Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/05/2007



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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, Vince, Ward, Walley, Warren, Watson, Weathersby, Wells-Smith, Whittington, Woods, Young, Zuber, Mr. Speaker. Total--117.
      Absent--Morris, Stevens, Upshaw. Total--3.
       Vacancies--2.
      Present--Albritton, Browning, Burton, Carmichael, Chaney, Chassaniol, Cuevas, Davis, Dawkins, Dearing, Doxey, Fillingane, Flowers, Frazier, Gollott, Gordon, 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, Thames, Thomas, Walley, Walls, White, Wilemon. Total--42.
      Absent--Brown, Bryan, Butler, Clarke, Harden, Lee P. (35th), Simmons, Tollison, Turner, Williamson. Total--10.




House: Introductions

HB 495  Gasoline excise tax; increase to fund four-laning of      Ward
        Mississippi Highway 15.                                
           01/05 (H) Referred To Transportation;Ways and Means
HB 496  Tobacco settlement payments; provide annual               Brown
        appropriation from to Partnership for a Healthy        
        Mississippi smoking prevention program.                
           01/05 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 497  Schools providing information about meningococcal         Brown
        disease; delete repealer on requirement.               
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education
HB 498  Appointment of special judge; clarify eligibility.        Baker (74th)
           01/05 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 499  State employees; authorize administrative leave for       Rogers (14th)
        American Red Cross within any state.                   
           01/05 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 500  Teacher education program; require instruction in the     Martinson
        teaching of phonics.                                   
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education
HB 501  Distinctive license tag; authorize for supporters of      Walley
        public school districts.                               
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 502  State employees with certain licenses; require to be      Clark
        paid same as other state employees with license if     
        certain skills used.                                   
           01/05 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 503  Housing repair grant programs; establish to provide       Clark
        grants to low income individuals for home repairs.     
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 504  School social workers and psychologists; authorize        Clark
        districts to employ and receive partial state          
        reimbursement for salaries.                            
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 505  Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision        Clark
        allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.  
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education
HB 506  School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi      Clark
        History course for 9th grade public school students.   
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education
HB 507  Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.           Clark
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education
HB 508  Life jackets; increase minimum age of persons required    Clark
        to wear on certain vessels.                            
           01/05 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 509  Legal holiday; provide that Juneteenth National Freedom   Clark
        Day be a day of commemoration.                         
           01/05 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 510  Health information; parent may obtain from health         Clark
        department about services provided to minor child.     
           01/05 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 511  State tax system; create task force to study.             Clark
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 512  Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of bridge in City    Clark
        of Pickens.                                            
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 513  School buses; require new buses to be equipped with       Barnett
        seatbelts.                                             
           01/05 (H) Referred To Education;Transportation
HB 514  Conservation officers; revise qualification for           Ward
        appointment.                                           
           01/05 (H) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 515  Booster seats; require use of when transporting certain   Ward
        children in a passenger motor vehicle.                 
           01/05 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 516  Traffic regulations and rules of the road; require        Robinson (84th)
        Department of Public Safety to notify licensees of     
        statutory changes.                                     
           01/05 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 517  Four-lane roadways; vehicles to be driven in right-hand   Robinson (84th)
        lane.                                                  
           01/05 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 518  Public utility districts; prohibit from exercising        Upshaw
        jurisdiction over private water wells.                 
           01/05 (H) Referred To Public Utilities
HB 519  Elected official; prohibit from changing political        Robinson (63rd)
        party affiliation during term of office.               
           01/05 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 520  Orthotists and prosthetists; allow those certified by     Robinson (63rd)
        Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification to       
        practice in Mississippi.                               
           01/05 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 521  Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance for           Frierson
        supporters of Lumberton Line School District.          
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 522  Juror; revise personal exemption for service due to       Hamilton (109th)
        age.                                                   
           01/05 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
HB 523  Income tax; exclude amounts received as rewards offered   Jennings
        for providing information to aid law enforcement       
        authorities.                                           
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 524  Rewards; remove limit on maximum amount for               Jennings
        apprehending criminals.                                
           01/05 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 525  Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to            Martinson
        supporters of the Madison Central High School Athletic 
        Programs.                                              
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 526  Youth courts records; allow disclosure for defense        Flaggs
        counsel and allow copying of records for other youth   
        court causes.                                          
           01/05 (H) Referred To Juvenile Justice
HB 527  Counsel; clarify term for youth court juvenile            Flaggs
        delinquency matters.                                   
           01/05 (H) Referred To Juvenile Justice
HB 528  Medicaid program; make certain technical amendments       Dedeaux
        regarding administration of.                           
           01/05 (H) Referred To Medicaid
HB 529  Multi-modal fund committees; prescribe terms of office    Fleming
        for appointed members.                                 
           01/05 (H) Referred To Ports, Harbors and Airports
HC  22  Amend Constitution; restrict purposes for which           Brown
        Governor may call extraordinary session.               
           01/05 (H) Referred To Constitution
HC  23  Constitutional amendment; change statewide elections to   Brown
        the first Saturday of November.                        
           01/05 (H) Referred To Constitution
HC  24  Internet sales tax; urge U.S. Congress to pass            Clark
        legislation authorizing.                               
           01/05 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Floor Actions

HB 494  Early Voting Pilot Program; create for Lafayette          Reynolds
        County.                                                
           01/05 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/05 (H) Passed
           01/05 (H) Immediate Release
           01/05 (H) Transmitted To Senate



Senate: Introductions

SB2292  Equal pay; enact "Fair Pay Act of 2007."                  Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Labor
SB2293  MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance          Walls
        Program.                                               
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2294  Death penalty; repeal.                                    Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2295  Investigators; license and regulate private and legal.    Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2296  Emmitt Lewis Till Victim's Compensation Fund; create.     Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2297  Diminished capacity; establish as a defense to            Walls
        prosecution.                                           
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2298  Statewide Victims' Information and Notification System;   Albritton
        create statewide monetary assessment to benefit.       
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B;Appropriations
SB2299  Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create Good      Walls
        Faith in Employment Act.                               
           01/05 (S) Referred To Labor
SB2300  Jury duty; civil cause of action for termination.         Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2301  Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally     Walls
        retarded.                                              
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2302  Traffic regulations; slow-moving traffic to keep right.   Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2303  Criminal records; certain young offender's records may    Walls
        be expunged.                                           
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2304  Electronic video machines; legalize in premises other     Walls
        than vessels.                                          
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2305  Gambling; cheating punished as larceny.                   Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2306  Traffic violations; double fine and no record for         Walls
        certain first or second offenses.                      
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2307  Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."         Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SB2308  Rape, statutory; must be knowing and willful.             Walls
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2309  Retirement; law enforcement officers, fire fighters or    Walls
        emergency service employees may retire after 20 years  
        service.                                               
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2310  Adult day care assisted living services; authorize DOM    Walls
        to establish program.                                  
           01/05 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2311  Driver's license; revise restoration of driving           Walls
        privileges.                                            
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2312  Traffic regulations; create offense of failure to         Walls
        yield.                                                 
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2313  Status of information technology in state and local       Chaney
        government; require MDITS to report to Legislature     
        annually.                                              
           01/05 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2314  Repealer on school district program on meningococcal      Chaney
        disease; delete.                                       
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Public Health and Welfare
SB2315  Statutory rape, fondling; expand examples of persons in   Chaney
        position of authority over a child consenting to       
        sexual activity.                                       
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2316  Mississippi Work Pays Program; authorize additional       Dawkins
        post-employment assistance for TANF recipients.        
           01/05 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2317  Intermediate driver's license; revise conditions of       Dawkins
        use.                                                   
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2318  Municipal employees; authorize deduction of union dues    Dawkins
        from salary upon written request.                      
           01/05 (S) Referred To Labor
SB2319  State Ethics Commission; require executives of county     Dawkins
        commissions to file statement of economic interest.    
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2320  Registration of professional massage therapists;          Mettetal
        clarify authorized examinations.                       
           01/05 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2321  Trust institutions; Banking Commissioner may examine      Mettetal
        companies suspected of conducting business as.         
           01/05 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2322  Voluntary pilot program for prekindergarten children;     Chaney
        authorize State Board of Education to implement.       
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2323  Teacher salaries; increase.                               Chaney
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2324  Repealers on certain school district programs; extend     Chaney
        and make certain revisions for.                        
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2325  School superintendents; appointed after January 1,        Chaney
        2008.                                                  
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2326  Compulsory-school-attendance requirements; extend from    Chaney
        16 to 17 years of age.                                 
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2327  Compulsory-school-age student; clarify attendance         Chaney
        requirements for 17-year-old and kindergarten children.
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2328  Automatic transfer of student to school in adjacent       Chaney
        district on shorter bus route; provide for.            
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2329  School districts under conservatorship; authorize SDE     Chaney
        to contract with private entity to manage and clarify  
        sanctions.                                             
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2330  School district financial reports; require 65% of         Chaney
        budget to be expended for direct instructional         
        purposes.                                              
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2331  State Auditor; clarify authority to audit public funds    Chaney
        flowing into a nonprofit corporation.                  
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2332  Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities   Nunnelee
        Program; establish.                                    
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2333  Noise abatement; revise offense of noise disturbance.     Mettetal
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2334  Motor vehicles; authorize the operation of low-speed      Mettetal
        electric vehicles on certain public roads.             
           01/05 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2335  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for two community group homes     Mettetal
        for the Department of Mental Health.                   
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2336  Seat belts; enhance penalty for failure to wear when a    Hyde-Smith
        child is a passenger.                                  
           01/05 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2337  State income tax credit for purchase of private           Robertson
        insurance to cover long-term care insurance.           
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2338  Alternative school programs; local school districts       Chaney
        have broad authority to establish.                     
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2339  Veterans' dependents; provide tuition fee waivers for.    Carmichael
           01/05 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations
SB2340  District attorneys; increase salaries of.                 Thames
           01/05 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2341  Election poll workers and managers; increase per diem     Mettetal
        compensation.                                          
           01/05 (S) Referred To County Affairs;Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2342  Animal Care Fund; revise funding to include qualified     Hyde-Smith
        nonprofit organizations.                               
           01/05 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SB2343  Commissioner of Banking; require fingerprints for         Mettetal
        suitability of employment with department.             
           01/05 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Judiciary, Division B
SB2344  Licensed school employees; allow use of personal leave    Mettetal
        near holiday if summoned by court.                     
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2345  Program to redesign secondary schools in Mississippi;     Chaney
        authorize State Board of Education to develop.         
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2346  Early childhood education services; authorize             Chaney
        coordination of.                                       
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2347  Local school tax millage contribution to MAEP;            Chaney
        increase.                                              
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education;Finance
SB2348  School district consolidation; provide for                Hyde-Smith
        administrative consolidation of low-performing small   
        school districts.                                      
           01/05 (S) Referred To Education
SB2349  Witnesses; revise court appearance fee.                   Mettetal
           01/05 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2350  MS Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; extend repealer      Mettetal
        and make various amendments.                           
           01/05 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Judiciary, Division B
SB2351  Tax increment financing; governing bodies may levy        Chaney
        special assessments on redevelopment projects to pay   
        debt service on TIF bonds.                             
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2352  Tax Commission; require report on revenue from sales      Chaney
        tax on certain unprepared food for human consumption.  
           01/05 (S) Referred To Finance
SC 518  Commend life and artistic contributions of "Godfather     Walls
        of Soul" James Brown.                                  
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 519  Commend Will Townsend for heroism in the ATO Fraternity   Jackson (11th)
        House fire.                                            
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 520  Commend the life of Iraq casualty Master Sergeant Brian   Chaney
        P. McAnulty.                                           
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 521  Commend South Panola High School "Tigers" Football Team   Mettetal
        for fourth straight undefeated season and Class 5A     
        Championship.                                          
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 522  Commend Robert Michael "Robbie" Langley, the first        Mettetal
        University of MS Police Officer whose life was taken in
        the line of duty.                                      
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 523  Commend South Panola High School Football Team for        Mettetal
        breaking the Mississippi record for consecutive        
        victories & setting new record.                        
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 524  Commend public service of Leland R. Speed, Executive      Little
        Director of the Mississippi Development Authority.     
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 525  Commend Corinth High School Tennis Team for their 11th    Little
        Class 3A State Championship.                           
           01/05 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 494  Early Voting Pilot Program; create for Lafayette          Reynolds
        County.                                                
           01/05 (S) Referred To Elections

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