Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Lester Carpenter
Sponsored
Became law2
Tishomingo County; authorize to impose a tax on restaurants to fund promotion of tourism.
Tishomingo County; authorize to make certain contributions to Crow's Neck Environmental Education Center.
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore to James Lee Dunn of Alcorn County.
Out of committee2
Court reporters; regulate procedures related to the recording of legal proceedings.
Crime lab personnel; provide procedure regarding misdemeanor appearance.
In committee11
County boards of supervisors; authorize to use county facilities for temporary housing of county residents.
Traffic safety violator course; provide that it may be an Internet course.
Hunting and fishing licenses; authorize purchase of by any nonresident active duty military personnel at same cost as residents.
Department of Corrections; require to maintain certain records for individuals committed to department.
Sales tax; remove requirement that certain taxpayers pay June liability for the tax on or before June 25.
Bingo; percentage of proceeds to charitable organizations must be expended in county where game was conducted.
Mississippi Peanut Promotion Board; revise manner by which members are selected.
Student speech; grant immunity to school officials allowing amplified student messages consistent with district policy.
Bingo; person conducting game must be a resident of the county in which the game is conducted.
Municipalities and counties; revise provisions regarding investment of certain funds by.
Income tax; authorize a credit for purchase and installation of solar water heater system.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Dept. of Archives and History; authorize DFA to extinguish preservation easement deed on behalf of for certain historic properties.
Sales tax; exempt sales of utilities to churches.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Gun permits; revise reciprocity.
Student grades; prohibit certain school administrators and district employees from influencing a change in.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
Contractor; may receive copy of bond upon request.
Passed the House · 6
Illegal immigration; strengthen enforcement provisions to prevent.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Assault; to create felony for assaulting a pregnant woman.
Vessel pilots; limit and regulate liability of.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Out of committee · 4
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Teacher Classroom and Disciplinary Control Act; create.
Public defenders; clarify authority over employees of the office.
In committee · 38
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; clarify certain provisions regarding.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Mississippi Emergency Services Association, LLC.
DUI; create offense of child endangerment.
Pesticide registration fee; increase to fund Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefit Fund.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Local taxing entities; revise form and content of notice required for annual ad valorem tax effort proposals.
Open preferential primaries; establish.
Salary increases for legislators; effective for term of office after term in which salary increase is given.
Commercial Driver's License Act; require county prosecuting attorneys to represent the state in appeals regarding.
Forestry product on 16th section land; authorize local school boards to enter into agreements to sell subject to certain approval.
Classroom supply funds; require annual allotment before November 1 to full-time and part-time teachers.
State parole board; require to submit report to Governor regarding petition for pardon by person convicted of felony crime.
CON; organize various provisions of CON law into separate code sections.
Armed robbery; provide for minimum prison sentence of 10 years.
Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation.
Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2012; create.
Katie's Law; require DNA testing for all felony arrests.
School vouchers; authorize State Department of Education to issue under the MS School Choice Scholarship Program.
Tax levy to support school districts; authorize levying authority to veto school board request for increase up to seven percent.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
Recreational activities; add aircraft to list of authorized activities on certain land.
Early Voting Pilot Program; create for Alcorn County.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for certain historical projects in City of Corinth.
MS Prison Industries; remove authority to sell or furnish goods or services to any private entity.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act of 2012; enact to establish new process for creating.
Contractors; prohibit deposit or cashing of a joint check agreement without authorization of all signees.
Charter schools; authorize new start-up charter schools and conversion schools.
Public assistance benefits; combined incomes of all persons in same household used to determine eligibility for.
Bad check law; revise.
Contractors; prohibit knowing misapplication of construction payments and prescribes penalties for violation.
State agency personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures for two years.
Firearms; prohibit altering serial number.
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
Deadly weapons; revise types for unlawful possession by convicted felon.
Correctional facilities; clarify that possession of certain prohibited items includes grounds of facilities.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
George county; authorize to issue bonds for a recreational complex and impose a sales tax to retire bonds.