Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/08/04



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House: Introductions

HB1651  Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property     Compretta
        and services to certain organizations providing food to
        needy persons.                                         
           03/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1652  Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for   Howell
        portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed 
        individuals.                                           
           03/08 (H) Referred To Ways and Means



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 839  Supply of natural gas; authorize certain municipalities   Franks
        to contract for purchase of.                           
           03/08 (H) DR - TSDPCS: MU To AP
HB1565  Mississippi Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide filing   Blackmon
        fees to fund.                                          
           03/08 (H) DR - TSDP: JA To FS



House: Committee Reports

HB 407  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on      Watson
        (RP).                                                  
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 611  Tax evasion; use as a method for prosecuting drug         Brown
        dealers.                                               
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 669  First offender; clarify meaning to determine if           Malone
        offender is eligible for parole.                       
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 670  Parole officers; authorize to retain firearm upon         Montgomery
        retirement.                                            
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 686  Trusty time allowance; increase allowance from 10 days    Malone
        to 30 days and exclude certain trusties from reduction 
        of sentence.                                           
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 722  New Home Warranty Act; revise.                            Smith (39th)
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 796  Mississippi Housing Institute; divert part of existing    Brown
        fee for funding.                                       
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 895  Commercial contractors; revise exemption on commercial    Guice
        projects and revise return of license fee when licenses
        are denied.                                            
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 916  Drug and alcohol testing statutes; clarify.               Holland
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 956  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer on (RP).   Watson
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 989  Weapons permit; revise reciprocity provision.             McBride
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1130  Correctional officers; clarify prohibition against        Malone
        carnal knowledge of any offender.                      
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1138  Controlled substances; conform measurements.              Bailey
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1202  Commission on Judicial Performance Fund; create and       Reeves
        impose additional fees on civil and criminal fees.     
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1332  Mississippi Identity and Heritage Protection Act of       Watson
        2004; create.                                          
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1340  Sex offenders; require disclosure to volunteer            Moore
        organizations.                                         
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1412  Administrative Procedures Act; extend period for          Smith (39th)
        exemption of IHL.                                      
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1523  Contractors; repeal certain privilege tax provision.      Guice
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1612  Abortion; if abortion fails child may not be              Fillingane
        intentionally allowed to die.                          
           03/08 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub



House: Referred Other House

SB2205  Circuit judges; repeal running in the herd for 10th       Carmichael
        District.                                              
           03/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2235  Courts; eliminate running in the herd for First Circuit   Little
        and Chancery Districts.                                
           03/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2395  Courts, trial; eliminate running in herd for certain      Tollison
        districts.                                             
           03/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2491  Organic farm certification; conform state program to      Hyde-Smith
        requirements of USDA National Organic Program.         
           03/08 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2608  Catfish marketing; revise definition of catfish by        Hyde-Smith
        removing incorrect scientific nomenclature.            
           03/08 (H) Referred To Agriculture
SB2700  Fourteenth and Twentieth Circuit Court Districts; allow   Butler
        judges to run by post.                                 
           03/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
SB2734  Highways; authorize MS Transportation Commission to use   Hewes
        design-build method of contracting for certain pilot   
        projects.                                              
           03/08 (H) Referred To Transportation



House: Signed By The Speaker

HC  45  Tuskegee Airmen Day; recognize its observance on March    Smith (39th)
        5, 2004, in Columbus, Mississippi.                     
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  32  Simpson County Academy Football Team; commend an          Rotenberry
        outstanding season.                                    
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  33  Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic Team;          Young
        commend.                                               
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  34  Lewis James Slay; commend upon retirement.                Hines
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  35  Percy L. Brewer, Sr.; commend life of.                    Huddleston
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 550  Commend David Robertson and Tony Busby for heroic         Jackson (15th)
        action.                                                
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 556  Commend Brian Tanner, for 2004 Prudential Spirit of       Robertson
        Community Award.                                       
           03/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2286  Local natural gas districts; require annual audit by      Dearing
        State Auditor (PEER).                                  
           03/08 (S) DR - TSDP: HI To PU
SB2676  Corrections; authorize Department of Corrections to       Huggins
        contract with private facility in Tallahatchie County  
        to house state inmates.                                
           03/08 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To AP
SB2899  Public lands; authorize Employment Security Commission    Jackson (32nd)
        to convey certain property.                            
           03/08 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PP To AP
SB2941  Public property; authorize DFA to apply rent payments     Jackson (32nd)
        toward the purchase of real property.                  
           03/08 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
SB2995  Audit of state-owned facilities; direct Department of     Jackson (32nd)
        Finance and Administration to initiate.                
           03/08 (S) DR - TSDP: PP To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2063  Toll roads; authorize Transportation Commission to        Ross
        contract with private entities to construct (MDOT).    
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2286  Local natural gas districts; require annual audit by      Dearing
        State Auditor (PEER).                                  
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2329  Regional planning commissions; authorize to acquire       Cuevas
        property to maintain operations.                       
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2361  Counties; authorize to contract with professional land    Posey
        surveyors.                                             
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2425  MS Prison Industries Corporation; authorize approval      Jackson (32nd)
        for procurement of goods and services made by          
        out-of-state inmate labor for entities.                
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2449  MS Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission; authorize to     Hewes
        lease property for MDOT offices.                       
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2502  Counties; authorize to use and compensate realtor for     Flowers
        disposal of surplus real estate.                       
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2602  Corrections; authorize commissioner to transfer           Huggins
        employees to any corrections facility.                 
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2641  Municipalities; establish Employer-Assisted Housing       Tollison
        Program for assistance to employee purchasing a home.  
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2746  Corrections; revise parole and early release              Doxey
        requirements for persons convicted of certain          
        homicides.                                             
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2864  MS Transportation Commission and Itawamba Community       Wilemon
        College Board of Trustees; authorize transfer of real  
        property.                                              
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3019  Municipalities; reduce period of existence of liens on    Harden
        certain real property from five years to two years for 
        lien amnesty purposes.                                 
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3028  Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing     Carmichael
        Act; create.                                           
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB3031  Disaster Assistance Trust Fund; revise purposes of use.   Carmichael
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SC 514  Amend Constitution; same gender marriages void.           Nunnelee
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 540  Constitution Section 210; amend to remove prohibition     Chaney
        of sale of books by teachers.                          
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 554  Amend Constitution; abolish electoral votes for           Bryan
        Governor.                                              
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 555  Amend Constitution; abolish electoral votes for           Bryan
        Governor.                                              
           03/08 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2436  Medicaid; require certain efficiencies in the             Nunnelee
        administration of the Medicaid program.                
           03/08 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
           03/08 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           03/08 (S) Transmitted To House
SB2521  Admission and discharge procedures for mentally ill       Nunnelee
        patients committed to treatment facilities; clarify.   
           03/08 (S) Recommitted to Committee



Senate: Signed By The President

HC  45  Tuskegee Airmen Day; recognize its observance on March    Smith (39th)
        5, 2004, in Columbus, Mississippi.                     
           03/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 550  Commend David Robertson and Tony Busby for heroic         Jackson (15th)
        action.                                                
           03/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 556  Commend Brian Tanner, for 2004 Prudential Spirit of       Robertson
        Community Award.                                       
           03/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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