Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/06/06



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Signed By The Governor

HB 210  Appropriation; Department of Mental Health to fully       Stringer
        fund crisis centers.                                   
           03/06 Approved by Governor
HB1498  Bonds; authorize state general obligation bonds to be     Watson
        issued to pay for damage to electric utilities caused  
        by Hurricane Katrina.                                  
           03/06 Approved by Governor
SB2405  Mississippi River Timberlands Control Act; repeal.        Chaney
           03/06 Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HB1667  Suffrage; restore to Ronald Wayne Johnson of Lee          Franks
        County.                                                
           03/06 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
HC  77  State tartan; designate official state symbol in          Zuber
        observance of National Tartan Day.                     
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
HC  78  West Point High School Green Wave Football Team;          Gibbs
        commend on winning 4A State Championship.              
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  42  Juanita Johnson Jenkins; commend 35 years of service at   Reeves
        Crechale's Restaurant.                                 
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Floor Actions

SB2419  Breast-feeding; establish an affirmative right that       Frazier
        does not constitute any criminal offense.              
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2426  Duty to retreat; clarify when does not exist (NRA).       Ross
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2432  POW/MIA Flag; direct the Bureau of Capitol Facilities     Jackson (32nd)
        to display on certain days.                            
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2592  Model Business Corporation Act; revise (BLAG).            Ross
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2670  Boat registration; increase length of certificate and     Posey
        revise fees.                                           
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2689  PERS; persons who become members on or after July 1,      Robertson
        2006, increase number of years required to retire and  
        vest.                                                  
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2729  Immunity for good faith reporting of suspected abuse      Nunnelee
        and neglect; add licensed professional counselors.     
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2803  Public property; authorize DFA and MDOT to make various   Williamson
        conveyances.                                           
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2825  UCC Revised Article 7; revise electronic transfer of      Ross
        documents of title (BLAG).                             
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2838  Custody; chancellor's decision of record if child is      Dearing
        over 12.                                               
           03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB2865  Sex offender registration; technical corrections,         Tollison
        notification, good faith clause and car tag revisions. 
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2913  Geologists; repeal sunset date, revise registration       Dearing
        fees, make technical corrections and repeal sunset on  
        engineers' board.                                      
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2922  Informed consent for an abortion; require a sonogram      Nunnelee
        and auscultation of fetal heart tone.                  
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB2963  Exemption from execution; revise.                         Kirby
           03/06 (H) Returned For Concurrence
SB3084  Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on             Little
        cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise
        certain diversions.                                    
           03/06 (H) Conference Report Adopted



House: Referred Other House

SC 590  Declare May 2006 as "Digestive Motility Awareness         Hyde-Smith
        Month" in Mississippi.                                 
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 594  Declare March 2006 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month."    Little
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 595  Commend Phil Bass on dedicated career of public           Harvey
        service.                                               
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 596  Commend members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi      Harden
        Academic Team.                                         
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 601  Recognize "Links Day" at the Mississippi State Capitol.   Frazier
           03/06 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Signed By The Speaker

HB 320  School boards; transfer training responsibility to        Brown
        Mississippi School Boards Association.                 
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 321  Substitute school bus drivers; authorize reimbursement    Brown
        for costs required for commercial driver's license.    
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 550  Flood and drainage control districts; extend repealer     Warren
        on (RP).                                               
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 552  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer on (RP).    Warren
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 563  MAEP funding; extend repealer on additional funding for   Warren
        high growth districts.                                 
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 567  Public Service Commission; extend repealer on (RP).       Warren
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 572  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on      Warren
        (RP).                                                  
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 646  Radioactive materials; increase schedule of fees          Holland
        charged by Health Department for regulation of.        
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 736  Amateur radio antenna structures; require counties and    Masterson
        municipalities to provide reasonable accommodations    
        for.                                                   
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 745  Income tax; extend repealer on tax credit for certain     Warren
        employers sponsoring skills training for employees.    
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 890  College tuition; clarify residency requirement for        Young
        certain minors to receive in-state rates.              
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 917  Radiologist assistants; authorize Board of Medical        Barnett
        Licensure to license and regulate.                     
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 944  School districts; authorize to partner with entities,     Lott
        organizations and corporations to benefit.             
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1056  Obstruction of justice; create as an offense.             Beckett
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1062  Nursing Practice Law; make technical changes to.          Holland
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1067  Taxation; notice that tolls limitation on recovery of     Watson
        fuel taxes may be made by personal delivery by an agent
        of the STC.                                            
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1109  Slaughtering establishments; authorize Commissioner of    Eaton
        Agriculture to inspect for humane methods.             
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1130  Public high schools; restructure means of delivering      Brown
        education.                                             
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1167  Property; authorize land exchange between North Pike      Mims
        School District and Southwest Mississippi Community    
        College.                                               
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1306  Criminal history records; revise dissemination.           Compretta
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1316  Home repair fraud; revise penalties.                      Compretta
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1373  Eligible for nomination to State Scenic Streams           Miles
        Stewardship Program; designate the Tombigbee River in  
        Itawamba County for.                                   
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1387  Taxation; warrants for collection of taxes must be made   Watson
        in form and manner determined satisfactory by State    
        Tax Commission.                                        
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1423  High school diploma; authorize for students who           Reed
        withdrew before graduation and later achieved          
        equivalent requirements.                               
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 585  Commend career in education of Dr. Ivory Phillips, Dean   Harden
        of the College of Education and Human Development,     
        Jackson State University.                              
           03/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3096  Suffrage; restore to Damain James Moore.                  Albritton
           03/06 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB3097  Suffrage; restore to Charlie Ray Barfield.                White
           03/06 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
SB3098  Lafayette County; authorize to purchase Headstart bus.    Tollison
           03/06 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SB3099  City of Vicksburg; authorize to contract for housing      Chaney
        municipal prisoners in facility in the State of        
        Louisiana.                                             
           03/06 (S) Referred To Local and Private
SC 600  Commend life of Armis Hawkins.                            Gordon
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 601  Recognize "Links Day" at the Mississippi State Capitol.   Frazier
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  30  Recognize "Links Day" at Mississippi State Capitol.       Frazier
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules
SR  31  Commend life of Rev. Carl Edward Thomas.                  Jackson (11th)
           03/06 (S) Referred To Rules



Senate: Committee Reports

SC 601  Recognize "Links Day" at the Mississippi State Capitol.   Frazier
           03/06 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  31  Commend life of Rev. Carl Edward Thomas.                  Jackson (11th)
           03/06 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 468  Distinctive license tag; authorize for Mississippi Wing   Gunn
        of Civil Air Patrol.                                   
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 565  Homestead exemption; delete repealer on definition of     Warren
        "home"; extend time limit on exemption for persons     
        confined to institution for treatment.                 
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 633  County prosecuting attorney; remove date of repeal for    Warren
        certain.                                               
           03/06 (S) Recommitted to Committee
HB 681  Mortgage companies; allow to collect fee from borrower    Baker (74th)
        to lock in loan rate for more than 60 days.            
           03/06 (S) Reconsidered
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 744  Income Tax Credit for Port Facilities and Annual Impact   Warren
        Reports; extend repealer on.                           
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 961  Mississippi Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide filing   Blackmon
        fees to fund.                                          
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB 992  Universities and colleges; authorize to lease land for    Weathersby
        constructing facilities by private financing.          
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1057  Income tax; authorize relief of liability for spouse on   Reynolds
        joint return when spouse is relieved of liability      
        under federal law.                                     
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1097  Gaming Counties Infrastructure Program; include           Johnson
        additional highway projects in and near Natchez.       
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1215  Tinted windows; motor vehicles; reduce minimum light      Ward
        transmittance requirements.                            
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1221  CON; issue to move nursing home beds from Hancock         Compretta
        County to Harrison County and construct new facility.  
           03/06 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1274  Public purchases; allow purchasing entity to designate    Read
        method for receiving bids on certain.                  
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1280  Motor vehicle salvage title certificates; revise          Miles
        Department of Public Safety requirements for issuing   
        certificates of inspection.                            
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1312  Fire fighters or law enforcement officers; authorize to   Compretta
        keep badge upon retirement.                            
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HB1349  Minority Business Enterprise Act; provide for             Watson
        certification of minority business enterprise suppliers
        under.                                                 
           03/06 (S) Amended
           03/06 (S) Passed As Amended
HB1362  Newton and Scott Development District; provide for        Nicholson
        disposition of surplus funds upon district's           
        dissolution.                                           
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1363  Chancery clerk; clarify certain recording fees.           Coleman (29th)
           03/06 (S) Passed
HB1440  Public facilities; new construction to comply with        Weathersby
        building code standards required by DFA.               
           03/06 (S) Returned For Concurrence
HC  65  Richard Wilson; commend on receiving Mississippi Civil    Weathersby
        Defense-Emergency Management Associations Board of     
        Directors Award.                                       
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  69  Wendell A. Simpson; commend for dedication in managing    Holland
        the completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway.           
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  70  Kevin Foster and Andrew Hollingsworth; commend upon       Miles
        selection to attend BSA/SAJ Exchange Program.          
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 590  Declare May 2006 as "Digestive Motility Awareness         Hyde-Smith
        Month" in Mississippi.                                 
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 594  Declare March 2006 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month."    Little
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 595  Commend Phil Bass on dedicated career of public           Harvey
        service.                                               
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 596  Commend members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi      Harden
        Academic Team.                                         
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 601  Recognize "Links Day" at the Mississippi State Capitol.   Frazier
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release
           03/06 (S) Transmitted To House
SR  31  Commend life of Rev. Carl Edward Thomas.                  Jackson (11th)
           03/06 (S) Adopted
           03/06 (S) Immediate Release



Senate: Referred Other House

HB1531  Leflore County; authorize to impose tourism tax.          Perkins
           03/06 (S) Referred To Local and Private;Finance
HB1616  V Lakes Utility District; authorize to petition for       Baker (74th)
        debt relief under Chapter 9, Title 11, United States   
        Code.                                                  
           03/06 (S) Referred To Local and Private



Senate: Measures That Have Died

HB 633  County prosecuting attorney; remove date of repeal for    Warren
        certain.                                               
           03/06 (S) Died In Committee



Senate: Signed By The President

SB2443  Appropriation; additional to Local Disaster Emergency     Gordon
        Grant and Loan Fund.                                   
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2454  Native wine; allow in-state sale of to consumers only     Robertson
        at the location of the native winery (STC).            
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2463  Disaster Assistance Trust Fund; authorize use to          Carmichael
        reimburse local governments for cost of deployed       
        personnel.                                             
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2503  State agencies; DFA may assist creditor agency in         Gordon
        collecting fees from delinquent agency and direct funds
        transfer.                                              
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2504  Budget; amend 98% requirement to provide more money in    Gordon
        General Fund for appropriation.                        
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2513  County court judges; revise salary for Madison County.    Ross
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2557  Insurance premium finance law/sale of checks law; make    Mettetal
        technical changes.                                     
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2566  Emergency telecommunications; extend repealer on          King
        training requirements/funding.                         
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2576  Home Inspector Regulatory Board; stagger terms of         Mettetal
        members.                                               
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2583  PERS; extend time for constables to make payments for     Tollison
        covered service prior to January 1, 2006.              
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2587  Escape; impose punishment for when jailed for contempt.   Albritton
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2591  Corrections; revise application fee for transfer under    Huggins
        the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. 
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2607  Community college trustees' authority to contract for     Burton
        energy efficiency services; increase term limitation.  
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2608  Corrections; clarify law enforcement training             Huggins
        requirements of officers of the DOC Investigation      
        Division.                                              
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2629  Veterans' Home Purchase Board; authorize telephone        Carmichael
        polls for loan-related matters.                        
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2656  Department of Finance and Administration; authorize to    Jackson (32nd)
        enforce laws at ABC warehouse and State Tax Commission 
        main office.                                           
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2683  County prosecuting attorney; delete repealer on           Dawkins
        authority to employ in certain counties.               
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2686  Sales tax; authorize a diversion to state institutions    Robertson
        of higher learning not located within corporate limits 
        of a municipality.                                     
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2694  Motor vehicle license tags; authorize tags that cannot    Ross
        be traced be issued to certain members of the state &  
        federal judicial system.                               
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2695  MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer.           King
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2726  Business Development Corporation Law; repeal.             Mettetal
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2728  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend          Carmichael
        repealer.                                              
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2744  Wiretap law; delete repealer.                             Tollison
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2761  Transfer of adult short-term training programs to         Burton
        SBCJC; delete repealer on.                             
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2763  Surveying; allow use of U.S. Survey Feet in plane         Moffatt
        coordinate system.                                     
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2765  Wildlife; amend 49-7-47 to delete references to common    Posey
        snapping turtles.                                      
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2767  Wildlife; revise prohibition on the sale of game          Posey
        animals, birds and fish.                               
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2781  Property; enact Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act           Doxey
        (NCCUSL).                                              
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2798  Wildlife Department; conform publication requirements     Posey
        of regulations to administrative procedures law.       
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2837  Adoption; expand jurisdiction.                            Tollison
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2841  Justice information system; revise duties (AG).           Albritton
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2868  Mississippi Coast Coliseum; authorize the use of its      Gollott
        trust fund for repairs necessitated by Hurricane       
        Katrina.                                               
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2872  Agriculture; extend repealer on State Board of            Hyde-Smith
        Agricultural Aviation.                                 
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2875  Agriculture; remove repealer on Board of Animal Health,   Hyde-Smith
        State Veterinarian and Veterinary Diagnostic           
        Laboratory.                                            
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 587  Commend Dr. J. Edward Hill, President of the American     Chaney
        Medical Association.                                   
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 588  Commend the Starkville Academy "Volunteers" Football      Jackson (15th)
        Team and Head Coach Jack French.                       
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 589  Commend Ray Brooks High School State Football             Walls
        Championship.                                          
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 591  Commend Tupelo High School "Lady Wave" Girls Soccer       Nunnelee
        Team, 2006 State Championship.                         
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 592  Commend Colonel Ronald E. Powell, State Surgeon,          Turner
        Mississippi Army National Guard.                       
           03/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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