Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/19/04



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House: Introductions

HB1129  Attorneys of the Department of Environmental Quality;     Ishee
        remove and transfer to Office of the Attorney General. 
           02/19 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 405  State offenders; extend repealer allowing offenders to    Watson
        serve in county jails (RP).                            
           02/19 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AP To CN
HB 780  Regional correctional facilities; increase number of      Malone
        state inmates for which DOC is authorized to contract  
        for housing.                                           
           02/19 (H) DR - TSDP: CN To AP
HB 829  Income tax; allow a credit for certain charges paid by    Broomfield
        taxpayers importing and exporting products at ports.   
           02/19 (H) DR - TSDP: PO To WM



House: Committee Reports

HB 405  State offenders; extend repealer allowing offenders to    Watson
        serve in county jails (RP).                            
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 652  Intensive supervision program; provide field officers     Malone
        with discretion in arresting violators of program.     
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 654  Commissioner of Corrections; authorize supervision of     Malone
        terminally ill offenders by Community Corrections      
        Division.                                              
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 900  Commissioner of Corrections; require commissioner's       Malone
        designees to approve or disapprove classifications of  
        offenders.                                             
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 904  Unauthorized electronic message devices; prohibit         Malone
        furnishing to offenders.                               
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 973  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Frierson
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact.           
           02/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub



House: Floor Actions

HB 657  School districts; authorize to provide training and       Pierce
        incentive pay to comply with No Child Left Behind Act. 
           02/19 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (H) Passed
HB 668  Parole; clarify "first offender"; require timely review   Malone
        of application for; require DUI convictions to serve   
        85% before eligible for.                               
           02/19 (H) Amended
           02/19 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 789  Mississippi Juvenile Justice Task Force; create to        Flaggs
        study and make recommendations on juvenile justice     
        system.                                                
           02/19 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (H) Tabled Subject To Call



House: Signed By The Speaker

SC 531  Commend the life of John Bonner.                          Dawkins
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 533  Commend Kim LaFontaine; recipient of 2003 Milken Family   Kirby
        National Educator Award.                               
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 534  Commend life and public service of Audrey Woodcock        Dawkins
        Kern.                                                  
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 535  Commend life of decorated veteran General Roger Barton    King
        Johnson.                                               
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 537  Commend Kasie Beth Eckman for winning the 2004            Butler
        Mississippi Prudential Spirit of Community Award.      
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 539  Commend South Panola High School "Tigers" Football        Mettetal
        Team, 2003 State Champions.                            
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 541  Commend Mary Katharine Loyacono McCravey, Lifetime        Burton
        Achievement Award, 2004 Governor's Excellence in the   
        Arts.                                                  
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 542  Commend Delta Academy All-State Girls Basketball Guard    Jackson (11th)
        Lindsay Roy.                                           
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2648  County officials; increase salaries.                      Thames
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2649  Provide for the issuance of a down syndrome awareness     Kirby
        tag; proceeds to the Central Mississippi Down Syndrome 
        Society.                                               
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2650  CON for establishment of home health agency in Kemper     Jackson (32nd)
        County; authorize.                                     
           02/19 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2651  MS Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification      Browning
        Board; limit number of members from same appraisal     
        organization.                                          
           02/19 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2652  Restaurants; require to display Department of Health      Thames
        rating.                                                
           02/19 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2653  Appropriations; IHL for salary adjustment for JSU         Harden
        professors.                                            
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2654  Appropriations; IHL for maintenance costs of E-Center     Harden
        at Jackson State University.                           
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2655  Distinctive tags; wives and unmarried daughters of        Burton
        lodge members may purchase tag displaying a Mason      
        emblem.                                                
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2656  Assault; create crime of indecent assault.                Albritton
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2657  State land mammal; designate the black bear as state      Dawkins
        land mammal.                                           
           02/19 (S) Referred To Rules
SB2658  Education enhancement funds allocated for certain         Gordon
        purposes; divert for general education programs.       
           02/19 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2659  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Thames
        governing the retirement system.                       
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2660  State employees; delete repealer on law authorizing       Thames
        donation of leave.                                     
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2661  Budget Contingency Fund; provide for transfer and         Gordon
        deposit of certain funds into.                         
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2662  Tunica County Sheriff; authorize salary supplement for.   Jackson (11th)
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2663  Justice court judges; base salary on latest federal       Browning
        decennial census.                                      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2664  Sheriffs; increase salaries of.                           Thames
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2665  County prosecuting attorneys; shall not be paid less      Thames
        than justice court judges.                             
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2666  Light wine or beer; authorize sale and possession at      Gordon
        any qualified resort area.                             
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2667  Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise       Morgan
        definition of restaurant.                              
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2668  Foreign insurance companies; revise various taxes and     Kirby
        fees.                                                  
           02/19 (S) Referred To Insurance;Finance
SB2669  Drainage districts; conform purchasing requirements to    Flowers
        state purchasing law.                                  
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2670  State Ethics Commission; require executives of county     Dawkins
        commissions to file statement of economic interest.    
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2671  Reporting School Ad Valorem Reduction Funds; clarify      Chaney
        and redirect certain Education Enhancement funds.      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2672  Public Records Act; revise fees for providing             Dawkins
        records/increase civil penalties.                      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2673  PERS; allow deductions from benefits for group life or    Thames
        health insurance and certain dues.                     
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2674  Chancery clerks; revise fees/limit on compensation.       Thames
           02/19 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2675  Hunting; "William Lewis Lovett Hunter Safety Act"         Thames
        require use of light during egress after dark.         
           02/19 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
SB2676  Corrections; authorize Department of Corrections to       Huggins
        contract with private facility in Tallahatchie County  
        to house state inmates.                                
           02/19 (S) Referred To Corrections;Appropriations
SB2677  Deferred compensation plan; state and political           Thames
        subdivision may make contributions on behalf of        
        members.                                               
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2678  State's share of oil and gas severance taxes; all to be   Gordon
        appropriated until FY2006.                             
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2679  Powers and duties of president and board of trustees of   Walls
        community and junior colleges; extend repealer on      
        employment procedures.                                 
           02/19 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SB2680  Corrections; require person convicted of DUI violation    Huggins
        resulting in death to serve 85% of sentence.           
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2681  Chronic Pain Treatment Act; prescribe standards for       Jordan
        treatment by certain health care providers.            
           02/19 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2682  Criminal investigators; add one (1) to Fifteenth          Albritton
        Circuit.                                               
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations
SB2683  Chancery Court; create new chancellorship - 10th          Albritton
        district.                                              
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations
SB2684  Liquefied Compressed Gas Board; revise composition.       Kirby
           02/19 (S) Referred To Oil, Gas and Other Minerals
SB2685  Repayment of certain special funds transferred to the     Gordon
        Budget Contingency Fund; delay date of.                
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2686  Lifetime hunting license; allow veterans serving during   Michel
        war to purchase at reduced fee.                        
           02/19 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
SB2687  District attorneys; increase office operating allowance   Thames
        for.                                                   
           02/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2688  Small loan companies; provide remedies and penalties      Robertson
        for violations of statutory and common law.            
           02/19 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2689  Municipal sewer and gas; municipalities under 15,000      Burton
        not required to relocate lines from right-of-way.      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Municipalities;Highways and Transportation
SB2690  Juvenile Crime Prevention and Recidivism Reduction        Thames
        Programs; create.                                      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2691  PERS; make payment of benefits by direct deposit          Thames
        optional.                                              
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2692  Motor Vehicle Commission; revise qualifications of        Gordon
        members & clarify manufacturer inducements allowed for 
        government sales.                                      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2693  Contract with private entities to provide                 Burton
        noninstuctional services to pupils; authorize school   
        districts to.                                          
           02/19 (S) Referred To Education
SB2694  Mississippi Leadership Council on Aging; transfer to      Burton
        Attorney General.                                      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2695  Mississippi Heart Attack and Stroke Acute Care System;    Burton
        State Department of Health authorized to establish.    
           02/19 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2696  Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Act: revise provision;       Thames
        exempt certain sales to fire departments from taxation.
           02/19 (S) Referred To Insurance;Finance
SB2697  Mississippi Celebrity Honorary or Memorial Forestland     Thames
        Program for the benefit of public education; create.   
           02/19 (S) Referred To Education
SB2698  Sales tax; authorize special municipal/county sales tax   Burton
        to fund certain capital projects.                      
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2699  Assault; revise conditions for enhanced penalties         Thames
        dependent on victim status.                            
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2700  Fourteenth and Twentieth Circuit Court Districts; allow   Butler
        judges to run by post.                                 
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2701  Additional privilege tax on heavy vehicles; clarify       Burton
        distribution of by counties.                           
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2702  Extortion; revise definitions, offense and penalties.     Tollison
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2703  Animal cruelty; revise.                                   Tollison
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2704  Crimes; revise penalties for cruelty to animals to        Tollison
        include felony offenses.                               
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2705  Weapons permit; revise reciprocity provision.             Michel
           02/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2706  New Home Warranty Act; extend builders' warranties to     Thames
        owners.                                                
           02/19 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2707  Fireworks; require licensure of manufacturers,            Kirby
        distributors and wholesalers.                          
           02/19 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2708  PERS; revise types of investments that may be made by     Thames
        the board of trustees.                                 
           02/19 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2709  Environmental justice; enact Environmental Equity Act.    Dawkins
           02/19 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SC 548  Constitutional amendment; establish constitutional        Thames
        right to hunt and fish.                                
           02/19 (S) Referred To Constitution



Senate: Committee Reports

HC  28  Charles Edward Taylor; commend life and memory of and     Rogers (61st)
        recognize May 24 as Aviation Maintenance Technician    
        Day.                                                   
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  44  Mississippi Hall of Master Teachers; commend.             Harrison
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  47  Kenneth Townsend; commend on being selected as an         Stevens
        American Rhodes Scholar.                               
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  50  Special Olympics Mississippi Team; commend.               Martinson
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SB2052  Auto liability insurance coverage; require before         Burton
        receiving tag.                                         
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2146  Bail agents; revise the amount of the qualification       Kirby
        bond required for agents who act as personal surety.   
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2205  Circuit judges; repeal running in the herd for 10th       Carmichael
        District.                                              
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2206  DUI; certain convicts to serve prison term in county      Jackson (32nd)
        jail.                                                  
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2213  Lost or destroyed warrants; remove requirement for        Tollison
        filing an affidavit and bond for a duplicate to be     
        issued.                                                
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2221  Eviction; by district attorney for drug violations.       Nunnelee
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2233  Tort liability, charitable activity; include food         Hewes
        donated to needy.                                      
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2235  Courts; eliminate running in the herd for First Circuit   Little
        and Chancery Districts.                                
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2236  Public official bonds; provide civil penalty upon         Kirby
        sureties which fail to give reasons for nonpayment.    
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2239  Land surveyors; limitation of liability.                  Kirby
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2255  Bureau of Narcotics; authorize donation of motor          Little
        vehicle to Frank Melton.                               
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2284  Driver's license number; require to be different than     Ross
        social security number.                                
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2371  Supreme Court; revise timing of election of certain       Ross
        justices.                                              
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2395  Courts, trial; eliminate running in herd for certain      Tollison
        districts.                                             
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2396  Medical Malpractice Insurance Availability Plan;          Kirby
        authorize Tort Claims Board to borrow money to purchase
        reinsurance.                                           
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2410  Department of Agriculture; conform rule promulgation to   Hyde-Smith
        administrative procedure act by deleting mandatory     
        public hearing.                                        
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2438  Murder; include special and senior judges as peace        Huggins
        officers and designate manslaughter as a lesser        
        included offense.                                      
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2553  Business Corporation Act; technical revisions (BLAG).     Ross
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2603  Executive agency head to decline a state salary;          Little
        authorize (Governor's proposal).                       
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2647  County officials; increase salaries.                      Little
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SC 543  Commend Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic        Harden
        Team.                                                  
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 544  Commend honorable service of Mrs. Elizabeth Powers on     Huggins
        Mississippi Ethics Commission.                         
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 545  Commend Paula Hamilton for winning the 2004 Mississippi   King
        Prudential Spirit of Community Award.                  
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 546  Remembering service and commending life of Helicopter     Butler
        Crew Chief Specialist Jeremiah DiGiovanni.             
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  10  Christy Windham; commend for selection as FFA Vice        Pickering
        President.                                             
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  11  Commend Justin Phelps for Eagle Scout Award.              Michel
           02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2250  Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to         Little
        voting.                                                
           02/19 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/19 (S) Amended
           02/19 (S) Passed As Amended
           02/19 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2539  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Little
        Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact (Governor's
        proposal).                                             
           02/19 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           02/19 (S) Transmitted To House



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 721  Regional planning commissions; authorize to acquire and   Dedeaux
        dispose of property.                                   
           02/19 (S) Referred To County Affairs

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