Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Tom Weathersby
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Florence; extend repealer on city's bars and restaurants.
In committee8
Hospitals; Department of Health shall authorize to establish and operate off-campus emergency departments.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Weapons; authorize investigators employed by the Real Estate Commission to carry.
Wind Farms; authorize Secretary of State to lease or rent certain state lands for establishment of for power generation.
Public property; authorize DFA to donate certain property to Meridian Community College.
MS Fair Commission; revise powers and duties relating to advertisement on facilities on State Fairgrounds.
Weapons; authorize honorably retired law enforcement officers to carry.
DFA; authorize to acquire certain property in vicinity to the Capitol Complex for the use and benefit of the Department of Revenue.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Interstate 55; designate certain segment of in Copiah County as the "Robert L. Johnson Memorial Highway."
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
County board of supervisors; authorize to adopt an order, resolution or ordinance for a specific area of the county.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Gun permits; revise reciprocity.
Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; create to provide dyslexic students with school choice.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program; create.
Rankin County; authorize donation of certain real property to the Mississippi Burn Foundation.
Rankin County; authorize contribution to nonprofit organizations that provide recreational/sports activities for county youth.
Passed the House · 3
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Board of Pharmacy; authorize DFA to purchase and sell property on behalf of for new facility.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Out of committee · 2
Sunshine Act; create for agencies hiring attorneys.
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
In committee · 11
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; clarify certain provisions regarding.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to members of Wahabi Shrine Temple, Joppa Shrine Temple and Hamasa Shrine Temple.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Copiah County in constructing a building for its emergency management agency & 911 headquarters.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Wesson in making Americans With Disabilities Act improvements to a building.
Rankin County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.
District attorneys; provide additional legal assistants for the 20th Circuit Court District.
Katie's Law; require DNA testing for all felony arrests.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for infrastructure projects at Panther Ridge Business Park in Copiah County.
Rankin County; authorize to provide recreational grants to certain qualifying entities.