Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
John Horhn
Sponsored
Became law3
Superintendent of schools; authorize to temporarily employ staff.
MS Telecommunication Conference and Training Center; transfer to the Capital City Convention Center Commission.
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act; increase percentage of fines deposited with municipalities.
Passed the Senate3
City of Jackson; authorize continuation of payments to Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc.
City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Drug houses; revise municipality authority over.
Out of committee1
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Alcoholic beverages; revise restriction on sale or storage within certain distance of schools or churches.
In committee27
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of E.E. Rogers Adventist Academy.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Municipalities; may delegate parking violation enforcement by contract.
Mortgage Consumer Protection Law; require certain licensees previously convicted of a crime to be grandfathered.
Workers' Compensation; illegal alien may receive medical expenses only.
Minority set aside; counties may establish for professional services and public work contracts.
Health education in public schools; to include medically and scientifically accurate information.
Mississippi Youth Build Program for court ordered delinquent juveniles; DHS to establish.
Sex education pilot program; SBE and SBH shall establish.
MS Training and Education Marketing Board and Special Task Force for Economic Development Planning; create.
State Truth Commission; establish.
Gaming licensees; prefer Mississippi residents in purchasing and hiring.
Taxation; authorize an income tax credit for installation of energy-efficient products in homes.
Sixteenth section land; grant immunity for lease or use of.
Sixteenth section school land; provide immunity to local school board and lessee of certain land used for recreational purposes.
Public buildings; require art by Mississippi artists in certain state buildings.
CON for nursing facility in any underserved minority zip code area in the state authorize.
Highways; add segments of certain roads within the corporate limits of the City of Jackson to the state highway system.
Bonds; revise use of bonds for Farish Street Historic District.
Construction contracts; require a set-aside for small businesses.
City of Jackson; require state provide funds to defray ad valorem tax loss & increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
City of Jackson; require payments in lieu of taxes on state-owned property located in the city.
Sales tax; provide diversion to Jackson to defray ad valorem tax loss and increased costs incurred as the seat of state government.
Business improvement districts; reduce percentage of vote of property owners necessary for creation or dissolution of.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; add two board members from the City of Jackson.
Income tax; authorize a credit for repair, renovation, rehabilitation and construction of building in urban renewal areas.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
"Teach For America" grant program; establish to provide a national teacher corps program in the Mississippi Delta.
Home invasion; increase penalty for.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate · 10
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
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.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds issued for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
Bonds; authorize issuance of g.o. bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
Qualified equity investment tax credit; require fee with application for, revise time in which investment must be issued.
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
Out of committee · 2
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
City of Jackson; authorize the levy of an occupancy tax on hotels and motels.
In committee · 16
School employment procedures law; reduce probationary period for certified employees.
Delta Revitalization Zone; create and establish economic incentives.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Delta Regional Housing Clearinghouse; create in regard to efforts to improve housing in Delta region.
Local privilege tax; raise minimum amount imposed.
Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Loan Program; establish under the Mississippi Home Corporation.
"State Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008"; enact.
Home mortgages; prohibit certain mortgage lending practices.
Mineral leasing on state-owned land; clarify authority of Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.
Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator; IHL establish at ASU in conjunction with local governments.
Alcorn State University; IHL establish a Robotics and Automation Institute.
Department of Mental Health; contract with adolescent group home in Hinds County to relocate to Harrison County.
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
Taxation; increase various taxes.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.