Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Rufus Straughter
Sponsored
Became law1
Humphreys County; authorize to expend funds to little league.
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore Edward J. Jones of Yazoo county.
Out of committee2
Rural Mississippi Mosquito Abatement Act; create.
Nursing home; require certain amount of liability insurance.
In committee7
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Unemployment compensation; increase maximum weekly benefit.
School enrollment; authorize in Grade 1 before age six if child succeeds on achievement test.
Eating establishments; prohibit the cleaning of floors while customers are eating.
Ayers Settlement; require IHL board to report on annual allocations to institutions.
Insurance; create "Honesty is the Best Insurance Policy Act" requiring a non-coverage disclosure list on policies.
Insurance; require timely payment of property and casualty claims.
Election crimes; require to be prosecuted.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Local System Bridge Program; utility adjustments and right-of-way acquisition costs paid out of special fund.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Jefferson Davis County; may utilize portion of oil and gas severance tax revenue for garbage collection and disposal.
Passed the House · 3
Unemployment compensation; increase benefits to include cost of living adjustment.
Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.
Teach for America; authorize SDE to award grants to bring new teachers to Mississippi high need districts.
Out of committee · 2
Low income housing; remove certain provision relating to the manner of appraisal.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
In committee · 13
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State University.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Housing of state offenders in county jails; revise reimbursement rate for medical attention and extend repealer (RP).
Tinted motor vehicle windows; exempt legislators from law restricting.
CON; issue for PRTF beds and child/adolescent psychiatric beds in Washington County.
Vaccinations; exempt certain children with autism from vaccination requirement to attend school.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Tallahatchie County Courthouse.