Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/11/02



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House: Floor Actions

HB  32  Law enforcement officers; clarify reciprocity regarding   Fleming
        weapon use.                                            
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB  43  U.S. Highway 84; designate segment in Jones County as     Ellzey
        "Corporal James D. Slaton Memorial Highway".           
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 241  Universities and community colleges; authorize            Clark
        gaming-related courses.                                
           02/11 (H) Failed
           02/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 263  Crystal methamphetamine; provide enhanced penalties for   Eads
        manufacturer with children present.                    
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 337  Eminent Scholars Program; authorize initial               Brown
        applications for up to three years after graduation.   
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 343  Local governments; allow by general law to donate funds   Simpson
        to crime prevention programs.                          
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 415  Board of Barber Examiners; reenact and extend repealer    Ford
        on (RP).                                               
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 446  Justice court judges; bring under the Nonpartisan         Moak
        Judicial Election Act.                                 
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 478  Art Therapists Licensure Law; reenact and extend          Ford
        repealer on (RP).                                      
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 485  Appointment of counsel for indigents; extend repealer     Ford
        (RP).                                                  
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 486  Harvest permits; extend date of repeal for laws           Ford
        establishing.                                          
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 490  Codes of student conduct; extend repealer on provisions   Ford
        recognizing teachers' right to remove students (RP).   
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 491  Venue for indictments by State Grand Jury; extend         Ford
        repealer for one year (RP).                            
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 493  Applicants for school employment; delete repealer on      Ford
        fingerprinting and background checks requirements (RP).
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 494  Extended school day/year programs and instructional       Ford
        home rule; delete repealer (RP).                       
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 567  Personal care homes; change references to "personal       Holland
        care home/assisted living facility".                   
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 575  Open Meetings Law; apply to teleconference and video      Rotenberry
        meetings.                                              
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 576  Highway system; designate segment of U.S. 49 in Simpson   Rotenberry
        county as "Sheriff E.C. Mullins Memorial Highway".     
           02/11 (H) Passed
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 580  Mississippi Highway 4; designate portion in Prentiss      McCoy
        County as "Hershel G. Jumper Memorial Highway".        
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 635  Open Meetings Law; provide civil penalty for              McBride
        violations.                                            
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 641  Vocational education; clarify that state appropriations   Warren
        are payments (not reimbursements) to high schools.     
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 643  School attendance officers; require fingerprinting and    Warren
        background checks for new hires.                       
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 644  School guidance counselors; define comprehensive          Warren
        services to be provided in schools (version 2).        
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 645  Aircraft registration fees; exempt aircraft based in      Warren
        counties without airports.                             
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 649  Hunting dogs; provide additional penalty for malicious    Fillingane
        injury.                                                
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Recommitted to Committee
HB 682  State inmates housed in county jails; extend repealer     Ford
        on authority of Commissioner of Corrections (RP).      
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 703  Products of deer antlers; authorize sale, purchase,       Nettles
        transportation and possession.                         
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 717  Newborn infants; require screening for conditions         Holland
        specified by the State Board of Health.                
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 724  Bribery of state meat inspectors; increase criminal       Holland
        penalties for.                                         
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 761  Crime Victims' Compensation; revise awards.               Stevens
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 764  Ammunition; delete requirement for keeping records of     McBride
        sales.                                                 
           02/11 (H) Passed
           02/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 767  Trusts; allow to take title to real property.             Snowden
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 780  Bail agents; require criminal background checks.          Rogers
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 781  Bond; revise qualification bond for bail agents.          Rogers
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 793  State highway system; add segments in certain counties.   Rotenberry
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 797  Residential builders; revise penalty imposed for late     McCoy
        payment of license fee.                                
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 803  Sixteenth section lands; revise re-leasing provisions     Frierson
        for agricultural lands that are to be reclassified.    
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 844  Gun permits; require for certain guards and other         McBride
        personnel authorized to carry concealed weapons.       
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 861  Highway 18 in Jasper County; designate portion as "Tom    Stringer
        Royce Green Memorial Highway."                         
           02/11 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB 865  Beaver Control Program; increase county contribution;     Stringer
        revise advisory board membership.                      
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 908  Public property; DFA to assign certain property in City   Peranich
        of Jackson to Library Commission for construction of   
        new building.                                          
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 912  Traffic offense; first-time violation not entered on      Mitchell
        record upon attending safe-driver school.              
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 940  State universities and community or junior colleges;      Bailey
        authorize to offer certain courses.                    
           02/11 (H) Passed
           02/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 968  Highway system; add segment of Mississippi 42 in          Hudson
        Jefferson Davis County.                                
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 974  Juvenile detention centers; provide minimum standards     Flaggs
        for.                                                   
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 986  State Board of Registration for Foresters; authorize to   Warren
        investigate and review certain appeals.                
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB 998  Paid educational leave for state health care              Young
        professionals; revise various provisions.              
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1005  State assessments; use for Capital Defense Counsel        Mayo
        Special Fund & Law Enforcement Officers  & Fire        
        Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund.                    
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1030  School enrollment; clarify that district may require      Weathersby
        parent, guardian or custodian to accompany child.      
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1073  Voting by an unqualified person; revise penalty.          Reynolds
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1115  State designated highway system; renumber and combine     Compretta
        certain routes on.                                     
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1126  Property; acquired for environmental mitigation, must     Peranich
        be located in same county as original property.        
           02/11 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB1144  CMRS Board; revise various provisions.                    Ellis
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1165  Amusement machines; exclude from definition of gaming     McBride
        devices.                                               
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1170  Highway system; designate Highway 15/25 in Winston        Moody
        County as "Veterans' Memorial Drive."                  
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1190  Highway system; designate portion of Mississippi 15 in    Eakes
        Philadelphia as "Veterans' Boulevard".                 
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1198  State highway system; local road must be brought up to    Compretta
        standards before MDOT takes over maintenance.          
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1222  Public property; DFA to assign certain property in City   Peranich
        of Jackson to DEQ for construction of new building and 
        facilities.                                            
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1223  Title pledge lenders; require continuing education for.   Guice
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1230  Railroads; authorize railroad companies to merge with     Simpson
        other railroad companies.                              
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1236  Cotton module vehicles; increase maximum width and        Capps
        length limitations.                                    
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1319  Chiropractors; delete requirement for U.S. citizenship    Moody
        for licensure.                                         
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1331  Tidelands Fund; funds appropriated for projects not       Creel
        paid to recipient entities until entities have made    
        expenditures.                                          
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1337  School boards' investment of surplus funds; same as       Brown
        investment of 16th section principal funds.            
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1339  Bad check; notice of criminal penalties may be by         Simpson
        regular mail, supported by affidavit.                  
           02/11 (H) Recommitted to Committee
HB1412  Juror qualifications; revise.                             Blackmon
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1419  Highway system; designate portions of MS 304 in Tunica    Henderson
        County as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial       
        Highway."                                              
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1434  Law enforcement officers; require probable cause          Snowden
        hearing before arrest warrant may be issued against.   
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1442  Railroads; crossings not required for certain             Green
        plantation roads (MAS).                                
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1456  Physicians; provide income tax credit to move to and      Scott (80th)
        practice in critical needs areas.                      
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1483  Submetering; promote conservation of water resources      Ellington
        through use of in multi-unit dwellings.                
           02/11 (H) Recommitted to Committee
HB1484  Environmental quality; revise publication requirements    Ellington
        for proposed regulation changes.                       
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1531  Compulsory School Attendance Law; include students in     Lott
        kindergarten and revise deadline for certificates of   
        enrollment.                                            
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1537  Nursing home administration; revise certain licensure     Moody
        requirements and increase exam and license fees.       
           02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1539  Community colleges; delete ACT score requirement for      Warren
        dual enrollment of high school students.               
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1552  Exploitation of children and credit card fraud; clarify   Franks
        Internet violations.                                   
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1555  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; increase maximum      Malone
        age of offenders.                                      
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1562  Construction contracts; revise retainage provisions and   McBride
        require reporting of payment to subcontractors.        
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1566  Crimes; clarify prohibition against introduction of       Compretta
        harmful biological substances.                         
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1580  Public utility districts; authorize to provide health     Compretta
        and life insurance to employees.                       
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1581  Public utility districts; increase maximum number of      Compretta
        meetings for which commissioners may be compensated.   
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1597  Rules of the road and accident reports; allow             Compretta
        Department of Public Safety to charge fee for          
        providing.                                             
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1603  Real Estate Brokers License Law; revise.                  Wallace
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1621  Crimes; revise penalty for conviction of embezzlement     Horne
        by public official.                                    
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Amended
           02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1663  Water systems; cost of fire protection may be included    Ellis
        in rate structure.                                     
           02/11 (H) Passed
HB1664  Medicaid; funds transferred by public entities may be     Moody
        used as matching funds for certain services under.     
           02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (H) Passed
HC  52  Amend Constitution; raise educational requirements for    Watson
        justice court judges and extend terms.                 
           02/11 (H) Failed to Suspend Rules
           02/11 (H) Read the Third Time



House: Referred Other House

SB2006  SDH report birth information on illegitimate children     Huggins
        to district attorneys; delete requirement.             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2016  Juveniles; prohibit sale of cigarette rolling papers      Kirby
        to.                                                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2017  Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; extend     Huggins
        repealer on licensure law.                             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2018  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; delete repealer.      Huggins
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2042  Internet; prohibit computer seduction of minors.          Burton
           02/11 (H) Referred To Juvenile Justice
SB2064  Bidi cigarettes; prohibit sale or distribution.           Williamson
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2085  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; make technical     Huggins
        amendments in conformity with federal law.             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2178  Adult care facilities; define adult day services          Burton
        facilities for licensure purposes.                     
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2182  Driver's license; revise fee for duplicate license, ID    Turner
        card, license issued to alien (MDPS).                  
           02/11 (H) Referred To Transportation
SB2184  County supervisors; provide for disposition of lost,      Dickerson
        stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property.      
           02/11 (H) Referred To County Affairs
SB2196  Cotton factors, cotton brokers and rice dealers;          Stogner
        require to obtain annual license.                      
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2199  Standard criminal assessment fee; increase General Fund   Gordon
        amount, repeal bond fee.                               
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations
SB2204  Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and      Huggins
        make technical amendments.                             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2297  Telephone harassment; include Internet and cable.         Chamberlin
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2330  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison land; extend   Smith
        repealer.                                              
           02/11 (H) Referred To Penitentiary
SB2351  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           02/11 (H) Referred To Penitentiary
SB2356  Business Corporation Act; technical correction.           Ross
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2367  Meat labeling; require country of origin label on meat    Stogner
        sold in Mississippi.                                   
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2369  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Smith
        repealer.                                              
           02/11 (H) Referred To Penitentiary
SB2387  "MHOPE" scholarship program; establish study committee    Michel
        on.                                                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations
SB2394  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Farris
        reform on its recipients.                              
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2403  Signs; revise the size restriction on certain signs.      Dearing
           02/11 (H) Referred To Transportation
SB2418  Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human         Huggins
        spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2449  Liquefied petroleum gas; allow only owner to fill         Cuevas
        container.                                             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2456  License tags; MS Prison Industries to manufacture.        Smith
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2477  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        shall be paid by parents involved.                     
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2481  Crime stoppers; authorize surcharge to fund, expand       Hamilton
        authority to form, revise confidentiality.             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2487  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2529  Assessment of property; copies of board of supervisors'   Minor
        orders reducing assessment need not be sent to the Tax 
        Commission (STC).                                      
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2530  Ad valorem tax on aircraft; require airlines to file      Minor
        with Tax Commission a schedule of aircraft operated in 
        this state (STC).                                      
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2532  Ad valorem taxation; clarify deadline for application     Minor
        for new enterprise exemption (STC).                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2533  Highway Patrol disability retirement; lower the years     Thames
        of creditable service to five for eligibility.         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB2535  Derelict marine vessels; authorize immediate removal if   Hewes
        hazard to navigation or environmental hazard.          
           02/11 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2536  International Fuel Tax Agreement; no license issued in    Minor
        this state if license is revoked in another            
        jurisdiction (STC).                                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2553  Female crabs; revise regulation governing possession of   Hewes
        and regulate abandoned crab traps.                     
           02/11 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2556  Commission on Marine Resources; remove requirement of     Hewes
        public hearing in every coast county on live bait regs.
           02/11 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2565  Bad check; revise method of delivery of notice.           Robertson
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2570  PERS; clarify definition of eligible plan.                Thames
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB2576  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Huggins
        reenact and extend repealer on.                        
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2582  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Hewes
        selling to MS dealer to pay shell retention fee.       
           02/11 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2588  County patrol officers; increase salary in certain        Posey
        counties.                                              
           02/11 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers;County Affairs
SB2591  Marine Resources; increase penalty for commercial         Hewes
        harvesting of seafood in estuaries and bays.           
           02/11 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2603  Domestic violence; provide aggravating factor in          Williamson
        sentencing.                                            
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2622  Community/junior college dual enrollment program;         Burton
        delete certain minimum standardized test requirements. 
           02/11 (H) Referred To Education
SB2626  General Educational Development (GED) Testing program;    Burton
        clarify authority of State Board for Community and     
        Junior Colleges.                                       
           02/11 (H) Referred To Education
SB2632  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding.    Johnson (38th)
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
SB2656  Lease of public hospital; clarify board appointing        Huggins
        authority where lessee is another public hospital.     
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2661  Law enforcement officers, fire fighters; revise death     Little
        benefits of when killed in line of duty.               
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations
SB2664  Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally        Huggins
        Disturbed; provide for administration by Ms Dept. of   
        Mental Health.                                         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2666  Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical        Huggins
        therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from 
        Board of Health.                                       
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2667  Central hospital health data registry system; authorize   Huggins
        under direction of State Dept. of Health.              
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2676  Agricultural seed; remove repealer on duties of           Stogner
        Department of Agriculture under ag seed law.           
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2677  Scenic streams; designate Magee's Creek in Walthall       Stogner
        County as a state scenic stream.                       
           02/11 (H) Referred To Game and Fish;Conservation and Water Resources
SB2691  Health Care Professions Paid Educational Leave Program;   Burton
        revise provisions for defaulting participants.         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SB2694  Security guards at mental health facilities; authorize    Huggins
        promotion to campus police after proper training.      
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary B
SB2776  Wildlife conservation officers; remove examination        Posey
        qualification.                                         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Game and Fish
SB2796  Charitable bingo; allow gross receipts from bingo games   Nunnelee
        to be used to pay administrative penalties.            
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2799  Tobacco; driver's license suspension for youth offense.   Chaney
           02/11 (H) Referred To Juvenile Justice
SB2807  Alcoholic beverages; persons to purchase alcoholic        Cuevas
        beverages and etch designs on the bottles and sell     
        them.                                                  
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2826  Drivers license, allow family member of armed services    Blackmon
        stationed out of state to renew without fee.           
           02/11 (H) Referred To Transportation
SB2833  Dairy shows; authorize at Tylertown in Walthall County.   Stogner
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2848  DUI; revise blood alcohol level.                          Turner
           02/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2857  MS Crime Laboratory; revise law relating to               Thames
        funding/fees for services.                             
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB2858  Emerging Crops Fund; make funds available to certain      Minor
        businesses, extend repealer on certain provisions.     
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2865  Supplemental roll; delete requirement that each page be   Minor
        totaled (STC).                                         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2866  State Tax Commission; authorize seal to be of a raised    Minor
        or engraved design or printed (STC).                   
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2868  Highway Patrol Retirement System; revise cost of living   Thames
        benefit.                                               
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB2873  Vet Lab; transfer management of Veterinary Lab to MSU     Stogner
        College of Veterinary Medicine.                        
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture;Appropriations
SB2890  Light wine and beer laws; Alcoholic Beverage Control      Minor
        agents may enforce.                                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2898  Wildlife; clarify duties of wildlife department and       Posey
        Department of Agriculture related to permits for       
        cultivated game fish.                                  
           02/11 (H) Referred To Game and Fish
SB2903  Brewpubs; remove repeal provision in law that limits      Minor
        production by.                                         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2915  Cellular phone; preemption of regulation of inattentive   Jordan
        driving and use of.                                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Transportation
SB2922  Forestry; create Forestry Inventory and Strategic         Little
        Planning Act of 2002.                                  
           02/11 (H) Referred To Agriculture;Ways and Means
SB2927  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Minor
        Program; revise interest rates for loans made under    
        (MDA).                                                 
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2929  Minority businesses, certification list; delete           Minor
        prohibition against considering size of business or    
        length of time in business (MDA).                      
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2938  Minority Business Loan Program; revise definition of      Minor
        minority.                                              
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2953  Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize to designate    Gollott
        employees and contract with certain persons to serve a 
        peace officers.                                        
           02/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2966  Marine Reserve officers; authorize Director of            Hewes
        Department of Marine Resources to supervise and allow  
        to keep side arm upon retirement.                      
           02/11 (H) Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
SB2983  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Smith
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           02/11 (H) Referred To Penitentiary
SB3060  Community mental health center transfer funds may be      Huggins
        used for Medicaid match for mental health or           
        home/community services; authorize.                    
           02/11 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB3087  Lafayette County; may contribute to the Lafayette         Tollison
        County Youth Baseball Association.                     
           02/11 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
SB3096  Appropriation; Attorney General-Judgments, Settlements,   Gordon
        Fees; Additional FY2002.                               
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB3097  Appropriation; Judicial Performance, Additional FY2002.   Gordon
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB3098  Appropriation; State Treasurer - NAST Annual              Gordon
        Conference; Additional FY2002.                         
           02/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SC 505  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Fund.                                                  
           02/11 (H) Referred To Constitution
SC 543  Constitution 153; increase circuit and chancery judge     Tollison
        terms.                                                 
           02/11 (H) Referred To Constitution



House: Measures That Have Died

HB 649  Hunting dogs; provide additional penalty for malicious    Fillingane
        injury.                                                
           02/11 (H) Died In Committee
HB1339  Bad check; notice of criminal penalties may be by         Simpson
        regular mail, supported by affidavit.                  
           02/11 (H) Died In Committee
HB1483  Submetering; promote conservation of water resources      Ellington
        through use of in multi-unit dwellings.                
           02/11 (H) Died In Committee



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB1200  Medicaid; reduce reimbursements and transfer funds from   Moody
        Health Care Trust Fund.                                
           02/11 (S) DR - TSDPAA: PH To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

HB1200  Medicaid; reduce reimbursements and transfer funds from   Moody
        Health Care Trust Fund.                                
           02/11 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2035  Mississippi Report Card; prescribe categories for         Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2058  1987 Four-Lane Highway Program; authorize additional      Dearing
        federal funds to be used in lieu of state funds.       
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2095  Textbook orders for visually and hearing impaired         Hyde-Smith
        students; SDE shall place prior to beginning of fiscal 
        year.                                                  
           02/11 (S) Amended
           02/11 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2097  Volunteer fire fighters; authorize to direct traffic      Carmichael
        while in the performance of their duties.              
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2116  Federal highway funds; provide for allocation of TEA-21   Dickerson
        funds.                                                 
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2162  Gaming fees; extend reverter to 2023 on certain           Hewes
        diversions of.                                         
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2175  Municipal Gas Authority of MS; may issue revenue bonds    Robertson
        with 60% of member municipalities consenting.          
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2179  Highways 19 and 15; designate portions as "Veterans       Carmichael
        Highway" and "WWII Veterans Highway".                  
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2180  Seized property; clarify disposition (MDPS).              Turner
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2208  Task Force to Conduct a Best Financial Management         Carmichael
        Practices Review of the State Department of Education; 
        create.                                                
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2209  Codes of student conduct; extend repealer on provisions   Harden
        recognizing teachers' right to remove students.        
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2225  Enrollment in Kindergarten or Grade 1; prescribe          Harden
        evidence of date of birth required for.                
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2249  Physical education classes K-9; express legislative       Harden
        intent.                                                
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2262  Appointments to executive agency boards and               Thames
        commissions; to be made from new MS congressional      
        districts.                                             
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2286  Vocational education; clarify that state appropriations   Harden
        are payments (not reimbursements) to high schools.     
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2302  Architect Licensure Law; apply to professional limited    Chaney
        liability companies, revise exemptions.                
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2313  Criminal information center; revise concerning            Carlton
        expunction order.                                      
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2324  Plantation roads; railroads do not have to provide        Dearing
        crossings under certain circumstances.                 
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2328  State Auditor; file with Legislature report containing    Thames
        state agency emergency procedures.                     
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2350  Donation of leave time; reenact.                          Thames
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Amended
           02/11 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2354  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer and         Smith
        authorize pilot program for alcohol and drug           
        facilities.                                            
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2385  Handicapped parking; vehicle with handicapped license     Dearing
        plate may be utilized without displaying a windshield  
        placard.                                               
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2409  Domestic violence; revise protective orders, protect      Carlton
        confidentiality of shelter locations (MCADV).          
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2428  Local emergency management directors; require training    Furniss
        as a condition to retain position.                     
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2443  Education of exceptional children; revise parent due      Harden
        process and investigation procedures.                  
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2501  Motor vehicles; provide for various distinctive motor     Minor
        vehicle license tags.                                  
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2502  Public Purchasing Laws; exempt purchases made from        Gollott
        cooperative purchasing agreements.                     
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2507  Real Estate Brokers License Law; revise.                  Hewes
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2534  Child custody; revise in cases of domestic violence or    Carlton
        abuse (MCADV).                                         
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2574  Port Gibson Battlefield; authorize transfer of two        Posey
        additional tracts of land to Department of Archives and
        History.                                               
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2578  Highway program; revise the manner in which certain       Dearing
        highway projects are prioritized.                      
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Amended
           02/11 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2606  Judges; revise terms of trial court judges (SCT).         Turner
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2615  Scenic streams:  designate Chunky Creek/Chunky River as   Burton
        eligible for nomination to scenic streams program.     
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2631  Constables and circuit clerks; revise fees.               Williamson
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2640  Tobacco; technical correction to repealed law.            Turner
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2642  Tort Claims Act; revise governmental exemptions.          Turner
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2654  Nursing homes and long-term care providers; revise        Huggins
        statute of limitations and records confidentiality.    
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2657  Licensed chiropractor shall be a citizen of the United    Huggins
        States; delete requirement.                            
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2700  Parole board; extend repealer and remove mandate that     Smith
        board review all cases denied parole.                  
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2715  Parole Board; require central registry of parolees.       Smith
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2723  Counties and municipalities; report to State Auditor      Dawkins
        expenditures made when advertising resources of the    
        county/municipality.                                   
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2756  Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; clarify         Ross
        authority of board to renegotiate commercial leases    
        upon expiration.                                       
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2786  Wildlife; make illegal to possess game taken              Posey
        unlawfully.                                            
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2788  Wildlife hunting license; authorize voluntary all-game    Posey
        hunting and fishing licenses for youth and exempt      
        hunters.                                               
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2791  Wildlife; revise use of commercial fishing gear and       Posey
        revise penalties for violations.                       
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2823  Utility water systems; PSC may allow recovery in rates    Robertson
        for fire protection infrastructure.                    
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2861  State vehicles; require study of gas-electric hybrids     Dawkins
        or alternative fuel vehicles.                          
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2864  Local school board election districts; authorize boards   Harden
        to reapportion districts.                              
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2914  Public property; Dept. of Wildlife,Fisheries & Parks      Jackson
        may transfer real property to Dept. of Finance & Adm.  
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2921  Municipal liens for cleaning; may be waived for           Jordan
        blighted property.                                     
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2958  Prison industries; require private prison with state      Smith
        inmates to purchase prison clothing from MS Prison     
        Industries Corporation.                                
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2969  Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP);            Bryan
        prescribe state cost for FY2003.                       
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB2998  UCC Article 9 Secured Transactions; conform transition    Carlton
        dates, technical corrections.                          
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3003  Deer; prohibit importation and translocation of           Posey
        white-tailed deer into state.                          
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB3004  MS Highway 304 Spur in Tunica County; designate as the    Furniss
        "Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway".           
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3006  Hunting enclosures of native game; direct Commission on   Posey
        Wildlife to study and report to Legislature.           
           02/11 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB3011  Public property; DFA and Department of Mental Health      Jackson
        may sell certain property at auction.                  
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB3026  Driver's license; prohibit issuance to certain minors     Chamberlin
        driving without a license who kill or injure another.  
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3038  Municipally-owned utilities; cannot service area          Robertson
        certificated to another utility.                       
           02/11 (S) Passed
SB3040  Emergency communications districts; revise CMRS Board     Robertson
        composition/extend repealer.                           
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3045  License tags; rental company may purchase temporary tag   Kirby
        from dealer.                                           
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House
SB3052  Tort Claims Act; revise savings clause.                   Walls
           02/11 (S) Transmitted To House



Senate: Referred Other House

HB   5  Public bid laws; prohibit addendum to bid                 Guice
        specifications within two working days of receipt of   
        bids.                                                  
           02/11 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
HB  97  Crimes; increase penalty for bomb threats.                Flaggs
           02/11 (S) Referred To Judiciary
HB 201  Absentee ballots; count and keep at circuit clerk's       Fleming
        office.                                                
           02/11 (S) Referred To Elections
HB 474  Income tax; extend repealer tax credit for certain        Ford
        employers sponsoring basic skills training and         
        retraining for employees (RP).                         
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 483  Agricultural Seed Law; extend repealer on the duties of   Ford
        the Commissioner of Agriculture (RP).                  
           02/11 (S) Referred To Agriculture
HB 487  Forest acreage tax, additional; extend repealer (RP).     Ford
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 507  Home repair fraud; create offense.                        Broomfield
           02/11 (S) Referred To Judiciary
HB 509  Seafood; recreational crabber not required to obtain      Guice
        license.                                               
           02/11 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
HB 573  Surface Mining and Reclamation Law; revise provisions     Moody
        of.                                                    
           02/11 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
HB 589  Income tax; extend repealer on income tax credit for      Ford
        certain port charges for using certain port facilities 
        (RP).                                                  
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 594  Highway Patrol disability retirement; lower years of      Gadd
        creditable service for eligibility to five years.      
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 639  Teachers; include classroom instruction in military in    Warren
        computing years of teaching experience.                
           02/11 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 667  Annual statement of insurance company; revise method of   Stevens
        payment of fine for late filing.                       
           02/11 (S) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
HB 670  Fraternal Societies; revise license fees and date of      Stevens
        annual renewal.                                        
           02/11 (S) Referred To Insurance
HB 674  Foreign insurance companies; require filing of articles   Stevens
        of incorporation or bylaws.                            
           02/11 (S) Referred To Insurance
HB 676  Classification of insurance companies; revise and         Stevens
        include larger fraternal societies.                    
           02/11 (S) Referred To Insurance
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). 
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 832  Commissioners of Election; report residual votes and      Reynolds
        revise statement of votes cast at election.            
           02/11 (S) Referred To Elections
HB 833  Elections; establish standards to be used when            Reynolds
        examining ballots that have been rejected by automatic 
        vote counting devices.                                 
           02/11 (S) Referred To Elections
HB 851  Life insurance; interest shall be paid from date          Montgomery (74th)
        insurer receives proof of death until claim paid.      
           02/11 (S) Referred To Insurance
HB 858  Highway Patrol Retirement System; revise cost of living   Stringer
        benefit.                                               
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 906  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; reenact and delete    Moody
        the repealer.                                          
           02/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
HB 911  PERS; Highway Patrol, SLRP, and municipal retirement      Stringer
        systems; clarify definition of eligible plan for       
        purpose of rollovers.                                  
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1000  Crime laboratory; delete provisions requiring funding     Hamilton
        to be separate from Department of Public Safety.       
           02/11 (S) Referred To Appropriations
HB1075  Free port warehouse law; transfer administration from     McCoy
        the State Tax Commission to local government           
        authorities (STC).                                     
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1080  Rail car tax; Tax Commission shall retain 3% of           McCoy
        collections to defray collection costs; revise time    
        assessment remains open (STC).                         
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1083  Female crabs; clarify regulation governing possession     Ellington
        of.                                                    
           02/11 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
HB1084  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Ellington
        selling to Mississippi dealer to pay shell retention   
        fee.                                                   
           02/11 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
HB1086  Marine resources; authorize department to sell licenses   Ellington
        by electronic means and to charge fee for replacement  
        commercial license.                                    
           02/11 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources;Wildlife and Fisheries
HB1127  Sales Tax; divert tax collected on airport parking to     Compretta
        special fund for support and development of airports.  
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1129  State Tax Commission; authorize to retain portion of      McCoy
        certain local and private taxes in order to defray     
        costs of collection (STC).                             
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1183  Income tax and sales tax; authorize Tax Commission to     McCoy
        provide additional advertising for certain sales of    
        personal property nonpayment.                          
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1206  Mississippi Youth Corrections Complex, Oakley Campus;     Peranich
        authorize exchange of land with Hinds County.          
           02/11 (S) Referred To Public Property
HB1212  Legal services; exempt from budget cuts special funds     Watson
        received by Attorney General under contracts with      
        agencies for.                                          
           02/11 (S) Referred To Appropriations
HB1289  Port Gibson Battlefield; authorize transfer of certain    Middleton
        property to Department of Archives and History.        
           02/11 (S) Referred To Public Property
HB1317  Budget Contingency Fund; transfer monies from certain     Capps
        special funds into.                                    
           02/11 (S) Referred To Appropriations
HB1351  Budgets of state agencies; clarify that fiscal officer    Brown
        has discretion to reduce at any time if funds not      
        available.                                             
           02/11 (S) Referred To Appropriations
HB1365  Contact lens; Fair Trade Practice Act for procurement     Fillingane
        of.                                                    
           02/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
HB1372  Homestead exemption; remove county option to require      McCoy
        annual renewal of (STC).                               
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1379  Tax payments; require prepayment of June estimate of      Moody
        income withholding and sales/use taxes and revise      
        insurance premium tax payment.                         
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1381  Inmate Welfare Fund; revise allocations to purchase       Malone
        Inmate Information Technology System.                  
           02/11 (S) Referred To Corrections
HB1417  Income tax; provide for discretionary rather than         McCoy
        mandatory interest/penalty in case of underpayment or  
        failure to pay tax (STC).                              
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1418  Corporation franchise tax; authorize administrative       McCoy
        dissolution or revocation of certificate for failure to
        pay (STC).                                             
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1445  Elections; pilot project for student interns to assist    Reynolds
        at precincts during elections.                         
           02/11 (S) Referred To Elections
HB1522  Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; reenact and extend      Guice
        repealer on, and revise certain provisions.            
           02/11 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
HB1540  Public property; provide requirements for certain         Peranich
        conveyances authorized by Legislature.                 
           02/11 (S) Referred To Public Property
HB1543  Conviction records; allow expunction for misdemeanors     Bailey
        regardless of age of offender.                         
           02/11 (S) Referred To Judiciary
HB1548  Election commissioners; certification of hours worked     Reeves
        not required to be notarized.                          
           02/11 (S) Referred To Elections
HB1558  Public improvement districts; authorize counties and      Morris
        municipalities to create.                              
           02/11 (S) Referred To Finance

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