Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Bob Evans
Sponsored
Became law2
Tort claims; provide payment method for acts involving government employees.
Jefferson Davis County; authorize to construct county jail anywhere in the county.
Passed the House3
Fair Pay Act of 2009; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Public defenders; create pilot project.
Law enforcement officers, firefighters and conservation officers; legal to videotape while on duty.
Out of committee1
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act."
In committee28
Mississippi Postsecondary Textbook Pricing and Access Act of 2009; create.
Internet in schools; require State Board of Education to adopt safety and usage policy.
Flexible office hours for certain state agencies; authorize.
Medicaid; provide coverage for breast and cervical cancer screening services.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Law; enact.
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Correctional regional facility; authorize Department of Corrections to contract with Lawrence County for.
Implied consent; refusal appeal to toll suspension for reasonable time to contest.
DUI; repeal provision that refusal to take breath test is evidence of.
Bill of Rights for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Child support; delinquent payments are still property of custodial parent after child is age 21 or emancipated.
Offices of Capital Defense Counsel, Post-Conviction Counsel & Indigent Appeals; revise director qualifications and hiring authority.
Grandparents' visitation rights; expand availability of.
Mississippi Code; provide set to each public defender.
Expungement; allow for certain felony convictions by first-time offenders.
Public utilities; create "Mississippi Renewable Energy Development Act of 2009."
Criminal penalties; sentence for accessory before the fact cannot be more severe than sentence for the principal.
Irreconcilable differences additional ground for divorce.
DNA testing; prohibit use of test results for discriminatory purpose.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Liability; create duty of train crew to lookout for persons and property on railroad tracks.
Children's products; ban phthalates and other ingredients from.
Public Service Commission; repeal authority to use alternate method of cost recovery on certain power generation.
Execution or attachment; revise property exempt from seizure under.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
Mental health system; create joint legislative study committee to study and make report on.
Passed the House · 3
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
In committee · 17
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Traffic-control signals; require only flashing lights at certain times.
Medicaid; impose tax on certain nonsettling manufacturers' cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Mental Health, Department of; reconstitute board revise executive director qualifications, and provide for medical director.
Pharmaceutical companies; require to report all gifts and other economic benefits provided to physicians and nurse practitioners.
Workers' compensation; increase amount of lump sum death benefit and benefit for funeral expenses.
Mississippi Dairy Industry Stabilization Act; create.
Judges; provide additional judge for the Twenty-second Circuit Court District.
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; restrict sale of to pharmacies only.
Termite treatment contracts; specify requirements for persons engaged in termite treatment.
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.
School buses; authorize districts to adopt policy allowing advertising on.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.