Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Lee Yancey
Sponsored
Became law2
Annual reports by state agencies; to be electronically transmitted to legislators unless a hard copy is requested.
Surplus food; authorize University Medical Center to donate surplus food.
Passed the Senate2
Motor vehicle license tags; require proof of citizenship or legal alien status to obtain.
Rankin County; authorize contribution to nonprofit organizations that provide recreational/sports activities for county youth.
Out of committee1
Radar; authorize the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Patrol to use radar.
In committee26
Teacher salaries; authorize school districts to negotiate salary amount with retired teachers from other states.
Taxation; tax all long-term capital gains at 3% and increase the cigarette excise tax.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2009"; enact.
Motor vehicles; prohibit text messaging and restrict cell phone use while driving.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Pelahatchie in making certain infrastructure improvements.
Income tax credit; authorize for taxpayers who maintain, support and care for a dependent with a diagnosis of developmental disability.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
History and literature of the Old and New Testament; school districts offer in Grades 9-12 as an elective course.
District attorneys; revise number of assistants and investigators authorized for the 20th Circuit Court District.
Radar; authorize speed detection by all officers.
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; enact.
CON; provide exemption for private pay nursing beds in Rankin County which are part of a continuing care retirement community.
CON; restore exemption for private pay nursing facility beds which are part of a continuing care retirement community.
Manslaughter; revise penalty.
Taxation; increase the excise tax on cigarettes and revise the income tax rates.
Zoning; authorize and regulate village districts.
Elections; Campaign telephone calls must identify the persons or organizations sponsoring the call.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 30 years of creditable service.
Uniform traffic ticket law; require prompt filing of an original traffic ticket in cases involving immediate incarceration.
Suspension of sentence; authorize in certain misdemeanor cases subsequent to original sentencing.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Driver's license; revise responsibility of submission of abstract of conviction to Department of Public Safety.
Oral contracts; prohibit for the lending of money.
Unattended or immobile vehicles on or adjacent to a highway; provide procedures for removal.
Sex offenders; mandatory electronic monitoring.
Sales tax; revise exemption regarding sales of certain home medical equipment and supplies paid for under Medicare/Medicaid.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Passed the Senate · 7
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Nonprofit Corporation Act; revise.
Child Protection Act; enact.
Charter schools; authorize additional open-enrollment public charter schools with certain requirements.
Bail agents; revise certain licensing and premium provisions.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Out of committee · 2
Municipal traffic cameras; prohibit.
Health care certificates of need; issue for construction of PRTF and child acute care beds in certain counties.
In committee · 9
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if meth production occurred on the property.
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
Universities and colleges; aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States shall pay out-of-state tuition.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Bail bonds; clarify sheriff's approval of sureties and forfeiture provisions.
Aiding and abetting bond jumping; increase criminal penalties for.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.