Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/28/01



Previous Day    Next Day    Main Menu




Vetoes

SB3123  Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and         Gordon
        Reimb. Local Confinement.                              
           03/28 Vetoed



Signed By The Governor

HB 723  Appropriation; reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY02.                                        
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB1607  Appropriation; expenses of Legislature, monthly           Flaggs
        expense, Legislative Budget Office, PEER Committee.    
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB1608  Appropriation; benefit payments to retirants under the    Flaggs
        former Teachers' Retirement System.                    
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB1610  Appropriation; pay interest on Chickasaw School Fund.     Warren
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3095  Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.             Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3099  Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.             Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3100  Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.                      Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3101  Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.                    Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3102  Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Consol.            Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3103  Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.                     Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3104  Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.                  Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3105  Appropriation; IHL - University Research Center and       Gordon
        Maintenance.                                           
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3115  Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.        Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3116  Appropriation; IHL - MSU - Agriculture & Forestry Exp.    Gordon
        Station.                                               
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3117  Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.            Gordon
           03/28 Approved by Governor
SB3118  Appropriation; IHL - MSU - Cooperative Extension          Gordon
        Service.                                               
           03/28 Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HC 139  Suspend deadlines for further consideration of SB 2987;   Watson
        adoption; delete automatic repealer on determination of
        parental rights.                                       
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  50  Commend Flo Beck on her congressional arts award.         Franks
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  51  Commend John Jackson upon retirement.                     Perkins
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  52  Commend retiring teachers from Leflore County School      Perkins
        District.                                              
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Committee Reports

HC 124  Commend Habitat for Humanity.                             Evans
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 126  Commend Simpson Academy Cougars Boys Basketball Team.     Rotenberry
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 127  Commend Perry Lee.                                        Rotenberry
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 128  Commend Clinton High School Cheerleaders.                 Montgomery (74th)
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 129  Commend retirees of Greenwood School District.            Perkins
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 130  Commend New Day Drug Rehabilitation Ministry.             Fleming
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC 131  Commend Actor Morgan Freeman.                             Reynolds
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  17  Commend the life of James Otha Trimm.                     Hines
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  43  Commend Poplarville Girls Track Team on G.P.A.            Frierson
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  44  Commend Hazlehurst High School Indians Basketball Team.   Holloway
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  45  Commend Hazlehurst High School Lady Indians Basketball    Holloway
        Team.                                                  
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  47  Commend Clinton High School Cheerleaders.                 Montgomery (74th)
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  48  Commend Poplarville Girls Basketball Team on G.P.A.       Frierson
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  49  Commend Ingomar Boys Basketball Team.                     Mitchell
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  50  Commend Flo Beck on her congressional arts award.         Franks
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  51  Commend John Jackson upon retirement.                     Perkins
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  52  Commend retiring teachers from Leflore County School      Perkins
        District.                                              
           03/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SB2335  Driver's license; revise qualifications of director of    Dearing
        examiners.                                             
           03/28 (H) Conference Report Filed



House: Floor Actions

HB 620  Police escort; allow for traveling groups representing    Mayo
        public institutions.                                   
           03/28 (H) Recommitted For Further Conf
HB 767  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Young
        additional in Lauderdale County.                       
           03/28 (H) Conference Report Adopted
HB1673  Tunica County; may contribute to ICS for Head Start       Henderson
        class and vehicles.                                    
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 124  Commend Habitat for Humanity.                             Evans
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 126  Commend Simpson Academy Cougars Boys Basketball Team.     Rotenberry
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 127  Commend Perry Lee.                                        Rotenberry
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 128  Commend Clinton High School Cheerleaders.                 Montgomery (74th)
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 129  Commend retirees of Greenwood School District.            Perkins
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 130  Commend New Day Drug Rehabilitation Ministry.             Fleming
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC 131  Commend Actor Morgan Freeman.                             Reynolds
           03/28 (H) Adopted
           03/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HR  17  Commend the life of James Otha Trimm.                     Hines
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  43  Commend Poplarville Girls Track Team on G.P.A.            Frierson
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  44  Commend Hazlehurst High School Indians Basketball Team.   Holloway
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  45  Commend Hazlehurst High School Lady Indians Basketball    Holloway
        Team.                                                  
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  47  Commend Clinton High School Cheerleaders.                 Montgomery (74th)
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  48  Commend Poplarville Girls Basketball Team on G.P.A.       Frierson
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  49  Commend Ingomar Boys Basketball Team.                     Mitchell
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  50  Commend Flo Beck on her congressional arts award.         Franks
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  51  Commend John Jackson upon retirement.                     Perkins
           03/28 (H) Adopted
HR  52  Commend retiring teachers from Leflore County School      Perkins
        District.                                              
           03/28 (H) Adopted



House: Referred Other House

SB2103  Suffrage; restore to Jerry McDonald of Newton County.     Burton
           03/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2272  Suffrage; restore to Richard O'Bryant.                    Jordan
           03/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2591  Brenda Bell; grant suffrage to.                           Walls
           03/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB3184  Bernard Beard; restore suffrage.                          Tollison
           03/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB3206  Jimmy Dale Beck; restore suffrage.                        Gordon
           03/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB3209  Jackson County Emergency Communications District Board    Moffatt
        of Commissioners; reconstitute membership of.          
           03/28 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
SB3213  Sheila Marie McDaniel; restore suffrage to.               Little
           03/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SC 600  Pascagoula River Wildlife Management Area; commemorate    Gollott
        acquisition for state.                                 
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 607  Biloxi High School Boys Basketball Team; commend.         Gollott
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 608  "Willie Morris Day" in Mississippi; declare May 12,       Horhn
        2001.                                                  
           03/28 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Measures That Have Died

SB3209  Jackson County Emergency Communications District Board    Moffatt
        of Commissioners; reconstitute membership of.          
           03/28 (H) Died In Committee



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB 848  Home inspectors; provide for licensure and regulation     Wallace
        of.                                                    
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1695  Income taxation; revise recognition of income from        Reeves
        casual sales of property by installment sales and      
        certain other revisions.                               
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  17  Commend the life of James Otha Trimm.                     Hines
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  22  Commend Dr. Bobby Garvin upon his retirement.             Thomas
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  23  Commend Ms. Lana Hopkins Moss on being named Teacher of   Cummings
        the Year.                                              
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  24  Commend Lake Attendance Center Lady Hornets Basketball    Nicholson
        Team.                                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  25  Commend retirees of West Point School District.           Gibbs
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  28  Commend Corinth High School Cheerleaders.                 Moss
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  29  Commend Nanih Waiya Junior High School Lady Warriors      Moody
        Basketball Team.                                       
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  30  Commend the Mendenhall High School Cheerleaders.          Rotenberry
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  31  Commend Corinth High School Soccer Team.                  Moss
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  32  Commend Kossuth High School Lady Aggie Slow Pitch         Moss
        Softball Team.                                         
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  33  Commend the Corinth High School Football Team.            Moss
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  34  Commend Scott C. Biggers upon retirement.                 Smith (35th)
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  35  Commend Viola Brown Sanders.                              Whittington
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  37  Commend the Southeast Lauderdale Lady Tigers Basketball   Horne
        Team.                                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  38  Commend Poplarvhille Cheerleading Squad on outstanding    Frierson
        GPA.                                                   
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  39  Commend Poplarville Boys Track Team or outstanding GPA.   Frierson
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  40  Commend Poplarville Hornets Football Team on              Frierson
        outstanding GPA.                                       
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  41  Commend Poplarville Hornets Basketball Team for           Frierson
        outstanding GPA.                                       
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  42  Commend Poplarville Slow Pitch Softball Team on           Frierson
        outstanding GPA.                                       
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  43  Commend Poplarville Girls Track Team on G.P.A.            Frierson
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  44  Commend Hazlehurst High School Indians Basketball Team.   Holloway
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  45  Commend Hazlehurst High School Lady Indians Basketball    Holloway
        Team.                                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  47  Commend Clinton High School Cheerleaders.                 Montgomery (74th)
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  48  Commend Poplarville Girls Basketball Team on G.P.A.       Frierson
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  49  Commend Ingomar Boys Basketball Team.                     Mitchell
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  50  Commend Flo Beck on her congressional arts award.         Franks
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  51  Commend John Jackson upon retirement.                     Perkins
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  52  Commend retiring teachers from Leflore County School      Perkins
        District.                                              
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3082  Marshall County; authorize expenditure for matching       Minor
        funds for programs sponsored by the Institute of       
        Community Services, Inc.                               
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3169  City of Philadelphia; may appoint two additional          Williamson
        members to its park commission.                        
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3171  City of Greenwood; authorize acquisition of property      Jordan
        for industrial development purposes and issuance of    
        bonds for such purposes.                               
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3186  Gulfport; authorize a contribution to the Hurricane       Hewes
        Camille Memorial Project.                              
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3188  Town of Prentiss; authorize contributions to the          Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3190  City of Collins; authorize contributions to the           Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3191  Clarke County; authorize contributions to the Veterans    Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3192  Town of Richton; authorize contributions to the           Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3193  Perry County; authorize contributions to the Veterans     Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3194  Simpson County; authorize contributions to the Veterans   Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3195  City of Magee; authorize contributions to the Veterans    Smith
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3196  Covington County; authorize contributions to the          Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3197  Town of Decatur; authorize contributions to the           Burton
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3200  Jefferson Davis County; authorize contributions to        Harvey
        Pearl River Valley Opportunity, Inc.                   
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3202  Chickasaw County; authorize construction of a             Gordon
        correctional facility.                                 
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 574  Forestry; create task force to develop strategic          Little
        forestry initiative for economic development.          
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 597  Faye Dillard; commend for State Hall of Master            Browning
        Teachers.                                              
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 598  Coach Willis Wright; commend career of.                   Mettetal
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 599  MSU Coach Pat McMahon; commend upon selection as Head     Hamilton
        Coach of 2001 USA Baseball National Team.              
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 602  Iron Mike Featherstone; commend upon retirement from      Tollison
        Ole Miss Law School.                                   
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 604  Business Woman of the Year; commend Robyn Tannehill.      Tollison
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 606  Lake High School "Lady Hornets" Girls Basketball Team;    Burton
        commend for State Championship.                        
           03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SR  60  Nigerian-EDO State legislative delegation; welcome to     Frazier
        Mississippi.                                           
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  61  Hazlehurst High School Indians Basketball Team;           Posey
        commend.                                               
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  62  Hazlehurst High School Lady Indians Basketball Team;      Posey
        commend.                                               
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  63  Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act; urge Congress to enact.   Little
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  64  Delta State University "Lady Statesmen" Basketball        Dearing
        Team; commend.                                         
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  65  Richland High School "Rangers" Football Team; commend.    Smith
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Committee Reports

HB1673  Tunica County; may contribute to ICS for Head Start       Henderson
        class and vehicles.                                    
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1686  Lawrence County; authorize to levy assessment on          Hudson
        misdemeanor cases for Pine Belt Crime Stoppers.        
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1687  Town of Monticello; authorize assessment on misdemeanor   Hudson
        cases to fund Pine Belt Crime Stoppers.                
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1688  Tallahatchie County; authorize to repay certain           Reynolds
        indebtedness.                                          
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1691  Quitman County; authorize to contract for housing of      Henderson
        county inmates in lieu of operating a county jail.     
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1704  Greene County; authorize to contribute funds to We Care   Pierce
        Day Care, Inc.                                         
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1708  Town of Friars Point; authorize expansion of natural      Henderson
        gas distribution system outside corporate limits.      
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1709  Lowndes County; revise name of water association to       Smith (39th)
        which county industrial development authority may sell 
        water.                                                 
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HC 137  Commend Oxford High School Boys Basketball Team.          Eads
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SB2335  Driver's license; revise qualifications of director of    Dearing
        examiners.                                             
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Filed
SC 609  Ole Miss Basketball Coach Rod Barnes; commend for         Tollison
        Naismith National Coach of the Year and SEC Coach of   
        the Year.                                              
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 610  Ole Miss "Rebels" Basketball Team; commend for SEC        Tollison
        Western Division Championship and NCAA Sweet 16.       
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SN  20  Rick Hemba, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to the            
        Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources, for a term 
        of four (4) years commencing July 1, 2000 and ending   
        July 1, 2004, representing the Recreational Fisherman  
        position.                                              
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SN  21  Mr. Oliver Sahuque, Lakeshore, Mississippi, to the        
        Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources, for a term 
        of four (4) years commencing July 1, 2000 and ending   
        July 1, 2004, representing the Commercial Fisherman    
        position.                                              
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SN  22  Rudy Lesso, Biloxi, Mississippi, to the Mississippi       
        Commission on Marine Resources, for a term of four (4) 
        years commencing July 1, 2000 and ending July 1, 2004, 
        representing the Commercial Seafood Processor position.
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
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.                              
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SN  94  Glen Herschel Carpenter, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi,      GOVERNOR
        Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of    
        Marine Resources, the term commencing on November 30,  
        2001 pursuant to Mississippi code Annotated 49-15-305. 
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SN  95  Walter J. Blessey, IV, Biloxi, Mississippi, Gulf States   GOVERNOR
        Marine Fisheries Commission, for a three- year term    
        ending January 19, 2004.                               
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SN 103  Julie Swayze McLemore, Jackson, Mississippi,              GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Egg Marketing Board, for a six year- term  
        ending on May 19, 2007, representing Egg Industry      
        Related Business position.                             
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SN 111  Honorable Eileen Shaffer Bailey, Jackson, Mississippi,    ATTORNEY GENERAL
        to the State Oil and Gas Board, for a four-year term,  
        beginning May 7, 2000.                                 
           03/28 (S) Do Advise and Consent
SR  15  Repeal Federal Unified Gift & Estate Tax; request         Michel
        Congress to.                                           
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  48  Department of Interior; urge to reconsider rule banning   Hewes
        personal watercraft at national parks.                 
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  57  Mayme Edna Revere Curtis; commend life of.                Horhn
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  58  Johnnie Sartor; commend service on Veterans' Home         Hamilton
        Purchase Board.                                        
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  59  Flo Beck; commend for Children's Art Program.             Nunnelee
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  60  Nigerian-EDO State legislative delegation; welcome to     Frazier
        Mississippi.                                           
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  61  Hazlehurst High School Indians Basketball Team;           Posey
        commend.                                               
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  62  Hazlehurst High School Lady Indians Basketball Team;      Posey
        commend.                                               
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  63  Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act; urge Congress to enact.   Little
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  64  Delta State University "Lady Statesmen" Basketball        Dearing
        Team; commend.                                         
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  65  Richland High School "Rangers" Football Team; commend.    Smith
           03/28 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: 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.                                               
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 396  Honorary high school diploma; award to WWII and Korean    Clark
        Conflict veterans.                                     
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 444  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; delete repealer   Ford
        and allow coverage of certain dental services.         
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 451  Flood and drainage control districts; extend repealer.    Ford
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 502  Handicap parking violation; charge dismissed upon proof   Morris
        to court of valid windshield placard.                  
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 539  Equine public events; require certain test for all        Dedeaux
        horses even on private property if public invited.     
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 545  Charter School Law; reenact and extend repealer.          Warren
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 620  Police escort; allow for traveling groups representing    Mayo
        public institutions.                                   
           03/28 (S) Recommitted For Further Conf
HB 667  Health insurance policies; require to provide certain     Stevens
        benefits for treatment of mental illness.              
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 669  School boards; establish meeting attendance               Eads
        requirements for members.                              
           03/28 (S) Recommitted For Further Conf
HB 692  Public water systems; certain cross connections not       Denny
        required to have backflow preventers.                  
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 697  Court of Appeals; clarify districts.                      Reynolds
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           03/28 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 759  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; create.   Barnett (92nd)
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 767  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Young
        additional in Lauderdale County.                       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 818  Statewide scientific information; remove deadline for     Ellington
        strategic plan for statewide scientific information    
        management system.                                     
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB 986  Newborn screening tests; attending physician provide      Holland
        parents with information about additional tests        
        available.                                             
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1106  Commission on Judicial Performance; revise                Watson
        appointments.                                          
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1109  Youth; establish the Amer-I-Can Program as a pilot        Flaggs
        program.                                               
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1238  Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having       Grist
        high drug expenses eligible for.                       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1275  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Moody
        Youth; establish to provide coordinated services to SED
        children.                                              
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1276  Juvenile offenders; authorize drug testing, treatment     Scott (80th)
        and counseling.                                        
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1448  Junior ROTC; provide state support for public high        Brown
        school programs.                                       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
HB1547  City of Natchez; authorize to execute leases of certain   Ketchings
        riverfront and adjacent property.                      
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1548  DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau; allow to    Jennings
        lease or sell naming rights to civic center.           
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1632  City of Richland; extend repealer on authority to levy    Weathersby
        additional sales tax.                                  
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1640  Madison County; create wastewater authority.              Martinson
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1658  Lowndes County; revise qualifications for Southgate       Smith (39th)
        Sewer District Board of Commissioners.                 
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1660  Yazoo County; authorize Port Commission and Board of      Barbour
        Supervisors to expend excess port funds for industrial 
        development.                                           
           03/28 (S) Passed
HB1674  Marshall County; authorize expenditure for matching       Gadd
        funds for programs sponsored by the Institute of       
        Community Services, Inc.                               
           03/28 (S) Passed
HB1681  Hancock County; authorize expenditure of funds to         Compretta
        Mississippi Contract Procurement Center.               
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1684  City of Natchez; authorize to enter into lease with       Ketchings
        U.S. Secretary of Interior for using Natchez Trace     
        lands.                                                 
           03/28 (S) Passed
HB1685  Lowndes County and City of Columbus; authorize to         Chism
        contract with Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society for      
        animal control.                                        
           03/28 (S) Passed
HB1690  Tallahatchie County; authorize to provide water and       Reynolds
        sewer service to Tallahatchie Industrial Park.         
           03/28 (S) Passed
HB1694  Tunica County; revise distribution of county gaming       Henderson
        revenues.                                              
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  96  Establish study commission on Mississippi judicial        Ford
        system.                                                
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  98  Law Enforcement Officers Monument; express support for    Taylor
        location of.                                           
           03/28 (S) Amended
           03/28 (S) Adopted As Amended
           03/28 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HC 125  Commend life and service of Bud Thigpen.                  Capps
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HC 132  Commend Dr. L.C. Henson for outstanding service.          Howell
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HC 134  Commend the life of G. Wayne Gardner.                     Reynolds
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HC 135  Commend Mr. Guthrie T. Abbott upon his retirement.        Eads
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
HC 136  Commend Biloxi High School Boys Basketball Team.          Janus
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2103  Suffrage; restore to Jerry McDonald of Newton County.     Burton
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2181  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Loan Program for    Harden
        Teachers; extend repealer.                             
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2209  Emergency Medical Service (EMS); statutes; make           Huggins
        technical amendments to.                               
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2229  School Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program; extend     Harden
        repealer.                                              
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2265  Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; authorize sale    Smith
        of property to V.F.W., Post 9122.                      
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2272  Suffrage; restore to Richard O'Bryant.                    Jordan
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2309  Pilot program for testing and remediaton for students     Harden
        with dyslexia; delete repealer.                        
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2317  Bail bonds; forfeiture order set aside in absence of      Minor
        required notice.                                       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2409  Transportation Commission; may adopt rules regarding      Dearing
        the management, sale or disposal of timber on highway  
        rights-of-way.                                         
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2445  Omnibus Pay Statute; remove Executive Director, MS        Nunnelee
        Industries for the Blind.                              
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2504  Driver's license; revise penalty for falsification.       Dearing
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
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.       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2523  Elections; State Executive Committees must appoint        Bryan
        election integrity assurance committee;                
        county/municipal committees may delegate duties.       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2527  Multi-Modal Transportation Improvement Fund; create.      Hewes
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2551  City of Natchez; authorize execution of certain leases    Dearing
        of riverfront and adjacent property.                   
           03/28 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SB2578  Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities;      Chaney
        authorize SBE to issue criteria.                       
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2591  Brenda Bell; grant suffrage to.                           Walls
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2593  Wildlife; conform state law to federal migratory bird     Posey
        act.                                                   
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2599  Public waterways; prohibit persons from riding a          Posey
        motorized vehicle in stream beds.                      
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
           03/28 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2608  State Veterans Affairs Board; eliminate personnel         Furniss
        performance review of executive director.              
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2633  Education of exceptional children; require notice to      Harden
        parents regarding assessment of child.                 
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2681  Commissioner of Public Safety; authorize to establish     Huggins
        organizational structure for agency.                   
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2737  Motor vehicle lighting; allow white lights that           Dearing
        illuminate the rear of the vehicle under certain       
        circumstances.                                         
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2740  Vehicles with projecting loads; clarify provisions        Dearing *
        relating to operation at night.                        
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2756  Shoplifting; unlawful use of theft detection shielding    Turner
        devices.                                               
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2772  Envir. Prot; authorize Environmental Quality to impose    Nunnelee
        penalty for generation of waste from manufacture of    
        controlled substance.                                  
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2778  State-owned vehicles; revise authorization law.           Thames
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2910  Bail bonds; spouses of certain law enforcement not to     Horhn
        write.                                                 
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2911  Post conviction counsel; revise authority and             Tollison
        administrative details.                                
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB2929  Signs; revise the size restriction on certain signs.      Dearing
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Failed
           03/28 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB3024  Aeronautics; include private airports open to the         Minor
        general public in.                                     
           03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted
SB3184  Bernard Beard; restore suffrage.                          Tollison
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3206  Jimmy Dale Beck; restore suffrage.                        Gordon
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3209  Jackson County Emergency Communications District Board    Moffatt
        of Commissioners; reconstitute membership of.          
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3213  Sheila Marie McDaniel; restore suffrage to.               Little
           03/28 (S) Passed
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 600  Pascagoula River Wildlife Management Area; commemorate    Gollott
        acquisition for state.                                 
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 607  Biloxi High School Boys Basketball Team; commend.         Gollott
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 608  "Willie Morris Day" in Mississippi; declare May 12,       Horhn
        2001.                                                  
           03/28 (S) Adopted
           03/28 (S) Transmitted To House
SN  12  Ms. Lynda Austin, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, as a       
        member of the Mississippi Home Corporation, for a six  
        (6) year term of office, representing the Third Supreme
        Court District.                                        
           03/28 (S) Appointment Returned To Gov
SN  13  Ms. Sharion Aycock, Fulton, Mississippi, as a member of   
        the Mississippi Home Corporation, for a two (2) year   
        term of office, representing the Third Supreme Court   
        District.                                              
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  30  Donald ("Pete") Pope, Gautier, Mississippi, as a member   
        and chairman of the State Parole Board, for the term of
        office commencing June 30, 2000 and serving at the will
        and pleasure of the Governor.                          
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  31  Patricia Kathryn Miller, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as   
        a member of the State Parole Board, for the term of    
        office commencing June 30, 2000 and serving at the will
        and pleasure of the Governor.                          
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  33  Marilyn Starks, Shelby, Mississippi, as a member of the   
        State Parole Board, for the term of office commencing  
        June 30, 2000, and serving at the will and pleasure of 
        the Governor.                                          
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  42  Reginald P. Barnes, Webb, Mississippi, to the             
        Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks,, for the    
        unexpired term of office ending July 1, 2000,          
        representing the Second Congressional District, vice   
        Howard Miller.                                         
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  62  Morris Lee Scott, Hernando, Mississippi, as member of     
        the State Parole Board, for the term of office         
        commencing June 30, 2000 and serving at the will and   
        pleasure of the Governor.                              
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  86  Terry Leland Jordan, Philadelphia, Mississippi, State     GOVERNOR
        Tax Commission, six-year term of office ending June 30,
        2006.                                                  
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN 100  Karen Ann/Lewis Kennedy, Coahoma, Mississippi,            GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Home Corporation, for a six (6) year term  
        of office, representing The Third Supreme Court        
        District.                                              
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN 110  Wade Childress Jones, Meridian, Mississippi,              GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Home Corporation, for a four (4) term of   
        office, representing the First Supreme Court District. 
           03/28 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SR  18  Mississippi EDNET Institute operating license; urge FCC   Burton
        to retain.                                             
           03/28 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SR  45  Extend I-85 to connect Montgomery, AL, with Meridian,     Carmichael
        MS; urge Congress to.                                  
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  49  Biloxi High School Boys Basketball Team; commend.         Gollott
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  50  Pearl Junior High Boys Basketball Team; commend.          Kirby
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  51  Curtis Conway (C.C.) Bryant; commend.                     Horhn
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  52  Mary Beth Hanbery; commend as Clinton Teacher of the      White (29th)
        Year.                                                  
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  53  David J. Dennis; commend.                                 Horhn
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  54  Piney Woods School as first recipient of Direct T.V.      Michel
        Educational Programming; commend.                      
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  55  Willie Morris; commend life.                              Horhn
           03/28 (S) Adopted
SR  56  Ms. Della Hunt; commend life of.                          Harden
           03/28 (S) Adopted



Senate: Referred Other House

HB1673  Tunica County; may contribute to ICS for Head Start       Henderson
        class and vehicles.                                    
           03/28 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1688  Tallahatchie County; authorize to repay certain           Reynolds
        indebtedness.                                          
           03/28 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1691  Quitman County; authorize to contract for housing of      Henderson
        county inmates in lieu of operating a county jail.     
           03/28 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1704  Greene County; authorize to contribute funds to We Care   Pierce
        Day Care, Inc.                                         
           03/28 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1708  Town of Friars Point; authorize expansion of natural      Henderson
        gas distribution system outside corporate limits.      
           03/28 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HB1709  Lowndes County; revise name of water association to       Smith (39th)
        which county industrial development authority may sell 
        water.                                                 
           03/28 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HC 124  Commend Habitat for Humanity.                             Evans
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 126  Commend Simpson Academy Cougars Boys Basketball Team.     Rotenberry
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 127  Commend Perry Lee.                                        Rotenberry
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 128  Commend Clinton High School Cheerleaders.                 Montgomery (74th)
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 129  Commend retirees of Greenwood School District.            Perkins
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 130  Commend New Day Drug Rehabilitation Ministry.             Fleming
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 131  Commend Actor Morgan Freeman.                             Reynolds
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 137  Commend Oxford High School Boys Basketball Team.          Eads
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules
HC 138  Commend Belmont Lady Cardinal Basketball Team.            Franks
           03/28 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Measures That Have Died

SB2799  Public purchases; delete RFP requirement for certain      Robertson
        waste disposal contracts.                              
           03/28 (S) Died On Calendar



Senate: Signed By The President

HB 371  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for Mississippi       McCoy
        Land, Water and Timber Resources Fund.                 
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1352  Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds for and     Morris
        increase funds used for minority economic development  
        and surety bond program.                               
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1630  Bonds; issue general obligation and revenue bonds for     Simpson
        acquisition and upgrade of rail line between State Port
        at Gulfport and Hattiesburg.                           
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1637  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Building Fund   Smith (39th)
        for Arts and Community Heritage Preservation Fund.     
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3082  Marshall County; authorize expenditure for matching       Minor
        funds for programs sponsored by the Institute of       
        Community Services, Inc.                               
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3169  City of Philadelphia; may appoint two additional          Williamson
        members to its park commission.                        
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3171  City of Greenwood; authorize acquisition of property      Jordan
        for industrial development purposes and issuance of    
        bonds for such purposes.                               
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3186  Gulfport; authorize a contribution to the Hurricane       Hewes
        Camille Memorial Project.                              
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3188  Town of Prentiss; authorize contributions to the          Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3190  City of Collins; authorize contributions to the           Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3191  Clarke County; authorize contributions to the Veterans    Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3192  Town of Richton; authorize contributions to the           Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3193  Perry County; authorize contributions to the Veterans     Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3194  Simpson County; authorize contributions to the Veterans   Scoper
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3195  City of Magee; authorize contributions to the Veterans    Smith
        Memorial Museum, Inc.                                  
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3196  Covington County; authorize contributions to the          Scoper
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3197  Town of Decatur; authorize contributions to the           Burton
        Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc.                         
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3200  Jefferson Davis County; authorize contributions to        Harvey
        Pearl River Valley Opportunity, Inc.                   
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3202  Chickasaw County; authorize construction of a             Gordon
        correctional facility.                                 
           03/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/19/01 at 11:23.



End Of Document

2001/html//Daily_Action/032801.htm