Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/24/06



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House: Introductions

HC  56  155th Brigade Combat Team; commend service of during      McCoy
        Operation Iraqi Freedom and welcome home.              
           01/24 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 166  County superintendent of education; prohibit voters in    Mayo
        certain school districts from voting in election for.  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: ED To AE
HB 319  Local school health councils; direct local school         Brown
        districts to establish in conformity with federal      
        requirements.                                          
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
HB 321  Substitute school bus drivers; authorize reimbursement    Brown
        for costs required for commercial driver's license.    
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
HB 563  MAEP funding; extend repealer on additional funding for   Warren
        high growth districts.                                 
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
HB 566  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; extend repealer.   Warren
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: PP To AP
HB 587  Local Government Records Committee; extend repealer on    Warren
        (RP).                                                  
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: CA To MU
HB 599  Medicaid; allow certain faith-based assisted living       Holland
        facilities to participate in waiver program.           
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
HB 653  School buses; increase speed limits on interstates and    Mayo
        highways for authorized trips.                         
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: ED To TR
HB 663  Motor vehicle ad valorem tax; authorize credit for        Rogers (61st)
        national guardsmen and reservists.                     
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: MA To WM
HB 908  Burn Center; establish in 2007 at UMMC.                   Holland
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
HB1127  Storm water management districts; authorize to assess     Brown
        user fees.                                             
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: CR To WM
HB1213  Automobile liability insurance; require Department of     Dedeaux
        Public Safety to implement database program on         
        uninsured motorists.                                   
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDPCS: IN To TR
HB1353  Seed inspection fees; repeal requirements for.            Markham
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: AG To AP
HB1457  Exemption from seizure; exempt amounts in health          Fillingane
        savings accounts.                                      
           01/24 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To JB



House: Committee Reports

HB  74  Hill Fire folk play; designate as official folk play of   Howell
        Mississippi.                                           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 207  Unemployment compensation; increase benefits.             Moss
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 215  MAEP; revise formula.                                     Brown
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 258  Pain management; express legislative intent to            Moak
        recognize medical discipline of.                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 308  Local school boards; authorize to make surplus            Brown
        textbooks available to parents of school age children  
        in the district.                                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 318  Italian language pilot program; extend repealer on.       Brown
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 320  School boards; transfer training responsibility to        Brown
        Mississippi School Boards Association.                 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 338  Banking; commissioner may disclose certain information    Guice
        to federal or state regulatory counterpart to          
        department.                                            
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 532  Child protection specialists; extend repealer on formal   Warren
        standards for and authority to provide certain         
        services.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 544  Board of Chiropractic Examiners; extend repealer on.      Warren
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 548  Overweight load special permits; extend repealer on       Warren
        section of law authorizing MDOT to issue.              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 557  Medical radiation technologists; extend repealer on       Holland
        registration of.                                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 570  CCDF/TANF program; extend repealer on requirements for    Warren
        Department of Human Services in operation of.          
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 585  Agricultural Aviation Licensing Law of 2002; extend       Warren
        repealer on.                                           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 586  Mississippi Business Investment Act; extend repealer.     Warren
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 590  Hospices; revise definition for licensure purposes to     Holland
        conform to federal law.                                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 591  Mississippi Board of Animal Health; extend repealer on.   Warren
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 592  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend          Warren
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 603  EMS services; include in quality assurance review         Holland
        process.                                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 635  Authority of boards of supervisors to change county's     Warren
        streams and water courses; extend repealer.            
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 649  Chronic Kidney Disease Act; create.                       Holland
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 651  Additional surcharge for traffic violations; extend       Warren
        repealer on section of law authorizing.                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 681  Mortgage companies; allow to collect fee from borrower    Baker (74th)
        to lock in loan rate for more than 60 days.            
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 744  Income Tax Credit for Port Facilities and Annual Impact   Warren
        Reports; extend repealer on.                           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 745  Income tax; extend repealer on tax credit for certain     Warren
        employers sponsoring skills training for employees.    
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 780  Ambulatory surgical facilities definition; extend         Warren
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 783  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; extend      Warren
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 917  Radiologist assistants; authorize Board of Medical        Barnett
        Licensure to license and regulate.                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 944  School districts; authorize to partner with entities,     Lott
        organizations and corporations to benefit.             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 951  School superintendents; require to notify teachers of     Lott
        nonreemployment before certain date.                   
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1012  Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer and         Guice
        expand scope.                                          
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1046  Banks; allow out-of-state banks to establish branch       Guice
        banks in Mississippi.                                  
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1057  Income tax; authorize relief of liability for spouse on   Reynolds
        joint return when spouse is relieved of liability      
        under federal law.                                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1109  Slaughtering establishments; authorize Commissioner of    Eaton
        Agriculture to inspect for humane methods.             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1217  Public adjusters; require licensure by Commissioner of    Formby
        Insurance.                                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1235  Medical records affidavits; limit amount medical          Upshaw
        providers may charge.                                  
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1287  Nurses Month; designate May of each year.                 Hines
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1367  Scenic Streams; designate portion of Red Creek in         Parker
        Stone, George and Jackson Counties as a state scenic   
        stream.                                                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1373  Eligible for nomination to State Scenic Streams           Miles
        Stewardship Program; designate the Tombigbee River in  
        Itawamba County for.                                   
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1385  Assessments on soybeans; revise procedure for             Eaton
        disbursement of assessments.                           
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1410  Credit reports; allow consumers to place security alert   Clark
        and security freeze in.                                
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1443  Loans; delete requirement for loan committee approval     Guice
        of certain bank loans.                                 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1453  Insurance premium finance law/sale of checks law; make    Guice
        technical changes.                                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1479  Motorcycles and trailers; exempt portion of true value    Reynolds
        from ad valorem taxes.                                 
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HC  50  Mississippi Power; commend on the restoration of power    Guice
        after Hurricane Katrina.                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  51  Mississippi State Medical Association; commend upon       Masterson
        150th anniversary.                                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  52  Taiwan; urge the United States to negotiate free trade    Compretta
        agreement with.                                        
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  53  James E. "Erik" Hearon; commend on promotion to           Brown
        Brigadier General.                                     
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  54  Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; recognize         Aldridge
        February 7-14, 2006, as.                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  56  155th Brigade Combat Team; commend service of during      McCoy
        Operation Iraqi Freedom and welcome home.              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  14  Fair Housing Month; designate the month of April 2006     Hines
        as and encourage all residents of Mississippi to       
        support.                                               
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HR  15  Joe B. Bradshaw; commend upon retirement.                 Reynolds
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 519  Commend award-winning housing developer J.E. Carter.      White
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 521  Commend life of Civil Rights icon, Rosa Parks, and        Dawkins
        recognize 50th Anniversary of the modern-day Civil     
        Rights Movement.                                       
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 530  Commend Senator Thad Cochran for securing agreement on    Davis
        Hurricane Katrina relief.                              
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 533  Remember the gallant service and commend life of MS       Jackson (32nd)
        Army National Guard Sergeant Travis Sentell Cooper of  
        Macon, MS.                                             
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 537  Jerious Norwood; commend for receiving the Conerly        Jackson (15th)
        Trophy for being best college football player.         
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 541  Commend South Panola High School "Tigers" Football        Mettetal
        Team, 2005 State Championship and "3-Peat."            
           01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HB 192  Sex offenders; authorities use of GPS monitoring.         Mayo
           01/24 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
           01/24 (H) Amended
           01/24 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 368  Personal care homes; extend repealer on certain           Warren
        provisions regarding.                                  
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 564  Controlled Substances Act, wiretapping sections; extend   Warren
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 803  Mississippi Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic     Franks
        Information; clarify membership.                       
           01/24 (H) Passed
HB 890  College tuition; clarify residency requirement for        Young
        certain minors to receive in-state rates.              
           01/24 (H) Passed
HB 895  Hemodialysis technicians; create program under board of   Holland
        Nursing for certification of.                          
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1064  Preneed funeral contracts funded by trust; require        Formby
        sellers place at least 85% of funds received in trust  
        account.                                               
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1175  Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act; revise     Robinson (63rd)
        definition of "insurance" under.                       
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HC  56  155th Brigade Combat Team; commend service of during      McCoy
        Operation Iraqi Freedom and welcome home.              
           01/24 (H) Adopted
           01/24 (H) Immediate Release
           01/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SC 552  Commend 155th Brigade Combat Team of the Mississippi      Little
        National Guard for Iraq operations.                    
           01/24 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Signed By The Speaker

SC 513  Commend Kristian Dambrino, Miss Mississippi 2005.         Burton
           01/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 522  Commend the life of Iraq casualty Lance Corporal Roger    Gollott
        Wayne Deeds.                                           
           01/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 525  Commend the life of Iraq casualty Corporal Michael        Mettetal
        Brandon Presley.                                       
           01/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 529  Commend Dr. Katrina Poe, "2005 Country Doctor of the      Jackson (15th)
        Year."                                                 
           01/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 542  Commend life and legacy of former State Senator Henry     Harden
        J. Kirksey.                                            
           01/24 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB2990  City of Pearl; exclude certain concession stands from     Kirby
        the tax levied in the West Pearl Restaurant Tax        
        District.                                              
           01/24 (S) Referred To Local and Private;Finance
SB2991  Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board;             Gordon
        Additional FY2006.                                     
           01/24 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB2992  Ad valorem taxes; remove the provision that prescribes    Browning
        the manner in which affordable rental housing must be  
        appraised.                                             
           01/24 (S) Referred To Finance
SC 553  Commend Captain Bryan Creel and helicopter crewmen for    Carmichael
        heroic action in Iraqi desert.                         
           01/24 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 554  Commend life and public service of former Senator and     Dearing
        President Pro Tempore William Alexander.               
           01/24 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 555  Commend life and artistic contributions of soul pioneer   Horhn
        Wilson Pickett.                                        
           01/24 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 556  Commend Iraq Purple Heart recipient Spc. Alexander        Butler
        Aguilar.                                               
           01/24 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  68  Michael J. (Mike) Pepper, Madison, Mississippi, Egg       GOVERNOR
        Marketing Board as a member associated with egg        
        industry-related business or discipline, six-year term 
        ending May 15, 2011.                                   
           01/24 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SN  69  Royce Stanton (Stan) King, Brookhaven, Mississippi,       GOVERNOR
        Motor Vehicle Commission, seven-year term ending June  
        30, 2012, representing Fourth Congressional District.  
           01/24 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SN  70  Roy S. Estess, Carriere, Mississippi, Board of Trustees   GOVERNOR
        of  State Institutions of Higher Learning, unexpired   
        term ending May 7, 2008, representing Second Supreme   
        Court District, vice James Roy Klumb.                  
           01/24 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SN  71  Wilson Holmes Carroll, Jackson, Mississippi, Board of     GOVERNOR
        Directors of the Mississippi Institute for Forest      
        Inventory, four-year term ending March 22, 2009,       
        representing private nonindustrial landowners.         
           01/24 (S) Referred To Forestry



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2403  Contract agents; allow Bureau of Investigation to hire    Tollison
        (DPS).                                                 
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: JB To AP
SB2419  Breast-feeding; establish an affirmative right that       Frazier
        does not constitute any criminal offense.              
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To JB
SB2978  School board may contract for the development of          Doxey
        surplus school property and issue notes/bonds;         
        authorize.                                             
           01/24 (S) DR - TSDP: ED To FI



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 409  Seat belt law; violation to be a primary offense.         Clark
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2008  Local school health councils; direct local school         Chaney
        districts to establish in conformity with federal      
        requirements.                                          
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2013  Jailers; prohibit consensual sex with detainees.          Tollison
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2054  Salary of State Superintendent of Education; revise.      Thames
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2055  Substitute and special state school bus drivers;          Chaney
        authorize reimbursement for costs required for         
        commercial driver's license.                           
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2084  Law enforcement officers; provide minimum due process     Tollison
        rights for municipal.                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2156  Administrative fine for food service establishments       Nunnelee
        operating without a permit; authorize.                 
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2159  Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from SDH   Nunnelee
        to DHS.                                                
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2207  Disability benefits; revise name and management of law    Burton
        enforcement officers and fire fighters trust fund.     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2236  Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of           Brown
        equipment and uniform under certain circumstances.     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2255  Fire fighters; authorize to keep badge upon retirement.   Carmichael
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2328  Highway patrolmen; repeal surety bond requirement.        Robertson
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2365  Medical radiation technologists; extend repealer on       Nunnelee
        licensure statutes.                                    
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2386  Hospices; revise definition to conform with federal       Nunnelee
        standards for licensure purposes.                      
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2395  Revolving Fund for Surplus Property, Office of General    Posey
        Services; delete repealer on.                          
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2400  Elected state officials; extend repealer on provision     Thames
        fixing annual salaries for.                            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2418  Driver's license; increase fee for reinstatement          Davis
        following suspension.                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2421  Individual On-Site Wastewater System Law; delete          Nunnelee
        repealer.                                              
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2463  Disaster Assistance Trust Fund; authorize use to          Carmichael
        reimburse local governments for cost of deployed       
        personnel.                                             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2475  Tobacco Settlement Health Care Trust Fund; delete         Gordon
        pay-back requirement.                                  
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2503  State agencies; DFA may assist creditor agency in         Gordon
        collecting fees from delinquent agency and direct funds
        transfer.                                              
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2504  Budget; amend 98% requirement to provide more money in    Gordon
        General Fund for appropriation.                        
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2581  State agencies use of contract employees; require         Huggins
        information in budget requests.                        
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2589  Appropriation; transfer certain funds into Budget         Gordon
        Contingency Fund.                                      
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2629  Veterans' Home Purchase Board; authorize telephone        Carmichael
        polls for loan-related matters.                        
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2701  School districts/community colleges/USM may borrow CDL    Chaney
        funds to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane  
        Katrina; authorize.                                    
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2704  Automatic transfer of student to school in adjacent       Chaney
        district on shorter bus route; provide for.            
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2730  Statewide program for certification of hemodialysis       Nunnelee
        technicians by Mississippi Board of Nursing; establish.
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2738  State Employee Management Training Program; remove        Thames
        repealer/clarify language.                             
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2739  Seatbelts; require in cars manufactured after 1962.       Jackson (11th)
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2744  Wiretap law; delete repealer.                             Tollison
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2800  Home repair fraud; revise penalties (AG).                 Gollott
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2828  Price gouging; revise penalty provisions (AG).            Gollott
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2841  Justice information system; revise duties (AG).           Albritton
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2865  Sex offender registration; technical corrections,         Tollison
        notification, good faith clause and car tag revisions. 
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2868  Mississippi Coast Coliseum; authorize the use of its      Gollott
        trust fund for repairs necessitated by Hurricane       
        Katrina.                                               
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2929  Young children; certain crimes against punishable by      Albritton
        life without parole (AG).                              
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2991  Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board;             Gordon
        Additional FY2006.                                     
           01/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2606  Public Service Commission; limit the regulation of        King
        certain telecommunication utilities.                   
           01/24 (S) Passed
SB2695  MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer.           King
           01/24 (S) Passed
SC 552  Commend 155th Brigade Combat Team of the Mississippi      Little
        National Guard for Iraq operations.                    
           01/24 (S) Adopted
           01/24 (S) Immediate Release
           01/24 (S) Transmitted To House



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 213  Office of Dropout Prevention; create within the State     Brown
        Department of Education.                               
           01/24 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 214  Curriculum choices; SDE design for students interested    Brown
        in direct entry into workforce.                        
           01/24 (S) Referred To Education
HB 768  Coastal wetlands; allow Commission on Marine Resources    Frierson
        to extensions for processing permit applications.      
           01/24 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
HB 769  Oysters; allow designation of an alternate captain for    Frierson
        commercial oyster vessels.                             
           01/24 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
HB 770  Oysters; conform state law to federal regulatory          Frierson
        terminology.                                           
           01/24 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
HB 984  Risk retention/purchasing groups; delete annual           Formby
        registration fee.                                      
           01/24 (S) Referred To Insurance
HC  56  155th Brigade Combat Team; commend service of during      McCoy
        Operation Iraqi Freedom and welcome home.              
           01/24 (S) Referred To Rules

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