Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Alyce G. Clarke
Sponsored
Became law2
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Public property; authorize DFA, acting on behalf of IHL Board, to transfer property between JSU and Jackson Public Schools.
Mental health system; create joint legislative study committee to study and make report on.
Passed the House3
Comprehensive sex education pilot program; State Boards of Education and Health and the Dept. of Human Services to jointly establish.
Mississippi landmark; designate certain property on campus of Piney Woods Country Life School as.
Hinds County & City of Jackson; authorize to establish crisis intervention team program for certain persons needing mental health serv.
In committee26
Crimes; create for using cell phone while driving, without using hands-free accessories.
School bus safety belts; create study committee to determine the feasibility of requiring.
Medicaid; art therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Appropriation; Board of Education to fully fund MAEP and provide additional funding for at-risk students.
Child care programs; create grant program to provide incentives to those participating in Quality Rating System.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
Stem Cell Research Task Force; create.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services to fund certain child care programs.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services to provide additional funds for child care assistance under TANF program.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of stadium on campus of Jackson State University.
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Department of Mental Health; authorize to contract with service provider for long-term residential substance abuse treatment.
DNA; require sample for any adult convicted of a felony.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of wellness, learning and fitness center at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL for establishing a Center for Wellness, Learning and Fitness at Alcorn State.
Appropriation; IHL for preplanning a Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State University.
Medicaid and CHIP; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise certain diversions.
Credit card crimes; provide additional penalties when offense includes a violent crime.
Gaming; hold statewide election on issue of state lottery to fund higher education.
Mississippi Healthy Youth Act of 2009; create.
Mental Health, Department of; reconstitute board revise executive director qualifications, and provide for medical director.
Mental health; create pilot program in Hinds County for single point of entry for persons detained by law enforcement.
Emerging Crops Fund; authorize additional amounts to MS Small Farm Development Center at Alcorn for farm assistance.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Honorable Grey Ferris; name Board Room at State Department of Education in honor of.
Commercial oyster vessel; allow those who operate to keep up to 36 blue crabs for personal consumption.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
Domestic violence; revise certain provisions.
Sex offenders; capital murder is an offense requiring registration when a sex offense is the underlying crime.
Passed the House · 7
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
PEER Committee; create criminal offense and revise subpoena power (PEER).
Statute of limitations; provide for civil rights violations.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Sales tax; authorize certain municipalities to levy additional tax for specific purposes.
Bonds; authorize to provide loans to Hinds County for the Old Capitol Green Project.
In committee · 14
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for certain projects at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for portion costs of Biotechnology/Ecology Research Center at Alcorn State University.
State Board of Mental Health; create nonvoting member appointed by Community Mental Health Centers (PEER).
Licensed social workers/marriage and family therapists; revise qualifications and continuing education requirements (PEER).
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
State Auditor; revise certain requirements regarding powers and duties (PEER).
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Appropriation; IHL to establish a Robotics and Automation Institute at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to establish the Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator at Alcorn State University.
City of Jackson; authorize levying of additional tax for specific purposes.