Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Dean Kirby
Sponsored
Became law9
Health insurance policies; remove repealer on law requiring reimbursement for marriage/family therapist services.
MS Major Economic Impact Act; authorize counties/cities to agree to ad valorem exemptions for certain suppliers in advance.
Extend repealer on the tax credit for certain employers sponsoring skills training for employees.
Income tax; entities required to include activity of disregarded entities for federal income tax purposes must include for state.
Insurance premium tax; change due date for report and payment of tax for the October 1 through December 31 period.
Bond; remove limits on amount that may be issued in a fiscal year for improvement at the state-owned shipyard in Jackson County.
Bonded indebtedness; increase for certain high growth school districts.
Ad valorem taxation; authorize boards of supervisors and municipal authorities to exempt a portion of certain vendor tooling.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate13
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Mississippi Department of Employment Security; delete repealer.
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise the definition of the term "project" and authorize bonds for such project.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Office of the Governor; delete repealer on statutes creating.
Alcoholic beverages; limit issuance of temporary retailer's permit; criminalize use of false I.D. by minor.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds issued for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
Bonds; authorize issuance of g.o. bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.
Bonds; increase amount issued under the MS Business Investment Act for loans and grants to cities and counties for infrastructure.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Toll roads; increase maximum term of contract and provide for collection of tolls.
MS Insurance Guaranty Association; establish net worth requirements for insureds and claimants/allow stay pending appeal.
Qualified equity investment tax credit; require fee with application for, revise time in which investment must be issued.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for the ACE Fund.
Out of committee2
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Toll roads; increase maximum term of contract and provide for collection of tolls.
Professional boxing; impose a fee on tickets to be utilized to make grants to amateur boxing organizations.
In committee17
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
State fleet management/cell phone regulation; exempt Military Department.
Retirement; provide for creditable service in PERS for service in National Guard or Armed Forces Reserve.
Motor vehicles; authorize the issuance of personalized antique automobile license tags.
Tuition assistance programs; create for active members of Mississippi National Guard and spouses.
Mississippi National Guard; authorize lump-sum payments to newly commissioned officers.
State Tax Commission; revise manner of providing notice of certain assessments; allow commission as agency to appeal orders of.
Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; reenact definition section and remove July 1, 2008, repeal date.
Economic Development Highway Act; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued under.
Growth and Prosperity Act; reenact application provisions and remove July 1, 2008, repeal date.
Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act; reenact incentive payment provision and remove July 1, 2008, repeal date.
Fuel tax law; clarify with regard to biodiesel and biofuel.
Retirement; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of PERS.
Sales tax; define person for purposes of denial of sales tax permits; clarify joint & several liability for sales taxes.
Sales tax; include in gross proceeds of sales certain payments made by third parties; repeal the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law.
Public improvement districts; board members shall be elected by a vote of owners of land in the district.
Abandoned automobiles; provide for sale at public auction.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate · 11
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Gaming; restrict to counties that have taken certain action.
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Bonds; remove language requiring the Dept. of Health to deposit money into a sinking fund to pay P&I on public health lab bonds.
Workers' compensation; eliminate certain benefits paid directly to an illegal alien.
Workers' compensation; provide for admissibility of drug and alcohol testing.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
Rankin County; authorize contributions to nonprofit organizations that provide recreational opportunities to youths.
Out of committee · 2
School bond issue; authorize two-year reverse referendum in Level 3 school districts.
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
In committee · 10
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Abortion; shall only be performed or induced by a physician with staff privileges at a licensed hospital in Mississippi.
Abortions; prohibit abortion of a human being based upon a determination of the gender or race of the human being.
Legislative subpoenas; provide for enforcement of.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
CON; restore exemption for private pay nursing facility beds which are part of a continuing care retirement community.
CON; provide exemption for private pay nursing beds in Rankin County which are part of a continuing care retirement community.
Workers' compensation; increase certain death benefits, give employer right to request an autopsy.
MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; abolish and transfer duties to the Mississippi Development Authority.