Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/12/03



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House: Floor Actions

HB  63  State universities and community/junior colleges;         Bailey
        authorize to offer certain courses.                    
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 619  Bail agents; revise definition of soliciting bail agent   Rogers
        and define surety.                                     
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 662  Special education students; may appeal hearing            Warren
        officer's decision within 45 days of the decision.     
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 765  Child care facilities; extend repealer on certain         Ford
        provisions regarding accreditation and exemptions.     
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 813  Professional licenses; suspend for default on state       Howell
        educational loans or service conditional scholarships. 
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 859  Department of Education; conduct a cost-benefit           Frierson
        analysis of mandatory kindergarten, pre-kindergarten   
        and optional diplomas.                                 
           02/12 (H) Amendment Failed
           02/12 (H) Passed
HB 861  Geographic information; establish MS Coordinating         Brown
        Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information  
        Systems.                                               
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 910  Sixteenth section land; certain cemeteries have           Fillingane
        priority in leasing of for expansion.                  
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 940  Distinctive license tags; authorize for various           Moak
        organizations.                                         
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 971  Death reports; notify Bureau of Narcotics of drug         Eads
        overdoses.                                             
           02/12 (H) Reconsidered
           02/12 (H) Committee Substitute Tabled
           02/12 (H) Passed
HB 972  Filing fees; revise for chancery and circuit court        Blackmon
        complaints and petitions.                              
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1087  Vaccinations; Health Department shall offer to first      Moody
        responders going to disaster locations.                
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1098  Business advertising signs; prohibit governing            Miles *
        authorities from imposing fees and privilege taxes.    
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1146  Elections; conform state election laws to the federal     Reynolds
        Help America Vote Act of 2002.                         
           02/12 (H) Ruled Improperly Before House
HB1178  County election commissioner; allow to become a           Young
        candidate in a special election, provided he resigns.  
           02/12 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (H) Amendment Ruled Improper
           02/12 (H) Passed
           02/12 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1184  Traffic accident reports; delete certain reporting        Compretta
        requirements (DPS).                                    
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1414  Nonprofit Debt Management Services Act; create.           Davis
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1446  Elections; municipalities with charter city, code         Flaggs
        charter or special charter shall not add requirements  
        to elective offices.                                   
           02/12 (H) Passed
HB1489  Appropriation; reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY04.                                        
           02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB1291  Veterans Affairs Board; transfer funds in FY03            Capps
        appropriation from one category to another.            
           02/12 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2919  City of Houston; authorize the levy of a hotel and        Gordon *
        motel tax and a food and beverage tax to fund tourism  
        promotion.                                             
           02/12 (S) Referred To Local and Private;Finance
SB2920  City of Vicksburg; to contribute funds to keep            Chaney
        Vicksburg-Warren Beautiful, Inc.                       
           02/12 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SB2921  Estate tax; provide that tax schedule and deductions      Dawkins
        shall not be coupled to federal law and provide for in 
        state law.                                             
           02/12 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2922  Ad valorem tax exemption; grant for leasehold interests   Jackson
        in certain property owned and leased by the United     
        States.                                                
           02/12 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2923  Income tax; create the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act.   Williamson
           02/12 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2924  Appropriation; Mississippi Institute for Forest           Gordon
        Inventory; FY 2003 & 2004.                             
           02/12 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SR  24  Commend Ms. Clementine Williams for her contributions     Cuevas
        to education.                                          
           02/12 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  25  Commend Mrs. Sincell Platts for her work with the         Gollott
        handicapped.                                           
           02/12 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Floor Actions

HB1291  Veterans Affairs Board; transfer funds in FY03            Capps
        appropriation from one category to another.            
           02/12 (S) Passed
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
HC   2  Commend Ms. Sarah Newman upon her participation in the    Barnett (92nd)
        2002 USA International Ballet Competition.             
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC   4  Commend Joshua Clayton "Josh" Taylor on receiving Eagle   McBride
        Scout Award.                                           
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC   9  Commend Picayune High School Baseball Team for winning    Formby
        State 4A Championship.                                 
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  40  Commend Wayne County High School War Eagles for winning   Taylor
        state championship.                                    
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  44  HCR; commend Mr. Steve Azar.                              Cameron
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  45  Commend life of William Weems Gates.                      Reynolds
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  52  Commend Bryan Packers American Legion Baseball Team       Chism
        from West Point.                                       
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  54  Commend Starkville School District teachers and           Chism
        counselors receiving National Board Certification.     
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  55  Commend Cynthia Cooper; Time Magazine Person of the       Brown
        Year.                                                  
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  60  Commend life of Mrs. Rose Ella Perkins Evans.             Roberson
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  62  Commend Coach Kent Kirkland and Picayune High School      Formby
        Baseball Team on winning Class 4A State Championship.  
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  70  Commend Mississippi Hall of Master Teachers.              Harrison
           02/12 (S) Adopted
HC  71  Commend New Hope Slow Pitch Softball Team.                Chism
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SB2004  Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT)    Burton
        Program; authorize payment for graduate school courses,
        etc.                                                   
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2006  Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.            Dearing
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2092  Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for      Kirby
        various organizations.                                 
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2118  Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries/Parks; enter into            Dearing
        interlocal agreements with any municipality to operate 
        a satellite golf facility.                             
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2151  Infant Mortality Task Force organization; extend          Huggins
        repealer.                                              
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2153  SDH report birth information on illegitimate children     Huggins
        to district attorneys; delete requirement.             
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2186  Study Committee on Retired Teacher Reemployment Option;   Harden
        create and require report.                             
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2218  Auto liability insurance; require proof at legal          Burton
        roadblocks.                                            
           02/12 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
           02/12 (S) Motion to Recnsdr Tabled Lost
SB2236  State Employee Management Training Act; create.           Smith
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2310  Allow all-terrain vehicles to be voluntarily titled in    Little
        this state and allow nonresidents to title them in this
        state.                                                 
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2313  Minimum sick leave allowance for assistant teachers;      Harden
        provide.                                               
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2317  Donation of leave time; reenact.                          Thames
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2327  Appropriation; Department of Human Services, social       Little
        workers; additional FY2003.                            
           02/12 (S) Concurred in Amend From House
SB2340  Critical access hospitals may relicense acute care beds   Huggins
        without CON; authorize.                                
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2373  Paid educational leave for hospital employees;            Huggins
        establish program for.                                 
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2382  State Personnel Board to fully recognize qualifications   Chaney
        of individuals holding a Mississippi Occupational      
        Diploma.                                               
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2397  Vocational student organizations; authorize State         Harden
        Department of Education to perform services and expend 
        funds therefor.                                        
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2405  Superintendent of the Mississippi Schools for the Blind   Harden
        and Deaf; salary to be determined by State Board of    
        Education.                                             
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2410  Weapons; forfeited to be auctioned, proceeds to buy       Michel
        bulletproof vests.                                     
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2412  Automatic repealers on certain public education           Harden
        programs; delete.                                      
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2421  Public Defender; extend repealer on task force.           Turner
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2423  Natchez Trace Parkway; grandfather in certain buildings   Michel
        not conforming to height restrictions.                 
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2424  Public property; authorize DFA to purchase certain        Michel
        property located on North President Street in the City 
        of Jackson.                                            
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2428  Hospital; authorize CON for construction in City of       Minor
        Olive Branch in DeSoto County.                         
           02/12 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SB2445  Telephone solicitations; prohibit for subscribers who     Robertson
        notify PSC.                                            
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2454  Aircraft; revise definitions of operations.               White
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2457  Circuit clerks; shall charge filing fee for each named    Robertson
        plaintiff in civil complaint.                          
           02/12 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SB2463  Students may self-administer asthma medication;           Huggins
        authorize.                                             
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2469  Unused personal leave for teachers; allow accumulation.   Harden
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2482  Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Incentive Program;     Harden
        limit to junior and senior level university students.  
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2525  Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; authorize    Posey
        retirement incentive program for conservation officers.
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2528  Deer; authorize Commission on Wildlife to combat          Posey
        chronic wasting disease.                               
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2543  Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide legal                Williamson
        representation to the indigent.                        
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2554  Seat belt law; make primary offense, revise aggregate     Frazier
        fine.                                                  
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2579  Mississippi Business Investment Act; revise matching      Minor
        funds requirement for certain enterprises.             
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2584  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority; give         Minor
        authority certain discretionary power with regard to   
        certain projects.                                      
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2587  School bus driver; require to open service door and       Dickerson
        driver's window at railroad crossing.                  
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2588  Constables and circuit clerks; revise fees.               Williamson
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2592  Public utility; revise notice requirements when           Robertson
        petitioning PSC to serve uncertificated area.          
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2627  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies to the State Superintendent of Education and 
        the Legislature; require.                              
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2629  Termination of parental rights; clarify.                  Carlton
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2636  Early Childhood Education programs assessment;            Harden
        authorize.                                             
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amendment Failed
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2679  CON for psychiatric residential and child/acute care      Chaney
        beds in Warren County; rescind old CON and issue new   
        CON.                                                   
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2680  Practice of chiropractic; authorize chiropractors to      Little *
        treat animals under certain conditions.                
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2682  Wildlife; impose moratorium on importation of any due     Posey
        susceptible to chronic wasting disease.                
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2695  County tax assessor; may amend homestead exemption        Dickerson
        applications under certain circumstances.              
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2726  Geographic information; establish MS Coordinating         Hyde-Smith
        Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information  
        Systems.                                               
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2736  Task force on local governmental information systems;     Canon
        create.                                                
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2749  State agencies may donate to any nonprofit entity;        Huggins
        authorize.                                             
           02/12 (S) Passed
           02/12 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2753  Vaccination programs for first responders subject to      Huggins
        bioterrorism or natural disasters; provide for.        
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2757  Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact; remove      Minor
        specific withdrawal provisions.                        
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2772  Open Meetings Law; apply to teleconference and video      Blackmon
        meetings.                                              
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2780  Hunting enclosures; require certain records and testing   Posey
        of deer.                                               
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2783  Zoning change pursuant to protest petition; requires      Jordan
        majority vote of all members of the governing          
        authority.                                             
           02/12 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SB2789  State and district officials; revise salaries of.         Thames
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Amended
           02/12 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2814  Highways; contracts for construction and maintenance to   Gollott
        be awarded to a responsible bidder with the lowest and 
        best bid.                                              
           02/12 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2830  Mississippi Credit Insurance Consumer Protection Act;     Kirby
        create.                                                
           02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/12 (S) Passed
SB2835  Chancery clerks; revise fees charged by.                  Thames
           02/12 (S) Recommitted to Committee
SB2844  IHL; amend FY03 appropriation to delete certain funds     Gordon
        appropriated and reappropriated contingent on Ayers    
        settlement.                                            
           02/12 (S) Passed
SC 544  Commend life of "Rusty" Dawkins, Fire Fighter with        Johnson (19th)
        Starkville Fire Department.                            
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 561  Commend Wayne County High School "War Eagles" Football    Dickerson
        Team for winning 5A State Championship.                
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 563  MS Department of Environmental Quality, Emergency         White
        Services Branch; commend.                              
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 564  Commend Rust College A'Cappella Choir, Cultural           Little
        Ambassadors Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the   
        Arts.                                                  
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 565  Commend Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education, 2003     Little
        Governor's Excellence in the Arts Award.               
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 566  Commend Thallis Lewis, Leadership in Mississippi          Little
        Heritage Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts.
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 567  Commend Charles Burnett, Filmmaking Award, 2003           Little
        Governor's Excellence in the Arts.                     
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 568  Commend International Ballet Competition for 2003         Little
        Governor's Excellence in the Arts Award.               
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 569  Commend Dr. David Blackburn, Opera and Music Education    Little
        Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts.         
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 570  Commend William Eggleston, Achievement in Photography,    Little
        2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts Award.          
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SC 571  Commend Little Milton (Campbell) for Blues Ambassador     Little
        Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts.         
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SR  19  Commend James W. Hill, Sr.                                Hyde-Smith
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SR  20  Commend the life and contributions of Mrs. Jacobina       Gollott
        Sekul Gilich.                                          
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SR  21  Commend life of Mr. John Self.                            Hamilton
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SR  22  Commend life of Mr. Nick Mavar.                           Gollott
           02/12 (S) Adopted
SR  23  Commend the life of Captain Carrall Bosarge.              Gollott
           02/12 (S) Adopted



Senate: Referred Other House

HB  63  State universities and community/junior colleges;         Bailey
        authorize to offer certain courses.                    
           02/12 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
HB 320  State park rangers; authorize retiring rangers to         Moak
        retain side arm.                                       
           02/12 (S) Referred To Appropriations
HB 619  Bail agents; revise definition of soliciting bail agent   Rogers
        and define surety.                                     
           02/12 (S) Referred To Judiciary
HB 662  Special education students; may appeal hearing            Warren
        officer's decision within 45 days of the decision.     
           02/12 (S) Referred To Education
HB 765  Child care facilities; extend repealer on certain         Ford
        provisions regarding accreditation and exemptions.     
           02/12 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
HB 813  Professional licenses; suspend for default on state       Howell
        educational loans or service conditional scholarships. 
           02/12 (S) Referred To Education
HB 861  Geographic information; establish MS Coordinating         Brown
        Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information  
        Systems.                                               
           02/12 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
HB 910  Sixteenth section land; certain cemeteries have           Fillingane
        priority in leasing of for expansion.                  
           02/12 (S) Referred To Education
HB 917  State park lakes; authorize counties to assist in         Montgomery (15th)
        reestablishing and improving.                          
           02/12 (S) Referred To County Affairs
HB 940  Distinctive license tags; authorize for various           Moak
        organizations.                                         
           02/12 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 972  Filing fees; revise for chancery and circuit court        Blackmon
        complaints and petitions.                              
           02/12 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
HB1073  Service contracts; make subject to the Mississippi        Stevens
        Consumer Protection Act.                               
           02/12 (S) Referred To Judiciary
HB1087  Vaccinations; Health Department shall offer to first      Moody
        responders going to disaster locations.                
           02/12 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
HB1098  Business advertising signs; prohibit governing            Miles *
        authorities from imposing fees and privilege taxes.    
           02/12 (S) Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
HB1184  Traffic accident reports; delete certain reporting        Compretta
        requirements (DPS).                                    
           02/12 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
HB1414  Nonprofit Debt Management Services Act; create.           Davis
           02/12 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
HB1489  Appropriation; reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY04.                                        
           02/12 (S) Referred To Appropriations



Senate: Measures That Have Died

SB2428  Hospital; authorize CON for construction in City of       Minor
        Olive Branch in DeSoto County.                         
           02/12 (S) Died In Committee
SB2457  Circuit clerks; shall charge filing fee for each named    Robertson
        plaintiff in civil complaint.                          
           02/12 (S) Died In Committee
SB2783  Zoning change pursuant to protest petition; requires      Jordan
        majority vote of all members of the governing          
        authority.                                             
           02/12 (S) Died In Committee
SB2835  Chancery clerks; revise fees charged by.                  Thames
           02/12 (S) Died In Committee



Senate: Signed By The President

HB1291  Veterans Affairs Board; transfer funds in FY03            Capps
        appropriation from one category to another.            
           02/12 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/09/03 at 09:41.



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