Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Became law2
Mississippi Highway 17; designate a certain segment in Holmes County as "Charles H. Mason Memorial Highway."
Holmes County; authorize to identify county-owned property by manufacturer's serial number for inventory control purposes.
Passed the House3
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Suffrage; restore to Eddie W. Logan of Holmes County.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
In committee26
Motorcycles; create safety and operator training program.
M.A.E.P.; increase adjustment to base cost for at-risk students.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; delete provision allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.
Gasoline; require all to contain 10% denatured ethanol by 2012.
Principals and teachers; require all to participate in suicide prevention training.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and abuse of a child; revise penalties for.
Cemetery or burial plot; provide certain rights to heirs or assigns of deceased.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as advisory board on industry standards.
State employees with certain licenses; require to be paid same as other state employees with license if certain skills used.
MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in the definition.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
Social workers; revise licensure as prerequisite to performance of services.
CON; shall not be extended more than one time and shall not be valid after 18 months.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for 9th grade public school students.
Universities and colleges; authorize gaming-related courses.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of persons required to wear on certain vessels.
CON; issue for nursing home in Jones County.
Crimes; create offense regarding throwing objects from an overpass and striking a motor vehicle.
CON; issue for nursing home in Holmes County.
Motorcycles; create Safety and Operator Training Program.
Video traffic tickets; require issuing law enforcement agency to send by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Mississippi Delta Development Center; create to continue mission of Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Delta.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide grants to low income individuals for home repair.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Honorable Grey Ferris; name Board Room at State Department of Education in honor of.
Investigation of vulnerable adult abuse or neglect; revise response time.
Mississippi After-School Initiative Task Force; create.
Hospital records; allow reproduction of in any form of electronic or digital media.
Crimes; repeal certain statutes regarding assemblage and disorderly conduct.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Children and family issues; create joint study committee on.
Nonprofit Corporation Act; revise.
Dept. of Public Safety Planning's Compliance Monitoring Unit & Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; clarify duties of.
Bridge; designate bridge in Jones County as the David R. Brown Memorial Bridge.
Mississippi Highway 465; name a segment in Warren County after William W. "Bill" Ramsey.
Municipal Historical Hamlet Act; create.
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
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Department of Human Services; extend repealer on.
Consumer protection; revise bringing of actions.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force; create.
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Housing Authority Law; allow certain authority to establish for-profit subsidiaries.
Medicaid; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Fair Pay Act of 2009; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Mississippi landmark; designate certain property on campus of Piney Woods Country Life School as.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Out of committee · 2
CON; issue for psychiatric facility beds in Washington County.
Mississippi Housing Trust Fund; authorize.
In committee · 39
Wireless telephones; prohibit use of while driving without use of hands-free device.
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Mississippi Delta Revitalization Act of 2006; extend date of repealer on.
Delinquent child support; use portion of proceeds from forfeitures to pay.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Department of Juvenile Justice; create.
Intensive supervision program; expand to include juvenile delinquents.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
School curriculum; require voter education as part of United States government course.
Appropriation; Department of Health for HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment programs/services.
Appropriation; Health Department to develop and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
State employees; revise certain provisions regarding State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
Public school students; require drug testing of all sixth through twelfth graders.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
School districts; require policies if accredited at Level 3 or lower and alternative curriculum.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety to fund Mississippi Youthbuild programs.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Driver's license; allow translation of birth certificate of foreign-born applicant to be translated by college or university.
Appropriation; IHL to establish a Robotics and Automation Institute at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to establish the Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator at Alcorn State University.
City of Kosciusko; authorize issuance of bonds to acquire and maintain certain property and facilities.