Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Kelvin Butler
Sponsored
Became law3
Driver's license; revise certain provisions regarding young drivers.
Pike County; authorize annual donations to the Salvation Army and Southwest Mississippi Christian Outreach.
City of Magnolia; grant certain authority with regard to an expansion of the city's wastewater facilities.
Passed the Senate3
Driver's License; additional $1 for Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Inc., for litter prevention.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
City of McComb; extend repeal date for authority to impose a tourism tax to promote economic development.
In committee14
Gaming; create statewide lottery to fund Hope College Scholarship Program.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Exoneration; provide for compensation.
Bonds; issue state g.o. bonds for constructing a new spillway at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if they have 30 years of creditable service.
Child custody; custodial parent responsible for health care expenses when court order is silent.
Legislative Internship Program; authorize IHL to administer under certain conditions.
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.
Malicious prosecution; define as an intentional common law tort.
Highways; increase maximum gross weight allowed for vehicles operating with harvest permits.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Mississippi Athletic Trainers Licensure Act; revise licensure provisions.
Freedom to Farm Act; include honeybee production under definition of agricultural operations.
Public purchasing law; revise certain requirements for projects under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Cause of action; create specific claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Passed the Senate · 5
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
In committee · 4
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Expunction; authorize for certain youthful felony convictions.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales on certain clothing, and computers and calculators during the last weekend in July.