Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/04/05



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House: Introductions

HB1580  Ad valorem taxation; exempt special equipment for         Clarke
        disabled persons that is mounted on certain motor      
        vehicles.                                              
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1581  Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program;         Scott
        create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.        
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1582  Appropriation; MDA for improvements at industrial park    Carlton
        property of Marion County Economic Development         
        District.                                              
           02/04 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1583  Appropriation; IHL for funds for Alcorn State and         Flaggs
        Mississippi Valley State for Ayers Settlement Agreement
        expenditures.                                          
           02/04 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1584  Sales tax; increase on certain rentals of vehicles and    Hines
        earmark revenue from increase for State and School     
        Employees Insurance Fund.                              
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1585  Income tax; allow adjustment to gross income for          Fillingane
        certain unreimbursed travel expenses of members of     
        National Guard/Reserves.                               
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1586  Bonds; issue to fund certain improvements to U.S.         Fillingane
        Highway 98.                                            
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1587  Income tax; increase tax on gaming winnings and revise    Fillingane
        winnings subject to tax.                               
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1588  Taxation; increase certain gaming tax and use revenue     Eaton
        for operation of crises centers.                       
           02/04 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HC  65  B. B. King; commend accomplishments and contributions     Whittington
        of and proclaim Tuesday, February 15, 2005, as B. B.   
        King Day.                                              
           02/04 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  66  Suspend deadlines for introduction; board of              Ellis
        commissioners of certain districts; authorize          
        assessment for certain projects or improvements.       
           02/04 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Floor Actions

HB  32  License tag; distinctive tag issued to volunteer fire     Markham
        fighters without additional fee.                       
           02/04 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (H) Passed
HB  77  County grand jury; allow to remand cases to justice or    Moak
        municipal court to be tried as misdemeanors.           
           02/04 (H) Passed
HB  84  Trial in absence of accused; revise.                      Moak
           02/04 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (H) Passed
           02/04 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 205  Harvest permits; extend repealer on authority of          Warren
        Transportation Commission to issue.                    
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 222  Mississippi Highway 309; designate portion in Marshall    Woods
        County as "J.P. Woods Memorial Highway."               
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 272  Motor vehicle identification cards; authorize county      Fleming
        tax collectors to sell.                                
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 500  Tourism; authorize MDA to contract with local entities    Peranich
        for regional tourism promotion, require local entities 
        to conduct annual audit.                               
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 521  Hospital records; revise definition of custodian of       Frierson
        records for use in legal actions.                      
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 620  Forestry Commission law enforcement officers; authorize   Shows
        to issue citations for violation of fire laws.         
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 653  Motor vehicle accident reports; authorize Department of   Miles
        Public Safety to provide certain information.          
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 683  Public water system corrosion control requirements;       Holland
        extend date of repealer.                               
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 758  School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims   Pierce
        to be ratified by local school board.                  
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 974  Mississippi Highways 472 and 6 and U.S. Highway 84;       Weathersby
        designate portions as "Heroes Trail," "Officer Ronald  
        Wayne Jones Memorial Highway," and "Amie Ewing Memorial
        Highway."                                              
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 984  Economic interest statements; require local governing     Peranich
        authorities to file with Ethics Commission.            
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1018  Constables; establish procedure for serving orders when   Banks
        constable fails.                                       
           02/04 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB1034  Sex offender registration; revise to require personal     McBride
        appearance.                                            
           02/04 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (H) Passed
HB1057  Real estate; revise penalties for unlicensed practice.    Snowden
           02/04 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (H) Passed
HB1058  Children; revise penalties for exploitation and abuse     Snowden
        or battery.                                            
           02/04 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (H) Passed
HB1158  Ad valorem tax; require property subject to a fee in      Watson
        lieu of to maintain certain value.                     
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1170  Mississippi Highway 25; designate portion in Tishomingo   Franks
        County as "David Bonds Memorial Highway."              
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1213  Health Savings Accounts Act; establish and exempt         Dedeaux
        certain contributions from gross income.               
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1239  Broadband services; exempt from the regulation of the     Ellis *
        Public Service Commission.                             
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1305  Pier; define.                                             Guice
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1313  Mississippi Fair Commission; name equine center in        Janus
        Jackson as "Kirk Fordice Equine Center."               
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1317  Health insurance; require reimbursement for services of   Formby
        marriage and family therapists.                        
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1455  County Port and Harbor Commission; clarify authority to   Compretta
        receive per diem.                                      
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1470  Real estate; clarify disclosure of nonmaterial factors    Snowden
        in transactions.                                       
           02/04 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB1510  Youth court work programs; require participants to take   Scott
        drug tests.                                            
           02/04 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

SC 534  Commend the "King of the Blues," B.B. King.               Jordan
           02/04 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 548  Suspend rules for requesting, drafting, etc; create the   Little
        MS Military Family Relief Fund.                        
           02/04 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3036  Appropriation to Jackson Medical Mall Foundation; FY      Frazier
        2006.                                                  
           02/04 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SC 549  Commend Dr. Leonard Brandon, "Family Physician of the     Jackson (15th)
        Year."                                                 
           02/04 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 550  Commend Byram Middle School Cheerleaders, 2004 National   White
        Champions.                                             
           02/04 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 622  U.S. Highway 80; dedicate in honor and memory of Korean   Rogers (61st)
        War veterans.                                          
           02/04 (S) Returned For Concurrence
SB2039  Counties; authorize to pay expenses incurred during       Tollison
        search and rescue activities.                          
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2067  Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to         Little
        voting.                                                
           02/04 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2094  Creditor-placed insurance; reduce insurer payment by      Kirby
        any recovery from a third party.                       
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2095  School board members elected in all districts;            Nunnelee
        superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.       
           02/04 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/04 (S) Passed
SB2184  State/School employees health insurance; authorize        Kirby
        levels of coverage (Governor's proposal).              
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2186  Vulnerable adults; revise sexual battery and fondling.    Burton
           02/04 (S) Amended
           02/04 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2197  Interpreters; appointment for non-English speaking        Harden
        persons in court proceedings.                          
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2232  Driver's license; require one year of supervised          Butler
        driving under a temporary permit to be eligible for    
        intermediate.                                          
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2244  State agencies, counties and municipalities; authorize    Carmichael
        acceptance of electronic payments.                     
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2247  Conversion of unused leave for school district            Chaney
        employees; revise limitations.                         
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2251  Narcotics agents; remove age limit for new-hires (MBN).   Albritton
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2272  State Board of Education expend federal funds for         Chaney
        licensed teachers; clarify authority.                  
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2278  Model Business Corporation Act; reenact issuance of       Ross
        rights and foreign corporation withdrawal (BLAG).      
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2304  Allow all-terrain vehicles to be voluntarily titled in    Little
        this state and allow nonresidents to title them in this
        state.                                                 
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2305  Obstruction of justice; create as an offense.             Albritton
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2311  Withholding, sales and use taxation; revise penalty for   Kirby
        incorrect accelerated payments in June.                
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2312  Compulsory school attendance requirement; child who       Chaney
        attains 17 years of age during the year shall complete 
        the school term.                                       
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2328  Auto liability insurance coverage; raise statutory        Turner
        minimum.                                               
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2334  Medical Malpractice Insurance Availability Act; extend    Kirby
        repealer.                                              
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2342  Landscape Architectural Practice Law; extend repealer.    Mettetal
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2351  Highway Patrol Retirement System; increase to age 69      Robertson
        the age at which members may serve beyond age 60 in    
        certain circumstances.                                 
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2412  Coastal wetlands permits; clarify authority of the        Gollott
        Commission on Marine Resources to modify.              
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2420  Organ donation; revise protocol and clarify authority     Bryan
        of organ donor.                                        
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2483  Coastal wetlands; provide an alternative for dredge       Gollott
        material disposal.                                     
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2502  Coastal wetlands; provide for discretionary               Gollott
        distribution of applications by Commission on Marine   
        Resources.                                             
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2511  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Nunnelee
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2514  MS Wireless Communication Commission; create.             King
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2518  Forestry Inventory and Strategic Planning Act; remove     Harvey
        repealer.                                              
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2519  MS Institute for Forest Inventory; limited immunity       Harvey
        from criminal trespass for conducting forest inventory 
        on private lands.                                      
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2520  MS Institute for Forest Inventory; stagger terms of       Harvey
        board of directors.                                    
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2532  Small loan licensees; revise maximum closing fee.         Mettetal
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2545  Reckless endangerment; create crime of.                   Tollison
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2575  State Grand Jury Act; extend repealer.                    Tollison
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2635  Utility service vehicles; exempt from DOT supervision     King
        and inspection as to hours of service.                 
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2643  Designated smoking areas in public buildings; UMC not     King
        required to have.                                      
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2655  Catfish marketing; revise definition of catfish by        Hyde-Smith
        correcting scientific nomenclature.                    
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2670  MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; abolish and    Ross
        transfer duties to the Mississippi Development         
        Authority.                                             
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2698  Residential builders/State Board of Contractors; extend   Flowers
        repealer.                                              
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2728  Marine resources; provide administrative hearing          Gollott
        procedure for violations of marine resources laws.     
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2745  Medicaid; provide for cost containment and make           Nunnelee
        technical amendments to law.                           
           02/04 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
           02/04 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2755  Pat Harrison Waterway District; revise the amounts        Pickering
        contributed by member counties for operation of the    
        district.                                              
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2789  Oyster leases; revise procedure and minimum rentals.      Gollott
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2790  Insecticides and pesticides; revise Bureau of Plant       Hyde-Smith
        Industry procedures for administrative hearings.       
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2824  Economic development; create the Alabama-Mississippi      Carmichael
        Joint Economic Development Authority.                  
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2832  The Mississippi Bar; revise enrollment fees.              Ross
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2872  Oysters; clarify removal process from contaminated        Gollott
        areas.                                                 
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2874  Withholding income for child support administrative       Ross
        fee; extend repealer.                                  
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2887  Marine charter boats; require ecotourism charters to      Gollott
        meet same requirements as fishing charter boats.       
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2940  Bail agents; revise date when amount of qualification     Doxey
        bond is increased.                                     
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2941  Professional bail agent license; require criminal         Doxey
        background checks on applicants.                       
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2942  Bail agents; prohibit from charging a fee less than       Doxey
        statutorily required.                                  
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2957  Driver's license; authorize military personnel and        Pickering
        dependents out of state to renew by mail or on line    
        (DPS).                                                 
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2991  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Thames
        Youth; extend repealer on.                             
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3035  Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund; create and       Little
        provide funding for.                                   
           02/04 (S) Transmitted To House
SN  25  Howell Nicholson (Hal) Gage, Vicksburg, Mississippi,      GOVERNOR
        State Board of Education, unexpired term ending June   
        30, 2007.                                              
           02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  56  William Harold (Bill) Jones, Petal, Mississippi, State    SPEAKER
        Board of Education, term beginning September 20, 2004  
        and ending June 30, 2008.                              
           02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  90  Steven Natalie Williams, Jackson, Mississippi, State      BOARD OF EDUCATION
        Board of Education as Director, Office of Educational  
        Accountability, term effective January 1, 2005.        
           02/04 (S) Notified of Approval



Senate: Signed By The President

SC 534  Commend the "King of the Blues," B.B. King.               Jordan
           02/04 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 548  Suspend rules for requesting, drafting, etc; create the   Little
        MS Military Family Relief Fund.                        
           02/04 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/04/05 at 13:55.



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