Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/25/03



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House: Introductions

HB1605  Suffrage; restore to Charles Bennett of Grenada County.   Ryals
           02/25 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB1606  Ocean Springs; grant certain powers regarding tourism     Zuber
        and economic development.                              
           02/25 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HC  83  Commend Gina Pambianchi for being selected to             Mayo
        participate in the international science expedition.   
           02/25 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  84  Dr. Robert Ballard; commend on his outstanding            Mayo
        achievements.                                          
           02/25 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  85  Commend Dr. A. Wallace Conerly upon his retirement.       Ford
           02/25 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  86  Commend Debbie Lowery for being named Covington County    Warren
        District Teacher of the Year.                          
           02/25 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

SB2270  Public water authorities; authorize creation.             Robertson
           02/25 (H) DR - TSDPAA: PH To WM
SB2274  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           02/25 (H) DR - TSDPAA: MU To CA
SB2340  Critical access hospitals may relicense acute care beds   Huggins
        without CON; authorize.                                
           02/25 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2346  Medicaid; make technical amendments and place certain     Huggins
        limits on services.                                    
           02/25 (H) DR - TSDPAA: PH To AP
SB2349  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        may be paid by parents involved.                       
           02/25 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB2861  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Jackson
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           02/25 (H) DR - TSDP: PB To AP



House: Committee Reports

HB1483  Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties to grant partial     Eaton
        exemptions for commercial poultry houses.              
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2076  Ad valorem taxation; exempt property of certain           Minor
        not-for-profit legal foundations.                      
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2269  Unmarked vehicles; authorize use by Division of           Huggins
        Medicaid and State Fire Marshal's Office.              
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2328  Sheriffs; authorize to use Inmate Canteen Fund for        Dickerson
        educational related expenses.                          
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2338  State Board of Health; appointments to be from new        Huggins
        congressional districts.                               
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2516  Board of Animal Health; reenact and extend repealer.      Stogner
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2570  Airport authorities; increase the amount they may         Hewes
        borrow on a short term basis to $10,000,000.00.        
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2592  Public utility; revise notice requirements when           Robertson
        petitioning PSC to serve uncertificated area.          
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2673  Child custody; revise in cases of domestic violence or    White
        abuse (MCADV).                                         
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2675  Municipalities; authorize cities to obtain credit cards   Jordan
        for official travel.                                   
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2695  County tax assessor; may amend homestead exemption        Dickerson
        applications under certain circumstances.              
           02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 838  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase amount of   McCoy
        bonds authorized for and revise use of bond proceeds.  
           02/25 (H) Amended
           02/25 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 839  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued        McCoy
        under the Economic Development Highway Act.            
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1483  Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties to grant partial     Eaton
        exemptions for commercial poultry houses.              
           02/25 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1486  Mississippi Home Corporation; increase the amount of      Morris
        bonds that it may issue.                               
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1493  Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds that may    McCoy
        be issued for and extend repealer on certain           
        provisions.                                            
           02/25 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/25 (H) Passed
           02/25 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1502  Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of project   Smith (39th)
        and authorize issuance of bonds for certain projects.  
           02/25 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/25 (H) Amended
           02/25 (H) Passed As Amended
HB1562  Insurance premium tax; provide a credit for certain       Guice
        investments of certified capital.                      
           02/25 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           02/25 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1592  Bonds; issue bonds for Water Pollution Control            McCoy
        Revolving Fund, increase bonds for Local Governments   
        and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan    
        Fund.                                                  
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1594  Bonds; issue bonds for IHL, state agency and              McCoy
        community/junior college capital improvements.         
           02/25 (H) Amended
           02/25 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/25 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1595  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for Small             McCoy
        Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.   
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1596  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for the Mississippi   McCoy
        Land, Water and Timber Resources Fund.                 
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1597  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for the Mississippi   McCoy
        Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.            
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1603  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements at the state          McCoy
        shipyard in Jackson County.                            
           02/25 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           02/25 (H) Passed
HB1604  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued to     McCoy
        provide funds for the Building Fund for the Arts.      
           02/25 (H) Amendment Failed
           02/25 (H) Passed



House: Referred Other House

SB2876  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued        Minor
        under the Economic Development Highway Act.            
           02/25 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2922  Ad valorem tax exemption; grant for leasehold interests   Jackson
        in certain property owned and leased by the United     
        States.                                                
           02/25 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB2963  Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.                        Gordon
           02/25 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB2967  Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.                     Gordon
           02/25 (H) Referred To Appropriations



House: Signed By The Speaker

SC 521  Commend Mississippi's "Father of Waters Pipes & Drums."   Carmichael
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 544  Commend life of "Rusty" Dawkins, Fire Fighter with        Johnson (19th)
        Starkville Fire Department.                            
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 545  Commend Ocean '02 Conference for Advancing South          Cuevas
        Mississippi's growing oceanography and ocean           
        engineering community.                                 
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 547  Recognize the Posthumous Induction of Bill Foster into    Michel
        the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.                   
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 554  Commend Samuel Scales, Civilian Aide to the Secretary     Hamilton
        of the Army for the State of Mississippi.              
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 555  Commend former Governor William Winter on his 80th        Little
        birthday.                                              
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 559  Commend Hal Phillips, Mississippi writer from Kossuth,    Little
        Mississippi.                                           
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 560  Commend all Mississippi National Guard troops serving     Hyde-Smith
        the United States both domestically and in foreign     
        countries.                                             
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 561  Commend Wayne County High School "War Eagles" Football    Dickerson
        Team for winning 5A State Championship.                
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 563  MS Department of Environmental Quality, Emergency         White
        Services Branch; commend.                              
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 569  Commend Dr. David Blackburn, Opera and Music Education    Little
        Award, 2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts.         
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 570  Commend William Eggleston, Achievement in Photography,    Little
        2003 Governor's Excellence in the Arts Award.          
           02/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB  99  Salaries; exempt professional employees of Mental         Reeves
        Health Department from the Governor's salary cap.      
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDP: FS To AP
HB 517  Adjutant General; authorize to designate certain state    Rogers
        employee security guard positions as law officers.     
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDPAA: VM To AP
HB 773  State Personnel Board; extend repealer establishing;      Ford
        require board to approve certain salaries.             
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDPAA: FS To AP
HB 844  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; extend repealer.   Ford
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
HB 848  Public defenders; extend repealer on Mississippi Public   Ford
        Defender Task Force.                                   
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDPAA: JU To AP
HB 897  Medicaid; make technical amendments to Medicaid laws.     Moody
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDPAA: PH To AP
HB1301  Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants,    Scott (80th)
        pharmacists; give income tax credit if move to and     
        practice in critical needs area.                       
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To FI
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           02/25 (S) DR - TSDP: PH To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 302  Bar dues; exempt federal administrative law judges from   Reynolds
        paying.                                                
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 332  Mississippi School of the Arts; name "Y Hut" for Helen    Barnett (92nd)
        Furlow Scruggs.                                        
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 446  Wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer.    Ishee
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 560  Licensed professional counselors; revise board make up    Whittington
        and require continuing education before license may be 
        renewed.                                               
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 685  Public lands; authorize DFA to transfer certain           Holland
        property to Department of Agriculture and Commerce.    
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 738  Community Mental Health Centers; authorize to             Moody
        fingerprint and perform background checks on employees 
        and volunteers.                                        
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 739  Board of Mental Health; clarify authority to use          Moody
        fingerprinting for employee background checks.         
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 740  Board of Mental Health; authorize to enter leases with    Moody
        state and federal agencies.                            
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 774  Pregnancy; extend repealer on Mississippi Reducing        Ford
        Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund.       
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 777  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer on certain   Ford
        provisions applicable to.                              
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 782  Board of Bar Admissions; extend repealer.                 Ford
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 836  County prosecutor; allow Rankin County to employ full     Rogers
        time.                                                  
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 837  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise maturity    McCoy
        date for notes issued under.                           
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 841  MS Small Business Assistance Act; delete requirement      McCoy
        that planning and development districts file certain   
        reports with legislative committees.                   
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 843  Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on           Ford
        training requirements and funding for training of      
        telecommunicators.                                     
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 847  Standard state monetary assessments; extend repealer      Ford
        and create State Prosecutor Compensation Fund.         
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 854  Public property; clarify certain property to be           Eads
        transferred by MDOT to University of Mississippi.      
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 946  Medical license; allow renewal by electronic means.       Barnett (92nd)
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 989  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; extend      Whittington
        existence until 2006.                                  
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 998  Medical examiners; must perform death scene               Moody
        investigation for all unexplained infant deaths.       
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1040  Facilities in a public utility's rate base; give native   Ellis *
        load customers priority in use of.                     
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1315  Economic Development Highway Act; revise definition of    Davis
        project.                                               
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1337  Mississippi Business Investment Act; revise projects      Morris
        for which assistance may be provided.                  
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1415  Corrections; authorize Delta Correctional Facility        Perkins
        Authority, Leflore County and DOC to exchange real     
        property in Leflore County.                            
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1418  Regional economic development alliances; provide          Ford
        alternative method for creating.                       
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1452  Cellular telephones; prohibit personal calls or           Stringer
        reimbursement for personal phones.                     
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2886  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvement     Moffatt
        at the state shipyard in Jackson County.               
           02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub



Senate: Floor Actions

HB1293  Department of Corrections; transfer funds in FY03         Capps
        appropriation among various categories.                
           02/25 (S) Returned For Concurrence
SB2175  Bonds; issue to fund Phase I of Moon Lake State Park.     Furniss
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2905  Appropriation; Department of Human Services; Additional   Gordon
        FY 2003.                                               
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2906  Appropriation; Department of Corrections; Additional FY   Gordon
        2003.                                                  
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2907  Appropriation; Bureau of Narcotics; Additional FY 2003.   Gordon
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2913  Appropriation; District Attorneys & Staff; Additional     Gordon
        FY 2003.                                               
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2924  Appropriation; Mississippi Institute for Forest           Gordon
        Inventory; FY 2003 & 2004.                             
           02/25 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2963  Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.                        Gordon
           02/25 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2971  Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for           Gollott
        construction of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art.         
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2979  Taxation; provide various tax credits and exemptions      Minor
        for companies that provide broadband technologies.     
           02/25 (S) Amended
           02/25 (S) Passed As Amended
SB2984  Bonds; issue for the Water Pollution Control Revolving    Minor
        Fund.                                                  
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2985  Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation        Minor
        Fund; issue bonds and revise appropriation requirement 
        for.                                                   
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2986  Local government freight rail service projects;           Minor
        increase bonds to fund.                                
           02/25 (S) Passed
SB2990  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to provide funds    Minor
        for Small Municipalities and Limited Population        
        Counties Fund.                                         
           02/25 (S) Passed

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