Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Brice Wiggins
Sponsored
Became law4
Marine Resources; authorize the commission to open shrimping areas if natural or man-made disaster affects shrimp fishery.
Voyeurism; create felony offense when victim is under 16.
Corrections; revise duty of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to maintain certain records for offenders.
City of Gautier; authorize to impose a tax on restaurants, hotels and motels.
Passed the Senate5
Grand jurors; revise potential number of.
Marine Resources; allow harvest of oysters from reefs north of the CSX bridge if approved by the Commission on Marine Resources.
Crimes; create offense of lewd and lascivious acts or obscene electronic communication regarding minors under 16.
Accessory after the fact; revise punishment for the offense of.
Lonnie Smith Act; revise elements of the offense of felonious child abuse.
Out of committee2
Ports; exclude the Mississippi State Port Authority from certain procurement laws and regulations.
Butalbital; clarify is a Schedule III controlled substance.
In committee24
Crime Victims' Bill of Rights; revise certain notifications under.
Crime Victims' Bill of Rights; certain communications to be confidential.
Corrections; persons convicted of certain violent crimes not eligible for earned time or other time for reduction of sentence.
Campaign contributions; restrict use by candidate for purposes unrelated to election campaign.
Child abuse; revise felonious.
Statute of limitation; revise for prosecution of vulnerable person abuse.
Civil actions against health care providers; provide for inadmissibility of certain statements of apology.
Marine Resources; establish a retention for fee-dredged materials retained for personal use and establish special account for the fees.
Oysters; increase fee for nonresident commercial licenses.
Marine Resources; authorize the Commission on Marine Resources to require completion of educational programs for commercial licenses.
Coastal wetlands; clarify that appeals of decisions of the Marine Resources shall be on the record made before the commission.
Oysters; revise authority of Commission on Marine Resources to mark tonging reefs.
Civil actions against health care providers; provide for inadmissibility of certain statements of fault or apology.
Wrongful conviction; clarify conditions justifying claim for compensation.
County and municipal animal shelters; exempt volunteers from Workers' Compensation Law and provide governmental immunity.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Offshore mineral leases of state-owned land; distribute portion of revenue from to school districts in coastal counties.
Mississippi Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion Act; create.
Income tax; authorize a credit for investments in certain qualified Mississippi small businesses.
District attorneys; revise number of assistants.
Manslaughter; distinguish between voluntary and involuntary.
Statewide Monetary Assessments; revise assessment for Statewide Victims' Information and Notification System (SAVIN) Fund.
Administrative subpoena; expand authority of Attorney General.
Appropriation; MS Gulf Coast Community College Motion Picture Industry Workforce Training for fiscal year 2013.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Vulnerable person act; clarify abuse and neglect under.
Beer; authorize manufacture of beer of more than 5% by weight for sale in another state.
Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; create.
Highway Patrol; remove repealer on minimum qualifications and authorize designation of veterans on driver's license.
Residential Builders and Remodelers Act; revise license requirements and exemptions.
Tidelands; residential property owners not required to obtain a tidelands lease.
Beer breweries; allow to provide samples subject to certain restrictions.
Federal disaster; contractor awarded public works bid using funds from must review job candidates from Dept. of Employment Security.
National Flood Insurance Program; revise laws regarding eligibility for.
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act; enact.
Dual enrollment-dual credit work skills certificate program in high school and community college; establish pilot program.
Multi-modal transportation; include regional railroad authorities in Multi-Modal Transportation Improvement Fund.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Budget Contingency Fund; all funds received by State from settlement in connection with oil spill shall be deposited into.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 5
Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive eminent danger pay.
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Domestic violence; revise adjudication, punishment and registration of protection orders.
Out of committee · 1
Homeowners insurance; require premium discount for property built or retrofitted to resist hurricanes.
In committee · 11
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of Resurrection Catholic School.
Pawnshop transactions; require electronic transmission if law enforcement supplies software.
Licensed vessel pilots; limit liability of pilots and trainees.
School board election; authorize absentee voting in certain types of districts.
Public defenders; clarify authority over employees of the office.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; revise powers and duties of the county utility authorities.
Post-release supervision; violent offenders required to serve period of post-release supervision on house arrest.
Tourism Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; increase maximum period of time that MDA may make payments from.
Bonds; authorize for reconstruction, repair and renovation of the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Marty Stuart Center and Congress of Country Music Hall.