Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/10/03



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House: Introductions

HB1633  City of Natchez; authorize to convey certain property     West
        to the United States.                                  
           03/10 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HC  96  Suspend deadlines for further consideration of H.B.       McBride
        829; Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           03/10 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  97  South McComb Baptist Church; congratulate on 100 year     Nettles
        anniversary.                                           
           03/10 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  98  Our Lady Academy Soccer Team; commend on winning State    Compretta
        Championship.                                          
           03/10 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Floor Actions

SB2338  State Board of Health; appointments to be from new        Huggins
        congressional districts.                               
           03/10 (H) Amended
           03/10 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2445  Telephone solicitations; prohibit for subscribers who     Robertson
        notify PSC.                                            
           03/10 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2528  Deer; authorize Commission on Wildlife to combat          Posey
        chronic wasting disease.                               
           03/10 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2543  Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide legal                Williamson
        representation to the indigent.                        
           03/10 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2636  Early Childhood Education programs assessment;            Harden
        authorize.                                             
           03/10 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
SB2682  Wildlife; impose moratorium on importation of any due     Posey
        susceptible to chronic wasting disease.                
           03/10 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2756  Crimes; revise provisions regarding computer crimes.      Johnson (38th)
           03/10 (H) Returned For Concurrence



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB 446  Wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer.    Ishee
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 643  Deer; allow taking of antlered deer with less than four   McBride
        points if necessary for deer management of DMAP lands. 
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 740  Board of Mental Health; authorize to enter leases with    Moody
        state and federal agencies.                            
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 743  Vocational student organizations; allow Department of     Warren
        Education to utilize staff for and expend vocational   
        funds for.                                             
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 841  MS Small Business Assistance Act; delete requirement      McCoy
        that planning and development districts file certain   
        reports with legislative committees.                   
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 938  Marine violations; allow the commission on marine         Ellington
        resources to suspend license for certain violations.   
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 998  Medical examiners; must perform death scene               Moody
        investigation for all unexplained infant deaths.       
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1040  Facilities in a public utility's rate base; give native   Ellis *
        load customers priority in use of.                     
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1055  Board of Dental Examiners; revise certain licensure       Moody
        requirements.                                          
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1073  Service contracts; make subject to the Mississippi        Stevens
        Consumer Protection Act.                               
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1096  Community hospitals; revise types of investments for.     Howell
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1171  Marine license; authorize commission to establish         Ellington
        program to provide electronically.                     
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1186  Beaver Control Advisory Board; add members and            Green
        authorize reimbursement for travel expenses.           
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1232  Medical Education Scholarship Program; revise             Moody
        commitment periods and loan amounts.                   
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1286  Light wine and beer laws; extend repeal date on           McCoy
        authority of alcoholic beverage control officers to    
        enforce.                                               
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1433  Savings associations and savings banks; funds payable     Eads
        to survivors without administration may be from any    
        type account.                                          
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2268  Insurance agents; eliminate requirement to exhibit        Kirby
        agent certificate on demand.                           
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2279  Mississippi Educational Television Authority; define      Chaney
        authority to enter into joint revenue generating       
        ventures.                                              
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2387  Withholding orders in delinquent child support cases;     Huggins
        clarify procedures.                                    
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2394  Five-year olds enrolled in full-day public school         Harden
        kindergarten; require attendance.                      
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2397  Vocational student organizations; authorize State         Harden
        Department of Education to perform services and expend 
        funds therefor.                                        
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2593  Water Resources Advisory Council; extend repealer.        Scoper
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2629  Termination of parental rights; clarify.                  Carlton
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2666  Coastal wetlands; clarify definition of coastal           Hewes
        preserve system.                                       
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2675  Municipalities; authorize cities to obtain credit cards   Jordan
        for official travel.                                   
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2680  Practice of chiropractic; authorize chiropractors to      Little *
        treat animals under certain conditions.                
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2793  Mississippi Plant Act; include noxious weeds within       Stogner
        regulation of pests.                                   
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2802  Wildlife; revise use of commercial fishing gear and       Posey
        revise penalties for violations.                       
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2805  Crabs; increase penalty for theft of crab traps.          Hewes
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2825  Wildlife Heritage Fund; authorize Wildlife Commission     Stogner
        to obtain land for outdoor recreation.                 
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2861  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Jackson
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SC 591  Honor memory of two World War II Heroes:  Machinist       Furniss
        Mate Chadwick and Paratrooper Pfc. Rozelle.            
           03/10 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 592  Urge Congress to support the American Community Survey.   Simmons
           03/10 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 593  Commend Ripley High School "Lady Tigers" Basketball       Little
        Team for first state championship.                     
           03/10 (S) Referred To Rules
SN 109  Lois B. McMurchy, Duncan, Mississippi, College Savings    GOVERNOR
        Plans of MS Board of Directors, representing the Second
        Congressional District, for a five-year term of office 
        commencing July 1, 2003 and serving through June 30,   
        2008.                                                  
           03/10 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SN 110  Representative Frances Fredericks, Gulfport,              GOVERNOR
        Mississippi, MS Commission On Status Of  Women,        
        commencing July 1, 2003 for a four-year term ending    
        June 30, 2007.                                         
           03/10 (S) Referred To Rules
SN 111  Margaret Hankins, Fulton, Mississippi, Cosmetology        GOVERNOR
        Board, representing the First Congressional District , 
        for the unexpired term ending August 8, 2006.          
           03/10 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN 112  Napolean Moore, Jackson, Mississippi, Community & Jr.     GOVERNOR
        Colleges, State Board of, representing the Fourth      
        Congressional District, for a six-year term ending June
        30, 2008.                                              
           03/10 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SR  44  Commend Olivia Burton upon receiving Jackson Public       White
        Schools' Teacher of the Year Award.                    
           03/10 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 454  Open Meetings Law; provide civil penalty for              McBride
        violations.                                            
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 583  Open Meetings Law; apply to teleconference and video      Rotenberry
        meetings.                                              
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 642  Sexual abuse of children; delete statute of               Fredericks
        limitations.                                           
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 650  Internal auditors; require for certain agencies.          Brown
           03/10 (S) Passed
HB 746  Schools; exempt from 180-day minimum school calendar      Warren
        for time missed due to emergencies.                    
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 773  State Personnel Board; extend repealer establishing;      Ford
        require board to approve certain salaries.             
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 778  Mississippi Water Resources Council; extend repealer.     Ford
           03/10 (S) Amended
           03/10 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 834  State toy; set forth Mississippi's connection to the      Holland
        Teddy Bear.                                            
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HB 836  County prosecutor; allow Rankin County to employ full     Rogers
        time.                                                  
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB 859  Department of Education; conduct a cost-benefit           Frierson
        analysis of mandatory kindergarten, pre-kindergarten   
        and optional diplomas.                                 
           03/10 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 861  Geographic information; establish MS Coordinating         Brown
        Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information  
        Systems.                                               
           03/10 (S) Amended
           03/10 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 971  Death reports; notify Bureau of Narcotics of drug         Eads
        overdoses.                                             
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1036  Budget Contingent Fund; provide for transfer and          Capps
        deposit of certain funds into.                         
           03/10 (S) Amended
           03/10 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1072  Asthma; student may self-administer medication while at   Moody
        school.                                                
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1084  Remediated property; provide immunity to purchaser or     Moody
        owner of property associated with EPA National         
        Priorities List.                                       
           03/10 (S) Passed
HB1095  Traffic tickets; authorize to be issued electronically    Compretta
        (DPS).                                                 
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1113  Mississippi Residential Property Insurance Underwriting   Stevens
        Association; create.                                   
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1121  Crimes; increase threshold and revise penalties for       Blackmon
        larceny and related crimes (MPA).                      
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1128  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority; authorize    Cummings
        to convey certain property to local governments.       
           03/10 (S) Passed
HB1158  State automobile museum; designate the Tupelo Auto        Scott (17th)
        Museum, Inc., as.                                      
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HB1306  Child care facilities; DHS may disclose to Health         Moody
        Department any employment applicant whose name is on   
        child abuse registry.                                  
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1337  Mississippi Business Investment Act; revise projects      Morris
        for which assistance may be provided.                  
           03/10 (S) Amended
           03/10 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1452  Cellular telephones; prohibit personal calls or           Stringer
        reimbursement for personal phones.                     
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1457  Court proceedings; private way of necessity; circuit      Reynolds
        court to determine necessity.                          
           03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HC  78  d'Iberville High School Football Team; commend.           Barnett (116th)
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  79  Commend West Point School District teachers and           Chism
        counselors upon receiving National Board Certification.
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  80  Commend members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi      Young
        Academic Team.                                         
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  82  Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; commend for their       Coleman (65th)
        71st Southeastern Regional Conference.                 
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  83  Commend Gina Pambianchi for being selected to             Mayo
        participate in the international science expedition.   
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  84  Dr. Robert Ballard; commend on his outstanding            Mayo
        achievements.                                          
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  85  Commend Dr. A. Wallace Conerly upon his retirement.       Ford
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  86  Commend Debbie Lowery for being named Covington County    Warren
        District Teacher of the Year.                          
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  87  Dr. Rodney A. Pearson; commend for his service on the     Brown
        board for the Mississippi Department of Information    
        Technology Services.                                   
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  89  Commend Warren and Lorraine Norton upon celebration of    Ford
        60th wedding anniversary.                              
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  90  Commend Clarksdale High School for receiving 2001-2002    Mayo
        Tech Prep Exemplary Site winner.                       
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  92  Commend St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws Soccer Team for       Peranich
        winning State Championship.                            
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  94  Commend life of Medgar Evers and his surviving widow,     Clark
        Myrlie Evers-Williams.                                 
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2475  Highway 45 bridge over MS 19; designate as Military       Carmichael
        Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Mississippi,  
        Memorial Bridge.                                       
           03/10 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
SB2676  Annual overweight load permits; may be issued by MDOT     Harvey
        for vehicles transporting heavy equipment with a GVW of
        140,000 pounds or less.                                
           03/10 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
SB2989  Claiborne County; create the Pattison Sewer District.     Posey
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 502  School districts; resolution encouraging training staff   Johnson (19th)
        member in CPR and Heimlich.                            
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 528  Study committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and   Nunnelee
        Mathematics (STEM) Education                           
        Improvement/Competitiveness; establish.                
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 562  Suspend deadlines for further consideration of SB 2176;   Burton
        DUI; allow multiple counts for vehicular homicide.     
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 585  Commend Co-Lin Community College on 75th Anniversary.     Hyde-Smith
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 586  Commend life of Felix Black.                              Gordon
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 587  Commend Delma and Edith Furniss on 50th Anniversary.      Furniss
           03/10 (S) Adopted
           03/10 (S) Transmitted To House
SR  37  Commend Tupelo High School "Lady Wave" Soccer Team for    Nunnelee
        winning their first Class 5A State Championship.       
           03/10 (S) Adopted
SR  38  Commend Jennifer Adcock, Miss Mississippi 2002.           King
           03/10 (S) Adopted
SR  39  Recognize "Bishop Larry E. Crump Day" in Amory,           Blackmon
        Mississippi.                                           
           03/10 (S) Adopted
SR  40  Commend life of Coach Ralph W. Bruce.                     Gordon
           03/10 (S) Adopted
SR  41  Commend Lydia Rice, BellSouth female Sportsman of the     Carmichael
        Year.                                                  
           03/10 (S) Adopted
SR  42  Commend William Calvert, BellSouth Sportsman of the       Carmichael
        Year.                                                  
           03/10 (S) Adopted



Senate: Signed By The President

HB  46  Out-of-state tuition; waive for nonresident military      Mayo
        veterans born in Mississippi.                          
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 332  Mississippi School of the Arts; name "Y Hut" for Helen    Barnett (92nd)
        Furlow Scruggs.                                        
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 405  Hospitality station in Coahoma County; designate as       Mayo
        "Delma Furniss Hospitality Station."                   
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 446  Wireless emergency telephone service; extend repealer.    Ishee
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 643  Deer; allow taking of antlered deer with less than four   McBride
        points if necessary for deer management of DMAP lands. 
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 679  Weighmaster's bonds; require surety approval by           Holland
        Commissioner of Insurance.                             
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 687  Legal process served on Commissioner of Insurance;        Stevens
        charge insurance company fee at time of service.       
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 692  New domestic insurance company financial statements;      Stevens
        revise filing requirements.                            
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 740  Board of Mental Health; authorize to enter leases with    Moody
        state and federal agencies.                            
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 743  Vocational student organizations; allow Department of     Warren
        Education to utilize staff for and expend vocational   
        funds for.                                             
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 785  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer on.         Ford
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 841  MS Small Business Assistance Act; delete requirement      McCoy
        that planning and development districts file certain   
        reports with legislative committees.                   
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 843  Emergency telecommunicators; extend repealer on           Ford
        training requirements and funding for training of      
        telecommunicators.                                     
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 844  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; extend repealer.   Ford
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 890  Certificate of title; certificates for manufactured       Smith (39th)
        homes classified as real property may be cancelled.    
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 893  State Law Library; allow counties to contract with to     Watson
        provide law library services.                          
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 919  Small Enterprise Development Finance Act; increase        Morris
        maximum loan under.                                    
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 937  Marine waters; conform channel marker description to      Ellington
        redesignated numbers by U.S. Coast Guard.              
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 938  Marine violations; allow the commission on marine         Ellington
        resources to suspend license for certain violations.   
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 941  Liens; repeal law authorizing assignment of ad valorem    Moak
        tax liens.                                             
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 962  Mississippi Highway 25; designate segment in Monroe       Markham
        County as "Walton Greene Gray Memorial Highway."       
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 998  Medical examiners; must perform death scene               Moody
        investigation for all unexplained infant deaths.       
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1040  Facilities in a public utility's rate base; give native   Ellis *
        load customers priority in use of.                     
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1055  Board of Dental Examiners; revise certain licensure       Moody
        requirements.                                          
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1073  Service contracts; make subject to the Mississippi        Stevens
        Consumer Protection Act.                               
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1096  Community hospitals; revise types of investments for.     Howell
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1171  Marine license; authorize commission to establish         Ellington
        program to provide electronically.                     
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1186  Beaver Control Advisory Board; add members and            Green
        authorize reimbursement for travel expenses.           
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1232  Medical Education Scholarship Program; revise             Moody
        commitment periods and loan amounts.                   
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1286  Light wine and beer laws; extend repeal date on           McCoy
        authority of alcoholic beverage control officers to    
        enforce.                                               
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1433  Savings associations and savings banks; funds payable     Eads
        to survivors without administration may be from any    
        type account.                                          
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2268  Insurance agents; eliminate requirement to exhibit        Kirby
        agent certificate on demand.                           
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2279  Mississippi Educational Television Authority; define      Chaney
        authority to enter into joint revenue generating       
        ventures.                                              
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2387  Withholding orders in delinquent child support cases;     Huggins
        clarify procedures.                                    
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2394  Five-year olds enrolled in full-day public school         Harden
        kindergarten; require attendance.                      
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2397  Vocational student organizations; authorize State         Harden
        Department of Education to perform services and expend 
        funds therefor.                                        
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2593  Water Resources Advisory Council; extend repealer.        Scoper
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2629  Termination of parental rights; clarify.                  Carlton
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2666  Coastal wetlands; clarify definition of coastal           Hewes
        preserve system.                                       
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2675  Municipalities; authorize cities to obtain credit cards   Jordan
        for official travel.                                   
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2680  Practice of chiropractic; authorize chiropractors to      Little *
        treat animals under certain conditions.                
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2793  Mississippi Plant Act; include noxious weeds within       Stogner
        regulation of pests.                                   
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2802  Wildlife; revise use of commercial fishing gear and       Posey
        revise penalties for violations.                       
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2805  Crabs; increase penalty for theft of crab traps.          Hewes
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2825  Wildlife Heritage Fund; authorize Wildlife Commission     Stogner
        to obtain land for outdoor recreation.                 
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2861  Property; authorize state to acquire WorldCom airport     Jackson
        hangar and lease certain real estate.                  
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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