Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 04/05/04



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Signed By The Governor

SB2536  Appropriation; MDA-Baroque Dresden Exhibition;            Gordon
        Additional FY 2004.                                    
           04/05 Approved by Governor
SB3043  Appropriation; Department of Banking and Consumer         Gordon
        Finance; Additional FY 2004.                           
           04/05 Approved by Governor
SB3096  Appropriation; Board of Animal Health; Additional FY      Gordon
        2004.                                                  
           04/05 Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HB1819  Quitman County; authorize issuance of refunding bonds     Burnett
        for certain indebtedness.                              
           04/05 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means
HB1820  Jackson County; authorize pilot program for sheriff to    Zuber
        use radar.                                             
           04/05 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Transportation
HR  78  Edward Bradley Shearer; commend life of.                  Reynolds
           04/05 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  79  Rae Miller Suess; commend life of.                        Denny
           04/05 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

SB2063  Toll roads; authorize Transportation Commission to        Ross
        contract with private entities to construct (MDOT).    
           04/05 (H) DR - TSDPAA: WM To TR



House: Committee Reports

SB2101  Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act; increase       Thomas
        assistance that small businesses may receive.          
           04/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2396  Medical Malpractice Insurance Availability Plan;          Kirby
        authorize Tort Claims Board to borrow money to purchase
        reinsurance.                                           
           04/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2667  Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise       Morgan
        definition of restaurant.                              
           04/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2911  Bad check; revise service charge.                         Michel
           04/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

SB2393  MS Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification     Kirby
        Board; revise composition of.                          
           04/05 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2394  Insurance rebate monies; request investigation if use     Kirby
        is inconsistent with state law.                        
           04/05 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2450  Industrial fire insurance policies; allow coverage for    Kirby
        burglary and theft.                                    
           04/05 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2552  County court judges; revise maximum salary of.            Chamberlin
           04/05 (H) Amendment Failed
           04/05 (H) Passed
SB2639  "Mississippi Living Organ Donor Leave Act" for state      Bryan
        employees; enact.                                      
           04/05 (H) Passed
SB2647  County officials; increase salaries.                      Little
           04/05 (H) Amended
           04/05 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2679  Powers and duties of president and board of trustees of   Walls
        community and junior colleges; extend repealer on      
        employment procedures.                                 
           04/05 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2684  Liquefied Compressed Gas Board; revise composition.       Kirby
           04/05 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2862  Child in custody of DHS; transferred to regional mental   Nunnelee
        health center for evaluation if believed to be in need 
        of certain treatment.                                  
           04/05 (H) Amended
           04/05 (H) Passed As Amended
SB2871  Airports; revise definition to include buffer areas.      Hewes
           04/05 (H) Passed



Senate: Introductions

SB3196  DeSoto County; authorize a contribution to the            Chamberlin
        Institute for Community Services, Inc., for a bus for  
        the Headstart program.                                 
           04/05 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SC 600  Commend service of 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense       Burton
        Artillery.                                             
           04/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 601  Commend career of award-winning actress Tonea Stewart     Jordan
        of Greenwood, Mississippi.                             
           04/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 602  Commend career and civic contributions of Fred Carl,      Jordan
        Jr.                                                    
           04/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 603  Commend Mendenhall Principal and Coach James Crain on     Lee (35th)
        retirement.                                            
           04/05 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  21  Commend the life of Arthur Michael Gill.                  Gollott
           04/05 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB 495  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    McBride
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           04/05 (S) DR - TSDPAA: IF To CR
           04/05 (S) DR - TSDPAA: CR To IF
HB 657  School districts; authorize to provide training and       Pierce
        incentive pay to comply with No Child Left Behind Act. 
           04/05 (S) DR - TSDPAA: AP To ED
HB 966  Public property; authorize certain conveyances.           Weathersby
           04/05 (S) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PP
HB1434  Medicaid; make technical amendments to law.               Morris
           04/05 (S) DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 286  Agricultural leases of prison lands to private            Watson
        entities; extend repealer on DFA's duty to contract.   
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 287  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; to reenact      Watson
        and extend the date of repeal (RP).                    
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 406  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer on (RP).    Watson
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 414  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; reenact and        Watson
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 438  Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expendable Fund;   Watson
        extend repealers on (RP).                              
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 442  Task Force on Local Government Information Systems;       Watson
        extend repealer on (RP).                               
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 495  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    McBride
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 546  Chickasawhay Natural Gas District require audit; allow    Stevens
        credit card use; require relocation costs for certain  
        pipes.                                                 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 611  Tax evasion; use as a method for prosecuting drug         Brown
        dealers.                                               
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 635  Teachers; revise contract day requirements for salary     Pierce
        experience increments.                                 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 636  School counselors and speech pathologists; continue       Pierce
        receiving salary supplement without NBPTS              
        certification.                                         
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 656  Assistant teachers; clarify that minimum number of sick   Pierce
        leave days will be same as licensed teachers.          
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 662  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Program; extend     Pierce
        repealer on.                                           
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 663  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Pierce
        extend repealer on.                                    
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 664  Charter Schools; delete repealer on authorization of.     Pierce
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 669  First offender; clarify meaning to determine if           Malone
        offender is eligible for parole.                       
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 686  Trusty time allowance; increase allowance from 10 days    Malone
        to 30 days and exclude certain trusties from reduction 
        of sentence.                                           
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 741  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            Jennings
        high-growth school district formula.                   
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 781  Private correctional facility; prohibit certain           Malone
        procurement of goods made by out-of-state inmate labor 
        if P.I.C. makes goods.                                 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 900  Commissioner of Corrections; require commissioner's       Malone
        designees to approve or disapprove classifications of  
        offenders.                                             
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 904  Unauthorized electronic message devices; prohibit         Malone
        furnishing to offenders.                               
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 910  Department of Mental Health; may execute certain leases   Holland
        and receive monies derived from.                       
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 915  Criminal background checks; UMMC shall conduct for all    Holland
        new employees.                                         
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 983  Juvenile Detention Facilities Task Force; extend          Wells-Smith
        reporting date from November 1, 2003, to December 1,   
        2004.                                                  
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 990  Regional correctional officers; exempt from state board   Malone
        on jail officers certification if complete DOC training
        program.                                               
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1038  Abortions; require to be performed at ASF or hospital     Smith (39th)
        after first trimester.                                 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1046  Health; SDH prepare state Hepatitis C plan, and allow     Bondurant
        obesity council to become nonpropfit entity.           
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1048  Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program;        Holland
        authorize grants to be made until 7/1/09.              
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1173  Highway Patrol; allow officer to retain dog when dog is   McBride
        retired from service.                                  
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1174  Ayers Settlement Fund; extend date for establishment      Young
        of.                                                    
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1177  State Board of Education; authorize to compensate         Brown
        certain school bus drivers for expenses in getting     
        commercial license.                                    
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1251  State Auditor; authorize to establish policies and        Brown
        procedures for accounting of student average daily     
        attendance.                                            
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1269  Mississippi Holocaust Commission; create.                 Frierson
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1278  Historic cemeteries; allow Department of Archives and     West
        History to recognize certain cemeteries as.            
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1308  Salaries; executive agency head appointed by Governor     Janus
        may waive all or part.                                 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1345  CON; issue for MSU and health care provider to acquire    Holland
        and operate linear accelerator and MRI.                
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1366  Exceptional children; revise eligibility requirements     Pierce
        to receive state assistance to attend certain schools. 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1368  State parks; establish timber management endowment        Robinson (84th)
        fund.                                                  
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1407  Mississippi Clearinghouse for People with Disabilities;   Holland
        create.                                                
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1431  Railroads; require removal of vegetation; clarify         Woods
        safety requirements.                                   
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1436  Rural Fire Truck Program; authorize Department of         Formby
        Insurance to accept applications for seventh round.    
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1448  Housing; create emergency temporary housing assistance    Rogers (61st)
        program.                                               
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1450  State Disaster Trust Fund; authorize certain              Rogers (61st)
        expenditures during state of emergency.                
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1464  Budget Contingency Fund; State Treasurer shall transfer   Stringer
        certain special funds into.                            
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1617  CAP loan fund; extend repealer on provision allowing      Howell
        use of interest on certain loans for support of MDA.   
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1626  Ambulances and emergency vehicles; revise certain         Howell
        provisions regarding operation of.                     
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1634  Mineral lease commission; revise composition of.          Reeves
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SC 600  Commend service of 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense       Burton
        Artillery.                                             
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 601  Commend career of award-winning actress Tonea Stewart     Jordan
        of Greenwood, Mississippi.                             
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 602  Commend career and civic contributions of Fred Carl,      Jordan
        Jr.                                                    
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  20  Commend career of gospel artist and MSB graduate Ginny    Michel
        Owens.                                                 
           04/05 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Referred Other House

HB1762  Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ to borrow     Smith (39th)
        from for loan programs, Department of Rehabilitation   
        Services to borrow from.                               
           04/05 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1792  Bonds; authorize for Building Fund for the Arts and the   Smith (39th)
        Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
           04/05 (S) Referred To Finance



Senate: Signed By The President

HB1456  Sales tax; allow telecommunications providers to sell     Watson
        taxable and nontaxable services at a single nonitemized
        price.                                                 
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2075  Disabled parking; date of expiration of windshield        Hewes
        placards must be visible.                              
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2102  State Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on.      Thames
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2545  Municipalities; revise method of notice of special        Burton
        meetings.                                              
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2560  Commercial driver's license; permit diabetics to obtain   Tollison
        under certain conditions.                              
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2589  Coastal wetlands; require applicant for permit to pay     Gollott
        costs of public notice before publication.             
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2754  Business advertising signs; prohibit governing            King
        authorities from imposing fees and privilege taxes.    
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2777  Highway work zone; revise penalty for speeding.           Hewes
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2783  Public property; DFA may sell certain property to St.     Frazier
        Peters Missionary Baptist Church.                      
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2823  Oysters; require Marine Resources employee to be          Gollott
        present at relaying of oysters.                        
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2824  Oysters; require captain's license for captain of         Gollott
        commercial oyster harvesting vessel.                   
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2907  State Board of Education grant surface easement on        Chaney
        campus of MS School for the Blind and Deaf; authorize. 
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2921  Coastal wetlands; allow extension for processing          Gollott
        permits by Department of Marine Resources.             
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2982  IHL to submit international contract disputes to          Tollison
        binding arbitration; authorize.                        
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3010  Multi-modal transportation; revise multi-modal            Hewes
        transportation program and fund.                       
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3019  Municipalities; reduce period of existence of liens on    Harden
        certain real property from five years to two years for 
        lien amnesty purposes.                                 
           04/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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