Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Kelvin Butler
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Natchez; authorize modification of certain existing leases of city property and allow terms of leases to be 99 years.
Passed the Senate3
Health care expenses; custodial parent or responsible parent to pay.
Driver's license; require one year of driving under intermediate license.
Driver's License; additional $1 for Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Inc., for litter prevention.
In committee12
Gaming; create statewide lottery to fund Hope College Scholarship Program.
Legislative internship program; authorize IHL to administer under certain conditions.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for students with at least 3.0 GPA.
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for Mississippi residents age 65 or over.
Elections; Secretary of State shall conduct a study on the feasibility of allowing students to vote via the Internet.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 30 years of creditable service.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Bonds; issue state g.o. bonds for constructing a new spillway at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.
Exoneration; provide for compensation.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Public officers; clarify ineligibility to serve after pleading guilty to a felony.
Teacher salary experience increments; authorize up to 35 years.
"Teach For America" grant program; establish to provide a national teacher corps program in the Mississippi Delta.
Justice courts; reform.
Children adopted through state-supported adoption agency; provide for continuation of Medicaid benefits.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Mississippi Tourism and Film Task Force; create.
Adams County; St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority, revise definition of water/prohibit certain service in certificated areas.
Adams County; authorize the operation at a privately owned correctional facility in the county.
Natchez Regional Medical Center; authorize to petition for debt relief under Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code.
City of Natchez; authorize a tax on occupied hotel and motel rooms.
Passed the Senate · 8
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Assault; enhance penalty against certain classes of victims.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds issued for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
"Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2008"; enact.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission.
Out of committee · 2
Mississippi Department of Labor and Commissioner of Labor; establish.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
In committee · 14
Delta Revitalization Zone; create and establish economic incentives.
Minimum standards; revise time during which terminating officer must reimburse employing entity.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
State law enforcement officers; establish separate retirement system for.
Task force to report on incentives for teachers and administrators in the Delta to serve at-risk students; create.
Prekindergarten programs; require under-performing school districts in the Delta to implement.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator; IHL establish at ASU in conjunction with local governments.
Alcorn State University; IHL establish a Robotics and Automation Institute.
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
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.