Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Washington County; authorize to create or join a county railroad authority or regional railroad authority.
Out of committee2
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require course related to offices after elected.
CON; issue for psychiatric facility beds in Washington County.
In committee23
Department of Juvenile Justice; create.
Intensive supervision program; expand to include juvenile delinquents.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles; authorize Governor to execute.
Public school students; authorize community service as alternative to suspension or expulsion.
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.
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association Law; revise definition of "covered claim" and certain other provisions.
Child taken into custody; prohibit holding child in secure detention if done solely because parent unwilling to provide care.
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.
School districts; elect all board members and appoint all superintendents.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Mental Health, Dept. of; not less than 40% of funds appropriated to must be expended on children.
Students in training school; require Office of Dropout Prevention in Department of Education to establish procedure to track.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery.
Family Savings Initiative Act; create.
Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist City of Leland in making electric utility system improvements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Arts Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Sales tax; clarify exemption regarding sales of certain home medical equipment and supplies paid for under Medicare/Medicaid.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Regional and community-based juvenile treatment programs and facilities; authorize Department of Human Services to develop.
Mississippi Delta and Southwest Mississippi Area Workforce Training Projects; create as pilot programs.
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.
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
Dept. of Public Safety Planning's Compliance Monitoring Unit & Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; clarify duties of.
Certified nurse practitioners; delete requirement for supervision by a licensed physician for insurance reimbursement.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sale of anthropogenic carbon dioxide used as injectant in enhanced oil recovery project or for sequestration.
Obesity; establish program to address problem of high rate in Mississippi with bariatric surgery.
Qualified equity investment tax credit; allow to be taken against insurance premium retaliatory tax.
Entertainment districts; authorize creation by counties and cities, confer tax benefits to businesses in, authorize levy of tax for.
Ad valorem taxes; exempt a portion of the assessed value of certain electric generating facilities.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Vetoed · 2
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Passed the House · 29
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to certain organizations providing food to needy persons.
Medicaid; amend various provisions of the law.
Comprehensive sex education pilot program; State Boards of Education and Health and the Dept. of Human Services to jointly establish.
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of gold, silver and other metals.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Child support; require forgiveness of arrears when DNA disproves paternity.
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.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Tourism; establish certain trail markers and commissions, revise definition of tourism project for certain incentive programs.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for coastal preserve projects.
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of certain state facilities.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Bonds; authorize to provide loans to Hinds County for the Old Capitol Green Project.
Out of committee · 2
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state.
Ad valorem tax; remove provisions that prescribe the manner of determining true value of affordable rental housing.
In committee · 35
Youth taken into custody, certain; require presence of parent or legal guardian before interrogation of youth by law enforcement.
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Mississippi Delta Revitalization Act of 2006; extend date of repealer on.
M.T.A.G. and Eminent Scholars Grant Programs; increase tuition amounts available under.
IHL Endowment Partnership Trust Fund; create for endowing facility positions.
Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Grant Program; create.
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
Medicaid; impose tax on certain nonsettling manufacturers' cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
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.
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.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
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.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Transportation to fund certain gaming road projects in Natchez.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Public utility workers; require to present identification before performing duties if requested to do so by property owners.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.