Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Omeria Scott
Sponsored
Became law1
Suffrage; restore to George S. Cooley of Clarke County.
Passed the House1
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriations; Division of Medicaid, additional for FY 2009.
Out of committee1
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee16
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid; increase taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Community development corporations; establish grant program under Mississippi Development Authority.
School districts; require certain policies in those accredited at Level 3 or lower.
Voting systems; require permanent paper record.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
TANF; delete full family TANF benefit penalty if only individual fails to follow certain program requirements.
House arrest program; reenact and expand to include juvenile delinquents.
Institutional Training Program Initiative; create to assist students in workforce training at colleges.
Youth court work programs; require participants to take drug tests.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and violence.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Federally qualified health centers; establish pilot program to treat Medicaid patients after hours.
CON; issue for nursing home in Jones County.
Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
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.
Mississippi Blues Commission; revise membership.
Health data registry; expand coverage of and revise provisions pertaining to.
Adult foster care facilities; must perform background checks on employees.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Mississippi trauma system; require participation by hospitals and increase fees earmarked for trauma care fund.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Vetoed · 1
Children's Product Safety; create.
Passed the House · 14
Appropriation; Governor's Office-Division of Medicaid; additional for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health; additional for FY08.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
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.
Suffrage; provide for immediate restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Tourism; create Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board.
Marriage; remove waiting period, revise age requirements, revise blood test provisions.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Sickle Cell Disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
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.
In committee · 13
Cell phone; prohibit use of while driving without using hands-free accessories.
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Salaries of judges and district attorneys; increase.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of stadium on campus of Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State University.
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Department of Mental Health; authorize to contract with service provider for long-term residential substance abuse treatment.
REAL ID Act; prohibit compliance until certain assurances made.
DNA; require sample for any adult convicted of a felony.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Mississippi Commission on Health; create.
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Tallahatchie County Courthouse.