Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture Committee

As of 04/26/05 at 08:52

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HB 156  Agricultural seeds; remove repealer on specific           Warren
 * %    enforcement responsibilities of Commissioner of        
        Agriculture.                                           
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB 616  Assessments on rice; extend repealer and revise           Eaton
 * %    procedure for disbursement of assessments.             
           03/21 Approved by Governor
HB 617  Catfish; revise definition to mean any species within     Eaton
        the family Ictaluridae.                                
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 623  Livestock show directors; revise and expand from three    Eaton
 *      to six directors.                                      
           03/28 (H) Died In Conference
HB 697  Mississippi Agricultural Liming Materials Act;            Eaton
        authorize Agriculture Commissioner to promulgate       
        certain rules; add repealer.                           
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB 960  Bio-diesel production; clarify that the same state        Mayo
        incentive payments for ethanol are available for       
        bio-diesel.                                            
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1313  Mississippi Fair Commission; name equine center in        Janus
 *      Jackson as "Kirk Fordice Equine Center."               
           02/10 Approved by Governor
SB2639  Agriculture; remove repealer on commissioner's            Lee (35th)
 *      authority to regulate agricultural seeds.              
           03/24 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2655  Catfish marketing; revise definition of catfish by        Hyde-Smith
 *      correcting scientific nomenclature.                    
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2681  Agricultural seeds; authorize Department of Agriculture   Hyde-Smith
 * %    and Commerce to establish inspection fees.             
           03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2703  Agricultural lime law; provide repealer and require       Lee (35th)
 *      regulations to comply with Administrative Procedures   
        Act.                                                   
           03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2756  Board of Veterinary Medicine; require to inspect vet      Posey
        premises and equipment and set sanitary standards.     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2767  Agriculture; clarify disbursement of rice and soybean     Hyde-Smith
   %    promotion funds.                                       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2790  Insecticides and pesticides; revise Bureau of Plant       Hyde-Smith
 * %    Industry procedures for administrative hearings.       
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2952  Agriculture; provide for continuation of beef promotion   Hyde-Smith
 * %    program if national program ruled unconstitutional.    
           03/21 Approved by Governor
SB2978  MS Veterinary Practice Act; model act and repeal old      Hyde-Smith
 * %    act.                                                   
           03/21 Approved by Governor
SN  44  Robert Ellis (Bob) Provine, Jr., Greenwood,               GOVERNOR
        Mississippi, Licensed Applicator to the Agricultural   
        Aviation Board, four-year term ending May 9, 2008.     
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  67  Dr. David Corbitt Newell, Meridian, Mississippi, State    GOVERNOR
        Board of Veterinary Medicine, unexpired term ending    
        April 22, 2008, representing First Supreme Court       
        District.                                              
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  95  Dr. Clyde Edwin Taylor, Starkville, Mississippi, State    GOVERNOR
        Board of Veterinary Medicine, five-year term ending    
        April 22, 2009, representing Third Supreme Court       
        District.                                              
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  96  Billy Ellington (Bill) Graves, Jr., Grenada,              GOVERNOR
        Mississippi, Board of Animal Health, unexpired term    
        ending July 31, 2007, representing Mississippi         
        Independent Meat Packers Association.                  
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  97  Gregory Alan Howell, Brookhaven, Mississippi, licensed    GOVERNOR
        veterinarian to the Board of Animal Health, unexpired  
        term ending July 31, 2007.                             
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 101  James B. (Jim) Anderson, Jr., Brandon, Mississippi,       GOVERNOR
        Board of Animal Health, unexpired term ending July 31, 
        2005, representing beef cattle breeders and producers. 
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 115  H. Austin Jones, Moorhead, Mississippi, Board of Animal   GOVERNOR
        Health, unexpired term ending July 31, 2008,           
        representing catfish breeders and producers.           
           03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 119  John W. (Will) McMillan, Jr., Newton, Mississippi,        GOVERNOR
        Board of Animal Health, four-year term ending July 31, 
        2008, representing Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. 
           04/01 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 141  Toby Wood Wilson, Duck Hill, Mississippi, Board of        GOVERNOR
        Animal Health, unexpired term ending July 31, 2005 and 
        four-year term beginning August 1, 2005 and ending July
        31, 2009, representing livestock markets.              
           04/01 (S) Notified of Approval


KEY: * = Amended % = 3/5ths Vote Required V = Vetoed
  $ = Revenue @ = Exempted From Deadline P = Partially Vetoed


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