Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/28/04



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House: Introductions

HB 635  Teachers; revise contract day requirements for salary     Pierce
        experience increments.                                 
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 636  School counselors and speech pathologists; continue       Pierce
        receiving salary supplement without NBPTS              
        certification.                                         
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 637  Licensed school counselors; require new applicants to     Pierce
        complete NBPT certification process to receive salary  
        supplement.                                            
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 638  Crimes; revise penalties for cruelty to animals to        Reynolds
        include felony offenses.                               
           01/28 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HB 639  Elections; establish open primary and abolish partisan    Hamilton (109th)
        primaries.                                             
           01/28 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 640  Interstate 59; designate portion in Forrest and Jones     Staples
        Counties as "Lance Corporal Roy M. Wheat Memorial      
        Highway."                                              
           01/28 (H) Referred To Transportation
HB 641  Council on Obesity Prevention; allow to become            Whittington
        nonprofit entity, and allow agencies to contract with. 
           01/28 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations
HB 642  Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and          Compretta
        Certification Board; revise membership.                
           01/28 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 643  Accident and health insurance; authorize Commissioner     Compretta
        of Insurance to disapprove if rates are unreasonable.  
           01/28 (H) Referred To Insurance
HB 644  Streams and water courses; extend date of repeal for      Turner
        authority of boards of supervisors to alter.           
           01/28 (H) Referred To County Affairs
HB 645  Water courses in municipalities; remove repealer and      Turner
        population restriction for the improving of.           
           01/28 (H) Referred To Municipalities
HB 646  Retirement benefits; allow PERS retirees to elect to      Eaton
        receive by mail instead of by direct deposit.          
           01/28 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 647  Mississippi Future Scholarship Program; create for        Fleming
        college students.                                      
           01/28 (H) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations
HB 648  Unemployment compensation benefits; eliminate week's      Evans
        waiting period for eligibility.                        
           01/28 (H) Referred To Labor;Ways and Means
HB 649  Pupil-teacher ratio; set maximum class sizes in           Evans
        kindergarten through Grade 3.                          
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 650  Health and disability insurance; counties and             Evans
        municipalities provide free to fire fighters and law   
        enforcement.                                           
           01/28 (H) Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
HB 651  Salaries; authorize state agency executive head to        Evans
        deduct association or organization dues from an        
        employee's salary.                                     
           01/28 (H) Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers;Education
HB 652  Intensive supervision program; provide field officers     Malone
        with discretion in arresting violators of program.     
           01/28 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 653  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; increase number of    Malone
        youth offenders that may be contracted for housing at  
        facility.                                              
           01/28 (H) Referred To Corrections;Appropriations
HB 654  Commissioner of Corrections; authorize supervision of     Malone
        terminally ill offenders by Community Corrections      
        Division.                                              
           01/28 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 655  Study committee on retired teacher reemployment option;   Pierce
        create.                                                
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 656  Assistant teachers; clarify that minimum number of sick   Pierce
        leave days will be same as licensed teachers.          
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 657  School districts; authorize to provide training and       Pierce
        incentive pay to comply with No Child Left Behind Act. 
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 658  State employees; increase salaries by five percent.       Pierce
           01/28 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB 659  Medicaid; SSA disabled persons with certain income        Pierce
        eligible for until become Medicare-eligible.           
           01/28 (H) Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations
HB 660  Income tax; increase amount of national guard and         Pierce
        reserve compensation excluded from gross income.       
           01/28 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB 661  Teacher license; revise procedure for reinstatement of.   Pierce
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 662  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Program; extend     Pierce
        repealer on.                                           
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 663  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Pierce
        extend repealer on.                                    
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 664  Charter Schools; delete repealer on authorization of.     Pierce
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 665  Code of student conduct; delete repealer on provision     Pierce
        recognizing teacher as classroom authority.            
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 666  Administrative superintendent; delete term from public    Pierce
        school statutes.                                       
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 667  School districts; clarify authority for joint purchases   Pierce
        by.                                                    
           01/28 (H) Referred To Education
HB 668  Parole; clarify "first offender"; require timely review   Malone
        of application for; require DUI convictions to serve   
        85% before eligible for.                               
           01/28 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 669  First offender; clarify meaning to determine if           Malone
        offender is eligible for parole.                       
           01/28 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 670  Parole officers; authorize to retain firearm upon         Montgomery
        retirement.                                            
           01/28 (H) Referred To Corrections
HB 671  Social worker license; persons with degrees in certain    Fredericks
        other fields are eligible for.                         
           01/28 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services
HB 672  Ambulance service; establish grant program for counties   Pierce
        with a population of not more than 20,000 to assist in 
        providing.                                             
           01/28 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HC  33  Allison Kellogg; commend on being named Miss              Martinson
        Mississippi 2003.                                      
           01/28 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  14  Sergeant Jonathan W. Lambert; commend life of.            McCoy
           01/28 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Committee Reports

HR  14  Sergeant Jonathan W. Lambert; commend life of.            McCoy
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 528  Petty Officer First Class Betty Townsend; commend         Jackson (32nd)
        military service.                                      
           01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HB 279  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
        prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           01/28 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

HC  25  Joint session; call to hear the State of the State        Warren
        address of Governor Haley Barbour.                     
           01/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2326  Ad valorem taxation; exempt business inventories from     Cuevas
        ad valorem taxation.                                   
           01/28 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2327  Poultry growers; create grievance board and process.      Williamson
           01/28 (S) Referred To Agriculture;Appropriations
SB2328  PERS; members who served as full-time MS National Guard   Tollison
        technicians shall be entitled to a certain amount of   
        credit for such service.                               
           01/28 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2329  Regional planning commissions; authorize to acquire       Cuevas
        property to maintain operations.                       
           01/28 (S) Referred To County Affairs
SB2330  Divorce; revise grounds for irreconcilable differences.   Williamson
           01/28 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2331  Hunting and fishing; exempt residents on leave from       Cuevas
        active military duty outside the state from license    
        requirements.                                          
           01/28 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
SB2332  Mississippi Whistleblower Protection Act; create.         Williamson
           01/28 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2333  Sales taxation; dealer not liable for additional taxes    Carmichael
        on farm tractors or farm implements under certain      
        circumstances.                                         
           01/28 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2334  Constitutional rights; contractual waiver only            Williamson
        effective if knowingly executed.                       
           01/28 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2335  Task Force on Local Government Information Systems;       Browning
        extend repealer on (RP).                               
           01/28 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2336  Anti-secrecy for court records; define.                   Williamson
           01/28 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
SB2337  Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any      Doxey
        course in Grades 9-12.                                 
           01/28 (S) Referred To Education
SC 530  Jackson School Superintendent Earl Watkins'               Lee (47th)
        reorganization of Lanier High School; commend action.  
           01/28 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 531  Commend the life of John Bonner.                          Dawkins
           01/28 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Signed By The President

HB 544  Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority; expand        Huddleston
        powers of.                                             
           01/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  25  Joint session; call to hear the State of the State        Warren
        address of Governor Haley Barbour.                     
           01/28 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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