Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Became law1
Holmes County; authorize to contract with North Central Planning and Development District for professional services.
Passed the House3
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
CON; shall not be extended more than one time and shall not be valid after 18 months.
Suffrage; restore to Abraham Hollins of Holmes County.
Out of committee2
Suffrage; restore to Eddie W. Logan of Holmes County.
Universities and community colleges; authorize gaming-related courses.
In committee20
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
Gasoline; require all to contain 10% denatured alcohol by 2012.
Housing repair grant program; establish to provide grants to low income individuals for home repairs.
Cemetery or burial plot; provide certain rights to heirs or assigns of deceased.
Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of persons required to wear on certain vessels.
State employees with certain licenses; require to be paid same as other state employees with license if certain skills used.
Social workers; revise licensure as prerequisite to performance of services.
Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for 9th grade public school students.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
Principals and teachers; require all to participate in suicide prevention training.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as advisory board on industry standards.
Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.
Crimes; create offense regarding throwing objects from an overpass and striking a motor vehicle.
Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and abuse of a child; revise penalties for.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
City of Durant; authorize to levy a tax on sales of beer, wine and alcoholic beverages in the city.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of the term "project" and authorize bonds for such project.
Program administered by Medicaid to provide nonemergency transportation for certain dialysis patients; extend repealer.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Biloxi as "Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
U.S. Highway 84; designate portion in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Health data registry; expand coverage of and revise provisions pertaining to.
Adult foster care facilities; must perform background checks on employees.
Vetoed · 1
Children's Product Safety; create.
Passed the House · 11
Appropriation; Governor's Office-Division of Medicaid; additional for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health; additional for FY08.
Public transit task force; create and prescribe duties.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of veterans killed in the line of duty.
Open Meetings Act; Ethics Commission to enforce.
Poverty; create task force to study creation of trust fund to provide affordable housing in Mississippi.
Sickle Cell Disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Poverty; create task force to study impact of immigrants on poverty in Mississippi.
Obesity clinic; UMMC shall establish in the Delta to address high rate of obesity in Mississippi.
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities for adults with mental retardation, exempt hearing aids.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.
Out of committee · 3
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 10
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid; increase taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
Department of Juvenile Justice; create.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from school attendance with certificate from physician.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Attala County to house state inmates in regional facility.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.
Sales tax; exempt sales of hybrid electric vehicles.