Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Columbia Training School; discontinue operation as secure training school for juvenile delinquents.
Youth detained in juvenile detention centers; require notification of school districts if causes absence of one or more school days.
Passed the House3
Jurisdiction of youth court and interrogation process; revise.
Levees; disfiguring provisions to apply to all levees.
Levees; revise certain provisions regarding damaging.
Out of committee1
Bail bonds; require to be secured by an insurance company.
In committee51
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Electronic video machines; legalize in premises other than vessels.
Public school students; authorize community service as alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety to fund Mississippi Youthbuild programs.
Appropriation; Health Department to develop and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Appropriation; IHL for funding Greenville Higher Education Center.
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.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of children with medical handicaps.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of domestic violence awareness.
Child care; Department of Education and school districts shall administer CCDF/TANF program.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Health insurance policies; impose tax on premiums of to generate funds for Burn Care Fund.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles; authorize Governor to execute.
Intensive supervision program; expand to include juvenile delinquents.
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require course related to offices after elected.
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Hunting and shooting across levees; prohibit.
Child taken into custody; prohibit holding child in secure detention if done solely because parent unwilling to provide care.
Levees; revise certain provisions regarding hunting or engaging in target practice on.
Surety bonds; revise.
Unemployment benefits; authorize hourly school employees to be paid for months between school years.
School district accreditation; require implementation of positive behavior interventions and supports.
Statewide behavioral modification institute; authorize Our House, Inc., to serve as.
Department of Juvenile Justice; create.
Smoking; Gaming Commission to apply same rule on smoking in places conducting legal gaming and charitable bingo games.
High-cost home loans; provide for certain restrictions with regard to.
Levees; revise certain provisions regarding criminal activities related to.
CON; issue for PRTF beds and child/adolescent psychiatric beds in Washington County.
CON for acute psychiatric beds and PRTF beds in Washington County; authorize.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Oakley and Columbia Training Schools; change names of.
Kindergarten; bring forward for purposes of amendment.
School districts; elect all board members and appoint all superintendents.
State employees; create fund to assist with repayment of student loans.
Video amusement; prohibit use of certain machines which reward anything of value to players.
Universities and colleges; certain aliens who graduate from Mississippi high schools pay in-state tuition.
Employer; require to allow current employees to view employee files of the requesting employee.
Mississippi Department of Labor; establish.
Racial profiling by law enforcement; prohibit.
Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association Law; revise definition of "covered claim" and certain other provisions.
Wildlife management areas; prohibit drilling, seismographic or mineral exploration and testing on.
MS Firefighters Memorial Burn Association Fund; create to support MS Firefighters Memorial Burn Association, Inc.
Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.
Mineral leasing on state-owned lands; clarify authority of Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.
Ad valorem taxes; revise procedures for appraising affordable rental housing.
Living wage; require employers to provide to their employees.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Sales tax; exempt sales of hybrid electric vehicles.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Alcoholic beverages; revise restrictions on sale or storage within certain distance of schools and churches.
Catfish Marketing Law; require consumer notice and labeling of country of origin on all foreign and imported catfish.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Highway 25; designate additional portion in Winston and Oktibbeha Counties as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive".
Mississippi Highway 393, Winston County; designate as "Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Passed the House · 2
Teach for America; authorize SDE to award grants to bring new teachers to Mississippi high need districts.
Crimes; revise certain offenses regarding levees.
Out of committee · 3
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
Pre-kindergarten programs; require Delta school districts with Level 1 or 2 elementary schools to provide.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 14
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid; increase taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Houses; require sellers to disclose if methamphetamine lab was located there.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of wellness, learning and fitness center at Alcorn State University.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Child support; require forgiveness or arrears obligation when DNA disproves paternity.
Matching funds requirements for grants; place limits on amount cities and towns must provide when applying for grants.
Vaccinations; exempt certain children with autism from vaccination requirement to attend school.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Tallahatchie County Courthouse.