Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Edward Blackmon, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law5
Crimes; repeal certain statutes regarding assemblage and disorderly conduct.
Partition; not available for homestead property between spouses.
Surface mine permit; exempt certain excavations and transporting of materials across same property from requirement.
District attorneys; clarify authority to assign employees.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Vetoed1
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Passed the House7
Crime Laboratory; provide assessments to fund.
Pseudoephedrine; revise provisions regarding purchase.
Attorneys; may withdraw from representation in certain circumstances.
Assault against school district personnel; provide enhanced penalties for.
Arrest warrant; require probable cause hearing before issuance.
Criminal cases; assign on random basis in circuit court.
Trade secrets; clarify compilation.
Out of committee4
Civil actions; insurer has burden of proof for exclusions/exceptions in homeowners insurance policies.
Wrongful death action; damages not awarded parent who has abandoned a child.
Suffrage; delegate to circuit court under certain circumstances.
Judges, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators; revise.
In committee29
Price gouging; revise.
DNA data and physical evidence retention; require.
Traffic citations obtained through camera use; not a reportable offense for insurance purposes.
Crimes; repeal certain wrongful assemblage statutes.
Pseudoephedrine; revise record keeping and revise ID to purchase.
Wiretapping; revise to authorize Attorney General to use.
Capitol snack bar; authorize the Legislature to independently operate in the New Capitol Building.
Constitutional rights; contractual waiver only effective if knowingly executed.
Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally retarded.
Office of Capital Defense Counsel; revise appointment of director.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Campaign Finance disclosure; clarify what constitutes a contribution and require the disclosure of certain loans.
Workers' Compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Civil actions; insurer has burden of proof for exclusions/exceptions in homeowner's insurance policies.
Exoneration; provide for compensation.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Expunction; authorize for certain first offense felonies.
Price gouging; revise.
Commissioner of Insurance; require insurers to give reasons for declination, cancellation or nonrenewal if requested.
Early Voting Act; authorize voting before election day.
Judges; revise appointment of special judges.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as a day of commemoration not legal holiday.
Traffic citations; certain are not reportable for insurance purposes.
Salaries of justices and judges; revise how certain ones are calculated.
District attorneys; add legal assistant to 22nd Circuit Court District.
District attorneys; revise number of assistants and investigators authorized for the 20th Circuit Court District.
District attorneys; revise number of assistants and investigators authorized.
District attorneys; revise number of assistants and investigators.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Mental health system; create joint legislative study committee to study and make report on.
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
Vetoed · 1
Trademark laws; revise.
Passed the House · 7
University Medical Center; authorize to donate food to charitable organizations.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
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Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of central office for MS Crime Laboratory and State Medical Examiner.
Crime Laboratory; provide assessments to fund.
Mental Health, Department of; reconstitute board revise executive director qualifications, and provide for medical director.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
School boards; require all elected members to be elected by majority vote.
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.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.