Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Briggs Hopson
Sponsored
Became law4
Mississippi Department of Archives and History; may use certain funds to restore monuments at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Recycling; local governments may establish recycling centers at regional correctional facilities and authorize DEQ to assist.
City of Rolling Fork; authorize expansion of water distribution system to areas more than 5 miles outside city limits.
Issaquena County; authorize transfer of lot to Town of Mayersville.
Passed the Senate4
Hunting rights on Sixteenth Section school land; local school board may hold an auction on leases for.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind services to Beulah Cemetery.
Issaquena County; authorize to participate in turbine project in Mississippi River.
Out of committee2
Age of majority; eighteen.
Ad valorem taxes; revise advertising requirements when school district proposes no millage increase.
In committee9
Arrest warrant; require probable cause hearing before issuance.
Smoking in all public places; prohibit.
Depositions and Discovery; enact the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
Central business functions; payroll and purchases for all state agencies; establish DFA Office of Shared Services.
Sales taxation; reduce rate on sales of unprepared food for human consumption.
Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Act; enact.
High school alternative career track programs and diplomas; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Mississippi Health Information Network; establish and empower board of directors.
Central business, payroll and purchase for all universities; IHL administers shared services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
High School alternative career track programs; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Passed the Senate · 3
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.