Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/06/02



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House: Floor Actions

HB   5  Public bid laws; prohibit addendum to bid                 Guice
        specifications within two working days of receipt of   
        bids.                                                  
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 106  Child support; interest on federal incentive funds to     Reeves
        be deposited in General Fund.                          
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 113  Public schools; require all instruction to be delivered   Reeves
        in English language.                                   
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 284  Compulsory school law; include students who turn 17       Warren
        during school year.                                    
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 345  Budget; prohibit certain actions by state agencies        Brown
        during current fiscal year.                            
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 346  U.S. flag; require public schools to fly at half-staff    Brown
        pursuant to federal order or law.                      
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 364  Health insurance; require plans to provide uniform        Chism
        prescription identification.                           
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 378  County industrial development authorities, certain;       Smith (39th)
        revise authority regarding conveyance of industrial    
        sites.                                                 
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 465  Driver education and training program; require to         Miles
        include instruction in organ donation.                 
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 474  Income tax; extend repealer tax credit for certain        Ford
        employers sponsoring basic skills training and         
        retraining for employees (RP).                         
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 487  Forest acreage tax, additional; extend repealer (RP).     Ford
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 509  Seafood; recreational crabber not required to obtain      Guice
        license.                                               
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 562  Death certificates; medical amendments in court require   Holland
        Medical Examiner and county medical examiner as        
        defendants.                                            
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 589  Income tax; extend repealer on income tax credit for      Ford
        certain port charges for using certain port facilities 
        (RP).                                                  
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 594  Highway Patrol disability retirement; lower years of      Gadd
        creditable service for eligibility to five years.      
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 639  Teachers; include classroom instruction in military in    Warren
        computing years of teaching experience.                
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 667  Annual statement of insurance company; revise method of   Stevens
        payment of fine for late filing.                       
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 669  Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association;     Stevens
        increase assessment on member insurers.                
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 670  Fraternal Societies; revise license fees and date of      Stevens
        annual renewal.                                        
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 674  Foreign insurance companies; require filing of articles   Stevens
        of incorporation or bylaws.                            
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 676  Classification of insurance companies; revise and         Stevens
        include larger fraternal societies.                    
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 683  Health insurance policies; require provisions for the     Stevens
        prompt payment of clean claims.                        
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 798  Alcohol; require applicant for license to submit          McCoy
        fingerprints to State Tax Commission for criminal      
        record check by Department of Public Safety/FBI (STC). 
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 851  Life insurance; interest shall be paid from date          Montgomery (74th)
        insurer receives proof of death until claim paid.      
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 858  Highway Patrol Retirement System; revise cost of living   Stringer
        benefit.                                               
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 896  Retirement; allow retired municipal employee to work      Janus
        for another municipality without losing benefits.      
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Failed
           02/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 906  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; reenact and delete    Moody
        the repealer.                                          
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 911  PERS; Highway Patrol, SLRP, and municipal retirement      Stringer
        systems; clarify definition of eligible plan for       
        purpose of rollovers.                                  
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 930  Joint Underwriting Association for Medical Malpractice    Stevens
        Insurance; establish.                                  
           02/06 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB 934  Sewerage system; require operators of system to be        Ellington
        certified.                                             
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Failed
HB 936  Water systems; expand local government and water          Ellington
        systems improvements revolving loan program to include 
        grant.                                                 
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 951  State toy; designate Teddy Bear as state toy.             Holland
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB 960  Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; prescribe       Smith (59th)
        terms and conditions for renewal of certain leases.    
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1000  Crime laboratory; delete provisions requiring funding     Hamilton
        to be separate from Department of Public Safety.       
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1014  Department of Information Technology Services; require    Clarke
        to develop certain policies regarding cellular         
        telephones.                                            
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1053  Retirement; provide cost-of-living increases for          Ellington
        retired firemen and policemen in certain               
        municipalities.                                        
           02/06 (H) Passed
           02/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1075  Free port warehouse law; transfer administration from     McCoy
        the State Tax Commission to local government           
        authorities (STC).                                     
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1077  Water and wastewater system; require certain systems to   Ellington
        receive certification from public utilities staff      
        before permit issued.                                  
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1080  Rail car tax; Tax Commission shall retain 3% of           McCoy
        collections to defray collection costs; revise time    
        assessment remains open (STC).                         
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1083  Female crabs; clarify regulation governing possession     Ellington
        of.                                                    
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1084  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Ellington
        selling to Mississippi dealer to pay shell retention   
        fee.                                                   
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1086  Marine resources; authorize department to sell licenses   Ellington
        by electronic means and to charge fee for replacement  
        commercial license.                                    
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1106  Child custody; clarify that neither parent shall be       Reeves
        given preference based on gender.                      
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1109  Public purchasing; exempt from bidding certain leases     Moody
        of equipment/services by public hospitals and certain  
        insurance contracts.                                   
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1111  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; extend     Moody
        repealer and licensure law and revise certain          
        provisions.                                            
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1127  Sales Tax; divert tax collected on airport parking to     Compretta
        special fund for support and development of airports.  
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1128  Marine resources; patrol officers may retain side arm     Ellington
        (DMR).                                                 
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1129  State Tax Commission; authorize to retain portion of      McCoy
        certain local and private taxes in order to defray     
        costs of collection (STC).                             
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1139  Public property; authorize DFA on behalf of Forestry      Barnett (92nd)
        Commission, to convey certain property to Lincoln      
        County.                                                
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1148  PERS; make certain technical revisions to laws            Stringer
        governing the retirement system.                       
           02/06 (H) Passed
           02/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1153  Electronic commercial services; prohibit government       Coleman (65th)
        from providing when private sector does so.            
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1164  Water wells; delete public notice requirement for         Rotenberry
        reissuance of permit.                                  
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1171  Brewpubs; allow to provide complimentary beverages to     Simpson
        certain persons, increase percent of alcohol allowed in
        beer/wine from 4% to 5%.                               
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1183  Income tax and sales tax; authorize Tax Commission to     McCoy
        provide additional advertising for certain sales of    
        personal property nonpayment.                          
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1206  Mississippi Youth Corrections Complex, Oakley Campus;     Peranich
        authorize exchange of land with Hinds County.          
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1212  Legal services; exempt from budget cuts special funds     Watson
        received by Attorney General under contracts with      
        agencies for.                                          
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1213  Emergency Management Agency; transfer funds in FY02       Capps
        appropriation among various categories.                
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1232  License tags; rental company may purchase temporary tag   Ellington
        from dealer.                                           
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1267  Mississippi Transportation Commission and City of         McBride
        Batesville; authorize to exchange certain real property
        in Panola County.                                      
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1289  Port Gibson Battlefield; authorize transfer of certain    Middleton
        property to Department of Archives and History.        
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1301  Community hospitals; hospital leased by another           Moody
        hospital remains subject to community hospital laws.   
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1317  Budget Contingency Fund; transfer monies from certain     Capps
        special funds into.                                    
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1351  Budgets of state agencies; clarify that fiscal officer    Brown
        has discretion to reduce at any time if funds not      
        available.                                             
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1359  Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District;         Holland
        authorize to transfer property and pay money to Dept.  
        of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.                      
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1365  Contact lens; Fair Trade Practice Act for procurement     Fillingane
        of.                                                    
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1372  Homestead exemption; remove county option to require      McCoy
        annual renewal of (STC).                               
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1389  Master Lease-Purchase Program; authorize DFA to           Brown
        establish for community colleges.                      
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1391  Internal auditors; require for certain agencies.          Brown
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1392  State contract travel agency; use by state employees is   Brown
        discretionary, not mandatory.                          
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1417  Income tax; provide for discretionary rather than         McCoy
        mandatory interest/penalty in case of underpayment or  
        failure to pay tax (STC).                              
           02/06 (H) Amendment Failed
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1418  Corporation franchise tax; authorize administrative       McCoy
        dissolution or revocation of certificate for failure to
        pay (STC).                                             
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1435  Minority businesses, certification list; delete           Morris
        prohibition against considering size of business or    
        length of time in business (MDA).                      
           02/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1446  Ayers Settlement Fund; extend date by which settlement    Ford
        must be finalized to trigger creation of.              
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1482  Child custody; revise age for child to declare            Wells-Smith
        preference of parent with whom he may live.            
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1522  Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; reenact and extend      Guice
        repealer on, and revise certain provisions.            
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1540  Public property; provide requirements for certain         Peranich
        conveyances authorized by Legislature.                 
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1558  Public improvement districts; authorize counties and      Morris
        municipalities to create.                              
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Passed
HB1560  Joint Underwriting Association for Medical Malpractice    Stevens
        Insurance; establish.                                  
           02/06 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB1564  Saltwater fishing license; exempt requirement in          Wells-Smith
        certain area.                                          
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Failed
HB1604  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; revise indebtedness eligible    Morris
        for incentive payments.                                
           02/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1639  Regional economic development alliances; provide          Ford
        certain authority to counties in, provide tax          
        incentives to certain businesses in.                   
           02/06 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (H) Amended
           02/06 (H) Passed As Amended



Senate: Introductions

SB3104  Sales tax; provide that electricity used for certain      Canon
        purposes is a raw material for purposes of industrial  
        exemption.                                             
           02/06 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3105  Sales tax; remove installation of siding from the         Harvey
        definition of the term "installation charges."         
           02/06 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3106  Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Bonds; authorize certain    Harden
        school districts to issue.                             
           02/06 (S) Referred To Education;Finance
SB3107  Appropriation; DFA - Coast Transit Authority, FY2003.     Dawkins
           02/06 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SC 561  "Voice of the Bulldogs" Jack Cristil; commend.            Little
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2006  SDH report birth information on illegitimate children     Huggins
        to district attorneys; delete requirement.             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2016  Juveniles; prohibit sale of cigarette rolling papers      Kirby
        to.                                                    
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2017  Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; extend     Huggins
        repealer on licensure law.                             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2018  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; delete repealer.      Huggins
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2042  Internet; prohibit computer seduction of minors.          Burton
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2064  Bidi cigarettes; prohibit sale or distribution.           Williamson
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2085  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; make technical     Huggins
        amendments in conformity with federal law.             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2100  Personal injury; immunity for fan celebrations.           Michel
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2129  Mississippi Pharmacy Act; reenact and extend repealer.    Huggins
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2138  Parole Board; remove mandate that Parole Board review     Smith
        all cases denying parole; require central registry.    
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2162  Gaming fees; extend reverter to 2023 on certain           Hewes
        diversions of.                                         
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2178  Adult care facilities; define adult day services          Burton
        facilities for licensure purposes.                     
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2182  Driver's license; revise fee for duplicate license, ID    Turner
        card, license issued to alien (MDPS).                  
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2184  County supervisors; provide for disposition of lost,      Dickerson
        stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property.      
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2185  Electronic availability; Rules of Road and Accident       Turner
        Report forms, hard copies at cost (MDPS).              
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2191  Criminal record background check requirement for          Huggins
        licensed health facilities; revise definitions, make   
        technical amendments.                                  
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Tabled Subject To Call
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2196  Cotton factors, cotton brokers and rice dealers;          Stogner
        require to obtain annual license.                      
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2199  Standard criminal assessment fee; increase General Fund   Gordon
        amount, repeal bond fee.                               
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2204  Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and      Huggins
        make technical amendments.                             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2205  Controlled substance analogue; include in Uniform         Huggins
        Controlled Substance Act and other criminal penalty    
        statutes.                                              
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2297  Telephone harassment; include Internet and cable.         Chamberlin
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2308  Water courses and drainage; authorize counties to alter   Chamberlin
        and clean on public or private property.               
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2326  Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer and revise     Thames
        laws regulating barber profession.                     
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2330  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison land; extend   Smith
        repealer.                                              
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2335  Corrections; require study of consolidation of alcohol    Smith
        and drug treatment programs and authorize pilot        
        project.                                               
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2348  MS Administrative Procedures Law; create.                 Ross
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2351  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2354  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer and         Smith
        authorize pilot program for alcohol and drug           
        facilities.                                            
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2356  Business Corporation Act; technical correction.           Ross
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2362  Real property; clarify ad valorem tax exemption           Dearing
        whenever acquired by governmental entity (MDOT).       
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2367  Meat labeling; require country of origin label on meat    Stogner
        sold in Mississippi.                                   
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2369  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Smith
        repealer.                                              
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2387  "MHOPE" scholarship program; establish study committee    Michel
        on.                                                    
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2394  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Farris
        reform on its recipients.                              
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2413  Child abuse; require multidisciplinary review teams.      Carlton
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2418  Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human         Huggins
        spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2424  Marriage license; eliminate three-day waiting period      Furniss
        for those over 21.                                     
           02/06 (S) Failed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2446  Sewer systems; authorize DEQ to petition for              Nunnelee
        receivership of abandoned systems.                     
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2449  Liquefied petroleum gas; allow only owner to fill         Cuevas
        container.                                             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2456  License tags; MS Prison Industries to manufacture.        Smith
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2477  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        shall be paid by parents involved.                     
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2481  Crime stoppers; authorize surcharge to fund, expand       Hamilton
        authority to form, revise confidentiality.             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2487  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2497  Central registry of perpetrators of child abuse and       Huggins
        neglect; authorize DHS to release information to       
        certain persons.                                       
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2501  Motor vehicles; provide for various distinctive motor     Minor
        vehicle license tags.                                  
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Tabled Subject To Call
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2529  Assessment of property; copies of board of supervisors'   Minor
        orders reducing assessment need not be sent to the Tax 
        Commission (STC).                                      
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2530  Ad valorem tax on aircraft; require airlines to file      Minor
        with Tax Commission a schedule of aircraft operated in 
        this state (STC).                                      
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2532  Ad valorem taxation; clarify deadline for application     Minor
        for new enterprise exemption (STC).                    
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2533  Highway Patrol disability retirement; lower the years     Thames
        of creditable service to five for eligibility.         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2535  Derelict marine vessels; authorize immediate removal if   Hewes
        hazard to navigation or environmental hazard.          
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2536  International Fuel Tax Agreement; no license issued in    Minor
        this state if license is revoked in another            
        jurisdiction (STC).                                    
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2551  Bad checks; revise law.                                   Michel
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2553  Female crabs; revise regulation governing possession of   Hewes
        and regulate abandoned crab traps.                     
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2556  Commission on Marine Resources; remove requirement of     Hewes
        public hearing in every coast county on live bait regs.
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2557  Seizure and attachment; revise exemptions from            Blackmon
        execution.                                             
           02/06 (S) Failed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2565  Bad check; revise method of delivery of notice.           Robertson
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2570  PERS; clarify definition of eligible plan.                Thames
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2576  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Huggins
        reenact and extend repealer on.                        
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2582  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Hewes
        selling to MS dealer to pay shell retention fee.       
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2588  County patrol officers; increase salary in certain        Posey
        counties.                                              
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2591  Marine Resources; increase penalty for commercial         Hewes
        harvesting of seafood in estuaries and bays.           
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2603  Domestic violence; provide aggravating factor in          Williamson
        sentencing.                                            
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2620  Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation; define   Burton
        authority.                                             
           02/06 (S) Failed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2622  Community/junior college dual enrollment program;         Burton
        delete certain minimum standardized test requirements. 
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2626  General Educational Development (GED) Testing program;    Burton
        clarify authority of State Board for Community and     
        Junior Colleges.                                       
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2632  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding.    Johnson (38th)
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2655  Mississippi Skill Standards Advisory Board; establish.    Burton
           02/06 (S) Passed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2656  Lease of public hospital; clarify board appointing        Huggins
        authority where lessee is another public hospital.     
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2657  Licensed chiropractor shall be a citizen of the United    Huggins
        States; delete requirement.                            
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2661  Law enforcement officers, fire fighters; revise death     Little
        benefits of when killed in line of duty.               
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2662  Criminal record background checks on prospective          Huggins
        employees and volunteers at the Department of Mental   
        Health; authorize.                                     
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Amendment Failed
           02/06 (S) Passed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2663  Juvenile Rehab Center in Brookhaven, Ms; authorize        Huggins
        administration by State Dept of Mental Health.         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2664  Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally        Huggins
        Disturbed; provide for administration by Ms Dept. of   
        Mental Health.                                         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2666  Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical        Huggins
        therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from 
        Board of Health.                                       
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2667  Central hospital health data registry system; authorize   Huggins
        under direction of State Dept. of Health.              
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2676  Agricultural seed; remove repealer on duties of           Stogner
        Department of Agriculture under ag seed law.           
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2677  Scenic streams; designate Magee's Creek in Walthall       Stogner
        County as a state scenic stream.                       
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2691  Health Care Professions Paid Educational Leave Program;   Burton
        revise provisions for defaulting participants.         
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2694  Security guards at mental health facilities; authorize    Huggins
        promotion to campus police after proper training.      
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2730  Gaming devices; exclude amusement machines.               Carlton
           02/06 (S) Tabled Subject To Call
SB2756  Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; clarify         Ross
        authority of board to renegotiate commercial leases    
        upon expiration.                                       
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2776  Wildlife conservation officers; remove examination        Posey
        qualification.                                         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2796  Charitable bingo; allow gross receipts from bingo games   Nunnelee
        to be used to pay administrative penalties.            
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2799  Tobacco; driver's license suspension for youth offense.   Chaney
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2807  Alcoholic beverages; persons to purchase alcoholic        Cuevas
        beverages and etch designs on the bottles and sell     
        them.                                                  
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2826  Drivers license, allow family member of armed services    Blackmon
        stationed out of state to renew without fee.           
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2833  Dairy shows; authorize at Tylertown in Walthall County.   Stogner
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2848  DUI; revise blood alcohol level.                          Turner
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2857  MS Crime Laboratory; revise law relating to               Thames
        funding/fees for services.                             
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2858  Emerging Crops Fund; make funds available to certain      Minor
        businesses, extend repealer on certain provisions.     
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2865  Supplemental roll; delete requirement that each page be   Minor
        totaled (STC).                                         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2866  State Tax Commission; authorize seal to be of a raised    Minor
        or engraved design or printed (STC).                   
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2868  Highway Patrol Retirement System; revise cost of living   Thames
        benefit.                                               
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2873  Vet Lab; transfer management of Veterinary Lab to MSU     Stogner
        College of Veterinary Medicine.                        
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2890  Light wine and beer laws; Alcoholic Beverage Control      Minor
        agents may enforce.                                    
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2898  Wildlife; clarify duties of wildlife department and       Posey
        Department of Agriculture related to permits for       
        cultivated game fish.                                  
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2903  Brewpubs; remove repeal provision in law that limits      Minor
        production by.                                         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2915  Cellular phone; preemption of regulation of inattentive   Jordan
        driving and use of.                                    
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2919  Motor Vehicle Dealer Tag Law; revise definition of        Carmichael
        motor vehicle dealer.                                  
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2922  Forestry; create Forestry Inventory and Strategic         Little
        Planning Act of 2002.                                  
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2927  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Minor
        Program; revise interest rates for loans made under    
        (MDA).                                                 
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2929  Minority businesses, certification list; delete           Minor
        prohibition against considering size of business or    
        length of time in business (MDA).                      
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2930  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; revise indebtedness eligible    Minor
        for incentive payments.                                
           02/06 (S) Passed
           02/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2938  Minority Business Loan Program; revise definition of      Minor
        minority.                                              
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2940  New facilities administered by MS Department of Mental    Huggins
        Health; add to reimbursement statutes.                 
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2953  Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize to designate    Gollott
        employees and contract with certain persons to serve a 
        peace officers.                                        
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2966  Marine Reserve officers; authorize Director of            Hewes
        Department of Marine Resources to supervise and allow  
        to keep side arm upon retirement.                      
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB2983  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Smith
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB3045  License tags; rental company may purchase temporary tag   Kirby
        from dealer.                                           
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Amended
           02/06 (S) Passed As Amended
SB3060  Community mental health center transfer funds may be      Huggins
        used for Medicaid match for mental health or           
        home/community services; authorize.                    
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB3087  Lafayette County; may contribute to the Lafayette         Tollison
        County Youth Baseball Association.                     
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB3096  Appropriation; Attorney General-Judgments, Settlements,   Gordon
        Fees; Additional FY2002.                               
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB3097  Appropriation; Judicial Performance, Additional FY2002.   Gordon
           02/06 (S) Passed
SB3098  Appropriation; State Treasurer - NAST Annual              Gordon
        Conference; Additional FY2002.                         
           02/06 (S) Passed
SC 505  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Fund.                                                  
           02/06 (S) Adopted
SC 543  Constitution 153; increase circuit and chancery judge     Tollison
        terms.                                                 
           02/06 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/06 (S) Adopted



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 251  Social security numbers; state agencies take steps to     Mayo
        prevent inadvertent disclosure.                        
           02/06 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
HB1074  Income tax; reduce income tax credit for suppliers of     Morris
        certain projects under Major Economic Impact Act.      
           02/06 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1200  Medicaid; reduce reimbursements and transfer funds from   Moody
        Health Care Trust Fund.                                
           02/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
HB1715  Sunflower County; N. Sunflower County Hospital may        Thomas
        borrow money for operational expenses.                 
           02/06 (S) Referred To Local and Private
HC  32  Commend the life and accomplishments of James "Joe"       Stevens
        Ferguson.                                              
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  33  Commend life of Lt. Col. Jerry Don "D.D." Dickerson.      Stevens
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  39  Commending Frances Coggins upon her retirement.           Ford
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  45  Commend East Central High School Softball Team.           Hamilton
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  50  Recognize and commend all troops serving out of the       Eads
        country.                                               
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  76  Commend Coach Sam Richey on becoming Mississippi's        Ford
        "winningest coach".                                    
           02/06 (S) Referred To Rules

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