 days    Malone
        to 30 days and exclude certain trusties from reduction 
        of sentence.                                           
           01/29 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 687  City of Columbus and Lowndes County; extend repealer on   Smith (39th)
        authority to levy special tax for tourism and economic 
        development.                                           
           01/29 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB 688  Appropriation; Commission on the Status of Women.         Fredericks
           01/29 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 689  State Board of Education; require to produce voter        Clark
        education video for certain students.                  
           01/29 (H) Referred To Education
HB 690  Fire loss insurance claims; require insurer to pay        Weathersby
        certain clean claims on a timely basis.                
           01/29 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 691  Health insurance; mandate coverage of keloid removal.     Clarke
           01/29 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 692  Medical examiner; provide for confidentiality of          Fleming
        certain reports in death investigations.               
           01/29 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary B
HB 693  City of Louisville; authorize to make certain loan for    Moody
        economic development.                                  
           01/29 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HC  34  Commend Dr. Van Robinson Burnham, Jr., upon his           Mayo
        retirement.                                            
           01/29 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  15  Jonathan Mason; commend on receiving Eagle Scout Award.   Broomfield
           01/29 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  16  Darius Harris; commend on receiving the honor of Eagle    Broomfield
        Scout Award.                                           
           01/29 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Committee Reports

HR  15  Jonathan Mason; commend on receiving Eagle Scout Award.   Broomfield
           01/29 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  16  Darius Harris; commend on receiving the honor of Eagle    Broomfield
        Scout Award.                                           
           01/29 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HR  15  Jonathan Mason; commend on receiving Eagle Scout Award.   Broomfield
           01/29 (H) Adopted
           01/29 (H) Immediate Release
HR  16  Darius Harris; commend on receiving the honor of Eagle    Broomfield
        Scout Award.                                           
           01/29 (H) Adopted
           01/29 (H) Immediate Release
SC 528  Petty Officer First Class Betty Townsend; commend         Jackson (32nd)
        military service.                                      
           01/29 (H) Adopted
           01/29 (H) Immediate Release
           01/29 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

HR  15  Jonathan Mason; commend on receiving Eagle Scout Award.   Broomfield
           01/29 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  16  Darius Harris; commend on receiving the honor of Eagle    Broomfield
        Scout Award.                                           
           01/29 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2338  Veterans; pay bonuses to certain servicemen and           Horhn
        surviving spouses.                                     
           01/29 (S) Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Appropriations
SB2339  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
           01/29 (S) Referred To Education;Finance
SB2340  Minority set-aside; counties may establish for            Horhn
        professional services and public work contracts.       
           01/29 (S) Referred To County Affairs
SB2341  Truth Commission; establish.                              Horhn
           01/29 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2342  MS Training and Education Marketing Board and Special     Horhn
        Task Force for Economic Development Planning; create.  
           01/29 (S) Referred To Economic Development and Tourism;Appropriations
SB2343  Scholarships for children of deceased or disabled         Horhn
        officers or firemen; include emergency medical         
        technicians.                                           
           01/29 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations
SB2344  Regional cultural heritage tourism program; create        Horhn
        pilot program.                                         
           01/29 (S) Referred To Economic Development and Tourism;Finance
SB2345  Board of supervisors; eliminate alternating board         Horhn
        meetings in counties with two court districts (Hinds). 
           01/29 (S) Referred To County Affairs
SB2346  Sixteenth section land; grant immunity for lease or use   Horhn
        of.                                                    
           01/29 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2347  Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; add two board   Horhn
        members from the City of Jackson.                      
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2348  Automatic transfer of certain students attending          Horhn
        nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are        
        satisfactory.                                          
           01/29 (S) Referred To Education
SB2349  Construction contracts; require a set aside for small     Horhn
        businesses.                                            
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2350  Gaming licensees; prefer Mississippi residents in         Horhn
        purchasing and hiring.                                 
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2351  Bonds; issue to establish a community development         Horhn
        corporation grant program.                             
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2352  PERS; increase amount of unused leave that may be used    Tollison
        to compute the retirement allowance of firemen and     
        policemen.                                             
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2353  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for preplanning     Horhn
        of a national civil rights museum.                     
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2354  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to assist in        Horhn
        construction of a park at Lake Hico.                   
           01/29 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2355  Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on           King
        training requirements and funding for training.        
           01/29 (S) Referred To Public Utilities
SB2356  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; reenact and        Jackson (32nd)
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           01/29 (S) Referred To Public Property;Appropriations
SB2357  Municipal annexation; require election in both            Cuevas
        municipality and territory to be annexed if petition   
        signed.                                                
           01/29 (S) Referred To Municipalities;Judiciary, Division A
SB2358  Municipalities; delegate parking violation enforcement    Horhn
        by contract.                                           
           01/29 (S) Referred To Municipalities
SC 532  Interim joint study committee; create to study            Horhn
        Mississippi's tax code.                                
           01/29 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Committee Reports

SC 507  Dr. Arthur Guyton; commend life and legacy of research.   Dawkins
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 509  Former Senator Troy Watkins; commend life of public       Dearing
        service.                                               
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 510  Commend life of famous attorney, actor and WWII veteran   Dawkins
        Boyce Holleman.                                        
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 511  Commend John A. Bull, Lawrence County Superintendent of   Hyde-Smith
        Education.                                             
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 518  Dr. George Warren Byrne; commend life.                    Dawkins
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 526  Horace B. Labat, Sr.; commend life.                       Dawkins
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 529  Commend Nadine Leatherwood, "Tutor of the Year 2003."     Little
           01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SN   1  George Edwards, Brandon, Mississippi, Mississippi State   GOVERNOR
        Board of Contractors, as a residential builder for the 
        unexpired term ending May 29, 2007.                    
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   2  Willie J. Green, Brandon, Mississippi, MS Prison          GOVERNOR
        Industries Act Corporation, representing the State At  
        Large for the unexpired term ending May 5, 2006.       
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   3  Willie Richard, Ashland, Mississippi, Mississippi State   GOVERNOR
        Board of Contractors, as a water and sewer contractor  
        for the unexpired term ending May 29, 2007.            
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   4  Clarence Lewis Maholmes, Jackson, Mississippi, Miss.      GOVERNOR
        Business and Finance Corporation, for the unexpired    
        term ending March 30, 2006.                            
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   5  Bennie Lee Adkins, Philadelphia, Mississippi, Barber      GOVERNOR
        Examiners Board, for the unexpired term ending June 30,
        2005, representing the Third Congressional District.   
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   6  Mike Harrell, Ridgeland, Mississippi, Mississippi State   GOVERNOR
        Board of Contractors, as a building contractor,        
        commencing July 1, 2003 for a five-year term ending    
        June 30, 2008.                                         
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   7  Elizabeth A. Twiner, Madison, Mississippi, Board of       GOVERNOR
        Nursing Home Administrators, representing the educator 
        position for the term ending June 25, 2004, vice Mary  
        Louise Coyne.                                          
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   8  Dr. David C. Newell, Meridian, Mississippi, State Board   GOVERNOR
        of Veterinary Medicine, for a five-year term ending May
        22, 2008, representing the First Supreme Court         
        District.                                              
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN   9  Vicki L. Bingham, Boyle, Mississippi, Infant Mortality    GOVERNOR
        Force Task, for the unexpired term ending June 30,     
        2005, representing the Second Congressional District.  
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  10  Fred Miller, Jr., Rolling Fork, Mississippi, MS Health    GOVERNOR
        Care Trust Fund & Expendable Fund, for a five-year term
        ending March 1, 2008, representing the Second          
        Congressional District.                                
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  11  Donald Doleac, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Mississippi      GOVERNOR
        State Board of Contractors, representing the electrical
        position commencing July 1, 2003 and ending June 30,   
        2008.                                                  
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  12  Ramona Beardain, Batesville, Mississippi, Infant          GOVERNOR
        Mortality Task Force, representing the First           
        Congressional District for the unexpired term ending   
        June 30, 2005.                                         
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  13  Gary Dewayne Self, Madison, Mississippi, Nursing, Miss.   GOVERNOR
        Bd. of, for a four-year term commencing July 1, 2003   
        and ending July 1, 2007.                               
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  14  Fred D. Johnson, Corinth, Mississippi, Probation and      GOVERNOR
        Parole Board, commencing May 1, 2003 and serving a term
        that is at the will and pleasure of the Governor.      
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  15  Margaret S. Heath, Columbus, Mississippi, Nursing,        GOVERNOR
        Miss. Bd. of, representing a nurse in clinical practice
        for a four-year term commencing July 1, 2003 and ending
        July 1, 2007.                                          
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  16  Larry B. Aycock, M.D., McComb, Mississippi, State Board   GOVERNOR
        of Medical Licensure, representing the Second Supreme  
        Court District for the unexpired term ending June 30,  
        2008, vice Henry J. Sanders, M.D.                      
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  17  Thomas Aplin, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Boiler &          GOVERNOR
        Pressure Vessel Safety, representing a company licensed
        to insure and insuring in this state boilers and       
        pressure vessels for the unexpired term ending July 29,
        2004, vice Smith.                                      
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  18  Fred McMurry, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Miss. Business    GOVERNOR
        Finance Corp., for the unexpired term ending March 30, 
        2009.                                                  
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  19  Ronnie Sleeper, Corinth, Mississippi, Mississippi Home    GOVERNOR
        Corporation, representing the Third Supreme Court      
        District for the unexpired term ending May 23, 2006.   
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  20  Mary Ann Bearman, Madison, Mississippi, Nursing, Miss.    GOVERNOR
        Bd. of, representing a consumer of health services for 
        a four-year tem commencing July 1, 2003 and ending July
        1, 2007.                                               
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  21  Richard Brown, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Barber           GOVERNOR
        Examiners Board, representing the Fifth Congressional  
        District for the unexpired term ending June 30, 2004,  
        vice Dale E. Bazor.                                    
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  22  Gloria Dansby-Giles, Jackson, Mississippi, Licensed       GOVERNOR
        Professional Counselors, Bd of Examiners, representing 
        the Second Congressional District commencing June 30,  
        2003 and ending June 30, 2006.                         
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  23  Alvin L. Felts, Jr., Waveland, Mississippi, Dental        GOVERNOR
        Examiners, representing the Fifth Dental District for a
        six-year term ending June 30, 2009.                    
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  24  Bill Graves, Winona, Mississippi, Animal Health, Board    GOVERNOR
        Of, representing the meat packer's position commencing 
        August 31, 2003 and ending August 31, 2007.            
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  25  Howard McWhirter, Pontotoc, Mississippi, Animal Health,   GOVERNOR
        Board of, representing the veterinary position         
        commencing July 31, 2003 and ending July 31, 2007.     
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  26  Rodger Sturgis, Enid, Mississippi, Animal Health, Board   GOVERNOR
        of, representing the pork breeder's position commencing
        July 31, 2003 and ending July 31, 2007.                
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  27  Cathy Walker, Saucier, Mississippi, Nursing, Miss. Bd.    GOVERNOR
        of, representing the licensed pratical nurse position  
        commencing July 1, 2003 and ending July 1, 2007, vice  
        Ricky Brown.                                           
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  28  Jim Anderson, Brandon, Mississippi, Animal Health,        GOVERNOR
        Board of, representing the beef cattle breeder position
        for the unexpired term ending July 31, 2005.           
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  29  Douglas Cole, Ph.D., Greenville, Mississippi,             GOVERNOR
        Mississippi State Board of Psychology, representing the
        professional practice position for a five-year term    
        ending June 30, 2008.                                  
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  30  Stella M. Johnson, Tupelo, Mississippi, Bd Examiners      GOVERNOR
        Soc Wkrs & Marriage/Fam Therapists, as a licensed      
        social worker for the unexpired term ending June 30,   
        2007, vice McAuley.                                    
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  31  Margaret ("Wootsie") Tate, Picayune, Mississippi, MS      GOVERNOR
        Prison Industries Act Corporation, as a representative 
        of the agriculture industry for the unexpired term     
        ending May 5, 2005.                                    
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  32  Samuel W. Walker, Jr., Madison, Mississippi, MS           GOVERNOR
        Industries for the Blind, representing finance or a    
        related field for the unexpired term ending June 30,   
        2005, vice Douglas Sanders.                            
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  33  Lynn C Patrick, Diamondhead, Mississippi, MS Department   GOVERNOR
        of Information Technology Services, for the unexpired  
        term ending June 30, 2008.                             
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  34  Lanelle Glover, Meridian, Mississippi, Education, St.     GOVERNOR
        Board of, representing the First Supreme Court District
        for the unexpired term ending June 30, 2007, vice A. M.
        Zeidman.                                               
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor
SN  36  Carol Burnett, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Ms             ATTORNEY GENERAL
        Commission On Status Of Women, begining July 1, 2003   
        and ending June 30, 2007.                              
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Attorney General
SN  37  Paul Fugate, Jackson, Mississippi, Miss. Business         TREASURER
        Finance Corp., beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June  
        30, 2009.                                              
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Treasurer
SN  38  Dr. Phillip T. Merideth, Jackson, Mississippi, Medical    GOVERNOR
        Licensure, unexpired term ending June 30, 2008,        
        representing the First Supreme Court District, vice Dr.
        Robert R. Smith.                                       
           01/29 (S) Do Return to Governor



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 279  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
        prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           01/29 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

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