Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/24/01



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House: Double Referred Reports

HB  65  County Superintendent of Education; prohibit electors     Mitchell
        in municipal school district from participating in     
        election.                                              
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AE
HB 166  Sentencing; revise 85% rule to apply only to violent      Ishee
        offenders.                                             
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: JB To PE
HB 169  Children; prescribe procedure for parent to surrender     Taylor
        custody without liability.                             
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: JB To PH
HB 244  Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant (MTAG)      Markham
        Program; increase award amounts.                       
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To AP
HB 384  Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund;       Compretta
        include firefighters.                                  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: JB To AP
HB 385  Insurance contracts of school districts; place under      Taylor
        the public bid requirements.                           
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: ED To AP
HB 438  State offenders serving sentence in county jails;         Ford
        extend repealer.                                       
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PE
HB 444  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; delete repealer   Ford
        and allow coverage of certain dental services.         
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 445  School nurse intervention program; extend repealer.       Ford
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 470  Certificate of need; extend repealer.                     Ford
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 473  Medicaid; extend repealer on implantable programmable     Ford
        pump.                                                  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 685  Elections; revise compensation of election                Reynolds
        commissioners.                                         
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AE To FS
HB 720  Rural Fire Truck Program; authorize the Department of     Stevens
        Insurance to accept applications for fifth round.      
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AP To IN
HB 759  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; create.   Barnett (92nd)
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AP To PH
HB 767  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Young
        additional in Lauderdale County.                       
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 797  Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women; create.    Scott (17th)
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 801  Institutions of Higher Learning Capital Improvements      Young
        Preplanning Fund; create as revolving fund.            
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To AP
HB 813  Judges; revise office allowance for chancellors and       Watson
        circuit court judges.                                  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: JA To AP
HB 816  Judges; revise rent allowance for chancellors and         Watson
        circuit court judges.                                  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: JA To AP
HB 881  Medicaid; revise eligibility and services provisions.     Moody
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
HB 885  State universities and colleges; authorize to offer       Peranich
        limited gaming-related courses if located in county    
        where gaming is legal.                                 
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: UC To WM
HB 892  Drug Court Fund; create special fund for distribution     Clarke
        to drug courts.                                        
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: JA To AP
HB 929  Persons with disabilities; provide for development of     Evans
        comprehensive state plan for providing services to.    
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AP To PH
HB 939  Medicaid and CHIP; provide for presumptive eligibility    Espy
        for children under those programs.                     
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
HB1000  Medicaid; provide for reimbursement for nursing           Moody
        facility services for the severely disabled.           
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
HB1001  Medicaid; certain services for dually eligible            Holland
        beneficiaries are reimbursable under.                  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AP To PH
HB1012  Correctional facilities; increase number of beds at       Malone
        certain facilities.                                    
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: PE To AP
HB1027  Nursing; Workforce Program and Office of Nursing          Moody
        Workforce; revise provisions relating to.              
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
HB1053  Obesity; create Mississippi Council on Obesity            Whittington
        Prevention and Management.                             
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
HB1082  Hospital beds; allow transfer from North Panola           McBride
        Community Hospital to South Panola Community Hospital  
        without CON review.                                    
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AP To PH
HB1238  Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having       Grist
        high drug expenses eligible for.                       
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
HB1246  Medical Education Scholarship Program; expand to          Moody
        include loan repayment program.                        
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: UC To AP
HB1275  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Moody
        Youth; establish to provide coordinated services to SED
        children.                                              
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To PH
HB1428  Research-based reading instruction; require Department    Martinson
        of Education to implement as pilot program.            
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
HB1448  Junior ROTC; provide state support for public high        Brown
        school programs.                                       
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
SB2424  Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program for hospital        Little
        Medicaid reimbursement; Division of Medicaid to        
        establish.                                             
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH



House: Committee Reports

HB   3  Campaign finance; prohibit between highway contractor     Horne
        and transportation commissioner.                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB  20  Courts; permit county board attorneys to receive          Perkins
        official copy of the Mississippi edition of Supreme    
        Court decisions.                                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 148  Burglar alarms; license and regulate installation.        Compretta
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 295  Public bid laws; prohibit addendum to bid                 Guice
        specifications within two business days of receipt of  
        bids.                                                  
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 296  Mississippi Code; provide sets to the paralegal           Smith (39th)
        programs at USM and MUW.                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 354  Revenue maximization contracts; must contain provision    Frierson
        holding contractor liable for repaid federal funds.    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 438  State offenders serving sentence in county jails;         Ford
        extend repealer.                                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 439  Housing development revolving fund; extend repealer.      Ford
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 443  Yellow Creek Regional Project Board; extend repealer      Ford
        for one year.                                          
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 444  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; delete repealer   Ford
        and allow coverage of certain dental services.         
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 445  School nurse intervention program; extend repealer.       Ford
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 449  Community development block grants for water systems;     Ford
        extend repealer for one year.                          
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 458  Construction Education Fund; authorize distribution to    Guice
        the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation.     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 460  Public Defender Task Force; continue operation.           Blackmon
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 470  Certificate of need; extend repealer.                     Ford
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 473  Medicaid; extend repealer on implantable programmable     Ford
        pump.                                                  
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 488  Distinctive license tags; authorize for various           Janus
        organizations and persons.                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 554  Juror qualifications; revise.                             Blackmon
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 627  Distinctive license tags for out-of-state public          Eads
        universities; increase additional fee.                 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 643  Insurance companies; require written approval of the      Stevens
        commissioner before paying extraordinary dividends.    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 645  Burial associations; allow Commissioner of Insurance to   Stevens
        place in receivership if not properly licensed.        
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 649  Insurance agents and bail agents; remove automatic        Stevens
        suspension of licenses before hearings.                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 652  Insurance companies; authorize deposit of securities      Stevens
        with clearing corporations and federal reserve         
        book-entry system.                                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 653  Commissioner of Insurance as attorney for all insurance   Stevens
        companies; require for service of process.             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 657  Disclosure of nonpublic personal information by           Stevens
        insurance licensees; regulate.                         
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 658  Insurance producers; provide licensure requirements.      Stevens
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 664  Liquified petroleum/compressed gas; revise standards      Stevens
        concerning regulation of.                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 667  Health insurance policies; require to provide certain     Stevens
        benefits for treatment of mental illness.              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 720  Rural Fire Truck Program; authorize the Department of     Stevens
        Insurance to accept applications for fifth round.      
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 721  Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act; create.    Stevens
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 724  Legislative special sessions; create revolving fund to    Capps
        pay expenses of.                                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 730  Crab theft; increase fine for larceny of crabs or crab    Ellington
        pots.                                                  
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 753  Capital facility; funds for repair, renovation or         McCoy
        maintenance must be included in budget of agency       
        occupying it.                                          
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 756  Sales tax; provide that industrial rate on fuel applies   McCoy
        to sales of fuel to producers of domesticated fish and 
        domesticated fish products (STC).                      
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 757  Motor carrier fuel tax; revise laws to conform to         McCoy
        International Fuel Tax Agreement (STC).                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 759  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; create.   Barnett (92nd)
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 767  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Young
        additional in Lauderdale County.                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 776  Budget; abolish diversion to Education Enhancement Fund   Frierson
        from unencumbered year-end General Fund cash balance.  
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 780  Pretrial intervention program; revise to provide          Moak
        keeping of nonpublic records for subsequent            
        proceedings.                                           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 781  Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; reenact         McCoy
        authority to issue bonds for economic development and  
        make clarifications.                                   
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 803  Public contract bonds; exemption for Department of        Taylor
        Rehabilitation Services from liability insurance       
        requirement.                                           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 820  Prosecutors; increase assessments that fund the State     Compretta
        Prosecutor Education Fund.                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 837  Securities Act; clarify transactional deminimus           Pierce
        exception and technical revisions.                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 848  Home inspectors; provide for licensure and regulation     Wallace
        of.                                                    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 855  Child custody; Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and     Watson
        Enforcement Act (NCCUSL).                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 864  Attorney General investigators and IHL law enforcement    Compretta
        officers; allow retirees to retain or purchase firearm.
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 868  Warrantless arrest; revise domestic violence              Watson
        provisions.                                            
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 869  Domestic abuse; allow waiver of filing fees for the       Watson
        abused.                                                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 870  Protection from Domestic Abuse Law; revise definition.    Watson
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 871  Crimes; revise domestic violence provision of assault     Watson
        statute.                                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 872  Domestic abuse; revise length of protective orders.       Watson
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 881  Medicaid; revise eligibility and services provisions.     Moody
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 897  Sales tax; exempt temporary storage of tangible           Jennings
        personal property by public storage warehouses pending 
        shipping to another state.                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 905  Threatening phone calls; revise penalties.                Frierson
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 908  Extortion; revise certain definitions.                    Frierson
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 912  Crimes; create offense of solicitation to commit a        Frierson
        felony.                                                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 929  Persons with disabilities; provide for development of     Evans
        comprehensive state plan for providing services to.    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 939  Medicaid and CHIP; provide for presumptive eligibility    Espy
        for children under those programs.                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 982  Corrections; revise restrictions on placement of          Malone
        inmates in the earned probation program.               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1000  Medicaid; provide for reimbursement for nursing           Moody
        facility services for the severely disabled.           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1011  Transfer of offenders treaty; transfer in accordance      Holland
        with treaty between United States and the foreign      
        country.                                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1015  Insurance Department and Fire Academy; transfer certain   Capps
        funds into the State General Fund.                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1024  Illegitimate children; delete requirement that            Moody
        Department of Health notify D.A.s of parents' names on 
        birth certificates of.                                 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1027  Nursing; Workforce Program and Office of Nursing          Moody
        Workforce; revise provisions relating to.              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1035  Community service revolving fund; increase fees.          Malone
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1053  Obesity; create Mississippi Council on Obesity            Whittington
        Prevention and Management.                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1082  Hospital beds; allow transfer from North Panola           McBride
        Community Hospital to South Panola Community Hospital  
        without CON review.                                    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1139  Corrections; authorize the commissioner to transfer       Malone
        employees to any DOC location.                         
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1140  Exploitation of children and credit card fraud; clarify   Franks
        Internet violations.                                   
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1141  Health care professionals; advertising by must describe   Simpson
        license or qualifications.                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1146  Magnolia Capital Corporation and Magnolia Venture         Morris
        Capital Corporation; provide for deposit of remaining  
        funds into State General Fund.                         
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1207  Appeals; clarify time to appeal from county court to      Watson
        circuit court.                                         
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1220  Elections; provide safety net for election day            Reynolds
        problems.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1238  Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having       Grist
        high drug expenses eligible for.                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1275  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Moody
        Youth; establish to provide coordinated services to SED
        children.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1291  Ad valorem tax; revise time that assessments of public    McCoy
        utility property remain open and subject to objection. 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1297  National Guard; transfer funds in FY 2001 appropriation   Capps
        from one category to another.                          
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1307  Trespass; clarify application to airports.                Snowden
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1312  Corrections; revise name, procedure and meetings of the   Malone
        classification committee.                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1329  Health Care Professions' Loan Program; revise list of     Barnett (92nd)
        institutions where person may work to repay loan.      
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1344  State Tax Commission; clarify authority to provide        Moak
        information to other jurisdictions which enforce motor 
        fuel tax laws (STC).                                   
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1352  Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds for and     Morris
        increase funds used for minority economic development  
        and surety bond program.                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1358  Earned time; include additional programs by which a       Malone
        trusty may acquire.                                    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1422  Termination of parental rights proceedings for children   Moody
        in custody of DHS; require certain reports on parents. 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1450  Private correctional officers; delete provision which     Malone
        specifies where training shall take place.             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1456  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; delete requirement that         Cummings
        monies in the fund be appropriated in order to be      
        expended.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1465  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Malone
        of the Department of Corrections.                      
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1467  Growth and Prosperity Act; clarify census data used to    Morris
        determine certain criteria under.                      
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1474  Judicial Advisory Study Committee; revise repealer.       Watson
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1481  Intensive Supervision Program; delete provision           Malone
        restricting the time when an offender may be placed in.
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1482  Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act; authorize      Morris
        MDA to take over loan programs that are not active.    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1492  Mississippi Creditor-Placed Insurance Act; create.        Stevens
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1502  Secretary of State; may issue certificates of             McCoy
        dissolution or withdrawal without certain notices from 
        Tax Commission.                                        
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 134  Assault; include public officials for purpose of          Compretta
        enhanced penalties; authorize DAs to carry concealed   
        weapons; probable cause hearing require to arrest      
        teacher.                                               
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 175  Unemployment compensation; allow persons to draw full     Moss
        compensation even if on social security.               
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 315  Corrections; allow trial judge discretion to sentence     Flaggs
        nonviolent criminals to county jail rather than state  
        prison.                                                
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 466  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Ford
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 475  Agricultural leases of prison lands; extend repealer.     Ford
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 477  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer.        Ford
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 480  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer.           Ford
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 518  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Ford
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 699  Unemployment compensation contributions; due each         Cameron
        calendar quarter instead of monthly.                   
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 700  Unemployment compensation; increase weekly amount paid    Cameron
        to certain individuals.                                
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 781  Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; reenact         McCoy
        authority to issue bonds for economic development and  
        make clarifications.                                   
           01/24 (H) Passed
HB1099  Marriage licenses; application to advise to have          Banks
        HIV/AIDS test.                                         
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1138  Corrections; revise requirements for meritorious earned   Malone
        time and remove limit on time earned by inmate.        
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate



Senate: Introductions

SB3054  Bonds; create the Building Fund for the Arts and          Nunnelee
        provide for the issuance of $12,000,000.00 in general  
        obligation bonds to fund it.                           
           01/24 (S) Referred To Finance
SN  69  Janice Broome Brooks, Washington, DC, as the Director     GOVERNOR
        of the Department of Human Services, for the term      
        commencing on November 30, 2000 and serving at the     
        pleasure of the Governor.                              
           01/24 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  70  Lydia Quarles, Jackson, Mississippi, to the Worker's      GOVERNOR
        Compensation Commission, for a six-year term of office 
        ending January 1, 2007, representing the position of   
        attorney.                                              
           01/24 (S) Referred To Insurance



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2029  Pearl River bridge at Jackson; require the Legislature    Ross
        to appropriate matching funds.                         
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: HI To AP
SB2034  Bonds; issue to fund the Highway 98 Access Improvement    King
        Program Fund.                                          
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: HI To FI
SB2111  Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries/Parks; enter into            Dearing
        interlocal agreements with any municipality to operate 
        a satellite golf facility.                             
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: WI To AP
SB2251  Adolescent psych beds; authorize CON for additional in    Huggins
        Lauderdale Co.; give certain county hospitals priority 
        for CONs.                                              
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2290  MS Emergency Management Agency; establish state public    Furniss
        assistance program.                                    
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: VM To AP
SB2322  Equipment leasing and purchase program; authorize         Burton
        community colleges and ETV to establish.               
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: UC To AP
SB2342  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Thames
        Youth; establish and empower to provide coordinated    
        services to SED children.                              
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2373  MS Council on Obesity Prevention and Management;          Dawkins
        establish.                                             
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2392  Liability; provide immunity for any church operating a    Chaney
        charity medical clinic.                                
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To JU
SB2527  Multi-Modal Transportation Improvement Fund; create.      Hewes
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: HI To AP
SB2666  Southern Arts and Entertainment Center; establish.        Posey
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: WI To AP
SB2739  Health insurance policies; require to provide certain     Thames
        benefits for treatment of mental illness.              
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2747  Child support award guidelines; increase percentages      Huggins
        based on adjusted gross income.                        
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To JU
SB2777  Corrections; authorize DOC to use inmate labor to         Smith
        expand community work centers.                         
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To AP
SB2796  Board of Mental Health; authorize negotiation for sale    Thames
        of Boswell Regional Center property.                   
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2824  Workforce training; designate MDA as the administrator    Minor
        of programs under the federal Workforce Training Act.  
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: UC To FI
SB2861  MS Training and Education Marketing Board; establish.     Burton
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: UC To AP
SB2894  Contractors; allow to conduct business in other           Kirby
        jurisdictions without separate licenses or examinations
        in such jurisdictions.                                 
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: CA To MU
SB2916  Mississippi Critical Needs Family Medicine Practitioner   Huggins
        State Loan Repayment Program; establish.               
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: UC To AP
SB2990  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; extend            Huggins
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB3012  Mississippi Development Authority; conduct a              Hewes
        feasibility study regarding the purchase of a rail line
        between Gulfport and Hattiesburg.                      
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PI To FI
SB3019  Local governments railroad grade crossing project grant   Dearing
        program; create.                                       
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: HI To FI
SB3029  Railroad rights-of-way; prohibit certain acts on.         Dearing
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: HI To JU



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2032  EBT system for food stamps; clarify implementation        Huggins
        dates.                                                 
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2112  Elderly; enhanced penalties for certain crimes against.   Burton
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2135  State Board of Cosmetology; extend automatic repealer     Bryan
        on.                                                    
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2137  MS Chiropractic Practice Act; make technical amendments   Huggins
        and extend repealer.                                   
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2173  Personal property; exemption from seizure or execution.   Carlton
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2204  Spinal manipulation or adjustment; prohibit without       Huggins
        educational and experience qualifications.             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2241  Limited physicians license; authorize for director of     Huggins
        state hospital.                                        
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2270  State Board of Optometry; extend repealer on.             Huggins
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2271  Mississippi Board of Psychology; extend repealer and      Huggins
        make technical amendments.                             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2287  Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapists Licensing     Huggins
        Law; extend repealer and make technical amendments     
        thereto.                                               
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2305  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2318  Local System Road Program; establish.                     Dearing
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2346  Traffic violators; sentence to driver education.          Dearing
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2350  Personal care homes and Alzheimer's units; provide        Huggins
        certain minimum licensure requirements.                
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2360  Massage therapists; license and regulate.                 Huggins
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2386  License tags; provide preference for competitive bid by   Smith
        prison industries for manufacture.                     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2406  Lost or destroyed warrants; remove requirement for        Tollison
        filing an affidavit and bond for a duplicate to be     
        issued.                                                
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2409  Transportation Commission; may adopt rules regarding      Dearing
        the management, sale or disposal of timber on highway  
        rights-of-way.                                         
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2420  Mississippi Transportation Commission; employ 6           Dearing *
        railroad inspectors and remove the authorization of a  
        railway safety coordinator.                            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2442  Scenic stream; designate certain portion of the           Hyde-Smith
        Tangipaho River as state scenic stream.                
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2469  Prison Industries; make technical revisions to work       Smith
        programs.                                              
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2511  Highways; designate a portion of MS Highway 25 as         Johnson (19th)
        Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive; all of U.S   
        I-20 as 31st Infantry Division Memorial Highway.       
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2516  Hunting; clarify use of primitive weapon license.         Posey
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2518  Boating; boats with altered identification numbers        Posey
        subject to forfeiture.                                 
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2521  Highways; designate a certain portion as "Jo Doss         Bryan
        Miller Memorial Drive."                                
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2524  Hospitality stations; transportation commission work      Hewes
        with universities for beautification.                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2525  Crabs; revise resident and nonresident commercial         Hewes
        crabber licenses and fees.                             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2526  Crabs; increase penalty for theft of crab pots.           Hewes
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2552  Office of Nursing Workforce in the Board of Nursing;      Huggins
        rename and clarify responsibilities.                   
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2586  Wildlife; eliminate nonresident lifetime hunting          Posey
        license categories and revise resident categories.     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2588  Wildlife; remove reference to nongame gross fish in       Posey
        game seasons.                                          
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2589  Minnows; technical changes to the wholesale minnow        Posey
        dealers law.                                           
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2593  Wildlife; conform state law to federal migratory bird     Posey
        act.                                                   
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2604  Designate a portion of U.S. 51 from South Jackson         Hyde-Smith *
        Street to U.S. Highway 84 bypass as the Jefferson Davis
        Memorial Highway.                                      
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2608  State Veterans Affairs Board; eliminate personnel         Furniss
        performance review of executive director.              
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2659  Boating safety; require persons on personal watercraft    Posey
        to wear personal flotation device.                     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2690  Ports; authorize county port commission to enter into     Robertson
        joint venture with private entities to construct and   
        operate port facilities.                               
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2691  Duck stamp; increase fee.                                 Posey
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2693  Marine Resources; revise brill net requirements and       Hewes
        clarify use of.                                        
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2736  Highway weight restrictions; exempt rear axle of          Dearing
        knuckle boom log loaders from tire loading limitations.
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2737  Motor vehicle lighting; allow white lights that           Dearing
        illuminate the rear of the vehicle under certain       
        circumstances.                                         
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2740  Vehicles with projecting loads; clarify provisions        Dearing *
        relating to operation at night.                        
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2762  Hunting; suspend hunting privileges of person pending     Posey
        appeal of conviction of headlighting deer.             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2772  Envir. Prot; authorize Environmental Quality to impose    Nunnelee
        penalty for generation of waste from manufacture of    
        controlled substance.                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2781  Gaming Counties State-Assisted Infrastructure Program;    Hewes
        add certain projects.                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2790  Agriculture; revise liability of person willfully         Hamilton
        destroying a field crop.                               
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2826  Driver's license; revise social security number           Horhn
        requirement.                                           
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2831  Highway system; designate a portion of MS 35 and the      Mettetal
        Waverly Wray Memorial Highway.                         
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2842  Fish; clarify classification of certain nongame gross     Posey
        fish.                                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2851  Wildlife; provide penalty for unlawful taking of          Posey
        paddlefish.                                            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2856  Definition of "delinquency" for jurisdiction under        Huggins
        Youth Court Law; revise to delete truancy.             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2902  Graveline Bayou Project; clarify purpose for which        Moffatt
        funds may be expended.                                 
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2915  Solid waste authority; revise and require conformity in   Cuevas
        board representation.                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2929  Signs; revise the size restriction on certain signs.      Dearing
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2934  Waste tire fee; remove repealer and revise allocation     Nunnelee
        of funds.                                              
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2954  Marine resources; make technical correction by removing   Hewes
        reference to repealed code section.                    
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2993  Divorce; revise fault grounds.                            Ross
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB3008  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison lands;         Smith
        extend repealer.                                       
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB3018  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Smith
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB3022  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB3024  Aeronautics; include private airports open to the         Minor
        general public in.                                     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SC 506  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Trust Fund.                                            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 525  Coach Jim Drewry, Booneville High School; commend.        Little
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 526  West Lauderdale High School Girls Softball Team;          Carmichael
        commend.                                               
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 527  West Lauderdale Baseball Team; commend.                   Carmichael
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 530  Harrison County Volunteer Fire Service; commend.          Cuevas
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 531  "National Heart Failure Awareness Week" and congestive    Huggins
        heart failure guidelines; urge adoption of.            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 532  High school athletes; commend those who sign with         Hamilton
        in-state universities and colleges.                    
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 534  Former First Lady of Mississippi Dorothy P. Johnson;      Farris
        commend life.                                          
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 538  Ruby West, "Woman of the Year"; commend.                  Dearing
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 539  Willie Minor, "Man of the Year"; commend.                 Dearing
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 544  Randy Graves, Jr., Eagle Scout; commend.                  White (29th)
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 545  Evan Sanford, 2000 State Games Male Sportsman of the      Carmichael
        Year; commend.                                         
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 546  Ashley Carrillo, 2000 State Games Sportswoman of the      Carmichael
        Year; commend.                                         
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 547  Habitat for Humanity; commend for service in              Nunnelee
        Mississippi.                                           
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 548  Eddie Beck; commend on retirement.                        White (29th)
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 549  Dr. Rod Paige, Sr.; commend appointment as Education      Harvey
        Secretary.                                             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 550  Dr. Lamar Braxton, "Person of the Decade", commend.       Dearing
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR   5  Raymond Davis; commend the life of.                       Carmichael
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2501  Vulnerable Adults Act; enhance penalties, define abuse    Little
        and require criminal background checks for employees.  
           01/24 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/24 (S) Passed



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 303  U.S. flag; require public schools to fly at half-staff    Brown
        pursuant to federal order or law.                      
           01/24 (S) Referred To Education
HB 474  Dyslexia testing pilot programs; extend repealer.         Ford
           01/24 (S) Referred To Education
HB 713  Open Records Act; exempt law enforcement agencies from    Mayo
        fees related to criminal records checks.               
           01/24 (S) Referred To Judiciary

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/19/01 at 11:22.



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