Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Joey Fillingane
Sponsored
Became law5
Trade names; create the Fictitious Business Name Registration Act.
Custody and visitation; clarify for parents on certain military duty.
Model Business Corporation Act; correct certain fees.
Uniform Commercial Code; revise to conform to model act (ULC).
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Passed the Senate10
First lien; hospitals have against damages.
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act; enact.
Rape or sexual battery of a child; mandate life without parole for.
Court-appointed special advocates; clarify court's authority.
Mississippi Principal and Income Act of 2010; enact.
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; enact.
Agent for service of process; Model Registered Agents Act (ULC).
Section captions; generally editorial in nature.
Office of Capital Defense Counsel/Office of Indigent Appeals; merge into Office of State Public Defender.
Sunshine Attorney Act; create.
Out of committee3
Tort reform; clarify legislative intent.
Mississippi Trust Code of 2010; enact.
Limited Liability Companies; revised Act.
In committee32
Lawsuits; plaintiff liable for costs incurred by defendant if defendant prevails.
Letters rogatory; authorize.
English rule; allow prevailing party to recover attorney's fees.
Child support; delete repealer on statutes.
Alcoholic beverages and beer; require separate election to allow sale of when a wet city annexes a portion of a dry county.
Alienation of affections; abolish tort of.
Retirement; earned compensation of member of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals includes all remuneration except mileage.
Income tax; allow adjustment to gross income for certain unreimbursed travel expenses of National Guard/Reserves.
Income tax; tax amounts paid gaming patrons that are not subject to reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
Board of supervisors; authorize to pay for income loss protection for volunteer fire fighters.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Seat belts; failure to use as evidence of negligence.
Court reporting; misdemeanor to practice without a license.
Board of supervisors; authorize to pay cost of immunizing volunteer fire fighters against diseases.
Elections; increase per diem of election commissioners on election days.
Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be board certified in OB/GYN.
Certified athletic trainers; allow to receive salary supplement if have completed NATA certification process.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2010"; enact.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from school attendance with certificate from physician.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain state contracts for.
Distinctive license tag; for supporters of public schools in Sumrall, Mississippi.
Medicaid; services by marriage and family therapists are reimbursable to same extent as for social workers.
Qualified Disposition Act; create to provide for self-settled spendthrift funds.
Tort reform; clarify legislative intent.
Uniform laws; create uniform real property electronic recording act.
Uniform laws; create uniform international wills act.
Expert testimony from crime lab; allow to be taken by video means.
Limited liability companies; require annual reports.
DUI; authorize constables to administer test.
Child support; court may deviate from guidelines for child care expenses in certain cases.
Uniform laws; create Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
School influenza vaccination pilot program; establish under State Department of Health.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Passed the Senate · 6
Child Protection Act; enact.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum; designate as Mississippi's official state military history museum.
In committee · 3
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
Alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer permits; suspend or revoke for the discharge of a firearm on the premises.