SB2021 Ad valorem tax; exempt portion of true value of Kirby
*$% motorcycles/trailers from tax, allow volunteer fire
fighters a credit on motor vehicles.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2033 State employees salaries; increase across-the-board. Kirby
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2034 PERS; certain community hospitals may restrict Dearing
retirement coverage to employees with 4 or more years
of service as of June 30, 2006.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2072 Election poll workers and managers; increase per diem Dearing
compensation.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2075 Hunting; ensure lands will always be available to Posey
* Mississippians for hunting.
04/18 Approved by Governor
SB2077 Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising Dearing
$% purchases.
02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2078 Community college districts; may waive out-of-state Dearing
% tuition for students living within 50 miles of campus.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2079 Public Employees Life Insurance Plan; increase Dearing
insurance limits for retirees.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2085 Commissioners of election; may run for other offices if Dearing
they resign before they qualify.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2092 Preparation of the Executive Budget and Legislative Dearing
Budget; change procedures.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2093 Department of Transportation; require placement of Dearing
markers on rights-of-way memorializing vehicle
accidental death.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2094 Insurance agents; exempt age 65 or older from Dearing
continuing education requirements.
02/08 (S) Died In Committee
SB2102 Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation Dearing
$% bonds for improvement to the Natchez Institute school
building.
02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2103 Income tax; increase exemption for National Guard and Ross
$% Reserve pay.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2110 Criminal investigators; allow certain DA's to appoint Dearing
additional.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2118 Elections; prohibit a person from qualifying as a Dearing
candidate for more than one (1) office at any election.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2120 Bill of rights for patients and residents of health Dearing
care facilities; provide.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2127 Joint Study Committee on the Critical Needs of Nursing Nunnelee
* % Faculty at IHL and community colleges; establish.
02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2140 Motor fuel excise taxes: provide partial exemption on Carmichael
$% sales of fuel to volunteer fire departments for use in
departments.
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2171 Toll roads; authorize Transportation Commission to Ross
* % contract with private entities to construct (MDOT).
02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2184 Health insurers; require coverage for injuries from Dearing
participation in certain legal activities.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2208 Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish. Dearing
% 01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2210 Cruelty to animals; revise for cats and hog/dog fights. Dearing
* 03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2211 Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or Dearing
$% "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2234 Justice court; clarify criminal jurisdiction. Dearing
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2237 Eminent domain; restrict cities' authority to exercise. Dearing
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2239 District attorneys; authorize additional assistant for Dearing
14th circuit.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2241 Property/casualty insurance agents; require continuing Dearing
education in flood insurance.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2245 License tags; provide a partial ad valorem tax Ross
*$% exemption for motor vehicles owned by active duty
members of the National Guard and Reserves.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2291 Commissioners of election; increase compensation for Burton
* certain duties.
04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2292 Visitation; require for noncustodial parents concurrent Dearing
% with order of child support.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2293 Hospital Infections Disclosure Act of 2006; enact. Dearing
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2294 Mississippi Patient Safety Act; create. Dearing
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2296 Corrections; create task force to study long-term Dearing
prisoners.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2332 MS Consumer Protection Act; prohibit rate increases on Kirby
* auto insurance for active military personnel.
03/01 Approved by Governor
SB2371 Income tax; a relative 65 or older, who resides with Nunnelee
$% taxpayer and whose income is $12,000.00 or less, is a
dependent.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2374 Small loan licensees; authorize to sell auto club Mettetal
* memberships to borrowers.
03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2384 Homestead exemption; dwelling houses destroyed in Dawkins
$% certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered
homes for two years.
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2388 DHS family protection worker/specialist Nunnelee
* responsibilities; provide qualifications and delete
repealers.
04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2408 Local school district budgets; require at least 65% to Hewes
be expended for instructional purposes.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2410 Animal cruelty; revise offense. Dawkins
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2417 Mode of transportation; ensure equal access to public Dearing
accommodations.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2418 Driver's license; increase fee for reinstatement Davis
% V following suspension.
03/01 (S) Veto Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB2420 Property; authorize land exchange between North Pike Dearing
* School District and Southwest Mississippi Community
College.
03/27 (S) Died In Conference
SB2426 Duty to retreat; clarify when does not exist (NRA). Ross
* 03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2432 POW/MIA Flag; direct the Bureau of Capitol Facilities Jackson (32nd)
* to display on certain days.
04/03 Approved by Governor
SB2433 Government contracts; require labor to be performed by Thames
* U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2443 Appropriation; additional to Local Disaster Emergency Gordon
Grant and Loan Fund.
03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2446 Controlled substances; technical correction bill (MPA). Albritton
* 02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2472 Military personnel; professional license shall not King
* % expire while on federal active duty.
03/27 (S) Died In Conference
SB2527 Sex offender registration; enact "Jessica's Law." Ross
* 04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2572 I Am Mississippi; designate as official state poem. Dearing
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2573 Chancery clerks; clarify certain recording fees. Thames
% 02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2576 Home Inspector Regulatory Board; stagger terms of Mettetal
members.
03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2594 Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment Michel
$% mandated by federal or state law.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2597 Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing Michel
*$% during the first weekend in August.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2648 Retired MBN agents; may be reemployed as law Lee (35th)
enforcement officers and receive retirement benefits.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2669 Amateur radio; restrict local zoning regulations of Dearing
antennae.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2677 Physical therapists; authorize to provide services Nunnelee
* without referral under certain circumstances.
03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2686 Sales tax; authorize a diversion to state institutions Robertson
* of higher learning not located within corporate limits
of a municipality.
03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2695 MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer. King
% 03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2703 Hunting; create the right to hunt, fish and harvest Michel
game.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2738 State Employee Management Training Program; remove Thames
repealer/clarify language.
02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2742 MS Residential Electronic Protection Licensing Act; Mettetal
* % enact.
04/03 Approved by Governor
SB2773 Driver's license; raise age of eligibility. Dearing
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2792 Failure to stop or yield right-of-way; prescribe Dearing
penalties whenever injury or death results.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2800 Home repair fraud; revise penalties (AG). Gollott
* 03/29 (S) Died In Conference
SB2818 Crimes; certain stalking offenses by registered sex Dearing
offenders to be felonies.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2835 Child custody; eliminate child's right to choose at age Dearing
12.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2837 Adoption; expand jurisdiction. Tollison
* 03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2838 Custody; chancellor's decision of record if child is Dearing
* over 12.
03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2863 Pretrial intervention; authorize for collection of Dearing
unpaid fines and restitution.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2878 Driver's license; revise suspension of due to Albritton
* % nonpayment of fine or failure to appear in response to
a citation.
02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2882 Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; create. Nunnelee
* 04/03 Approved by Governor
SB2913 Geologists; repeal sunset date, revise registration Dearing
* % fees, make technical corrections and repeal sunset on
engineers' board.
04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2942 Bio-diesel fuel; create study committee. Lee (35th)
* 04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2974 Distinctive motorcycle license tag; provide for Dearing
% issuance to fire fighters and retired fire fighters.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2980 Mississippi Home Corporation; revise the amount of Robertson
*$% bonds that may be issued by.
03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2982 Bonds; increase for Water Pollution Control Revolving Robertson
$% Fund, Local Governments and Rural Water Systems
Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2983 Alcoholic beverage excise tax; exempt native wine Dearing
*$% producers from on wine sold to the State Tax
Commission.
03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2986 Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Robertson
*$% Fund; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued
for.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2987 Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to fund the Robertson
*$% Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB2991 Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board; Gordon
Additional FY2006.
03/15 Approved by Governor
SB3001 Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise Dearing
*$% definition of the term "project" and authorize issuance
of bonds.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB3006 Appropriation; Ethics Comm. Gordon
* @ 04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3007 Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol. Gordon
* @ 04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3009 Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion. Gordon
* @ 04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3010 Appropriation; Secretary of State. Gordon
* @ 04/18 Approved by Governor
SB3012 Appropriation; Treasurers Office. Gordon
* @ 04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3013 Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs. Gordon
* @ 04/18 Approved by Governor
SB3014 Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Gordon
* @ Station.
04/18 Approved by Governor
SB3015 Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Gordon
* @ Service.
04/18 Approved by Governor
SB3016 Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research. Gordon
* @ 04/18 Approved by Governor
SB3017 Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine. Gordon
* @ 04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3018 Appropriation; Student Financial Aid. Gordon
* @ 04/20 Approved by Governor
SB3019 Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Consol. - Gordon
* @ Subsidiary.
04/20 Approved by Governor
SB3020 Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol. Gordon
* @ 04/20 Approved by Governor
SB3021 Appropriation; IHL - General Support. Gordon
* @ 04/05 Approved by Governor
SB3022 Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin. Gordon
* @ 04/20 Approved by Governor
SB3023 Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support. Gordon
* @ 04/05 Approved by Governor
SB3035 Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist. Gordon
* @ 04/24 Approved by Governor
SB3066 Mining tax; sales of lignite or coal are exempt when Robertson
$% used as fuel to produce electricity for sale.
03/14 (H) Died In Committee
SB3067 Income taxation; provide a tax credit for expenses Robertson
$% incurred in rehabilitating certain historic structures.
03/15 Approved by Governor
SB3071 Bonds; issued g.o. bonds to the Dept. of Marine Robertson
$% Resources for purchase of equipment & improvement of
facilities.
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB3073 Sales tax; repeal mining tax (Section 27-65-15). Robertson
$% 03/23 Approved by Governor
SB3074 Sales tax; exclude prepaid student meal plans sold at Robertson
$% colleges and meals sold to K-12 students at school from
the term "business."
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB3086 Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Little
*$%@ Fund; issue bonds and revise appropriation requirement
for.
04/20 Approved by Governor
SB3092 Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.; Additional FY Little
* 2006.
03/27 Approved by Governor
SB3111 Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation Little
$%@ bonds for the B.B. King Museum.
04/05 Approved by Governor
SB3118 Sales taxation; grant sales tax exemptions for certain Robertson
%@ nonprofit organizations.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3122 Bonds; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued Robertson
$%@ under the Economic Development Highway Act.
04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 501 Amend Constitution; abolish electoral votes for Bryan
Governor.
02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SC 505 Establish Mississippi Sportsmen's Caucus in the Posey
Legislature.
02/14 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 516 Commend life of Iraq casualty U.S. Army Sergeant Dearing
Willard Todd Partridge.
01/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 519 Commend award-winning housing developer J.E. Carter. White
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 528 Commend Jerry Mitchell for 2005 John Chancellor Award Dawkins
for Excellence in Journalism.
01/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 530 Commend Senator Thad Cochran for securing agreement on Davis
Hurricane Katrina relief.
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 533 Remember the gallant service and commend life of MS Jackson (32nd)
Army National Guard Sergeant Travis Sentell Cooper of
Macon, MS.
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 537 Jerious Norwood; commend for receiving the Conerly Jackson (15th)
Trophy for being best college football player.
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 538 Commend Cellular South for exemplary service on the Hewes
Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina.
02/14 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 540 Constitution; establish constitutional right to hunt Michel
and fish.
01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SC 541 Commend South Panola High School "Tigers" Football Mettetal
Team, 2005 State Championship and "3-Peat."
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 542 Commend life and legacy of former State Senator Henry Harden
J. Kirksey.
01/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 547 Commend life and public service of Paul Battle, Jr. Jackson (11th)
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 549 Commend life of former State Senator Jack Alfred Pace. Hyde-Smith
02/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 552 Commend 155th Brigade Combat Team of the Mississippi Little
National Guard for Iraq operations.
02/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 553 Commend Captain Bryan Creel and helicopter crewmen for Carmichael
heroic action in Iraqi desert.
02/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 554 Commend life and public service of former Senator and Dearing
President Pro Tempore William Alexander.
02/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 555 Commend life and artistic contributions of soul pioneer Horhn
Wilson Pickett.
02/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 556 Commend Iraq Purple Heart recipient Spc. Alexander Butler
Aguilar.
02/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 557 Commend Brigadier General Augustus L. Collins, Little
Commanding Officer of the 155th Brigade Combat Team.
02/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 559 Expressing the sympathy of the Legislature on the death Jordan
of Coretta Scott King, the "First Lady of Civil
Rights".
02/14 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 562 Commend Mississippi Power Company for exemplary service King
on the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina.
02/21 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 565 Posthumously commend Robert Johnson for Grammy Lifetime Flowers
Achievement Award.
02/21 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 582 Commend career of Hobson Waits, CEO of EPAs of Robertson
Mississippi.
02/21 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 583 Commend Dr. Charles Lee. Little
02/21 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 584 Commend MSU's "First Lady" Patricia Lee. Little
02/21 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 587 Commend Dr. J. Edward Hill, President of the American Chaney
Medical Association.
03/07 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 590 Declare May 2006 as "Digestive Motility Awareness Hyde-Smith
Month" in Mississippi.
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 594 Declare March 2006 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month." Little
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 595 Commend Phil Bass on dedicated career of public Harvey
service.
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 596 Commend members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Harden
Academic Team.
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 599 Commend Anheuser-Busch for generous aid to Hurricane Moffatt
Katrina victims.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 600 Commend life of Armis Hawkins. Gordon
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 602 Commend life and public service of Senator Billy Little
Harvey.
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 603 Designate March 2006 as "Women's History Month in Dawkins
Mississippi."
03/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 605 Commend the life of former Deputy Insurance Kirby
Commissioner Ron Hanna.
03/17 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 608 Urge Congress to enact federal Income Tax relief to King
tree farmers who lost trees to Hurricane Katrina.
03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 609 Commend Coahoma County High School Panthers for State Jackson (11th)
Basketball Championship.
03/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 610 Commend life of John S. Callon. Dearing
03/26 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 618 Suspend rules to draft a bill to exempt from sales Robertson
taxation sales to certain nonprofit organizations of
tangible personal property.
03/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 619 Commend Philadelphia High School "Lady Tornadoes" on Williamson
winning their first-ever Class 2A Basketball
Championship.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 620 Suspend rules for drafting, etc; add work program Nunnelee
requirement for TANF eligibility.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 622 Commend Linda W. Jackson for Federal Education Program Jackson (32nd)
Administrators State Leadership Award.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 623 Commend Delta State University "Statesmen" Boys Clarke
Basketball Team, Gulf South Conference Champions.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 624 Commend Delta State University "Lady Statesmen" Girls Clarke
Basketball Team, 2006 Gulf South Conference Champions.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 625 Commend Coach Carol Ross for 300th career victory and Tollison
for winning the 2005 Gold Medal in Women's Basketball.
03/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 626 Commend the positive coaching career of Ole Miss Robertson
Basketball Coach Rod Barnes.
04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 628 Designate "Junior Auxiliary Week" in Mississippi. Little
04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 630 Dr. Ronald Estes Whitehead, President of Jones County Pickering
Junior College.
04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 635 Suspend rules for further consideration of S.B. 3001 Dearing
which revises definition of the term "project" under
the Major Economic Impact Act.
04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 637 Commend Robert Lomenick, University of Mississippi Doxey
School of Pharmacy Alumnus of the Year.
04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 640 Recognize popularity of NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Posey
* 04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 643 Suspend rules for further consideration of HB 1250 to Robertson
* create new sales tax incentive program; increase bonds
for EDHA.
04/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 645 Recognize May 2, 2006, as World Asthma Day. Burton
04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SR 7 Commend Tommiea Jackson, Ebony Magazine "2006 Young Jackson (11th)
Leader of the Future."
01/20 (S) Immediate Release
SR 10 Commend Corinth National Guard members of 155th Brigade Little
Combat Team for Iraq operations.
02/03 (S) Adopted
SR 20 Commend Anthony McGaha upon selection as Boys and Girls Little
Clubs Youth of the Year.
02/15 (S) Immediate Release
SR 32 Acknowledge March 2006 as "American Red Cross Month" in Little
Mississippi.
03/07 (S) Immediate Release
SR 34 Commend Alan Travette (Tra) Henderson. Butler
03/10 (S) Immediate Release
SR 41 Commend the Mississippi Valley State University Concert Jordan
Choir.
03/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR 42 Commend Richard Wilson on receiving Mississippi Civil Kirby
Defense-Emergency Management Association Board of
Directors Award.
03/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR 43 Commend Benjamin Coyte Vance on being inducted into the Kirby
Mississippi Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
03/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR 44 Commend Sergeant Bobby Reed, Instructor at Mississippi Gordon
Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy.
03/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR 47 Commend Freddie Mac for Hurricane Katrina relief Hewes
efforts.
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 48 Commend Jackson State University for designation as top Frazier
doctoral research university.
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 51 Commend DSU Forward Jasper Johnson for winning Howell Clarke
Trophy.
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 52 Express appreciation to the Republic of Italy for King
immediate response following Hurricane Katrina.
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 53 Commend ACS; National Dental Association and the Harden
National Dental Hygienist's Association Dental Outreach
Initiative.
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 55 Commend DSU Basketball Coach Steve Rives, National Dearing
"Coach of the Year".
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 56 Commend Representative Charles L. Young, Sr. Jackson (32nd)
03/29 (S) Immediate Release
SR 57 Commend Senator Ed Morgan for leading Pledge of Flowers
Allegiance.
03/31 (S) Died In Committee
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| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |
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