Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
Became law2
Task force to study failing schools and school districts; continue and assign additional responsibilities.
Holmes County; authorize contributions to the Mallory Community Health Clinic Transportation System.
Passed the Senate1
Tallahatchie County; authorize to contract with certain nonprofit.
Out of committee3
Cultural tourism in the Delta; create initiatives.
Mississippi Department of Labor and Commissioner of Labor; establish.
Holmes County; authorize serial numbers to be designated as inventory numbers for inventory control purposes.
In committee15
Autism; continue task force to study growing incidence of autism under Department of Mental Health.
School employment procedures law; reduce probationary period for certified employees.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for the repair and renovation of the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, MS.
Delta Revitalization Zone; create and establish economic incentives.
Delta Regional Housing Clearinghouse; create in regard to efforts to improve housing in Delta region.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of creditable service.
Prekindergarten programs; require under-performing school districts in the Delta to implement.
Health education in public schools; to include medically and scientifically accurate information.
Sex education pilot program; SBE and SBH shall establish.
Programs for adults with autism; authorize State Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); State Dept. of Education to implement program in the public schools.
Mississippi Health Care Fair Billing Act; require health care facilities and providers to itemize charges, etc.
Education employment procedures law; reduce probationary period for certified employees.
Elections; require 1 presidential elector to be elected from each congressional district and 2 from the state at-large.
Tallahatchie County; tax collector issue license tags to certain persons delinquent in garbage fee payment.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Early childhood education programs; authorize local school districts to operate and expend funds from any source.
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
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.
Public purchasing law; revise certain requirements for projects under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Town of Sumner; authorize conveyance of certain real property to Tallahatchie County.
Passed the Senate · 10
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
School students with asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to.
"Hill Fire" folk life play in Montgomery County; MDA to promote and provide grants for financing of statewide advertising program.
Mississippi Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission; establish.
Open top vehicles; revise requirements for covering when carrying certain loads.
Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project; create as pilot program.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
Out of committee · 1
Ad valorem tax; increase mills that municipalities may levy for recreational purposes.
In committee · 5
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Expunction; authorize for certain youthful felony convictions.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.