Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/08/02



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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.                                                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB  97  Crimes; increase penalty for bomb threats.                Flaggs
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 105  Universities and colleges; authorize awarding of public   Davis
        construction contracts to single entity for parking    
        garages.                                               
           02/08 (H) Recommitted to Committee
HB 106  Child support; interest on federal incentive funds to     Reeves
        be deposited in General Fund.                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 113  Public schools; require all instruction to be delivered   Reeves
        in English language.                                   
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 201  Absentee ballots; count and keep at circuit clerk's       Fleming
        office.                                                
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 263  Crystal methamphetamine; provide enhanced penalties for   Eads
        manufacturer with children present.                    
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB 264  School boards; establish meeting attendance               Eads
        requirements for members.                              
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 267  Divorce; abolish requirement that complaint identify      Eads
        race of party.                                         
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 284  Compulsory school law; include students who turn 17       Warren
        during school year.                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 295  Sheriffs; felony conviction disqualifies from holding     Cameron
        office.                                                
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 337  Eminent Scholars Program; authorize initial               Brown
        applications for up to three years after graduation.   
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB 346  U.S. flag; require public schools to fly at half-staff    Brown
        pursuant to federal order or law.                      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 364  Health insurance; require plans to provide uniform        Chism
        prescription identification.                           
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 368  Criminal procedure; clarify expunction when               Moak
        court-imposed conditions are completed or cases are    
        dismissed.                                             
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 369  Pretrial intervention program; revise to provide          Moak
        keeping of nonpublic records for subsequent            
        proceedings.                                           
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 378  County industrial development authorities, certain;       Smith (39th)
        revise authority regarding conveyance of industrial    
        sites.                                                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 400  DHS; provide for board, and terms for executive           Moody
        director and office directors.                         
           02/08 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 430  Emerging Crops Fund; make funds available to certain      Ford
        businesses, extend repealer on certain provisions (RP).
           02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 431  State Grand Jury Act; extend repealer (RP).               Ford
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 465  Driver education and training program; require to         Miles
        include instruction in organ donation.                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 474  Income tax; extend repealer tax credit for certain        Ford
        employers sponsoring basic skills training and         
        retraining for employees (RP).                         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 482  Minimum education program; extend repealer (RP).          Ford
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 483  Agricultural Seed Law; extend repealer on the duties of   Ford
        the Commissioner of Agriculture (RP).                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 487  Forest acreage tax, additional; extend repealer (RP).     Ford
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 492  School attendance officers; delete repealer/Best          Ford
        Financial Practices Review Task Force; create.         
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 495  Executors and administrators rights and duties and        Ford
        grant of administration; extend repealer(RP).          
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 496  Guardian of ward appointed by chancery court; extend      Ford
        repealer on duties (RP).                               
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 507  Home repair fraud; create offense.                        Broomfield
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 509  Seafood; recreational crabber not required to obtain      Guice
        license.                                               
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 521  Offenders; authorize county inmates to be used for        Fleming
        skilled labor in other counties.                       
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 562  Death certificates; medical amendments in court require   Holland
        Medical Examiner and county medical examiner as        
        defendants.                                            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 570  Powers of fiduciaries to promote compliance with          Ford
        environmental laws; extend repealer (RP).              
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 571  Powers of a trustee related to compliance with            Ford
        environmental laws; extend repealer (RP).              
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 573  Surface Mining and Reclamation Law; revise provisions     Moody
        of.                                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 589  Income tax; extend repealer on income tax credit for      Ford
        certain port charges for using certain port facilities 
        (RP).                                                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 594  Highway Patrol disability retirement; lower years of      Gadd
        creditable service for eligibility to five years.      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 605  County court; authorize additional judge in Rankin        Rogers
        County.                                                
           02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB 636  Offenders; create the interstate compact for adult        McBride
        offender supervision.                                  
           02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (H) Amended
           02/08 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 639  Teachers; include classroom instruction in military in    Warren
        computing years of teaching experience.                
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 641  Vocational education; clarify that state appropriations   Warren
        are payments (not reimbursements) to high schools.     
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB 642  State Superintendent; authority to appoint designee to    Warren
        serve on boards.                                       
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 643  School attendance officers; require fingerprinting and    Warren
        background checks for new hires.                       
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB 667  Annual statement of insurance company; revise method of   Stevens
        payment of fine for late filing.                       
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 669  Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association;     Stevens
        increase assessment on member insurers.                
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 670  Fraternal Societies; revise license fees and date of      Stevens
        annual renewal.                                        
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 674  Foreign insurance companies; require filing of articles   Stevens
        of incorporation or bylaws.                            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 676  Classification of insurance companies; revise and         Stevens
        include larger fraternal societies.                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 767  Trusts; allow to take title to real property.             Snowden
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB 778  Special Needs Prison Program; reenact and extend          Ford
        repealer (RP).                                         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
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). 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 832  Commissioners of Election; report residual votes and      Reynolds
        revise statement of votes cast at election.            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 833  Elections; establish standards to be used when            Reynolds
        examining ballots that have been rejected by automatic 
        vote counting devices.                                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 841  Professional licenses; suspend for default on state       Howell
        educational loans or service conditional scholarships. 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 851  Life insurance; interest shall be paid from date          Montgomery (74th)
        insurer receives proof of death until claim paid.      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 858  Highway Patrol Retirement System; revise cost of living   Stringer
        benefit.                                               
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 890  Seed Certification Law; revise to include farm            Holland
        products.                                              
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 905  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; conform statutes   Moody
        to federal law.                                        
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 906  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; reenact and delete    Moody
        the repealer.                                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 911  PERS; Highway Patrol, SLRP, and municipal retirement      Stringer
        systems; clarify definition of eligible plan for       
        purpose of rollovers.                                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 936  Water systems; expand local government and water          Ellington
        systems improvements revolving loan program to include 
        grant.                                                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 951  State toy; designate Teddy Bear as state toy.             Holland
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 960  Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; prescribe       Smith (59th)
        terms and conditions for renewal of certain leases.    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 992  Municipal liens on blighted real estate; allow            Denny
        municipality to grant amnesty for certain.             
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1000  Crime laboratory; delete provisions requiring funding     Hamilton
        to be separate from Department of Public Safety.       
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1014  Department of Information Technology Services; require    Clarke
        to develop certain policies regarding cellular         
        telephones.                                            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1064  Counties; authorize to contribute to certain              Rushing
        organizations.                                         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1069  Classroom supply funds; require school district audits    Brown
        to test for compliance with legal requirements.        
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1075  Free port warehouse law; transfer administration from     McCoy
        the State Tax Commission to local government           
        authorities (STC).                                     
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1077  Water and wastewater system; require certain systems to   Ellington
        receive certification from public utilities staff      
        before permit issued.                                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1080  Rail car tax; Tax Commission shall retain 3% of           McCoy
        collections to defray collection costs; revise time    
        assessment remains open (STC).                         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1083  Female crabs; clarify regulation governing possession     Ellington
        of.                                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1084  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Ellington
        selling to Mississippi dealer to pay shell retention   
        fee.                                                   
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1086  Marine resources; authorize department to sell licenses   Ellington
        by electronic means and to charge fee for replacement  
        commercial license.                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1106  Child custody; clarify that neither parent shall be       Reeves
        given preference based on gender.                      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1109  Public purchasing; exempt from bidding certain leases     Moody
        of equipment/services by public hospitals and certain  
        insurance contracts.                                   
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1111  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; extend     Moody
        repealer and licensure law and revise certain          
        provisions.                                            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1125  Highway Patrol; lengthen training period for recruits.    Stringer
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1127  Sales Tax; divert tax collected on airport parking to     Compretta
        special fund for support and development of airports.  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1128  Marine resources; patrol officers may retain side arm     Ellington
        (DMR).                                                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1129  State Tax Commission; authorize to retain portion of      McCoy
        certain local and private taxes in order to defray     
        costs of collection (STC).                             
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1130  Ethanol; authorize Commissioner of Agriculture to make    Whittington
        cash payments to producers of.                         
           02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB1136  Out-of-state tuition, waive for nonresident military      Mayo
        veterans born in Mississippi.                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1139  Public property; authorize DFA on behalf of Forestry      Barnett (92nd)
        Commission, to convey certain property to Lincoln      
        County.                                                
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1153  Electronic commercial services; prohibit government       Coleman (65th)
        from providing when private sector does so.            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1164  Water wells; delete public notice requirement for         Rotenberry
        reissuance of permit.                                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1171  Brewpubs; allow to provide complimentary beverages to     Simpson
        certain persons, increase percent of alcohol allowed in
        beer/wine from 4% to 5%.                               
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1183  Income tax and sales tax; authorize Tax Commission to     McCoy
        provide additional advertising for certain sales of    
        personal property nonpayment.                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1204  Mental health facility; director may transfer             Moody
        patient/resident to another facility.                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1205  Mental health institutions; update statutory listings     Moody
        of.                                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1206  Mississippi Youth Corrections Complex, Oakley Campus;     Peranich
        authorize exchange of land with Hinds County.          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1212  Legal services; exempt from budget cuts special funds     Watson
        received by Attorney General under contracts with      
        agencies for.                                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1213  Emergency Management Agency; transfer funds in FY02       Capps
        appropriation among various categories.                
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1232  License tags; rental company may purchase temporary tag   Ellington
        from dealer.                                           
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1267  Mississippi Transportation Commission and City of         McBride
        Batesville; authorize to exchange certain real property
        in Panola County.                                      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1289  Port Gibson Battlefield; authorize transfer of certain    Middleton
        property to Department of Archives and History.        
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1301  Community hospitals; hospital leased by another           Moody
        hospital remains subject to community hospital laws.   
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1302  School psychologists; persons under contract with         Moody
        school districts may use certain titles.               
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1317  Budget Contingency Fund; transfer monies from certain     Capps
        special funds into.                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1351  Budgets of state agencies; clarify that fiscal officer    Brown
        has discretion to reduce at any time if funds not      
        available.                                             
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1359  Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District;         Holland
        authorize to transfer property and pay money to Dept.  
        of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.                      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1365  Contact lens; Fair Trade Practice Act for procurement     Fillingane
        of.                                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1372  Homestead exemption; remove county option to require      McCoy
        annual renewal of (STC).                               
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1378  Rehabilitation services laws; update terminology,         Moody
        revise various provisions and conform to federal law.  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1381  Inmate Welfare Fund; revise allocations to purchase       Malone
        Inmate Information Technology System.                  
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1384  State Parole Board; extend repealer.                      Malone
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1386  Health insurance; PERS design and administer plan to      Stringer
        provide for all retirees, with partial cost subsidy.   
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1389  Master Lease-Purchase Program; authorize DFA to           Brown
        establish for community colleges.                      
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1391  Internal auditors; require for certain agencies.          Brown
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1392  State contract travel agency; use by state employees is   Brown
        discretionary, not mandatory.                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1397  Sewer system; authorize DEQ to petition for               Ellington
        receivership of abandoned systems.                     
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1399  Youth courts; delete language prohibiting orders from     Flaggs
        reciting facts on which adjudication is based.         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1409  Statewide Centralized Voter System; establish to assist   Reynolds
        commissioners of election in maintaining accurate voter
        rolls.                                                 
           02/08 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB1417  Income tax; provide for discretionary rather than         McCoy
        mandatory interest/penalty in case of underpayment or  
        failure to pay tax (STC).                              
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1418  Corporation franchise tax; authorize administrative       McCoy
        dissolution or revocation of certificate for failure to
        pay (STC).                                             
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1445  Elections; pilot project for student interns to assist    Reynolds
        at precincts during elections.                         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1446  Ayers Settlement Fund; extend date by which settlement    Ford
        must be finalized to trigger creation of.              
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1488  State travel agency contract; allow municipal and         Denny
        county officers and employees to use.                  
           02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB1501  Public utilities; establish duty of care relating to      Ellis
        placement of facilities near roadways.                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1517  Parole; felony child abuse is not a nonviolent crime      Moore (60th)
        for purposes of parole eligibility.                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1522  Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; reenact and extend      Guice
        repealer on, and revise certain provisions.            
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1540  Public property; provide requirements for certain         Peranich
        conveyances authorized by Legislature.                 
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1543  Conviction records; allow expunction for misdemeanors     Bailey
        regardless of age of offender.                         
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1548  Election commissioners; certification of hours worked     Reeves
        not required to be notarized.                          
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1558  Public improvement districts; authorize counties and      Morris
        municipalities to create.                              
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1605  Physical activity coordinator; require SDE to employ      Lott
        and conduct study on physical activity.                
           02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (H) Passed
HB1612  Community College Board; establish study on funding of    Brown
        community colleges.                                    
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1639  Regional economic development alliances; provide          Ford
        certain authority to counties in, provide tax          
        incentives to certain businesses in.                   
           02/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SC 559  "Freedom's Wind" by musician Bill Murphy; designate as    Johnson (19th)
        official patriotic gift of Mississippi to America.     
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 560  Ann Lambert Davis; commend the life of.                   White (29th)
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 561  "Voice of the Bulldogs" Jack Cristil; commend.            Little
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 562  Gerry Fountain Blessey; congratulate for Mississippi      Gollott
        Ageless Hero Award.                                    
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 563  Stephen Ambrose; commend for Lifetime Achievement         Cuevas
        Award.                                                 
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 564  Andrew Cary Young, Governor's Artist Achievement Award    Frazier
        winner; commend.                                       
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 565  John Paul, Artist's Achievement Award, 2002 Governor's    Michel
        Excellence in the Arts; commend.                       
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 566  Taylor, Mississippi, Civic Leadership in the Arts         Tollison
        Award; commend.                                        
           02/08 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Measures That Have Died

HB 105  Universities and colleges; authorize awarding of public   Davis
        construction contracts to single entity for parking    
        garages.                                               
           02/08 (H) Died In Committee



Senate: Introductions

SC 567  Delta Sigma Theta Public Service Sorority; commend.       Harden
           02/08 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  16  Mrs. Jane Gregory; commend upon being named "NFL          Browning
        Teacher of the Year".                                  
           02/08 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2006  SDH report birth information on illegitimate children     Huggins
        to district attorneys; delete requirement.             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2016  Juveniles; prohibit sale of cigarette rolling papers      Kirby
        to.                                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2017  Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; extend     Huggins
        repealer on licensure law.                             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2018  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; delete repealer.      Huggins
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2042  Internet; prohibit computer seduction of minors.          Burton
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2054  Home repair fraud; create offense, prescribe              Moffatt
        punishment.                                            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2060  Toll roads; authorize Transportation Commission to        Ross
        contract with private entities to construct (MDOT).    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2064  Bidi cigarettes; prohibit sale or distribution.           Williamson
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2070  Transportation Commission; may adopt rules regarding      Dearing
        the management, sale or disposal of timber on highway  
        rights-of-way.                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2079  Misdemeanor violations; traffic, motor vehicle and game   Ross
        and fish may be paid without court appearance.         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2085  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; make technical     Huggins
        amendments in conformity with federal law.             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2098  Natchez Trace Parkway; revise structure height            Dearing
        restrictions; establish scenic byways program.         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2100  Personal injury; immunity for fan celebrations.           Michel
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2109  Insurance Producer Licensing Law; revise.                 Kirby
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2112  Surplus lines insurance agents; remove bond requirement   Kirby
        for licensing of.                                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2128  Adult foster care family homes and group homes; provide   Burton
        for licensure and regulation of.                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2129  Mississippi Pharmacy Act; reenact and extend repealer.    Huggins
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2133  Mississippi Department of Transportation Equipment        Dearing
        Purchase Fund; create (MDOT).                          
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2138  Parole Board; remove mandate that Parole Board review     Smith
        all cases denying parole; require central registry.    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2139  Mississippi Highway 993; designate as the Jerry St. Pe'   Moffatt
        Highway.                                               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2171  School services for special population students;          Harden
        require course of study in teacher preparation         
        curriculum and in-service staff training.              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2178  Adult care facilities; define adult day services          Burton
        facilities for licensure purposes.                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2182  Driver's license; revise fee for duplicate license, ID    Turner
        card, license issued to alien (MDPS).                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2183  Relocation of utilities located on rights-of-way of       Dearing
        state highways; certain water systems are not required 
        to bear the cost of.                                   
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2184  County supervisors; provide for disposition of lost,      Dickerson
        stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property.      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2185  Electronic availability; Rules of Road and Accident       Turner
        Report forms, hard copies at cost (MDPS).              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2191  Criminal record background check requirement for          Huggins
        licensed health facilities; revise definitions, make   
        technical amendments.                                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2196  Cotton factors, cotton brokers and rice dealers;          Stogner
        require to obtain annual license.                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2199  Standard criminal assessment fee; increase General Fund   Gordon
        amount, repeal bond fee.                               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2202  Victim assistance coordinators; classify as state         Gordon
        employees.                                             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2204  Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and      Huggins
        make technical amendments.                             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2205  Controlled substance analogue; include in Uniform         Huggins
        Controlled Substance Act and other criminal penalty    
        statutes.                                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2223  School employees criminal history record check            Harden
        requirement; delete repealer.                          
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2224  Permanent Advisory Committee for the Student Vision       Harden
        Screening Program; delete requirement for.             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2279  Fraternal benefit societies; revise license fees and      Kirby
        date of annual renewal.                                
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2281  Escapes; impose same penalty on trusty who fails to       Hamilton
        return as an escapee.                                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2283  State Superintendent of Education; authorize designee     Harden
        to serve on certain boards and councils.               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2289  Vacancy in appellate judicial office; certain             Ross
        appointments for remainder of term.                    
           02/08 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2295  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2297  Telephone harassment; include Internet and cable.         Chamberlin
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2298  County court; add a judge to Rankin County.               Ross
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2308  Water courses and drainage; authorize counties to alter   Chamberlin
        and clean on public or private property.               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2326  Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer and revise     Thames
        laws regulating barber profession.                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2330  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison land; extend   Smith
        repealer.                                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2335  Corrections; require study of consolidation of alcohol    Smith
        and drug treatment programs and authorize pilot        
        project.                                               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2348  MS Administrative Procedures Law; create.                 Ross
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2351  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2356  Business Corporation Act; technical correction.           Ross
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2362  Real property; clarify ad valorem tax exemption           Dearing
        whenever acquired by governmental entity (MDOT).       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2367  Meat labeling; require country of origin label on meat    Stogner
        sold in Mississippi.                                   
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2369  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Smith
        repealer.                                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2386  Highway Patrol; extend police powers.                     Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2387  "MHOPE" scholarship program; establish study committee    Michel
        on.                                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2394  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Farris
        reform on its recipients.                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2401  Contractors; clarify reciprocity on competency            Kirby
        examination.                                           
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2410  Highway width restrictions; exempt farm equipment         Carlton
        dealers delivering farm equipment from.                
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2413  Child abuse; require multidisciplinary review teams.      Carlton
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2418  Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human         Huggins
        spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2425  State Veterans Affairs Board; may operate and maintain    Furniss
        all state veterans homes.                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2431  Bank examinations; revise security requirements for       Mettetal
        overdrafts.                                            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2434  U.S. Highway 61; designate a segment in Coahoma County    Furniss
        as "Veterans' Memorial Drive."                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2441  School guidance counselors; define authorized program     Harden
        activities.                                            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2444  Coal mining; conform state law on existing rights on      Nunnelee
        public land to federal law.                            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2446  Sewer systems; authorize DEQ to petition for              Nunnelee
        receivership of abandoned systems.                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2449  Liquefied petroleum gas; allow only owner to fill         Cuevas
        container.                                             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2456  License tags; MS Prison Industries to manufacture.        Smith
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2460  Domestic violence; revise arrest (MCADV).                 Carlton
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2477  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        shall be paid by parents involved.                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2481  Crime stoppers; authorize surcharge to fund, expand       Hamilton
        authority to form, revise confidentiality.             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2487  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2495  Driver's license for foster teenage children; authorize   Huggins
        and provide tort claims coverage.                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2497  Central registry of perpetrators of child abuse and       Huggins
        neglect; authorize DHS to release information to       
        certain persons.                                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2509  Highway Safety Patrol; increase number of days of         Gordon
        training school for recruits.                          
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2517  Law enforcement officers; revise definition of.           Walls
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2518  Bioterrorism; prohibit real or pretended.                 Hamilton
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2529  Assessment of property; copies of board of supervisors'   Minor
        orders reducing assessment need not be sent to the Tax 
        Commission (STC).                                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2530  Ad valorem tax on aircraft; require airlines to file      Minor
        with Tax Commission a schedule of aircraft operated in 
        this state (STC).                                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2532  Ad valorem taxation; clarify deadline for application     Minor
        for new enterprise exemption (STC).                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2533  Highway Patrol disability retirement; lower the years     Thames
        of creditable service to five for eligibility.         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2535  Derelict marine vessels; authorize immediate removal if   Hewes
        hazard to navigation or environmental hazard.          
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2536  International Fuel Tax Agreement; no license issued in    Minor
        this state if license is revoked in another            
        jurisdiction (STC).                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2541  Northeast MS Gas District; authorize certain              Nunnelee
        compensation for board members.                        
           02/08 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2542  Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; revise per diem      Thames
        paid to board members.                                 
           02/08 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2544  Weapons; clarify misdemeanor possession of silencer.      Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2550  U. S. Highway 51; designate a portion in Panola County    Mettetal
        as the "Robert L. 'Bob' Carter Memorial Highway".      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2553  Female crabs; revise regulation governing possession of   Hewes
        and regulate abandoned crab traps.                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2556  Commission on Marine Resources; remove requirement of     Hewes
        public hearing in every coast county on live bait regs.
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2562  Victim compensation; revise award limits.                 Frazier
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2565  Bad check; revise method of delivery of notice.           Robertson
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2570  PERS; clarify definition of eligible plan.                Thames
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2576  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Huggins
        reenact and extend repealer on.                        
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2580  Law enforcement officer; restrict issuance of arrest      Tollison
        warrant for.                                           
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2582  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Hewes
        selling to MS dealer to pay shell retention fee.       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2588  County patrol officers; increase salary in certain        Posey
        counties.                                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2591  Marine Resources; increase penalty for commercial         Hewes
        harvesting of seafood in estuaries and bays.           
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2602  Notary public; clarify attestation and allow affidavit.   Blackmon
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2603  Domestic violence; provide aggravating factor in          Williamson
        sentencing.                                            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2622  Community/junior college dual enrollment program;         Burton
        delete certain minimum standardized test requirements. 
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2625  State employees; revise law regarding out-of-state        Burton
        travel.                                                
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2626  General Educational Development (GED) Testing program;    Burton
        clarify authority of State Board for Community and     
        Junior Colleges.                                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2632  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding.    Johnson (38th)
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2641  Indigents; extend appointment of counsel to represent.    Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2645  Fiduciaries; delete repealer on power to comply with      Turner
        environmental laws.                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2655  Mississippi Skill Standards Advisory Board; establish.    Burton
           02/08 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2656  Lease of public hospital; clarify board appointing        Huggins
        authority where lessee is another public hospital.     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2659  Director of Mississippi Department of Mental Health       Huggins
        facilities may transfer patient/resident to another    
        facility; authorize.                                   
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2661  Law enforcement officers, fire fighters; revise death     Little
        benefits of when killed in line of duty.               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2664  Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally        Huggins
        Disturbed; provide for administration by Ms Dept. of   
        Mental Health.                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2666  Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical        Huggins
        therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from 
        Board of Health.                                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2667  Central hospital health data registry system; authorize   Huggins
        under direction of State Dept. of Health.              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2671  Baby drop-off bill; correct a technical error.            Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2672  Judges; revise number in 16th circuit district.           Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2675  Mississippi railroad corporations; authorize to merge     Turner
        with other railroad corporations.                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2676  Agricultural seed; remove repealer on duties of           Stogner
        Department of Agriculture under ag seed law.           
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2677  Scenic streams; designate Magee's Creek in Walthall       Stogner
        County as a state scenic stream.                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2685  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend          Furniss
        repealer (RP).                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2689  Transportation Commission; auth to purchase employment    Kirby
        practices liability ins and workers' compensation      
        excess coverage.                                       
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2691  Health Care Professions Paid Educational Leave Program;   Burton
        revise provisions for defaulting participants.         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2694  Security guards at mental health facilities; authorize    Huggins
        promotion to campus police after proper training.      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2695  School boards investment of surplus funds; same as        Tollison
        investment of 16th section principal funds.            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2750  Adoption; clarify termination of parental rights.         Williamson
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2776  Wildlife conservation officers; remove examination        Posey
        qualification.                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2777  Secretary of State; revise distribution of bound court    Turner
        decisions (SOS).                                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2784  Wildlife; require primitive weapon license for special    Posey
        hunts established by commission.                       
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2785  Office of Purchasing and Travel; may adopt purchasing     Burton
        regulations governing use of credit cards.             
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2796  Charitable bingo; allow gross receipts from bingo games   Nunnelee
        to be used to pay administrative penalties.            
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2797  Water and sewer services; authorize submetering to        Nunnelee
        certain residents.                                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2799  Tobacco; driver's license suspension for youth offense.   Chaney
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2804  School district authority to contract for training        Harden
        activities; clarify.                                   
           02/08 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2807  Alcoholic beverages; persons to purchase alcoholic        Cuevas
        beverages and etch designs on the bottles and sell     
        them.                                                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2811  Anhydrous ammonia tank; create offense of breaking lock   Hamilton
        on.                                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2820  Public Service Commission; extend repealer (RP).          Robertson
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2824  DUI; clarify chemical testing methods.                    Posey
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2825  State Auditor; correct and publish finding of             Ross
        substantial noncompliance at expense of agency or      
        political subdivision.                                 
           02/08 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2826  Drivers license, allow family member of armed services    Blackmon
        stationed out of state to renew without fee.           
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2833  Dairy shows; authorize at Tylertown in Walthall County.   Stogner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2834  Public trust tidelands; require local entity to expend    Hewes
        own funds before receiving tidelands funds.            
           02/08 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/08 (S) Amended
           02/08 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2848  DUI; revise blood alcohol level.                          Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2854  State agencies; entitled to judicial review of            Thames
        decisions by Employee Appeals Board.                   
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2857  MS Crime Laboratory; revise law relating to               Thames
        funding/fees for services.                             
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2858  Emerging Crops Fund; make funds available to certain      Minor
        businesses, extend repealer on certain provisions.     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2865  Supplemental roll; delete requirement that each page be   Minor
        totaled (STC).                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2866  State Tax Commission; authorize seal to be of a raised    Minor
        or engraved design or printed (STC).                   
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2868  Highway Patrol Retirement System; revise cost of living   Thames
        benefit.                                               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2873  Vet Lab; transfer management of Veterinary Lab to MSU     Stogner
        College of Veterinary Medicine.                        
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2875  Per diem; increase for county port and harbor             Cuevas
        commissioners.                                         
           02/08 (S) Passed
SB2880  Physicians license; authorize for former director of      Thames
        state hospital.                                        
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2886  Public service animals; prohibit injury to or killing     Hamilton
        of.                                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2890  Light wine and beer laws; Alcoholic Beverage Control      Minor
        agents may enforce.                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2898  Wildlife; clarify duties of wildlife department and       Posey
        Department of Agriculture related to permits for       
        cultivated game fish.                                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2903  Brewpubs; remove repeal provision in law that limits      Minor
        production by.                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2915  Cellular phone; preemption of regulation of inattentive   Jordan
        driving and use of.                                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2922  Forestry; create Forestry Inventory and Strategic         Little
        Planning Act of 2002.                                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2925  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; extend repealer.         Jordan
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2927  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Minor
        Program; revise interest rates for loans made under    
        (MDA).                                                 
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2929  Minority businesses, certification list; delete           Minor
        prohibition against considering size of business or    
        length of time in business (MDA).                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2938  Minority Business Loan Program; revise definition of      Minor
        minority.                                              
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2940  New facilities administered by MS Department of Mental    Huggins
        Health; add to reimbursement statutes.                 
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2953  Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize to designate    Gollott
        employees and contract with certain persons to serve a 
        peace officers.                                        
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2966  Marine Reserve officers; authorize Director of            Hewes
        Department of Marine Resources to supervise and allow  
        to keep side arm upon retirement.                      
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2970  Election contests; clarify the manner of selecting        Bryan
        judges to hear.                                        
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2971  Ambulance services licensee; not required to conform      Robertson
        with certain local laws or regulations.                
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2983  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Smith
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3027  Public utility facilities; provide duty of care with      Robertson
        respect to placement on or adjacent to highways,       
        roads/bridges.                                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3035  Utility companies; make discretionary requirement to      Robertson
        furnish names/addresses of mobile home customers to    
        county tax collectors.                                 
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3055  Board of Bar Commissioners; extend repealer.              Turner
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3060  Community mental health center transfer funds may be      Huggins
        used for Medicaid match for mental health or           
        home/community services; authorize.                    
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3087  Lafayette County; may contribute to the Lafayette         Tollison
        County Youth Baseball Association.                     
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3096  Appropriation; Attorney General-Judgments, Settlements,   Gordon
        Fees; Additional FY2002.                               
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3097  Appropriation; Judicial Performance, Additional FY2002.   Gordon
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3098  Appropriation; State Treasurer - NAST Annual              Gordon
        Conference; Additional FY2002.                         
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 505  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Fund.                                                  
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 543  Constitution 153; increase circuit and chancery judge     Tollison
        terms.                                                 
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 559  "Freedom's Wind" by musician Bill Murphy; designate as    Johnson (19th)
        official patriotic gift of Mississippi to America.     
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 560  Ann Lambert Davis; commend the life of.                   White (29th)
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 561  "Voice of the Bulldogs" Jack Cristil; commend.            Little
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 562  Gerry Fountain Blessey; congratulate for Mississippi      Gollott
        Ageless Hero Award.                                    
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 563  Stephen Ambrose; commend for Lifetime Achievement         Cuevas
        Award.                                                 
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 564  Andrew Cary Young, Governor's Artist Achievement Award    Frazier
        winner; commend.                                       
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 565  John Paul, Artist's Achievement Award, 2002 Governor's    Michel
        Excellence in the Arts; commend.                       
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 566  Taylor, Mississippi, Civic Leadership in the Arts         Tollison
        Award; commend.                                        
           02/08 (S) Adopted
           02/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SR  13  Dr. Russell Thomas, Jr.; commend for receiving  Music     Johnson (19th)
        Educator Award - 2002 Governor's Awards for Excellence 
        in the Arts.                                           
           02/08 (S) Adopted
SR  14  Marvin Hogan, Executive Director of Friends of Children   Jackson
        of Mississippi; commend.                               
           02/08 (S) Adopted
SR  15  James E. Milam; commend.                                  Little
           02/08 (S) Adopted



Senate: Referred Other House

HB1559  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Morris
        Program; revise interest rates for loans made under    
        (MDA).                                                 
           02/08 (S) Referred To Finance

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