Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Willie Bailey
Sponsored
Became law1
Mississippi Blues Commission; revise membership.
Passed the House5
Crimes; revise defacing, removing or destroying signs.
Crimes; create offense of attempted murder.
Suffrage; provide for immediate restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Crimes; revise certain offenses regarding levees.
Out of committee1
Compulsory school attendance; change birthday cutoff date for five- and six-year-olds to October 1.
In committee8
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Metal theft; revise offense.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.
Expunction; all for certain first offenders.
Delta Cultural Heritage Development Fund; create for purpose of providing matching funds for tourism purposes.
Candidate; require to meet all qualifications by qualifying deadline date.
Candidates; remove deceased from ballot.
Election contest; special election in connection with shall be ordered by judge rather than Governor.
Drug courts; require in all circuit court districts.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
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."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Passed the House · 2
Temporary license tags; authorize issuance to applicants for personalized license tags.
Teach for America; authorize SDE to award grants to bring new teachers to Mississippi high need districts.
Out of committee · 5
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
Low income housing; remove certain provision relating to the manner of appraisal.
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 · 21
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State University.
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; create and transfer certain facilities to (PEER).
Institute of Juvenile Justice Research in Department of Public Safety; create (PEER).
Psychologists Licensure Law; revise certain licensure requirements (PEER).
Social workers and marriage and family therapists; revise licensure law (PEER).
Mental health professionals; create administrative executive committee for (PEER).
Office of dropout prevention; require annual report to Legislature to include certain information (PEER).
REAL ID Act; prohibit compliance until certain assurances made.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
Housing of state offenders in county jails; revise reimbursement rate for medical attention and extend repealer (RP).
Unemployment benefits; authorize hourly school employees to be paid for months between school years.
Compensation for the Wrongfully Incarcerated Act; create.
Legislative qualifying petitions; file all with State Board of Election Commissioners.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; require approval of state agency advertising procurements (PEER).
Licensed professional counselors; revise certain licensure requirements (PEER).
CON; issue for PRTF beds and child/adolescent psychiatric beds in Washington County.
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.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.
Suffrage; restore to Eddie W. Logan of Holmes County.