Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/26/05



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House: Double Referred Reports

HB 170  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            McCoy
        high-growth school district formula.                   
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
HB 191  State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan;         Formby
        require certain prior participation and delete         
        provisions covering life insurance.                    
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDPCS: IN To AP
HB 653  Motor vehicle accident reports; authorize Department of   Miles
        Public Safety to provide certain information.          
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDPCS: JA To TR
HB 722  Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage; raise         Chism
        statutory minimum.                                     
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: JA To IN
HB 816  Garbage and rubbish; prohibit counties and cities from    Franks
        imposing fee or tax for collection or disposal         
        businesses.                                            
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: WM To CR
HB1025  Tourism; create new sales tax incentive program.          Peranich
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDPCS: TO To WM
HB1039  Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory; provide       Shows
        limited immunity from criminal trespass.               
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: FO To JB
HB1079  Dual enrollment programs; require students to maintain    Young
        3.0 GPA in all courses in order to participate in.     
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To ED
HB1088  Public Service Commission; require to regulate charges    Fillingane
        for inmate phone service.                              
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: PU To AP
HB1092  Commission; establish to study the efficiency of the      Carlton
        administration of college tuition assistance programs. 
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To AP
HB1104  Medicaid; amend sections on eligibility, services and     Morris
        facility assessments.                                  
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDPCS: ME To AP
HB1130  Commercial Driver's License Law; revise to comply with    Miles
        federal law (DPS).                                     
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: TR To JB
HB1239  Broadband services; exempt from the regulation of the     Ellis *
        Public Service Commission.                             
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: PU To WM
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: WM To PU
HB1289  Sixteenth section lands; provide alternative method if    Frierson
        school board disagrees with Forestry Commission as to  
        price of timber.                                       
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To FO
HB1525  State and School Employees Life Insurance Plan;           Formby
        decentralize.                                          
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: IN To AP
HB1550  Boards of directors of natural gas districts; revise      Taylor
        compensation.                                          
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDP: PU To AP
HC  20  Amend Constitution; require majority vote only for bill   Denny
        reducing taxes.                                        
           01/26 (H) DR - TSDBA: CO To WM



House: Committee Reports

HB 189  Mississippi Highway 43; designate portion in Leake,       Malone
        Madison and Rankin Counties as "Joe A. Waggoner        
        Memorial Highway."                                     
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 205  Harvest permits; extend repealer on authority of          Warren
        Transportation Commission to issue.                    
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 222  Mississippi Highway 309; designate portion in Marshall    Woods
        County as "J.P. Woods Memorial Highway."               
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 245  Light wine and beer laws; extend repeal date on           Warren
        authority of Alcoholic Beverage Control officers to    
        enforce.                                               
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 257  Incentive payment program; sales tax incentive fund;      Warren
        extend repealer.                                       
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 272  Motor vehicle identification cards; authorize county      Fleming
        tax collectors to sell.                                
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 438  Building Fund for the Arts; extend repealer on            Warren
        provision allowing Arts Commission to use bond proceeds
        for certain project costs.                             
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 500  Tourism; authorize MDA to contract with local entities    Peranich
        for regional tourism promotion, require local entities 
        to conduct annual audit.                               
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 607  Methamphetamine Reduction Act; create.                    Smith (39th)
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 620  Forestry Commission law enforcement officers; authorize   Shows
        to issue citations for violation of fire laws.         
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 653  Motor vehicle accident reports; authorize Department of   Miles
        Public Safety to provide certain information.          
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 671  Bag limit for certain species of fish; regulate,          Frierson
        provide penalties and describe who shall be jointly and
        severally liable.                                      
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 704  Shrimp; require all engaged in commercial shrimping to    Patterson
        label the ocean and country of origin.                 
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 722  Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage; raise         Chism
        statutory minimum.                                     
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 758  School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims   Pierce
        to be ratified by local school board.                  
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 800  Community/junior college districts; delete repealer on    Young
        certain employment procedures.                         
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 816  Garbage and rubbish; prohibit counties and cities from    Franks
        imposing fee or tax for collection or disposal         
        businesses.                                            
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 904  Universities and community colleges; authorize            Clark
        gaming-related courses.                                
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 974  Mississippi Highways 472 and 6 and U.S. Highway 84;       Weathersby
        designate portions as "Heroes Trail," "Officer Ronald  
        Wayne Jones Memorial Highway," and "Amie Ewing Memorial
        Highway."                                              
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 984  Economic interest statements; require local governing     Peranich
        authorities to file with Ethics Commission.            
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1050  State Forestry Commission personnel; exclude from state   Shows
        service.                                               
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1080  Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation; revise   Young
        authority.                                             
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1113  Consumer protection; revise prohibited acts or            Moak
        practices.                                             
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1119  IHL's; clarify residence status of spouses and children   Young
        of military personnel on active duty for purposes of   
        attending.                                             
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1170  Mississippi Highway 25; designate portion in Tishomingo   Franks
        County as "David Bonds Memorial Highway."              
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1195  Income tax; clarify that assessment of penalty for        Watson
        failure to pay or to file return is permissive (STC).  
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1213  Health Savings Accounts Act; establish and exempt         Dedeaux
        certain contributions from gross income.               
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1238  Auto liability insurance; require Department of Public    Formby
        Safety to maintain database of insured motorist and    
        revise certain fees.                                   
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1239  Broadband services; exempt from the regulation of the     Ellis *
        Public Service Commission.                             
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1246  Sales tax; revise definition of "person" under (STC).     Watson
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1306  Corporation franchise tax; revise type of notice that     Watson
        may extend period for examining returns.               
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1317  Health insurance; require reimbursement for services of   Formby
        marriage and family therapists.                        
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1327  State Tax Commission; remove requirement that board of    Watson
        review decisions be approved by the chairman (STC).    
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1448  Gaming; authorize Gaming Commission to adopt              Moak
        regulations regarding race book and sports pool        
        consistent with federal law.                           
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HC   8  Amend Constitution; establish hunting and fishing as a    Bondurant
        right.                                                 
           01/26 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HB1345  Parole Board; allow to place offenders in intensive       Malone
        supervision program and increase fee of program.       
           01/26 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HR   7  Purple Heart Recognition Day; recognize August 7, 2005,   Carlton
        in Mississippi.                                        
           01/26 (H) Adopted
           01/26 (H) Immediate Release



House: Signed By The Speaker

HR  13  Auschwitz concentration camps liberation; recognize       Reynolds
        60th anniversary of.                                   
           01/26 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3011  Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for   Michel
        portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed 
        individuals.                                           
           01/26 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3012  Ad valorem taxation; exempt special equipment for         Frazier
        disabled persons that is mounted on certain motor      
        vehicles.                                              
           01/26 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3013  Motor vehicle sales tax; revise exemption for transfers   Robertson
        between family members (STC).                          
           01/26 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3014  Ad valorem tax; allow subsequent request for new          Chaney
        enterprise exemption in certain cases, authorize cities
        to defer.                                              
           01/26 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3015  Harrison County; may contribute to the local Boys and     Hewes
        Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, Inc.                    
           01/26 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SB3016  Sales taxation; exempt Goodwill Industries of South       Hewes
        Mississippi, Inc., from.                               
           01/26 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3017  Amusement tax; exempt events that pay fees to the         White
        Mississippi Athletic Commission.                       
           01/26 (S) Referred To Finance
SB3018  Bonds; authorize issuance for constructing an access      Posey
        road to the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant.            
           01/26 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation;Finance
SB3019  City of Gulfport; may pay health insurance premiums for   Hewes
        retired employees of city participating in group plan. 
           01/26 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SC 527  Urge Congress to end tort abuse against firearms          White
        industry.                                              
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 528  Urge Congress to enact social security system reform.     White
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 529  Commend Jalin Wood, Miss Mississippi 2004.                Walley
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 530  Urge Congress to repeal federal death tax.                White
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 531  Designate "Mississippi Health Awareness Day."             White
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 532  Commend life of Dr. Richard Naef, Mississippi's first     Frazier
        Neurologist.                                           
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 533  Commend the life of combat casualty Seabee Chief Joel     Dawkins
        Baldwin.                                               
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 534  Commend the "King of the Blues," B.B. King.               Jordan
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 535  Increase federal funding for special education; urge      Harden
        Congress to.                                           
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules
SR   9  Commend life of Mrs. Gloria Thames Bottom.                Chaney
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2010  Municipalities and counties; may pay active duty          Nunnelee
        military employees difference in salaries.             
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: MU To CA
SB2133  Law enforcement officers; provide minimum due process     Tollison
        rights for municipal.                                  
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: MU To JB
SB2244  State agencies, counties and municipalities; authorize    Carmichael
        acceptance of electronic payments.                     
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: VM To AP
SB2458  Offenders under correctional supervision; prohibit sex    Huggins
        or carnal knowledge with correction employees per DOC  
        recommendation.                                        
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDPCS: CR To JB
SB2459  Agriculture leases of prison lands to private entities;   Huggins
        increase maximum lease from 3 to 8 years per DOC       
        recommendation.                                        
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To PP
SB2482  Agricultural leases of prison lands to private            Huggins
        entities; allow DFA to hold auction per DOC            
        recommendation.                                        
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: CR To PP
SB2484  State agencies; require to purchase products from MIB     Thames
        whenever economically feasible.                        
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDPCS: FS To AP
SB2736  Highway Commission; limit amount spent annually on        Doxey
        certain agreements to advance highway construction.    
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDPCS: HI To FI
SB2745  Medicaid; provide for cost containment and make           Nunnelee
        technical amendments to law.                           
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2774  Transfer of county/city property to nonprofit primary     Browning
        health care clinic; delete repealer.                   
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: CA To MU
SB2790  Insecticides and pesticides; revise Bureau of Plant       Hyde-Smith
        Industry procedures for administrative hearings.       
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: AG To JA
SB2828  Municipalities; authorize criminal penalties for          Harden
        failure to clean private property.                     
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: MU To JB
SB2894  Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2005; create.              Tollison
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDPCS: JB To AP
SB2960  Mississippi Office of Indigent Appeals; create.           Ross
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDPCS: JA To AP
SB2987  Municipally-owned utilities; prohibit from requiring      Flowers
        landlords from paying bills of tenants.                
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: MU To PU
SB3003  Counties and municipalities; may lease property to        Browning
        wireless service providers for certain number of years.
           01/26 (S) DR - TSDP: CA To MU



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 622  U.S. Highway 80; dedicate in honor and memory of Korean   Rogers (61st)
        War veterans.                                          
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2009  Department of Human Services; reenact and extend          Nunnelee
        repealer to July 1, 2009.                              
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2018  Marriage; Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (NCCUSL).      Ross
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2020  Eviction; by district attorney for drug violations.       Nunnelee
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2024  Eminent domain; authorize trial without jury by           Dearing
        consent.                                               
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2040  State employee travel; revise approval procedure for      Tollison
        overseas travel for university employees.              
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2076  Memorial Highway; designate segment of U.S. 84 in Jones   Pickering
        County as Veterans Memorial Highway.                   
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2096  Retirement benefits; subject to child support orders.     White
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2278  Model Business Corporation Act; reenact issuance of       Ross
        rights and foreign corporation withdrawal (BLAG).      
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2330  Forest fires; provide for restitution for cost of         Harvey
        abating if person guilty of gross negligence in        
        causing.                                               
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2445  Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; require           King
        inclusion in national database/extend repealer.        
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2450  Justice court; conform fees to municipal court.           Albritton
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2451  State Parole Board; remove repealer.                      Huggins
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2456  State inmates; require to pay certain litigation          Huggins
        expenses for in forma pauperis proceedings per DOC     
        recommendations.                                       
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2457  Corrections; remove the repealer on the general inmate    Huggins
        authority of Department of Corrections.                
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2518  Forestry Inventory and Strategic Planning Act; remove     Harvey
        repealer.                                              
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2519  MS Institute for Forest Inventory; limited immunity       Harvey
        from criminal trespass for conducting forest inventory 
        on private lands.                                      
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2520  MS Institute for Forest Inventory; stagger terms of       Harvey
        board of directors.                                    
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2538  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System; remove     Moffatt
        repealer and clarify duties of the Department of       
        Health.                                                
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2586  Donation of personal leave by public employees; delete    Thames
        repealer.                                              
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2635  Utility service vehicles; exempt from DOT supervision     King
        and inspection as to hours of service.                 
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2636  Broadband services; clarify to exempt from regulation     King
        by PSC.                                                
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2639  Agriculture; remove repealer on commissioner's            Lee (35th)
        authority to regulate agricultural seeds.              
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2655  Catfish marketing; revise definition of catfish by        Hyde-Smith
        correcting scientific nomenclature.                    
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2662  State employee major medical leave; prohibit use when     Thames
        receiving workers' compensation.                       
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2667  State agencies; DFA may assist creditor agency in         Gordon *
        collecting fees from delinquent agency and direct funds
        transfer.                                              
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2681  Agricultural seeds; authorize Department of Agriculture   Hyde-Smith
        and Commerce to establish inspection fees.             
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2703  Agricultural lime law; provide repealer and require       Lee (35th)
        regulations to comply with Administrative Procedures   
        Act.                                                   
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2747  State inmates; prohibit working of state inmates by       Huggins
        individuals for private purposes.                      
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2750  Intensive Supervision Program; reenact.                   Huggins
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2752  Transportation; authorize the commission to lease         Hewes
        antenna space on communication towers that it owns.    
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2832  The Mississippi Bar; revise enrollment fees.              Ross
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2836  Mississippi Highway 844; delete segment from state        Lee (35th)
        highway system.                                        
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2918  Municipalities; may donate to public school districts     Michel
        for certain purposes.                                  
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2969  Prison Industries; remove repealer on the prohibition     Huggins
        on procurement of certain goods made by out-of-state   
        inmate labor if PIC makes goods.                       
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2988  Parole; provide equity in eligibility for certain first   Huggins
        time offenders under the 85% rule.                     
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2996  Garnishment; revise service of process and                Mettetal
        responsibility of garnishees in certain cases.         
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3001  State Highway System; designate a portion of Airport      Brown
        Road in Lowndes County as part.                        
           01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2429  Appropriation; Dept. of Public Safety - Highway Patrol    Little
        Trooper Training Class; FY2006.                        
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2524  Sales tax diversion to pay back special funds; delay      Gordon
        for 1 year.                                            
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2547  98% budget limitation for FY 2006; remove.                Gordon
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2555  State's share of oil and gas severance taxes; all to be   Little
        appropriated until 2010.                               
           01/26 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2645  MS Telecommunication Conference and Training Facility     Gordon *
        Reserve Fund; clarify authorized expenditures.         
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2730  Office of General Services; increase maximum amount in    Posey
        revolving fund and allow certain expenditures from.    
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2782  State agency authority to donate to American Red Cross;   Nunnelee
        extend repealer.                                       
           01/26 (S) Passed
SB2845  State funds; provide for transfers of special funds       Gordon
        into BCF, and transfers among categories for certain   
        agencies.                                              
           01/26 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/26 (S) Passed



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 127  Scenic streams; designate Pascagoula River as eligible    Broomfield
        for nomination to scenic streams.                      
           01/26 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 769  Pearl River; designate portion as eligible for            Carlton
        nomination to Scenic Streams Stewardship Program.      
           01/26 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 771  Scenic streams; designate portion of Escatawpa River in   Parker
        George and Jackson Counties eligible for nomination to 
        scenic streams program.                                
           01/26 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB 826  City of Gulfport; may pay health insurance premiums for   Ishee
        retired employees of city participating in group plan. 
           01/26 (S) Referred To Local and Private;Finance
HB 837  Scenic streams; designate portion of Red Creek in         Parker
        Stone, George & Jackson Counties as eligible for scenic
        streams program nomination.                            
           01/26 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
HB1345  Parole Board; allow to place offenders in intensive       Malone
        supervision program and increase fee of program.       
           01/26 (S) Referred To Corrections
HC  44  Mrs. Almeta Covington Snowden; commend life of.           Robinson (84th)
           01/26 (S) Referred To Rules

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