Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Robert L. Johnson III
Sponsored
Passed the House2
Child support; require forgiveness of arrears when DNA disproves paternity.
Public purchasing; preference shall as given to Mississippi-based businesses.
In committee7
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.
School districts; elect all board members and appoint all superintendents.
Cigarettes; impose tax on certain nonsettling manufacturers of and use for health care purposes.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Transportation to fund certain gaming road projects in Natchez.
School districts; require consolidation into countywide districts if county's population less than 80,000.
Tobacco products; increase excise tax and earmark revenue from increase for Medicaid and community mental health centers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Fuller Center for Housing, Inc.; provide certain benefits to.
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.
Harvest permits; extend repealer on law authorizing and revise vehicles for which may be issued.
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
Passed the House · 9
University Medical Center; authorize to donate food to charitable organizations.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
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.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Suffrage; restore to Edward Carter, Sr., of Claiborne County.
Out of committee · 1
Youth court; authorize to maintain jurisdiction over certain youth who becomes involved in the adult court system.
In committee · 42
"Comprehensive Election Reform Act of 2009"; create.
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.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
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.
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.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
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.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for certain projects at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for portion costs of Biotechnology/Ecology Research Center at Alcorn State University.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
School districts; require policies if accredited at Level 3 or lower and alternative curriculum.
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.
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
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.
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.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Appropriation; IHL to establish a Robotics and Automation Institute at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to establish the Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator at Alcorn State University.