Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Richard Bennett
Sponsored
Became law1
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Homestead exemption; extend time dwelling houses destroyed in certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered homes.
Municipal special assessments, certain; authorize counties to collect for municipalities.
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.
Mississippi Blues Commission; revise membership.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Passed the House · 3
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Tourism; create Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
In committee · 9
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Institute for Marine Mammal studies.
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Public purchases; require internet publication of state agency purchases required to be advertised.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Crimes; felony for illegal alien to possess firearm and enhanced penalty for illegal alien to commit crime with firearm.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.