HB1711 Appropriation; Archives and History for restoration and Flaggs
preservation of historic black churches.
Referred To Appropriations
HB1712 Radar; authorize Rankin County Sheriff's Department to Rogers
use.
Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Transportation
HB 117 Counties; authorize board of supervisors to employ Martinson
attorney as full-time county employee.
Passed
HB 260 Commercial contractors fee; double to fund education Guice
programs in colleges and universities.
Passed
HB 309 Teachers; authorize superintendents to offer contracts Broomfield
conditioned upon graduation and licensure.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB 320 Parole; authorize board to require potential parolees Endt
complete Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 412 Living wills; provide for reciprocity. Dedeaux
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB 448 Capital assets; require scheduled maintenance plan for. King
Passed
HB 456 Weights and measures; revise permit fees and certain Weathersby
regulations.
Passed
HB 471 Agricultural seeds; include genetically engineered Chaney
seeds in definition and testing requirements.
Passed
HB 507 State Grand Jury Act; reenact and extend repealer. Ford
Passed
HB 508 Board of supervisors; extend authority to contract with Ford
constables to collect delinquent fines.
Passed
HB 515 Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; reenact and Ford
extend repealer for one year.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 523 School districts; authorize child whose residence Johnson
changes to complete school year in district of choice.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 545 Arbitration; Uniform Arbitration Act (NCCUSL). Perry
Tabled Subject To Call
HB 550 Passenger vehicles; repeal section limiting number Perry
state agencies may purchase.
Passed
HB 558 Sales tax; tax sales of certain agricultural equipment Williams
at three percent (STC).
Passed
HB 559 License tags; revise certain laws concerning (STC). Williams
Amended
Passed As Amended
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 563 Income tax, withholding; authorize Tax Commission to Williams
establish filing periods by rule or regulation (STC).
Passed
HB 577 Taxation; Board of Levee Commissioners for the Foster
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta shall prepare privilege
licenses.
Passed
HB 579 Freedom of Jobs Act; prohibits requirement of Smith (35th)
certificate of employability.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 603 Date rape drugs; clarify criminality, include in Green (72nd)
Schedule I and revise age of consent.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 648 Mississippi Science and Technology Commission; extend Ford
repealer.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB 651 Constable; extend date of repeal of authority to Ford
collect delinquent fines in justice court.
Passed
HB 680 Institutions of Higher Learning; board may sell certain Capps
land of Delta State University.
Passed
HB 682 School property; require school boards to obtain Chaney
appraisals before purchasing real property.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 726 Property; authorize State Forestry Commission to sell Maples
certain land in George and Issaquena Counties.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 741 Legislation; clarify duties of Joint Committee on Perry
Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB 742 Protective orders; give full faith and credit to orders Perry
from other states.
Passed
HB 743 Judicial Advisory Study Committee; reenact and revise. Perry
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB 744 Gasoline, fuel and oil taxes; include certain persons Williams
in other states within the definition of the term
"distributor" (STC).
Passed
HB 753 State Tax Commission; authorize use of administrative Williams
sales tax provisions in collection of certain taxes and
fees (STC).
Passed
HB 754 Homestead exemption; provide that a surviving spouse Williams
shall not be required to file a new application for
(STC).
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 757 Tobacco tax; revise expiration date for certain Williams
retailer permits and prorate privilege tax for permits
issued for less than one year (STC).
Passed
HB 758 Income tax and sales tax; clarify when interest begins Williams
to run on refund made by State Tax Commission for
overpayment of (STC).
Passed
HB 762 Ethics Commission; reenact laws establishing. Ford
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 782 DECD; authorize to purchase property damage and Williams
uninsured motorist insurance on department vehicles
(DECD).
Passed
HB 790 Income taxes delinquent; STC may pay out-of-state Williams
collection agency's fee from amount collected when paid
directly to STC (STC).
Passed
HB 795 State buildings; revise list of buildings under Brown
supervision of DFA.
Passed
HB 803 Offenders; may be required to submit to chemical Malone
analysis test more than once per month.
Passed
HB 881 Alcoholic beverages; allow shipment of wine from out of Johnson
state directly to consumers in certain circumstances.
Recommitted to Committee
HB 892 State travel contract; effective for 3 years with Montgomery
option to renew for 2 one-year periods.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 921 Nepotism; revise prohibition. Johnson
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 932 School crossing guards; authorize certain counties to Robinson (63rd)
increase compensation.
Passed
HB 969 DUI test; clarify persons authorized to administer. Martinson
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 970 MDITS; revise authority relating to bids, contracts and Brown
information confidentiality officers.
Passed
HB 981 Trusts; Family Trust Preservation Act of 1998. Rotenberry
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB1041 Property; authorize state to sell certain forestry Perry
service land.
Passed
HB1102 Election contest; clarify legislative jurisdiction and Perry
procedure in case of legislative seat.
Passed
HB1112 Military license tags; allow widows to retain. Ishee
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1173 Chancery and circuit clerks; authorize performance of Stevens
duties on behalf of each other in counties with two
judicial districts.
Passed
HB1212 State parks; revise amounts Board of Supervisors may Livingston
contribute to.
Passed
HB1220 Tidelands; authorize State Auditor to audit funds Ryan
disbursed from Public Trust Tidelands Fund.
Recommitted to Committee
HB1269 School boards; entity approved by SBE to conduct Morris
continuing education courses.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1290 Property; authorize DOC to purchase from Greene County. McInnis
Passed
HB1307 Veterans Affairs Board; transfer Fiscal Year 1998 Capps
appropriation funds among categories.
Passed
HB1309 Mental Health, Department of; transfer FY 98 Capps
appropriation funds among categories.
Passed
HB1321 Employment security commission; conform state law Flaggs
provisions to federal law regarding distribution of
certain funds.
Passed
HB1346 Public Employees' Retirement System; transfer Fiscal Capps
Year 1998 funds among categories.
Passed
HB1382 Employee leasing firms; provide for unemployment Flaggs
compensation rates and reporting.
Passed
HB1399 Retirement; revise calculation of PERS additional Perry
annual payment.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB1402 Death penalty; revise method of execution. Perry
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1412 Corrections, Department of; transfer FY 98 Capps
appropriation funds among categories.
Passed
HB1413 Public Safety, Department of; transfer FY 1998 Capps
appropriation funds among categories.
Passed
HB1445 Cable television; residential landlords and condominium Barnett (116th)
associations may not prohibit services.
Passed
HB1555 Highway Patrol; delete maximum age qualifications for Wells-Smith
newly employed patrol officers.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
HB1559 Highway Patrol Retirement System; increase amount of Perry
benefits for retired members.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1569 Sales tax; allow STC to make changes in collection of Williams
sales tax by out-of-state marketers (STC).
Passed
HB1664 Public Employees' Retirement System and Highway Patrol Perry
Retirement System laws; amend various provisions of.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2036 Proceedings before Employee Appeals Board; clarify Gordon
review authority.
Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
SB2037 State personnel system; clarify treatment of disabled Gordon
applicants.
Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
SB2473 Marine resources; clarify duties of CMR and DMR on Hewes
marine aquaculture.
Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2678 Marine resources; clarify CMR power to issue licenses. Hewes
Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2681 Saltwater fishing; provide for free fishing day. Hewes
Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2696 Trusts; Family Trust Preservation Act of 1998. Woodfield
Referred To Judiciary A
SB2738 Appropriation; Dept. of Wildlife, Admin. Bldg.; Hall
Additional, FY98 and FY99.
Referred To Appropriations
SB2740 Marine Resources; clarify legal representation for the Hewes
department.
Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2928 County Port Development Commissions; authorize to Hewes
employ real estate brokers.
Referred To Ways and Means
SB3070 Harvest permits for vehicles; reenact authority and Little
extend repealer.
Referred To Transportation
SC 547 Mississippi engineers; commend during National Carter
Engineers Week.
Referred To Rules
SC 550 Terry High School Band; commend. White (29th)
Referred To Rules
SC 552 Natchez Opera Festival; commend. Dearing
Referred To Rules
SC 553 The Cotton Blossom Singers, Piney Woods School; Smith
commend.
Referred To Rules
SC 554 Beechwood Elementary School Project ABC; commend. Ferris
Referred To Rules
SC 555 Milt Hinton, jazz bassist; commend. Ferris
Referred To Rules
SC 557 The Canton Spirituals; commend. Blackmon
Referred To Rules
HB 881 Alcoholic beverages; allow shipment of wine from out of Johnson
state directly to consumers in certain circumstances.
Died In Committee
HB1220 Tidelands; authorize State Auditor to audit funds Ryan
disbursed from Public Trust Tidelands Fund.
Died In Committee
SB3173 Health care; create Mississippi Qualified Health Center Horhn
Assistance Program.
Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Finance
SB3174 DECD; grant DECD certain authority with relation to Horhn
"Project Cougar".
Referred To Finance
SN 112 William J. VanDevender, Jackson, Mississippi, as a GOVERNOR
member of the Mississippi Commission on Environmental
Quality, for the seven year term of office commencing
July 1, 1998
Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SB3174 DECD; grant DECD certain authority with relation to Horhn
"Project Cougar".
Title Suff Do Pass
HB 540 Narcotics Bureau; authorize to purchase 29 additional Capps
vehicles.
Amended
Tabled Subject To Call
HB1291 Public Service Commission; extend repealer on. Ellis
Passed
HC 10 Commend the life of Attorney Frank Ruff Parker, III. Flaggs
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 11 Commend retirees of Greenwood School District. Perkins
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 12 Commend Coach Bruce Thornton. Maples
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 13 Melanie Black; commend on being named 1997 Coach of the Maples
Year.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 14 HCR; commend Johnny Boswell on his installation as Stevens
Chairman of the Board of the Mississippi Association of
Broadcasters.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 16 Commend George County Rebels Baseball Team on winning Maples
state championship.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 29 Trinity Episcopal Church; commend on 175th anniversary. Ketchings
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 30 Commend George County High School Lady Rebels Track Maples
Team on outstanding season and winning State Class 4A
Championship.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 34 Commend and express sympathy to family of Peter Joseph Hamilton
Noto.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 37 Commend Moss Point High School Football Team for Broomfield
winning 5A State Championship two years in a row.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 38 Commend Sonya Tharp upon being selected Ms. Wheelchair Simmons (37th)
Mississippi.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 39 Commend Sheriff Ricky Banks on service to Leflore Stevens
County.
Passed
Transmitted To House
HC 40 Commend Dr. Starkey Morgan for receiving 1996 Volunteer Stevens
of the Year Award.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 41 Commend Bebe Richardson on 45th anniversary of nursing. Stevens
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 42 Commend Mayor Harvey Johnson; outstanding new Mayor of Green (72nd)
the City of Jackson.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 54 Commend Boots Bright. McElwain
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 58 Commend Clarksdale High School Football Team. Henderson (26th)
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 60 Recognizing Mrs. Bennie Eva Greene on her 100th Scott (17th)
birthday.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 70 Commend Leroy Walker on being an outstanding Green (72nd)
businessman of Jackson, Mississippi.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 71 Commend Police Chief Robert Johnson on his outstanding Green (72nd)
service to the City of Jackson.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 73 Commend Houston High School Football Team. Bowles
Adopted
Transmitted To House
HC 74 Commend Kirk Academy High School Football Team on Holden
outstanding 1997-1998 season.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SB2013 Commercial contractors fee; double to fund education Bean
programs in colleges and universities.
Passed
SB2143 Community development block grants; prohibit for public Dearing
water systems unless viable.
Recommitted to Committee
SB2151 Deputy sheriff for narcotics; fund from drug fines. Dearing
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2154 Insurance laws; make various amendments. Kirby
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2171 Protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue Nunnelee
donors; revise.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2180 Justice court; impose fee for dropping charges. Rayborn
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2187 Delinquent payments owed county; percentage add-on as Rayborn
cost of collection.
Passed
SB2198 Telecommunications; require PSC reports and create Scoper
advisory committee.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2200 State plan for treatment of persons with Alzheimer's; Bean
authorize Department of Mental Health to develop.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2213 Fraudulent receipt of TANF assistance; may be Bean
prosecuted as a misdemeanor.
Passed
SB2215 Diabetes, child immunizations and mammography coverage; Bean
require certain insurance policies to include.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2224 Certified Animal Euthanasia Technicians; authorize Canon
Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate.
Passed
SB2226 Mississippi Employment Security Law; delete obsolete Lee
provisions.
Passed
SB2243 Disciplinary proceedings by the Mississippi Board of Bean
Nursing; authorize hearing panel.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2244 Child residential facility background check through Bean
fingerprinting; provide procedure.
Passed
SB2259 Telemedicine practices; authorize State Department of Bean
Health to regulate.
Passed
SB2261 Permit fees for milk and frozen dessert processing; Bean
increase.
Passed
SB2286 School curriculum; authorize program for character Jordan (24th)
education.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2311 License plates; issue distinctive plates for recipients Woodfield
of the Distinguished Flying Cross or the Air Medal.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2332 Mississippi Mutual Insurance Company Conversion and Kirby
Reorganization Act; create.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2333 Camp Shelby Timber Fund; require audit. Lee
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2334 Jailers; require to complete basic and continuing Lee
education courses.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2345 Bureau of Plant Industry Advisory Board; add State Soil Thames
Survey leader as a member.
Passed
SB2346 Milk; transfer regulatory responsibility from the Thames
Department of Agriculture to the Board of Health.
Passed
SB2356 Proprietary School and College Registration law; make Ferris
technical revisions to.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2388 MS Insurance Rating Bureau; remove repealer on. Kirby
Passed
SB2401 Public purchasing law bid requirements; increase Bean
limitations.
Passed
SB2430 Domestic mutual insurance companies; authorize merger Kirby
with foreign or other domestic mutual insurance
companies.
Passed
SB2438 Aerial applicators; remove requirement that applicants Thames
register with the Department of Transportation.
Passed
SB2440 Mississippi Antifreeze Law of 1978; revise. Thames
Passed
SB2441 Mississippi Pesticide Law; revise the renewal periods Thames
for pesticide registrations and revise fees.
Passed
SB2488 State Tax Commission; authorize use of administrative Bryan
sales tax provisions in collection of certain taxes and
fees (STC).
Passed
SB2496 Workers' comp; establish criteria for drug and alcohol Hewes
testing under.
Tabled Subject To Call
SB2513 Constable; authorize to serve as deputy sheriff. Hamilton
Passed
SB2522 Employee leasing firms; provide for unemployment Lee
compensation rates and reporting.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2540 Counties; eliminate mandatory alternation of supervisor Hall
meetings in two-district counties.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2542 Emergency Management Act; authorize local governments Furniss
to declare disaster areas and use equipment.
Passed
SB2543 Veteran's Home Purchase Board; authorize to purchase Furniss
property and construct offices thereon.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2552 Driver's license; renew prior to going overseas. Gollott
Passed
SB2565 Persons approved for treatment at mental health Carlton
facilities; clinical psychologist may authorize
treatment.
Passed
SB2606 Bonds; clarify use of proceeds for capital improvements Thames
for Department of Agriculture.
Passed
SB2683 Northwest & South Central MS State Hospitals; authorize Mettetal
Dept. of Mental Health to acquire hospital buildings to
operate.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2692 Ethics Commission; delete repealer and authorize Little *
preliminary investigations.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2708 Boll Weevil Management Act; revise requirements for Hawks
passage of subsequent referenda.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2821 Emergency telephone laws; make amendments in relation Minor
to cellular telephone service.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2841 Foreign business trusts; registration. Robertson
Passed
SB2854 Mississippi Check Cashers Act; create. Woodfield
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2855 Multistate Trust Institutions Act and State Trust Woodfield
Institution Charter Modernization Act; create.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2859 Transfer FY98 Minimum Program funds; fund transmission Ferris
tower for ETV; maintenance of MS Library Commission
database project.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB2993 Airport authorities; increase time for short term Hewes
loans.
Passed
SB3004 Animal Health; State Board appoint director of state Ross
lab.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB3025 Child passenger restraints law; revise. Blackmon
Committee Substitute Adopted
Passed
SB3105 Assistant teachers; authorize persons holding GED to Tollison
serve as.
Passed
SB3107 County roads; revise grounds for abandonment. Rayborn
Passed
SB3112 Community development block grants; prohibit for public Dearing
water systems unless viable.
Passed
SB3174 DECD; grant DECD certain authority with relation to Horhn
"Project Cougar".
Amended
Passed As Amended
Transmitted To House
SC 505 Const. 100; authorize compromising of income tax Kirby
liability.
Adopted
SC 517 Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Furniss
Trust Fund.
Adopted
SC 546 Const. 213-A; reconstitute membership of State College Walls
Board.
Committee Substitute Adopted
Amended
Failed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SC 547 Mississippi engineers; commend during National Carter
Engineers Week.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SC 550 Terry High School Band; commend. White (29th)
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SC 552 Natchez Opera Festival; commend. Dearing
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SC 553 The Cotton Blossom Singers, Piney Woods School; Smith
commend.
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SC 554 Beechwood Elementary School Project ABC; commend. Ferris
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SC 555 Milt Hinton, jazz bassist; commend. Ferris
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SC 557 The Canton Spirituals; commend. Blackmon
Adopted
Transmitted To House
SB2143 Community development block grants; prohibit for public Dearing
water systems unless viable.
Died In Committee
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