Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/06/03



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House: Introductions

HB1629  Suffrage; restore to Buford Edward Mitchell of Amite      Green
        County.                                                
           03/06 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB1630  Ad valorem taxation; provide partial exemption for        Compretta
        persons owning historical property.                    
           03/06 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1631  Suffrage; restore to Sammye Sanders of Holmes County.     Clark
           03/06 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB1632  Holmes County; authorize to contribute funds to the       Clark
        Mississippi Food Network.                              
           03/06 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HC  95  Commend Dr. James Howard Meredith.                        Banks
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  26  Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; commend on 72nd         Perkins
        Annual Southern Region Convention.                     
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  27  Lydia Rice; commend on being selected as a State Games    Snowden
        Athlete of the Year.                                   
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  28  William Calvert; commend on being selected as a State     Snowden
        Games Athlete of the Year.                             
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Committee Reports

HB1461  Perry County; authorize contribution to Pearl River       Taylor
        Valley Opportunity, Inc.                               
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1463  City of Hattiesburg; authorize contribution to            Davis
        Hattiesburg Downtown Association.                      
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1464  City of Hattiesburg; authorize contribution to the        Davis
        South Mississippi Children's Center.                   
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1482  City of Vicksburg; authorize donation to Keep             Masterson
        Vicksburg-Warren Beautiful.                            
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1580  Lafayette County; authorize to contribute to Keep         Eads
        America Beautiful.                                     
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1614  Perry County; authorize to contribute funds to We Care    Taylor
        Day Care, Incorporated.                                
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1617  Lafayette County; authorize to contribute funds to        Eads
        Youth Baseball Association.                            
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1621  Tunica County; authorize to providing funding for         Henderson
        golf/tennis complex, arena and river park and to lease 
        such facilities.                                       
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1622  Tunica County; authorize to contribute funds to           Henderson
        Headstart.                                             
           03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

SB2028  Appointments to State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;    Little
        to be from 4 new congressional districts.              
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2030  Highway work zone; revise penalty for speeding.           Dearing
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2102  Transportation Commission; may adopt rules regarding      Dearing
        the management, sale or disposal of timber on highway  
        rights-of-way.                                         
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2236  State Employee Management Training Act; create.           Smith
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2261  Foreign insurance companies; require to file their        Kirby
        bylaws and articles of incorporation.                  
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2268  Insurance agents; eliminate requirement to exhibit        Kirby
        agent certificate on demand.                           
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2274  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           03/06 (H) Recommitted to Committee
SB2279  Mississippi Educational Television Authority; define      Chaney
        authority to enter into joint revenue generating       
        ventures.                                              
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2294  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; authorized to      Huggins
        establish preceptorship program, temporary and         
        emergency licenses.                                    
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2349  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
        may be paid by parents involved.                       
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2386  Child support cases administered by DHS; procedures for   Huggins
        health insurance enrollment in.                        
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2387  Withholding orders in delinquent child support cases;     Huggins
        clarify procedures.                                    
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2389  Child support enforcement; define services to be          Huggins
        provided by the Department of Human Services.          
           03/06 (H) Passed
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2394  Five-year olds enrolled in full-day public school         Harden
        kindergarten; require attendance.                      
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2397  Vocational student organizations; authorize State         Harden
        Department of Education to perform services and expend 
        funds therefor.                                        
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2410  Weapons; forfeited to be auctioned, proceeds to buy       Michel
        bulletproof vests.                                     
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2445  Telephone solicitations; prohibit for subscribers who     Robertson
        notify PSC.                                            
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2446  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding     Johnson (38th)
        and create study commission.                           
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
SB2492  Scenic streams; designate portions of Chunky Creek and    Burton
        Chunky River as state scenic stream and include in     
        stewardship program.                                   
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2499  Bail bondsmen; revise qualification bond.                 Minor
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2517  Veterans' Home Purchase Board; correct location           Furniss
        reference to main office.                              
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2528  Deer; authorize Commission on Wildlife to combat          Posey
        chronic wasting disease.                               
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2533  Transportation Commission; authorize expenditures for     Dearing
        certain promotional materials.                         
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2543  Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide legal                Williamson
        representation to the indigent.                        
           03/06 (H) Reconsidered
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2557  Wildlife; remove alternative surety bond condition for    Posey
        hunting license agents.                                
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2568  Soil and Water Commission; conform membership to new      Stogner
        congressional districts.                               
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2578  Animal seizure law; clarify notice due owner.             Farris
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2593  Water Resources Advisory Council; extend repealer.        Scoper
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2605  Drug courts; establish statewide standards (S.Ct.).       Hyde-Smith
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2629  Termination of parental rights; clarify.                  Carlton
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2636  Early Childhood Education programs assessment;            Harden
        authorize.                                             
           03/06 (H) Reconsidered
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2666  Coastal wetlands; clarify definition of coastal           Hewes
        preserve system.                                       
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2680  Practice of chiropractic; authorize chiropractors to      Little *
        treat animals under certain conditions.                
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2682  Wildlife; impose moratorium on importation of any due     Posey
        susceptible to chronic wasting disease.                
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2756  Crimes; revise provisions regarding computer crimes.      Johnson (38th)
           03/06 (H) Point of Order-Not Well Taken
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2793  Mississippi Plant Act; include noxious weeds within       Stogner
        regulation of pests.                                   
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2802  Wildlife; revise use of commercial fishing gear and       Posey
        revise penalties for violations.                       
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2805  Crabs; increase penalty for theft of crab traps.          Hewes
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2821  Elections; comply with the federal Help America Vote      Robertson
        Act of 2002.                                           
           03/06 (H) Amended
           03/06 (H) Passed As Amended
           03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2825  Wildlife Heritage Fund; authorize Wildlife Commission     Stogner
        to obtain land for outdoor recreation.                 
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2861  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Jackson
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Measures That Have Died

HB1630  Ad valorem taxation; provide partial exemption for        Compretta
        persons owning historical property.                    
           03/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2274  Zoning ordinances; revise number of votes necessary for   Chamberlin
        amendments.                                            
           03/06 (H) Died In Committee



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB1294  Bureau of Narcotics; delete major objects of              Capps
        expenditure in FY03 appropriation.                     
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2089  State Tax Commission; authorize the commission to enter   Smith
        into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.      
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 575  Commend Betty Sue O'Brian, Instructor of the Year at      Gollott
        the Jefferson Davis Campus of the MS Gulf Coast        
        Community College.                                     
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 576  Commend Dr. Marie Davis-Heim, Perkinston Teacher of the   Gollott
        Year.                                                  
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 577  Commend Rex Moak, Instructor of the Year at the Jackson   Gollott
        County Campus of the MS Gulf Coast Community College.  
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 579  Commend Elizabeth Anne Finch upon selection as 2003       White
        Mississippi's Junior Miss.                             
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 580  Commend Major General Buford "Buff" Blount, Commander     Harvey
        of 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait.                    
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3006  Norman Jones; restore suffrage.                           Simmons
           03/06 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB3007  City of Indianola; create Tourism Commission.             Simmons
           03/06 (S) Referred To Local and Private;Finance
SC 587  Commend Delma and Edith Furniss on 50th Anniversary.      Furniss
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  94  Don Shelton, Jackson, Mississippi, Weight Enforcement     MS DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
        Appeals Board, as the MDOT Executive Director's        
        representative to the Weight Enforcement Appeals Board.
           03/06 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SN  95  Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Tupelo, Mississippi, Council for   GOVERNOR
        Educational Technology, for the  unexpired term ending 
        June 30, 2006.                                         
           03/06 (S) Referred To Education
SN  96  Felix Adah, Clinton, Mississippi, Physical Therapy, St.   GOVERNOR
        Bd. of, representing physical therapists for one-year  
        term ending June 30, 2003.                             
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  97  Pshon Barrett, Jackson, Mississippi, MS Industries for    GOVERNOR
        the Blind, as a legally blind individual, for a        
        four-year term commencing July 1, 2003 and ending June 
        30, 2007.                                              
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  98  Charlie Dunagin, McComb, Mississippi, Environmental       GOVERNOR
        Quality, Miss. Comm. on, representing the Fourth       
        Congressional District, commencing July 1, 2003 and    
        ending July 1, 2009.                                   
           03/06 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SN  99  Neva F. Greenwald, Jackson, Mississippi, Physical         GOVERNOR
        Therapy, St. Bd. of, for a two- year term ending June  
        30, 2004.                                              
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN 100  Thomas Kline, Fulton, Mississippi, Mississippi State      GOVERNOR
        Board of Contractors, as a plumbing or heating and air 
        conditioning contractor for a  five-year term ending   
        May 29, 2007.                                          
           03/06 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN 101  Elizabeth Spencer Leflore, Greenwood, Mississippi,        GOVERNOR
        Pharmacy Board, representing the Second Congressional  
        District, commencing July 1, 2003, for a five-year term
        of office ending June 30, 2008.                        
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN 102  John Charles Riles, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Funeral       GOVERNOR
        Service, Bd. of, as a Funeral Service Licensee,        
        representing the First Supreme Court District for a    
        four-year term commencing July 1, 2003 and ending June 
        30, 2007.                                              
           03/06 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN 103  Dr. Edwin Searcy, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Physical      GOVERNOR
        Therapy, St. Bd. of, representing a physician for a    
        two-year term ending June 30, 2004.                    
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN 104  David Senter, Booneville, Mississippi, Commercial         GOVERNOR
        Mobile Radio Service, representing the Mississippi 911 
        Coordinators Association for a four-year term ending   
        June 30, 2007.                                         
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Utilities
SN 105  Joe Tufts, Cleveland, Mississippi, Physical Therapy,      GOVERNOR
        St. Bd. of, representing a physical therapist assistant
        for a one-year term ending June 30, 2003.              
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN 106  George F. Walker, Clarksdale, Mississippi, Community &    GOVERNOR
        Jr. Colleges, State Board of, representing the Second  
        Congressional District, for a six-year term commencing 
        July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2009.                 
           03/06 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SN 107  Vance Witt, New Albany, Mississippi, MS Health Care       GOVERNOR
        Trust Fund & Expendable Fund, representing the First   
        Congressional District, for the unexpired term ending  
        March 1, 2004, vice Dr. Dwalia South.                  
           03/06 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN 108  Brenda R. Yonge, Lucedale, Mississippi, Community & Jr.   GOVERNOR
        Colleges, State Board of, representing the Fifth       
        Congressional District, for a six-year term commencing 
        July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2009.                 
           03/06 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SR  40  Commend life of Coach Ralph W. Bruce.                     Gordon
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  41  Commend Lydia Rice, BellSouth female Sportsman of the     Carmichael
        Year.                                                  
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  42  Commend William Calvert, BellSouth Sportsman of the       Carmichael
        Year.                                                  
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Committee Reports

SN  27  Barney Schoby, Natchez, Mississippi, Worker's             GOVERNOR
        Compensation Comm., as a representative of employees,  
        for a six-year term commencing January 1, 2003 and     
        ending December 31, 2008.                              
           03/06 (S) Do Advise and Consent



Senate: Floor Actions

HB  46  Out-of-state tuition; waive for nonresident military      Mayo
        veterans born in Mississippi.                          
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB  99  Salaries; exempt professional employees of Mental         Reeves
        Health Department from the Governor's salary cap.      
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 332  Mississippi School of the Arts; name "Y Hut" for Helen    Barnett (92nd)
        Furlow Scruggs.                                        
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 341  Highways 315 and 1; name portions after Dr. Dewitt        Reynolds
        Clinton French and C.B. "Buddie" Newman.               
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 405  Hospitality station in Coahoma County; designate as       Mayo
        "Delma Furniss Hospitality Station."                   
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 446  Wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer.    Ishee
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 454  Open Meetings Law; provide civil penalty for              McBride
        violations.                                            
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 517  Adjutant General; authorize to designate certain state    Rogers
        employee security guard positions as law officers.     
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 560  Licensed professional counselors; revise board make up    Whittington
        and require continuing education before license may be 
        renewed.                                               
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 583  Open Meetings Law; apply to teleconference and video      Rotenberry
        meetings.                                              
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 598  Estates; revise amount for payment of indebtedness.       Watson
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 619  Bail agents; revise definition of soliciting bail agent   Rogers
        and define surety.                                     
           03/06 (S) Passed
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 637  Bomb threat, weapons and explosives; include chemical,    Denny
        biological or other weapons of mass destruction.       
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 642  Sexual abuse of children; delete statute of               Fredericks
        limitations.                                           
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 643  Deer; allow taking of antlered deer with less than four   McBride
        points if necessary for deer management of DMAP lands. 
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 662  Special education students; may appeal hearing            Warren
        officer's decision within 45 days of the decision.     
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 663  State classroom supply funds; clarify method of           Warren
        distribution and administration of.                    
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 675  Mississippi Department of Corrections; increase fee       Malone
        paid by offenders on parole, probation or under other  
        supervision by Community Services Division.            
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 678  Meat Inspection Law; provide administrative procedures    Holland
        concerning penalties for violations.                   
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 679  Weighmaster's bonds; require surety approval by           Holland
        Commissioner of Insurance.                             
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 684  Organic certification law; revise to conform with         Holland
        national organic program.                              
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 685  Public lands; authorize DFA to transfer certain           Holland
        property to Department of Agriculture and Commerce.    
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 686  Audits of insurance companies; clarify qualifications     Stevens
        required of the accountants who perform audits.        
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 687  Legal process served on Commissioner of Insurance;        Stevens
        charge insurance company fee at time of service.       
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 688  Investment of certain funds by domestic insurance         Stevens
        companies; clarify percentage allowed.                 
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 689  Surplus lines insurance agents; revise qualifications     Stevens
        for licensing of.                                      
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 692  New domestic insurance company financial statements;      Stevens
        revise filing requirements.                            
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 738  Community Mental Health Centers; authorize to             Moody
        fingerprint and perform background checks on employees 
        and volunteers.                                        
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 739  Board of Mental Health; clarify authority to use          Moody
        fingerprinting for employee background checks.         
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 740  Board of Mental Health; authorize to enter leases with    Moody
        state and federal agencies.                            
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 743  Vocational student organizations; allow Department of     Warren
        Education to utilize staff for and expend vocational   
        funds for.                                             
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 744  Schools; extend repealers on certain sections.            Warren
           03/06 (S) Amendment Failed
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 746  Schools; exempt from 180-day minimum school calendar      Warren
        for time missed due to emergencies.                    
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 773  State Personnel Board; extend repealer establishing;      Ford
        require board to approve certain salaries.             
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 774  Pregnancy; extend repealer on Mississippi Reducing        Ford
        Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund.       
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 777  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer on certain   Ford
        provisions applicable to.                              
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 779  Forests; extend repealer on provisions of Forestry        Ford
        Commission and forest acreage tax.                     
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 780  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer.           Ford
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 785  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer on.         Ford
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 786  State offenders; extend repealer allowing offenders to    Ford
        serve in county jails.                                 
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 787  Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; reenact and       Ford
        remove repealer.                                       
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 790  Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act; revise definition of      Morris
        "new direct job" under.                                
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 800  Teen court program; authorize establishment in any        Flaggs
        county.                                                
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 825  Health Care Expendable Fund; Treasurer shall deposit      Moody
        2003 tobacco settlement installment payment into.      
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 836  County prosecutor; allow Rankin County to employ full     Rogers
        time.                                                  
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 841  MS Small Business Assistance Act; delete requirement      McCoy
        that planning and development districts file certain   
        reports with legislative committees.                   
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 842  Division of Community Services; extend repealer for       Ford
        division within Department of Youth Services.          
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 843  Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on           Ford
        training requirements and funding for training of      
        telecommunicators.                                     
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 844  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; extend repealer.   Ford
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 845  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Ford
        extend repealer and revise certain provisions.         
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 847  Standard state monetary assessments; extend repealer      Ford
        and create State Prosecutor Compensation Fund.         
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 854  Public property; clarify certain property to be           Eads
        transferred by MDOT to University of Mississippi.      
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 860  Primary health care clinics; allow counties and cities    Robertson
        to provide assistance.                                 
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 880  Charter boat; require captains to have proof of           Ellington
        participation in DOT random drug testing and liability 
        insurance.                                             
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 890  Certificate of title; certificates for manufactured       Smith (39th)
        homes classified as real property may be cancelled.    
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 893  State Law Library; allow counties to contract with to     Watson
        provide law library services.                          
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 897  Medicaid; make technical amendments to Medicaid laws.     Moody
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 908  Mississippi Highway 828; delete segment in Yazoo County   Barbour
        from state highway system.                             
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 919  Small Enterprise Development Finance Act; increase        Morris
        maximum loan under.                                    
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 926  Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and            McBride
        Training; revise membership.                           
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 928  Ethanol; provide that the Commissioner of Agriculture     Whittington
        may make certain payments to producers of.             
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 937  Marine waters; conform channel marker description to      Ellington
        redesignated numbers by U.S. Coast Guard.              
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 938  Marine violations; allow the commission on marine         Ellington
        resources to suspend license for certain violations.   
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 940  Distinctive license tags; authorize for various           Moak
        organizations.                                         
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 941  Liens; repeal law authorizing assignment of ad valorem    Moak
        tax liens.                                             
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 946  Medical license; allow renewal by electronic means.       Barnett (92nd)
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 962  Mississippi Highway 25; designate segment in Monroe       Markham
        County as "Walton Greene Gray Memorial Highway."       
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 968  Legislative elections; change qualifying deadline for     Smith (39th)
        2011 only if 2010 census is not timely received by the 
        Governor.                                              
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 971  Death reports; notify Bureau of Narcotics of drug         Eads
        overdoses.                                             
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 973  County court; increase jurisdiction limit.                Watson
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 979  Domestic abuse; knowing violator of a protective order    Whittington
        guilty of misdemeanor and may be arrested without a    
        warrant.                                               
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 985  Domestic violence; clarify 24-hour period for court       Whittington
        appearances and limit bail settings to misdemeanors.   
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB 989  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; extend      Whittington
        existence until 2006.                                  
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 998  Medical examiners; must perform death scene               Moody
        investigation for all unexplained infant deaths.       
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1032  Therapeutic riding instructors; establish state program   Ford
        of certification for.                                  
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1038  Sales tax; divert portion of revenue to Special Funds     McCoy
        Transfer Fund.                                         
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1040  Facilities in a public utility's rate base; give native   Ellis *
        load customers priority in use of.                     
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1055  Board of Dental Examiners; revise certain licensure       Moody
        requirements.                                          
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1056  Crop Duster loading vehicles; exempt from motor vehicle   Woods
        tags, taxes and load restrictions.                     
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1072  Asthma; student may self-administer medication while at   Moody
        school.                                                
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1073  Service contracts; make subject to the Mississippi        Stevens
        Consumer Protection Act.                               
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1077  Criminal background checks for health care workers;       Smith (59th)
        clarify procedures.                                    
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1080  County inmates; sheriff may use to preserve historic      Ellis
        cemeteries and serve food for nonprofit organizations. 
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1087  Vaccinations; Health Department shall offer to first      Moody
        responders going to disaster locations.                
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1095  Traffic tickets; authorize to be issued electronically    Compretta
        (DPS).                                                 
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1096  Community hospitals; revise types of investments for.     Howell
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1105  Crimes; revise malicious mischief (MPA).                  Blackmon
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1113  Mississippi Residential Property Insurance Underwriting   Stevens
        Association; create.                                   
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1120  Crimes; create offense of killing or injuring a public    Robinson (84th)
        service animal.                                        
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1121  Crimes; increase threshold and revise penalties for       Blackmon
        larceny and related crimes (MPA).                      
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1171  Marine license; authorize commission to establish         Ellington
        program to provide electronically.                     
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1186  Beaver Control Advisory Board; add members and            Green
        authorize reimbursement for travel expenses.           
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1189  Restitution centers; establish eligibility standards      Malone
        for offenders.                                         
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1195  Abandoned property; authorize municipality to deduct      Coleman (65th)
        wrecker and storage fees from amount returned to owner 
        after sale of.                                         
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1220  Hospital employees; establish program of paid             Moody
        educational leave for.                                 
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1227  Life insurance; provide that the proceeds become due as   Stevens
        of the date of the death of the insured.               
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1230  State Board of Education; allow to invest surplus         Warren
        sixteenth section land funds like other political      
        subdivisions of the state.                             
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1232  Medical Education Scholarship Program; revise             Moody
        commitment periods and loan amounts.                   
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1273  Soil; declare Natchez silt loam as the official state     Dickson
        soil of Mississippi.                                   
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1285  Major Economic Impact Act; exempt certain purchases of    McCoy
        land from certain title requirements.                  
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1286  Light wine and beer laws; extend repeal date on           McCoy
        authority of alcoholic beverage control officers to    
        enforce.                                               
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1304  Trust property; title to acquired property to vest in     Snowden
        trustee and conveyance deemed by trustee.              
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1305  Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty   Stevens
        Association Law; revise.                               
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1306  Child care facilities; DHS may disclose to Health         Moody
        Department any employment applicant whose name is on   
        child abuse registry.                                  
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1315  Economic Development Highway Act; revise definition of    Davis
        project.                                               
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1335  Mississippi Rural Impact Act; create and authorize        Morris
        issuance of bonds to fund grant/loan program under.    
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1338  Public improvement districts; authorize to convey real    Morris
        or personal property to certain entities.              
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1366  Juvenile Detention Facilities Task Force; reestablish,    Davis
        expand and provide for additional duties of.           
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1418  Regional economic development alliances; provide          Ford
        alternative method for creating.                       
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1426  Public lands; Mississippi Fair Commission to lease        Holland
        certain land to Homer's Barbecue.                      
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1433  Savings associations and savings banks; funds payable     Eads
        to survivors without administration may be from any    
        type account.                                          
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1434  Health care professionals; clarify disciplinary           Young
        measures concerned with paid educational leave.        
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1452  Cellular telephones; prohibit personal calls or           Stringer
        reimbursement for personal phones.                     
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1457  Court proceedings; private way of necessity; circuit      Reynolds
        court to determine necessity.                          
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1458  Mississippi Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; revise      Guice
        exemptions, examination fee, definition of "loan       
        originator."                                           
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1493  Emerging Crops Fund; increase amount of bonds that may    McCoy
        be issued for and extend repealer on certain           
        provisions.                                            
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1502  Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of project   Smith (39th)
        and authorize issuance of bonds for certain projects.  
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
SB2339  Local school district health/physical education           Harden
        advisory councils; establish.                          
           03/06 (S) Concurred in Amend From House



Senate: Referred Other House

HC  78  d'Iberville High School Football Team; commend.           Barnett (116th)
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  79  Commend West Point School District teachers and           Chism
        counselors upon receiving National Board Certification.
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  80  Commend members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi      Young
        Academic Team.                                         
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  82  Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; commend for their       Coleman (65th)
        71st Southeastern Regional Conference.                 
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  83  Commend Gina Pambianchi for being selected to             Mayo
        participate in the international science expedition.   
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  84  Dr. Robert Ballard; commend on his outstanding            Mayo
        achievements.                                          
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  85  Commend Dr. A. Wallace Conerly upon his retirement.       Ford
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  86  Commend Debbie Lowery for being named Covington County    Warren
        District Teacher of the Year.                          
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  87  Dr. Rodney A. Pearson; commend for his service on the     Brown
        board for the Mississippi Department of Information    
        Technology Services.                                   
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  89  Commend Warren and Lorraine Norton upon celebration of    Ford
        60th wedding anniversary.                              
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  90  Commend Clarksdale High School for receiving 2001-2002    Mayo
        Tech Prep Exemplary Site winner.                       
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  92  Commend St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws Soccer Team for       Peranich
        winning State Championship.                            
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  94  Commend life of Medgar Evers and his surviving widow,     Clark
        Myrlie Evers-Williams.                                 
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Signed By The President

HB1048  Revenue maximization contracts; clarify reimbursement     Gadd
        of federal funds.                                      
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1294  Bureau of Narcotics; delete major objects of              Capps
        expenditure in FY03 appropriation.                     
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2089  State Tax Commission; authorize the commission to enter   Smith
        into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.      
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 575  Commend Betty Sue O'Brian, Instructor of the Year at      Gollott
        the Jefferson Davis Campus of the MS Gulf Coast        
        Community College.                                     
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 576  Commend Dr. Marie Davis-Heim, Perkinston Teacher of the   Gollott
        Year.                                                  
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 577  Commend Rex Moak, Instructor of the Year at the Jackson   Gollott
        County Campus of the MS Gulf Coast Community College.  
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 579  Commend Elizabeth Anne Finch upon selection as 2003       White
        Mississippi's Junior Miss.                             
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 580  Commend Major General Buford "Buff" Blount, Commander     Harvey
        of 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait.                    
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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