Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Joey Fillingane
Sponsored
Became law6
Involuntary commitment; State Board of Mental Health sets standards and certifies local holding facilities.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Forrest County; authorize contributions to various agencies.
Office of Capital Defense Counsel; revise appointment of director.
Lamar County; revise payment by the board of supervisors to the circuit clerk.
Faculty physician recruitment agreements; authorize UMC to enter into under certain conditions.
Land records; instruments prepared for filing by attorneys must bear a Mississippi bar number.
Passed the Senate8
Election of county superintendent of education; certain municipal school district residents are disqualified from voting.
Rape or sexual battery of a child; mandate life without parole for.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act; create.
Appeal bond; establish maximum bond to stay a civil action.
Certificate of merit; require for filing of negligence suits against licensed professionals.
Damages; revise contractual authority of UMMC to waive.
Price gouging; revise in relation to a state of emergency.
Out of committee2
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain state contracts for.
First lien; hospitals have against damages.
In committee36
Partition; not available for homestead property between spouses.
Board of supervisors; authorize to pay cost of immunizing volunteer fire fighters against diseases.
Juveniles; tried as adults for certain crimes.
Alienation of affections; abolish tort of.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2009"; enact.
Medical malpractice; create optional review process.
"Mississippi Welfare Restructuring Program Act of 2009"; enact.
Retirement; earned compensation of member of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals includes all remuneration except mileage.
Covenant marriage; enact as form of marriage.
Board of supervisors; authorize to pay for income loss protection for volunteer fire fighters.
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Certified athletic trainers; allow to receive salary supplement if have completed NATA certification process.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from school attendance with certificate from physician.
Income tax; allow adjustment to gross income for certain unreimbursed travel expenses of National Guard/Reserves.
Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be board certified in OB/GYN.
DNA; require biological sample from all felons.
Alienation of affection; abolish tort of.
False reports of child abuse or neglect; provide criminal and civil penalties.
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act; enact.
Charter schools; authorize five new start-up charter schools under certain conditions.
Eminent domain; authorize certain cities, counties and redevelopment authorities to utilize to acquire certain private property.
Income tax; tax amounts paid gaming patrons that are not subject to reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act; enact (NCCUSL).
Elections; increase per diem of election commissioners on election days.
Mississippi Magnolia Scholarship College Tuition Program; establish under State Treasurer.
Alcoholic beverages and beer; require separate election to allow sale of when a wet city annexes a portion of a dry county.
Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (NCCUSL); enact.
District attorneys and legal assistants; increase salaries of.
Pseudoephedrine; conform to federal law.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Insurance policies; provide procedure for giving notice to creditor loss payees of change in coverage.
Medicaid; marriage and family therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Eminent domain; grant right to USM over certain property.
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Marriage Reform Act of 2009; enact.
Columbia Training School property; authorize DFA to convey to Columbia-Marion County Airport Board.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Statue of Jefferson Davis; restore Confederate Monument at Old Capitol Building and replace original statue.
Memorial highways; designate portions as "Jack Lucas Medal of Honor Memorial Highway" and "Phyllis Hawkins Harper Exchange."
Mississippi Athletic Trainers Licensure Act; revise licensure provisions.
MS Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of the term "project" & authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Freedom to Farm Act; include honeybee production under definition of agricultural operations.
Failing schools and school districts; enact "Children First Act of 2009."
DNA preservation; revise Post Conviction Collateral Relief Act.
Surplus food; authorize University Medical Center to donate surplus food.
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Passed the Senate · 10
Firearms; restrict power of confiscation.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Child Protection Act; enact.
Mississippi Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission; establish.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Charter schools; authorize additional open-enrollment public charter schools with certain requirements.
Ignition interlock; require for DUI-restricted driver's license.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
In committee · 5
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.