Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Lee Yancey
Sponsored
Became law1
Dept. of Fin. & Administration; may grant an easement on certain property located in the Howard Miller Wildlife Management Area.
In committee24
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; enact.
School buses; require new buses to be equipped with seatbelts.
Motor vehicle license tags; require proof of citizenship or legal alien status to obtain.
Alcoholic beverages; qualified resort areas may be established in dry counties only after a countywide vote.
Income tax credit; authorize for taxpayers who maintain, support and care for a dependent with a diagnosis of developmental disability.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2011"; enact.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
Charitable organizations; violations of the Charitable Bingo Law are also a violation of law requiring registration.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 30 years of creditable service.
Radar; repeal requirements and restrictions.
Radar; authorize speed detection by all officers.
Radar; revise entities authorized to operate.
Disabled veterans; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Distinctive horse trailer tags; authorize for supporters of the Mississippi State Equine Association.
Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; apply to commercial telephone lines.
Physician licensees from other states; provide for Mississippi license without examination under certain conditions.
State Employees Health Insurance Management Board; shall use certain procedures to procure CHIP insurance.
Intercept gaming winnings of parents with a child support arrearage; provide procedures for.
Dylan's law; require and set regulations for gasoline safety cans.
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Motor vehicle; revise regulation of relationship between manufacturers and dealers of.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
Rural water; transfer loan program from Department of Health to DEQ.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Blue Alert System; create.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Passed the Senate · 13
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Legislative compensation for extraordinary session duties; no extra payment if Legislature is convened in regular session.
"Mississippi Legislature United States Constitution Study Committee"; create to identify unconstitutional state laws.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Controlled substances; enhance penalty for illegal sale in proximity to drug rehab facility.
Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
City of Richland; authorize the city to acquire and convey real property in the Richland Industrial and Commercial Park.
In committee · 9
Manslaughter; revise maximum penalty.
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Immigration Reform Act of 2011; enact.
Health care certificates of need; issue for construction of PRTF and child acute care beds in certain counties.
Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; create.
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; enact.
Public purchases; revise bid preference law.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Madison County; may allow certain types of gates on county roads.