Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Senator Bob M. Dearing

District 37

As of 01/22/07 at 11:14

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SB2007  Bonds; issue to fund the Railroad Revitalization Fund     Dearing
  $%    for loans for certain railroad projects.               
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2008  Highways; require boards of supervisors to place and      Dearing
        maintain traffic control devices on county roads.      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2013  Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.            Dearing
 * %       04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2029  Community college districts; may waive out-of-state       Dearing
   %    tuition for students living within 50 miles of campus. 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2032  Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide      Dearing
  $%    grants for livestock facilities.                       
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2034  Medicaid reimbursable; mental health services provided    Dearing
        by licensed professional counselor.                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2040  Sheriff of Franklin County; authorize annual salary       Dearing
        supplement for.                                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2041  Amateur radio; restrict local zoning regulations of       Dearing
        antennae.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2045  Sales taxation; exempt certain sales to 501(c)(3)         Dearing
  $%    organizations for conservation projects.               
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2046  Department of Transportation; require placement of        Dearing
        markers on rights-of-way memorializing vehicle accident
        death.                                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2053  Medicaid reimbursable; EPSDT services provided by         Dearing
        licensed professional counselor.                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2057  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve Duncan   Dearing
  $%    Park Golf Course in Natchez.                           
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2058  Public Employees Life Insurance Plan; increase            Dearing
        insurance limits for retirees.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2063  Toll roads; authorize Transportation Commission to        Ross
 * %    contract with private entities to construct (MDOT).    
           05/05 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2064  Insurance agents; exempt 65 or older from continuing      Dearing
        education requirements.                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2067  Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising         Dearing
   %    purchases.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2072  Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries/Parks; enter into            Dearing
        interlocal agreements with any municipality to operate 
        a satellite golf facility.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2082  Mississippi Blues Commission; establish.                  Jordan
 *         04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2088  Consumer Loan Broker Act; exclude CPA's from              Huggins
 *      registration under.                                    
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2097  Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or   Dearing
  $%    "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.         
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2101  Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act; increase       Thomas
        assistance that small businesses may receive.          
           04/19 Approved by Governor
SB2109  Highway work zone; revise penalty for speeding.           Dearing
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2110  Marriage and family therapist educational                 Dearing
   %    qualifications; clarify accrediting agencies.          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2122  Taxation; income tax credit incentives for certain        Nunnelee
 *$%    activities at brownfield sites.                        
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB2127  Corrections; DOC to pay costs of contract for inmate      Dearing
        cost per day review.                                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2148  Disciplinary action against chiropractors; authorize      Dearing
   %    consent decrees and advisory opinions.                 
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2149  Counties and municipalities; require information from     Dearing
        planning/development districts before appropriation    
        (PEER).                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2150  Create State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering;          Dearing
   %    increase salon fees.                                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2154  Elections; prohibit a person from qualifying as a         Dearing
        candidate for more than one (1) office at any election.
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2158  Veterans Affairs Board; revise composition (PEER).        Dearing
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2163  Regional correctional facilities; provide for             Dearing
        appointment of warden by board of supervisors.         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2169  Approval of wastewater disposal system prior to           Dearing
        connecting residential utilities; require.             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2170  Health Care Trust Fund; authorize independent counsel     Dearing
        to recover funds.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2207  Litter law; revise penalties for violation (MDOT).        Dearing
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2223  Eminent domain; authorize trials without a jury certain   Dearing
        circumstances.                                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2225  Radar; allow use by any size municipality.                Dearing
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2250  Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to         Little
 *      voting.                                                
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2259  Tourism; require local tourism entities to conduct an     Dearing
        annual audit, MDA may contract with entities for       
        regional tourism promotion.                            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2264  Child custody; eliminate child's right to choose at age   Dearing
        12.                                                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2265  Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations when       Tollison
 *      committed against a child.                             
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2286  Local natural gas districts; require annual audit by      Dearing
        State Auditor (PEER).                                  
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2314  Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention;        Mettetal
 *      revise membership.                                     
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2346  Sixteenth section land; grant immunity for lease or use   Horhn
        of.                                                    
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2368  Traffic violations; repeal sunset provisions for adult    Dearing
   %    safety course.                                         
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2397  Animal cruelty; create felony level of offense.           Dearing
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2404  Vulnerable adults; revise sexual battery and fondling.    Burton
 *         04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2427  Tax credit for employer providing skills training or      Chaney
  $%    retraining; increase and delete repealer.              
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2439  City of Hattiesburg; authorize the imposition of a food   King
 * %    and beverage tax to fund capital improvements at USM.  
           05/27 Approved by Governor
SB2446  Honorary high school diplomas to Vietnam War veterans;    Little
 *      authorize.                                             
           04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2455  Mississippi Scenic Byway program; designate certain       Chaney
        highways as the "Grand Gulf-Raymond Scenic Byway."     
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2461  Highways; designate Lower Historic Byway as an official   Dearing
 *      scenic byway.                                          
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2468  Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or   Pickering
 *$%    "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.         
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB2471  Appropriation; Co-Lin Community College NEH Humanities    Dearing
        Challenge Grant Match; FY2005.                         
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2539  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Little
 * %    Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact (Governor's
        proposal).                                             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2554  Sex offenders; prohibit from owning, working for, or      Ross
 * %    volunteering for a child care service.                 
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2574  Taxation; continue exclusion of carbon dioxide from the   Dearing
  $%    definition of gas and continue ad valorem tax          
        exemption for carbon dioxide.                          
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2580  Motor vehicle ad valorem tax credit; include              Dearing
  $%    motorcycles in vehicles eligible to receive.           
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2591  Bill of rights for patients and residents of health       Dearing
        care facilities; provide.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2593  ATV; immunity for private property owners.                Dearing
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2597  Highways; place project in Natchez in the gaming          Dearing
        counties state-assisted infrastructure program.        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2598  Traffic violator school; revise for adult participants.   Dearing
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2623  Distinctive license tag; authorize for various            Michel
 * %    organizations and revise certain existing tags.        
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2624  Memorial Highway; designate portion of MS 149 in Town     Lee (35th)
 *      of D'Lo as D'Lo WWII Veterans Highway.                 
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2647  County officials; increase salaries.                      Little
 * %       05/04 Approved by Governor
SB2686  Lifetime hunting license; allow veterans serving during   Michel
   %    war to purchase at reduced fee.                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2705  Weapons permit; revise reciprocity provision.             Michel
 * %       04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2712  Eligibility for alternative teaching route programs and   Chaney
 *      teacher scholarship incentives; revise (Governor's     
        proposal).                                             
           04/26 Approved by Governor
SB2718  Motor vehicle titles; require titles to be sent to        Wilemon
 * %    owners and lienholders within 30 days after receipt of 
        applications.                                          
           05/03 (S) Died In Conference
SB2726  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Butler
        reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of        
        creditable service.                                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2742  Bonds; increase for Water Pollution Control Revolving     Nunnelee
  $%    Fund, Local Governments & Rural Water Systems          
        Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.                      
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2754  Business advertising signs; prohibit governing            King
   %    authorities from imposing fees and privilege taxes.    
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2767  Hunting; require commission to allow restricted use of    Browning
        ATV's by handicapped hunters on public WMA's.          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2777  Highway work zone; revise penalty for speeding.           Hewes
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2792  Distinctive license tags; create a "Mississippi, home     Jordan
   %    of the blues" distinctive tag.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2796  CON for nursing facility in any underserved minority      Horhn
        zip code area in the state; authorize.                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2799  Driver's license; increase minimum age requirement.       Dearing
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2809  Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to fund the            Robertson
 *$%@   Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.                         
           05/09 (S) Died In Conference
SB2833  Deer hunting; extend season for bucks in certain          Morgan
        counties adjoining and south of Highway 98.            
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2845  Hunting; revise number of physicians required to          Posey
   %    certify disability for person to use crossbow.         
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2847  Turkey hunting; require permit to hunt during special     Posey
 * %    fall turkey season.                                    
           04/19 Approved by Governor
SB2850  "Rural Health Availability Act"; enact.                   Burton
 *         04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2853  Mineral Lease Commission; transfer authority to           Dearing
 * %    Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.           
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2857  Elections; comply with the Help America Vote Act of       Chamberlin
 *      2002.                                                  
           04/06 Approved by Governor
SB2867  Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; authorize    Posey
        retirement incentive program for conservation officers.
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2869  Feticide; revise offense.                                 Nunnelee
 *         05/06 Approved by Governor
SB2880  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise             Cuevas
 *$%    definition of the term "project and authorize issuance 
        of bonds."                                             
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB2892  Drug courts; provide assessments on offenses to provide   Hyde-Smith
 * %    funding.                                               
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2893  Turkey hunting season; authorize the commission to open   Posey
 *      regular season between March 1 and May 15.             
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2896  Wildlife; authorize seizure of wild hogs imported into    Posey
 *      the state.                                             
           05/05 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2954  Obstruction of justice; create as an offense.             Tollison
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2957  Identity theft; expand authority of Attorney General to   Tollison
 *      prosecute.                                             
           05/06 Approved by Governor
SB2960  Appropriation; General and Budget Contingency Funds       Little
        deposited to State & School Employees Insurance Fund;  
        FY2005.                                                
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB2965  Preparation of the Executive Budget and Legislative       Dearing
        Budget; change procedures.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2990  Disabled Physician Law; certain records shall be          King
        confidential.                                          
           04/29 Approved by Governor
SB3051  Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties      Robertson
 *$%    Fund; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued  
        for.                                                   
           05/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB3063  Severance tax; tax certain occluded natural gas           Dearing
  $%    recovered from coal seams at a reduced rate.           
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3068  Income taxation; provide a tax credit for expenses        Dawkins
  $%    incurred in rehabilitating certain historic structures.
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB3072  Health Savings Accounts Act; establish and exempt         Hewes
  $%    certain contributions from gross income.               
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3077  Income tax; allow credit for child adoption expenses.     Nunnelee
  $%       04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3078  Economic Development Highway Act; prohibit use of funds   Robertson
 *$%    on retail project and increase the amount of bonds     
        that may be issued under.                              
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB3085  Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment   Michel
 *$%    mandated by federal or state law.                      
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3087  Emerging Crops Fund; continue minority loan program and   Robertson
 *$%    increase amounts that may be utilized in the program.  
           05/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB3088  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase bond for    Robertson
 *$%@   certain grants or loans to counties and municipalities.
           05/09 (S) Died In Conference
SB3091  Major Economic Impact Act; provide additional bonding     Michel
 *$%    authority to address base closure and realignment.     
           05/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB3103  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for the Mississippi Land, Water   Robertson
 *$%    and Timber Resources Fund.                             
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3105  Appropriation; Ethics Comm.                               Gordon
 *  @      05/28 Approved by Governor
SB3106  Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.                   Gordon
 *  @      05/28 Approved by Governor
SB3136  Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.           Gordon
 *  @      05/28 Approved by Governor
SB3173  Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation        Little
  $%    Fund; issue bonds and revise appropriation requirement 
        for.                                                   
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3178  Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for state     Robertson
 *$%@   agencies, IHL and community colleges.                  
           05/09 (S) Died In Conference
SC 503  Mississippi National Guard Troops; express support for    Little
        all presently serving the United States.               
           02/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 505  Designate May as Osteoporosis Month in Mississippi.       Hyde-Smith
           03/25 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 507  Dr. Arthur Guyton; commend life and legacy of research.   Dawkins
           02/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 509  Former Senator Troy Watkins; commend life of public       Dearing
        service.                                               
           02/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 520  "Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of the       Hewes
        Family"; designate and urge promotion of family unit.  
           05/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 535  Commend life of decorated veteran General Roger Barton    King
        Johnson.                                               
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 537  Commend Kasie Beth Eckman for winning the 2004            Butler
        Mississippi Prudential Spirit of Community Award.      
           02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 538  Urge Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution; to          Little
        protect the Pledge of Allegiance and our National      
        Motto.                                                 
           05/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 543  Commend Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic        Harden
        Team.                                                  
           02/26 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 545  Commend Paula Hamilton for winning the 2004 Mississippi   King
        Prudential Spirit of Community Award.                  
           02/26 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 557  Commend life and military service of Army Sergeant        Butler
        Shanta Bridges.                                        
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 560  Commend Brittanie Elliott, 2004 Wendy's High School       Gordon
        Scholar/Athlete Heisman Award.                         
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 561  Commend life and public service of Gloster Alderman and   Butler
        Fire Commissioner Elliot Davis, Jr.                    
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 562  Commend Karen Arnold, 2003 Hattiesburg American           King
        All-Area Slow-Pitch Softball Coach of the Year.        
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 563  Commend Colonel L.M. Claiborne, Jr., first                Jackson (32nd)
        African-American Director of the Highway Safety Patrol.
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 565  Commend Fiona Gipsen for perfect score on ACT exam.       Tollison
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 567  Commend Eddie Khayat, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.    Michel
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 568  Commend Coach Lindy Callahan, Mississippi Sports Hall     Michel
        of Fame.                                               
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 570  Commend Jack Carlisle, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.   Michel
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 571  Commend Lee Baker, posthumous induction into the          Michel
        Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.                       
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 572  Commend Johnie Cooks, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.    Michel
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 573  Commend Willie Totten, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.   Michel
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 574  Commend posthumous induction of Don Owens into the        Michel
        Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.                       
           03/15 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 595  Designate National Boys and Girls Club Week.              Dawkins
           04/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 597  Commend the life of professional fisherman Wayne Monk.    Gollott
           04/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 598  Commend Mississippi State University Basketball Team      Little
        for winning SEC regular season title.                  
           04/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 601  Commend career of award-winning actress Tonea Stewart     Jordan
        of Greenwood, Mississippi.                             
           04/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 602  Commend career and civic contributions of Fred Carl,      Jordan
        Jr.                                                    
           04/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 604  Commend Senator Billy Hewes, 2004 ALEC National           Michel
        Chairman.                                              
           04/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 605  Commend dental school and association for "Give Kids a    Hyde-Smith
        Smile" program.                                        
           04/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 606  Commend career of EMCC Football Coach Tom Goode.          Brown
           04/16 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 615  Commend Tom Kynerd upon the occasion of his retirement.   Little
           04/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 616  Commend the life of Mrs. Allen Hobbs Capps and express    Little
        the sympathy of the Legislature.                       
           05/09 (H) Died In Committee
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 622  Commend Mr. Pearl Frazier on his 105th birthday.          Frazier
           05/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SR  34  Commend Specialist Roger "Bubba" Walters for protecting   Lee (47th)
        fellow soldiers in Iraq.                               
           04/23 (S) Adopted
SR  47  Commend Edward H. Buelow, Jr., Commissioner of Revenue    Chaney
        and former State Representative.                       
           05/03 (S) Adopted
SR  48  Commend Warren Central Football Coach Robert Morgan on    Chaney
        retirement.                                            
           05/04 (S) Adopted
SR  49  Commend Mr. Pearl L. Frazier on his 105th birthday.       Frazier
           05/04 (S) Adopted
SR  52  Commend Linda Bounds upon retirement.                     Little
           05/03 (S) Adopted
SR  58  Commend Thomas Hamill for bravery.                        Jackson (32nd)
           05/06 (S) Adopted


KEY: * = Amended % = 3/5ths Vote Required V = Vetoed
  $ = Revenue @ = Exempted From Deadline P = Partially Vetoed


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