Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Sponsored
Became law2
Memorial highways; designate portion of U.S. Highway 51 in Montgomery County as "Billy Lancaster Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Tourism and Film Task Force; create.
Out of committee1
"Hill Fire" folk life play in Montgomery County; MDA to promote and provide grants for financing of statewide advertising program.
In committee2
Alcoholic beverages; authorize special purpose permits to serve and sell alcoholic beverages.
Payment to school district employees at retirement for unused leave; rate to be equal to salary paid to the employee.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Drug courts; encourage increase in number.
"Teach For America" grant program; establish to provide a national teacher corps program in the Mississippi Delta.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 10
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Illegal aliens; create new offenses, require law enforcement coordination.
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission.
Out of committee · 1
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
In committee · 10
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship or lawful presence to qualify.
Abortions; prohibit abortion of a human being based upon a determination of the gender or race of the human being.
Radar; allow MHP to operate without restriction.
IHL and Community College Boards; adopt joint policy requiring verification of students' citizenship/immigration.
Universities and colleges; aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States shall pay out-of-state tuition.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize patron of on-premises permittees to leave with an open bottle of wine partially consumed with a meal.
DUI reinstatement fee; revise with increase to benefit MHP retirement system.