Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/12/04



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House: Introductions

HB 925  Public purchasing; authorize certified purchasing         Pierce
        offices to utilize RFP process to purchase commodities.
           02/12 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 926  Uniform Partnership Act; create (BLAG).                   Pierce
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 927  Firearm permit; authorize renewal permits to be issued    Cummings
        by sheriff.                                            
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 928  Marriage; revise conditions precedent to issuance of      Cummings
        license.                                               
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 929  Pesticides; prohibit use or possession of certain         Cummings
        products containing strychnine.                        
           02/12 (H) Referred To Agriculture
HB 930  Student athletics; NCAA investigator must register with   Frierson
        Secretary of State.                                    
           02/12 (H) Referred To Universities and Colleges
HB 931  Department of Human Services; extend repealer on and      Evans
        delete authority for privatized child support          
        collection.                                            
           02/12 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 932  State Department of Education; study and implement        West
        program of instruction of felony laws to certain       
        students.                                              
           02/12 (H) Referred To Education
HB 933  Retirement; certain retired teachers may draw             West
        retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers.     
           02/12 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 934  Deer hunting season; extend to January 31 for hunting     Eaton
        with guns and dogs.                                    
           02/12 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 935  Distinctive license tag for agriculture; revise image     Eaton
        depicted on and use of fees.                           
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 936  Voter identification; require before voting.              Eaton
           02/12 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 937  Resisting arrest; clarify application to fleeing in       Eaton
        motor vehicle.                                         
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 938  Certain county prosecuting attorneys; allow board of      Reynolds
        supervisors to supplement salary.                      
           02/12 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers;County Affairs
HB 939  Radar; authorize Town of Caledonia to use on municipal    Smith (39th)
        roads and streets.                                     
           02/12 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Transportation
HB 940  Community hospitals; clarify that they can use other      Smith (39th)
        hospital assets as loan security.                      
           02/12 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 941  Freedom to Farm Act; revise definitions.                  Ward
           02/12 (H) Referred To Agriculture
HB 942  Wild hogs; prohibit transportation within state.          Ward
           02/12 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 943  Tippah County; designate Highway 773 as "Joe Mitch        Ward
        McElwain Memorial Highway."                            
           02/12 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 944  Distinctive license tag for disabled veteran; authorize   Gibbs
        one additional upon payment of all taxes.              
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 945  Distinctive license tag; authorize for supporters of      Gibbs
        hair professionals.                                    
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 946  Distinctive license tag; authorize to support             Bondurant
        Department of Archives and History.                    
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 947  Appropriations; IHL for GED adult continuing education    Clarke
        at JSU.                                                
           02/12 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 948  Bonds; issue for construction of stadium on campus of     Clarke
        Jackson State University.                              
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 949  Corrections; authorize mandatory rehabilitation program   Clarke
        for offenders convicted of drug or alcohol related     
        crimes.                                                
           02/12 (H) Referred To Corrections;Appropriations
HB 950  Churches; require certain to provide housing,             Clarke
        counseling, literacy and computer skills to released   
        DOC offenders.                                         
           02/12 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 951  DNA testing; allow convicted offenders to use to prove    Clarke
        innocence.                                             
           02/12 (H) Referred To Corrections;Appropriations
HB 952  Medical records; allow patients to get one free copy      Gibbs
        when applying for disability benefits.                 
           02/12 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 953  Ambulance service; establish grant program for certain    Eaton
        rural counties to assist in contracting for.           
           02/12 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 954  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    Malone
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           02/12 (H) Referred To Interstate Cooperation;Corrections
HB 955  Judges; revise office maintenance provisions.             Coleman (29th)
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations
HB 956  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer on (RP).   Watson
           02/12 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 957  Noxubee County; authorize to contribute to Prairie        Dickson
        Opportunity.                                           
           02/12 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB 958  Noxubee County; authorize to contribute to contribute     Dickson
        to the Institute for Community Services, Incorporated. 
           02/12 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB 959  Union workers; create certain rights concerning use of    Robinson (84th)
        union dues.                                            
           02/12 (H) Referred To Labor
HB 960  Constables and marshals; increase fee charged for         Robinson (84th)
        certain services.                                      
           02/12 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
HB 961  Property; enact uniform fraudulent transfer act           Watson
        (NCCUSL).                                              
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 962  Retirement; remove remarriage penalty for surviving       Masterson
        spouses of deceased members of fire/police systems.    
           02/12 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 963  Ad valorem taxation; create 10% cap on increase in        Eaton
        assessed value of agricultural property and commercial 
        poultry houses.                                        
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 964  Task Force on Recycling; create.                          Dedeaux
           02/12 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources;Appropriations
HB 965  Municipal law enforcement officers; establish due         Robinson (84th)
        process hearing procedures for terminations or         
        suspensions.                                           
           02/12 (H) Referred To Municipalities
HB 966  Public property; authorize certain conveyances.           Weathersby
           02/12 (H) Referred To Public Property
HB 967  Students; require those in Grades 7 through 12 to         Broomfield
        maintain certain grades to participate in athletics.   
           02/12 (H) Referred To Education
HB 968  School superintendents; require to make salaries          Broomfield
        available for a twelve-month period at request of      
        certain employees.                                     
           02/12 (H) Referred To Education
HB 969  Bonds; issue for land acquisition for Jackson State       Clarke
        University.                                            
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 970  Domestic violence; Uniform Interstate Enforcement of      Watson
        Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.               
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 971  Sales tax; dealer not liable for additional taxes on      Robinson (84th)
        farm tractors or farm implements under certain         
        circumstances.                                         
           02/12 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 972  Business Corporation Act; technical revisions (BLAG).     Pierce
           02/12 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 973  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Frierson
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact.           
           02/12 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HC  49  2004 Super Bowl half-time show; urge FCC to penalize      Aldridge
        CBS for show and ask others to boycott show performers.
           02/12 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 653  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; increase number of    Malone
        youth offenders that may be contracted for housing at  
        facility.                                              
           02/12 (H) DR - TSDPCS: CN To AP



House: Committee Reports

HB 105  Attempted murder; create criminal offense.                Denny
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 122  Human body; felony to desecrate a body or casket.         Morris
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 436  Standard state monetary assessments for certain           Watson
        violations; extend repealer (RP).                      
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 473  Pretrial diversion; include RID program.                  Baker (74th)
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 547  Justice court civil cases; increase fee.                  Holland
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 668  Parole; clarify "first offender"; require timely review   Malone
        of application for; require DUI convictions to serve   
        85% before eligible for.                               
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 776  Law enforcement officers; revise salaries for             Malone
        classification as full time and part time.             
           02/12 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 401  Medicaid; extend repealer on Division of Medicaid and     Watson
        its various committees (RP).                           
           02/12 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (H) Passed
HB 411  State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers    Watson
        and Land Surveyors; reenact and extend repealer (RP).  
           02/12 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 818  Waste; revise tire fees and create recycling task         Fillingane
        force.                                                 
           02/12 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (H) Passed



House: Signed By The Speaker

HC  33  Allison Kellogg; commend on being named Miss              Martinson
        Mississippi 2003.                                      
           02/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  34  Commend Dr. Van Robinson Burnham, Jr., upon his           Mayo
        retirement.                                            
           02/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2535  Appropriation Department of Archives & History FY03;      Gordon
        reduce amount from Budget Contingency Fund.            
           02/12 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2536  Appropriation; MDA-Baroque Dresden Exhibition;            Gordon
        Additional FY 2004.                                    
           02/12 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2537  Water courses in municipalities; remove repealer and      Nunnelee
        population restriction for the improving of.           
           02/12 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SB2538  Streams and water courses; delete date of repeal for      Nunnelee
        authority of boards of supervisors to alter.           
           02/12 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SB2539  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Little
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact (Governor's
        proposal).                                             
           02/12 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2540  Appropriation; DHS-require maximization of federal        Tollison
        funds for Child Care and Development Fund, FY2005.     
           02/12 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2541  Health insurance review panel; create to review           Butler
        disputes.                                              
           02/12 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2542  Campaign contributions; clarify definition of             Williamson
        "candidate."                                           
           02/12 (S) Referred To Elections
SB2543  Efficiency in Government Act; create.                     Hewes
           02/12 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2544  Community hospital authority to pledge hospital assets    Robertson
        for debt; clarify.                                     
           02/12 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2545  Municipalities; revise method of notice of special        Burton
        meetings.                                              
           02/12 (S) Referred To Municipalities
SB2546  Pharmaceutical Marketing Disclosure Law; enact.           Williamson
           02/12 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2547  School nurses; allow those who complete NBCSN             Harden
        certification to receive a salary supplement.          
           02/12 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2548  Public playgrounds; prohibit the use of chromated         Dawkins
        copper arsenate treated lumber in playground           
        structures.                                            
           02/12 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SB2549  Justice court judges; base salary on latest federal       Chamberlin
        decennial census.                                      
           02/12 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2550  Criminal investigators; DA's may supplement salary        Chamberlin
        under limited circumstances.                           
           02/12 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2551  School superintendents shall have 4 years'                Harden
        administrative experience; require.                    
           02/12 (S) Referred To Education
SB2552  County court judges; revise maximum salary of.            Chamberlin
           02/12 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2553  Business Corporation Act; technical revisions (BLAG).     Ross
           02/12 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2554  Sex offenders; prohibit from owning, working for, or      Ross
        volunteering for a child care service.                 
           02/12 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2555  Tax amnesty; required Tax Commission to implement         Dawkins
        program for taxes payable in any year prior to 2004.   
           02/12 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2556  Medicaid reimbursement of individual providers of         Ross
        nonemergency transportation; require.                  
           02/12 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2557  Automated teller machines; reduce maximum transaction     Williamson
        fee.                                                   
           02/12 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2558  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations to that    Nunnelee
        for rape.                                              
           02/12 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SN  49  Sister Rebecca Rutkowski, Biloxi, Mississippi, Ms         LT. GOVERNOR
        Commission On Status Of Women, effective immediately   
        and expires June 30, 2007.                             
           02/12 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  10  Christy Windham; commend for selection as FFA Vice        Pickering
        President.                                             
           02/12 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2476  Bonds; issue to fund the Railroad Revitalization Fund     Hewes
        for loans for certain railroad projects.               
           02/12 (S) DR - TSDPCS: HI To FI



Senate: Committee Reports

HC  43  Joint Rules; adopt for 2004-2008 term.                    Warren
           02/12 (S) Title Suff Adopted As Amended
SB2082  Mississippi Blues Commission; establish.                  Jordan
           02/12 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2467  Seat belt law; make primary offense, revise aggregate     Tollison
        fine.                                                  
           02/12 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2535  Appropriation Department of Archives & History FY03;      Gordon
        reduce amount from Budget Contingency Fund.            
           02/12 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2536  Appropriation; MDA-Baroque Dresden Exhibition;            Gordon
        Additional FY 2004.                                    
           02/12 (S) Title Suff Do Pass



Senate: Floor Actions

HB  16  Public buildings; rename 301 Lamar Street Building to     Robinson (63rd)
        Robert G. Clark, Jr., Building.                        
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 742  MEMA; authorize to enter into long-term leases with       Weathersby
        other state/federal agencies.                          
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2431  Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College District;        Robertson
        revise ad valorem tax that member counties may levy for
        operation of.                                          
           02/12 (S) Passed



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 403  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Watson
        repealer (RP).                                         
           02/12 (S) Referred To Corrections



Senate: Signed By The President

HB 693  City of Louisville; authorize to make certain loan for    Moody
        economic development.                                  
           02/12 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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