Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/08/2007



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House Roll Call Senate Roll Call
      Present--Akins, Aldridge, Arinder, Bailey, Baker (8th), Baker (74th), Banks, Barnett, Beckett, Blackmon, Bondurant, Bounds, Broomfield, Brown, Buck, Burnett, Calhoun, Chism, Clark, Clarke, Cockerham, Coleman (29th), Coleman (65th), Compretta, Cummings, Davis, Dedeaux, Denny, Dickson, Eaton, Ellington, Ellis, Espy, Evans, Flaggs, Fleming, Formby, Franks, Fredericks, Frierson, Gadd, Gibbs, Gregory, Guice, Gunn, Hamilton (6th), Hamilton (109th), Harrison, Hines, Holland, Holloway, Horne, Howell, Huddleston, Hudson, Ishee, Janus, Jennings, Johnson, Lane, Lott, Malone, Markham, Martinson, Masterson, Mayhall, Mayo, McBride, Middleton, Miles, Mims, Moak, Montgomery, Moore, Moss, Myers, Nicholson, Norquist, Palazzo, Parker, Patterson, Peranich, Perkins, Read, Reed, Reeves, Reynolds, Robinson (84th), Robinson (63rd), Rogers (14th), Rogers (61st), Rotenberry, Scott, Shows, Simpson, Smith (59th), Smith (27th), Smith (39th), Snowden, Staples, Straughter, Stringer, Sullivan, Thomas, Turner, Upshaw, Vince, Ward, Walley, Warren, Watson, Weathersby, Wells-Smith, Whittington, Woods, Young, Zuber, Mr. Speaker. Total--118.
      Absent--Morris, Stevens. Total--2.
       Vacancies--2.
      Present--Albritton, Brown, Browning, Bryan, Burton, Butler, Carmichael, Chaney, Chassaniol, Clarke, Cuevas, Davis, Dawkins, Dearing, Doxey, Fillingane, Flowers, Frazier, Gollott, Gordon, Harden, Hewes, Horhn, Hyde-Smith, Jackson G. (15th), Jackson R. (11th), Jackson S. (32nd), Jordan, King, Kirby, Lee E. (47th), Little, Mettetal, Michel, Moffatt, Morgan, Nunnelee, Pickering, Posey, Robertson, Ross, Simmons, Thames, Thomas, Tollison, Walley, Walls, White, Wilemon, Williamson. Total--50.
      Absent--Lee P. (35th), Turner. Total--2.




House: Introductions

HB 530  School enrollment; extend repealer on statute             Warren
        prescribing acceptable proof of age (RP).              
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 531  School Crisis Management Program; extend repealer (RP).   Warren
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 532  Regional educational service agencies; extend repealer    Warren
        on school boards' authority to establish (RP).         
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 533  Wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer     Warren
        (RP).                                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Utilities
HB 534  Early Voting Act; require voting systems only.            Moss
           01/08 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 535  Voter registration application; require social security   Rotenberry
        number.                                                
           01/08 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 536  Voter registration; require social security number for    Rotenberry
        registration.                                          
           01/08 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 537  Election commissioners; revise qualifications for         Rotenberry
        election.                                              
           01/08 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 538  Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of     Rotenberry
        age or older or totally disabled.                      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 539  Medicaid; division shall establish policy prioritizing    Rotenberry
        services to be provided when under funded.             
           01/08 (H) Referred To Medicaid
HB 540  Absentee ballot; prohibit issuing to person               Rotenberry
        incarcerated.                                          
           01/08 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 541  Sales tax; exempt all sales of tractors and farm          Rotenberry
        implements when sold by farmers.                       
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 542  Highway 49; bring segment between U.S. 90 and U.S. 80     Rotenberry
        up to highway standards.                               
           01/08 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 543  Sales tax; exempt sales made under court order or         Rotenberry
        supervision.                                           
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 544  Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain articles of     Rotenberry
        clothing during the first weekend in August.           
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 545  Income tax; exclude certain amounts received by a         Rotenberry
        missionary living abroad from gross income.            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 546  Highways; designate certain memorials.                    Warren
           01/08 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 547  Income tax credit for importing or exporting cargo at     Warren
        airports; extend repealer (RP).                        
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 548  Public property; extend repealer on section authorizing   Warren
        DFA to sell and convey or lease certain land known as  
        Jefferson Street properties.                           
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Property
HB 549  Schools providing information on meningococcal disease;   Warren
        extend repealer on requirement of (RP).                
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 550  Conflict resolution and peer mediation materials;         Warren
        extend repealer on duty of State Board of Education to 
        compile (RP).                                          
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 551  Habitually disruptive students; extend repealer on        Warren
        authority for automatic expulsion of.                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 552  Mississippi School Administrator Sabbatical Program;      Warren
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 553  State Board of Health; extend date of repeal on           Warren
        provision which authorizes issuance of restaurant      
        permits (RP).                                          
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 554  Charter schools; extend repealer on authority to create   Warren
        (RP).                                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 555  State Board of Health and State Department of Health;     Warren
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 556  Organ and tissue donors; extend repealer on protocol      Warren
        for removing organs (RP).                              
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 557  General inmate authority of Department of Corrections;    Warren
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 558  Division of Medicaid; extend repealer on provision        Warren
        which creates (RP).                                    
           01/08 (H) Referred To Medicaid
HB 559  Prohibition on procurement of certain goods made by       Warren
        out-of-state inmate labor if PIC makes goods; extend   
        repealer (RP).                                         
           01/08 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 560  Hunting of nonnative cervids; extend repealer on          Warren
        Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks' authority 
        to regulate (RP).                                      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 561  State Parole Board; extend repealer (RP).                 Warren
           01/08 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 562  Economic development projects; extend repealer on         Warren
        authority of Mississippi Business Finance Corporation  
        to issue bonds (RP).                                   
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 563  Definitions for the Economic Development Highway Act;     Warren
        extend date of repeal (RP).                            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 564  Enforcement officers of the Alcoholic Beverage Control    Warren
        Division of the State Tax Commission; extend date of   
        repeal (RP).                                           
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 565  Bonds; authorize bonds to provide funds for the           Holland
        Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Fund.      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 566  Birth certificate; provide for issuance of a              Holland
        "certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth."        
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 567  Mississippi Burn Center; establish at UMMC.               Holland
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations
HB 568  Tobacco products; revise excise tax on certain.           Holland
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 569  Indian gaming; Gaming Commission represents state in      Holland
        negotiating state-tribal gaming compacts, subject to   
        legislative approval.                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Gaming
HB 570  CON; Health Department issue for beds to provide care     Holland
        exclusively to Alzheimer's patients.                   
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations
HB 571  Dr. Clinton Bristow, Jr.; name new dining hall on         Holland
        campus of Alcorn State University after.               
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Property
HB 572  Dr. Robert C. Khayat; name new building at University     Holland
        of Mississippi School of Law after.                    
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Property
HB 573  Nursing; exempt practice of Christian Science nursing     Holland
        from Nursing Practice Law.                             
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 574  Mississippi's minimum wage; increase.                     Robinson (63rd)
           01/08 (H) Referred To Labor
HB 575  Unauthorized Substance Tax Act; create.                   McBride
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 576  Retirement; provide credit in PERS for any service in     McBride
        U.S. Public Health Service.                            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 577  Appropriation; Archives and History for conducting a      Reeves
        statewide survey of historical sites with civil rights 
        significance.                                          
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 578  Appropriation; Archives and History for planning a        Reeves
        Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.           
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 579  Eminent domain; restrict use.                             Lott
           01/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 580  Youth courts not served by county courts; authorize       Johnson
        state-funded support staff.                            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations
HB 581  Public Swimming Pool Act; create.                         Bondurant *
           01/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 582  Mississippi Highway 42; MDOT reconstruct to four lanes    Walley
        portion in Forrest and Perry Counties.                 
           01/08 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 583  Gaming; revise distribution of proceeds of gaming         Guice
        fines, penalties and assessments.                      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Gaming;Appropriations
HB 584  Streets, roads and highways; establish grant program to   Baker (74th)
        assist municipalities in constructing and maintaining. 
           01/08 (H) Referred To Transportation;Ways and Means
HB 585  Witness immunity for testifying before Legislature;       Baker (74th)
        repeal.                                                
           01/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 586  Gaming; distances from U.S. Highway 90 applying to        Moore
        legal gaming in Harrison County limited to location of 
        highway on August 28, 2005.                            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Gaming
HB 587  English language; require all state documents.            Moore
           01/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 588  Child care; Department of Education and school            Hines
        districts shall administer CCDF/TANF program.          
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 589  Bail bonds; require to be secured by an insurance         Hines
        company.                                               
           01/08 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 590  Appropriation; Department of Health for HIV/AIDS          Hines
        education, prevention and treatment programs/services. 
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 591  Appropriation; IHL for funding Greenville Higher          Hines
        Education Center.                                      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 592  Public school students; authorize community service as    Hines
        alternative to suspension or expulsion.                
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 593  Wages; require certain minimum be paid.                   Hines
           01/08 (H) Referred To Labor
HB 594  School curriculum; require voter education as part of     Hines
        United States government course.                       
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 595  Health instruction; require public schools to teach       Hines
        physical education courses.                            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Education
HB 596  Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program;         Hines
        create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.        
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 597  Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to            Hines
        supporters of domestic violence awareness.             
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 598  Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.         Hines
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 599  Bingo; certain charitable organizations licensed to       Hines
        conduct bingo games for up to three years.             
           01/08 (H) Referred To Gaming
HB 600  Intensive supervision program; expand to include          Hines
        juvenile delinquents.                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Juvenile Justice;Corrections
HB 601  Civil Rights Division; establish in the Office of         Watson
        Attorney General.                                      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations
HB 602  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Warren
        Fund; extend repealer on MDA's authority to use for    
        certain monies (RP).                                   
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 603  Alcoholic beverages; manufacturer may have financial      Moak
        interest in retail permittee serving alcohol under     
        limited conditions.                                    
           01/08 (H) Referred To Gaming
HB 604  Sales tax; exempt retail sales of electrical generating   Parker
        equipment, weather radios and similar items during     
        month of June.                                         
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 605  Feeding of wildlife; prohibit placement of grain under    Parker
        lighting device for purpose of hunting.                
           01/08 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 606  Deer hunting; legalize hunting over bait.                 Parker
           01/08 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 607  MDOT; construct overpasses or underpasses along U.S. 98   Parker
        in George County.                                      
           01/08 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 608  Abandoned water wells; authorize counties to expend       Markham
        funds to plug on private property.                     
           01/08 (H) Referred To County Affairs
HB 609  Supervisors and municipal governing authorities;          Hines
        require course related to offices after elected.       
           01/08 (H) Referred To County Affairs;Municipalities
HB 610  Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee     Watson
        filing claim in good faith.                            
           01/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 611  Special fuel tax; authorize refund for a portion of the   Watson
        tax paid by owners of concrete trucks.                 
           01/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 612  State funds; transfer amounts from General Fund to MDOT   Stringer
        and State Aid Roads.                                   
           01/08 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HC  25  Amend Constitution; revise type of offenses that          Rotenberry
        disqualify a person as an elector.                     
           01/08 (H) Referred To Constitution
HR   4  Fair Housing Month; designate the month of April to be    Hines
        observed annually as.                                  
           01/08 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Committee Reports

HC  18  Amend Constitution; restrict use of eminent domain.       Evans
           01/08 (H) Title Suff Adopted As Amended



House: Floor Actions

HB 237  Mississippi Working Person's Act; create.                 Cummings
           01/08 (H) Read the Third Time
HB 296  Unemployment compensation; increase benefits.             Moss
           01/08 (H) Read the Third Time



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2069  "Katrina Day of Remembrance" in Mississippi; designate    Robertson
        August 29 annually.                                    
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SC 502  Commend Magnolia Heights School Football Team for 2006    Davis
        State Championship and undefeated season.              
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 503  Commend outstanding career of Dr. Albert Randel (Randy)   Mettetal
        Hendrix.                                               
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 504  Commend the life of Iraq casualty Sergeant Courtland A.   Turner
        Kennard.                                               
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 505  Remember gallant service and commend life of U.S. Army    Thomas
        Staff Sergeant James Ellis of Yazoo City, MS.          
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 512  Commend life and career of John F. Shirley, Sr.           Carmichael
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 513  Commend the life of Iraq casualty Staff Sergeant Robert   Carmichael
        L. Love, Jr.                                           
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 515  Recognize the Centennial Anniversary of UPS.              Hewes
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 518  Commend life and artistic contributions of "Godfather     Walls
        of Soul" James Brown.                                  
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 519  Commend Will Townsend for heroism in the ATO Fraternity   Jackson (11th)
        House fire.                                            
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 520  Commend the life of Iraq casualty Master Sergeant Brian   Chaney
        P. McAnulty.                                           
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 521  Commend South Panola High School "Tigers" Football Team   Mettetal
        for fourth straight undefeated season and Class 5A     
        Championship.                                          
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 522  Commend Robert Michael "Robbie" Langley, the first        Mettetal
        University of MS Police Officer whose life was taken in
        the line of duty.                                      
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 523  Commend South Panola High School Football Team for        Mettetal
        breaking the Mississippi record for consecutive        
        victories & setting new record.                        
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 524  Commend public service of Leland R. Speed, Executive      Little
        Director of the Mississippi Development Authority.     
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 525  Commend Corinth High School Tennis Team for their 11th    Little
        Class 3A State Championship.                           
           01/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted

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