Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/28/03



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House: Introductions

HB1466  Sales tax; exempt sales of food to persons age 65 or      Wallace
        older or totally disabled.                             
           01/28 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1467  Local income tax; authorize certain cities to levy.       Wallace
           01/28 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1468  Appropriation; Department of Health for HIV/AIDS          Bailey
        education, prevention and treatment programs/services. 
           01/28 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1469  Appropriation; Dept of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks      Moore (100th)
        for feasibility study on project in Marion County.     
           01/28 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1470  Sales tax; authorize counties to levy.                    West
           01/28 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1471  Income tax; partially exclude active duty military        Zuber
        compensation received by a nonresident while stationed 
        in this state.                                         
           01/28 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HR  15  Commend Winson Hudson for accomplishments during civil    Clark
        rights movement.                                       
           01/28 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 829  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    McBride
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: IC To PE
HB 844  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; extend repealer.   Ford
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: PB To AP
HB 860  Primary health care clinics; allow counties and cities    Robertson
        to provide assistance.                                 
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDPCS: MU To CA
HB 895  Drug repository program; establish for donation and       Moody
        dispensing of unused drugs to eligible individuals.    
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
HB 897  Medicaid; make technical amendments to Medicaid laws.     Moody
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
HB1205  Zoning; require majority vote to change.                  Denny
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: MU To CA
HB1222  Rehabilitation services; amend CON law to specifically    Moody
        address distinct-part rehabilitation services.         
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
HB1440  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Peranich
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDPCS: PB To AP
HB1449  Loans; define "other charges" and provide exclusive       Guice
        remedies for contracting/receiving unlawful other      
        charges.                                               
           01/28 (H) DR - TSDPCS: BB To JA



House: Committee Reports

HB 260  Counties; authorize board of supervisors to employ        Martinson
        attorney as full-time county employee.                 
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 332  Mississippi School of the Arts; name "Y Hut" for Helen    Barnett (92nd)
        Furlow Scruggs.                                        
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 441  Boards of supervisors; may bury livestock which have      Stringer
        died as a result of an emergency situation.            
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 527  Counties; authorize to donate money to Salvation Army     Pierce
        and Boys and Girls Club.                               
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 670  Electronic terminals; privately operated terminals        Guice
        subject to same requirements as those operated by      
        banks.                                                 
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 723  Exemptions from seizure under execution of attachment;    Watson
        revise list of exempt property.                        
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 782  Board of Bar Admissions; extend repealer.                 Ford
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 854  Public property; clarify certain property to be           Eads
        transferred by MDOT to University of Mississippi.      
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 874  Inmate Canteen Fund; allow sheriff to spend for           Green
        educational related items.                             
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 885  Mortgage lenders; require notice to mortgagers upon       Ward
        assignment of mortgage.                                
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 893  State Law Library; allow counties to contract with to     Watson
        provide law library services.                          
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 924  Boards of supervisors; delete requirement for official    West
        board action authorizing salary increase for members.  
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 971  Death reports; notify Bureau of Narcotics of drug         Eads
        overdoses.                                             
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 995  Medicaid and Rehabilitation Services; allow one vehicle   Moody
        to be unmarked.                                        
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 998  Medical examiners; must perform death scene               Moody
        investigation for all unexplained infant deaths.       
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1032  Therapeutic riding instructors; establish state program   Ford
        of certification for.                                  
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1096  Community hospitals; revise types of investments for.     Howell
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1158  State automobile museum; designate the Tupelo Auto        Scott (17th)
        Museum, Inc., as.                                      
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1204  Municipal parking regulations; authorize governing        Denny
        authorities to delegate authority to enforce.          
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1220  Hospital employees; establish program of paid             Moody
        educational leave for.                                 
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1285  Major Economic Impact Act; exempt certain purchases of    McCoy
        land from certain title requirements.                  
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1433  Savings associations and savings banks; funds payable     Eads
        to survivors without administration may be from any    
        type account.                                          
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1457  Court proceedings; private way of necessity; circuit      Reynolds
        court to determine necessity.                          
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 454  Open Meetings Law; provide civil penalty for              McBride
        violations.                                            
           01/28 (H) Passed
           01/28 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 560  Licensed professional counselors; revise board make up    Whittington
        and require continuing education before license may be 
        renewed.                                               
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 583  Open Meetings Law; apply to teleconference and video      Rotenberry
        meetings.                                              
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 605  Board of Medical Licensure; revise hearings and appeals   Eads
        provisions.                                            
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 646  Physicians; require license applicants to be              Barnett (92nd)
        fingerprinted.                                         
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 679  Weighmaster's bonds; require surety approval by           Holland
        Commissioner of Insurance.                             
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 686  Audits of insurance companies; clarify qualifications     Stevens
        required of the accountants who perform audits.        
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 687  Legal process served on Commissioner of Insurance;        Stevens
        charge insurance company fee at time of service.       
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 749  Automated external defibrillator; prescribe conditions    Moody
        for use outside health care facility.                  
           01/28 (H) Amended
           01/28 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 787  Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; reenact and       Ford
        remove repealer.                                       
           01/28 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 946  Medical license; allow renewal by electronic means.       Barnett (92nd)
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 988  State-owned or leased motor vehicles; authorize State     Stevens
        Fire Marshal's office to have certain unmarked cars.   
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB 989  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; extend      Whittington
        existence until 2006.                                  
           01/28 (H) Passed
HB1033  Appropriation; K-12, college, university and other        Capps
        educational activities.                                
           01/28 (H) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
           01/28 (H) Conferees Named Capps,Holland,Warren



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2340  Critical access hospitals may relicense acute care beds   Huggins
        without CON; authorize.                                
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2346  Medicaid; make technical amendments and place certain     Huggins
        limits on services.                                    
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2349  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        may be paid by parents involved.                       
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2364  Emancipation of a minor and recovery of child support     Huggins
        payments in arrears in such cases; provide for.        
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To JU
SB2368  Rural hospital in financial distress assistance           Huggins
        program; establish under Hospital Equipment/Facilities 
        Authority.                                             
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2389  Child support enforcement; define services to be          Huggins
        provided by the Department of Human Services.          
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2543  Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide legal                Williamson
        representation to the indigent.                        
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDP: JU To AP
SB2736  Task force on local governmental information systems;     Canon
        create.                                                
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDPCS: CA To AP
SB2753  Vaccination programs for first responders subject to      Huggins
        bioterrorism or natural disasters; provide for.        
           01/28 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2089  State Tax Commission; authorize the commission to enter   Smith
        into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.      
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2214  Certificates of title; certificates for manufactured      Minor
        homes classified as real property may be cancelled.    
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2223  Purple Heart distinctive license tag; surviving spouse    King
        entitled to one tax exempt tag.                        
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2260  Home repair fraud; create offense, prescribe              Moffatt
        punishment.                                            
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2287  Sales tax; provide that electricity used for certain      Canon
        purposes is a raw material for purposes of industrial  
        exemption.                                             
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2305  Mississippi drug and alcohol employee testing statutes;   Huggins
        clarify.                                               
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2328  Sheriffs; authorize to use Inmate Canteen Fund for        Dickerson
        educational related expenses.                          
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2377  Statewide collateral pool program; revise definition of   Mettetal
        "governmental entity."                                 
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2411  Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; portion of fee     Minor
        for MADD tag shall be disbursed to MADD.               
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2453  Motor Vehicle Commission; revise qualifications of        Gordon
        members.                                               
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2507  Beer; define for purposes of the law legalizing its       Minor
        sale.                                                  
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2510  Organic certification law; revise to conform with         Stogner
        national organic program.                              
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2512  Meat Inspection Law; provide administrative procedures    Stogner
        concerning penalties for violations.                   
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2516  Board of Animal Health; reenact and extend repealer.      Stogner
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2540  Child custody; revise child's right to choose at age      Dearing
        12.                                                    
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2560  Title pledge lender license; revise amount of surety      Mettetal
        bond/fee for examination of records.                   
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2561  Sale of checks law; revise certain provisions of.         Mettetal
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2574  Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer and        Mettetal
        revise certain provisions.                             
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2640  Board of Bar Admissions; eliminate repealer.              Turner
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2735  Airbags; make it unlawful to install an object in lieu    Dearing
        of an airbag in a motor vehicle.                       
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2768  Poultry; provide that state regulations on free-range     Williamson
        poultry be no more stringent than federal regulations. 
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2793  Mississippi Plant Act; include noxious weeds within       Stogner
        regulation of pests.                                   
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2804  County law libraries; revise authority of boards of       Turner
        supervisors to contract for (S.Ct.).                   
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2836  Small Enterprise Development Finance Act; increase        Minor
        maximum loan under.                                    
           01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2678  Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges, and         Gordon
        Institutions of Higher Learning; FY 2003 and FY 2004.  
           01/28 (S) Conferees Named Gordon,Harden,Burton

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