Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Kelvin Butler
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · City of McComb; authorize to impose a tourism tax to promote tourism and parks and recreation.
Driver's License; additional $1 for Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Inc., for litter prevention.
In committee14
Child custody; custodial parent responsible for health care expenses when court order is silent.
Gaming; create statewide lottery to fund Hope College Scholarship Program.
Legislative Internship Program; authorize IHL to administer under certain conditions.
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for Mississippi residents age 65 or over.
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.
Loans over a certain amount; borrower may skip one monthly payment per calendar year.
Tuition-free attendance at any state IHL or community college; authorize for students with at least 3.0 GPA.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Elections; Secretary of State shall conduct a study on the feasibility of allowing students to vote via the Internet.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Malicious prosecution; define as an intentional common law tort.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Bonds; issue state g.o. bonds for constructing a new spillway at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Bonds; authorize for matching funds for construction of a regional workforce training center at Southwest MS Community College.
Natchez/Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Inc. and abolish the Natchez-Adams County Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 7
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to property.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Out of committee · 1
Tourism; MDA shall promote the establishment of fishing tournaments on state-owned lakes.
In committee · 18
Auto insurance; deductible provisions shall not apply to windshield damage.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Criminal convictions; judge to explain to convict whether he remains a qualified elector.
Workers' compensation disability payments; extend time period for receiving.
Furlough Plan for State of Mississippi; require for FY2010.
Wildlife; remove the requirement that a veteran's total disability must be service related to qualify for license exemption.
Pseudoephedrine or ephedrine; include in Schedule III.
Cellular phone charges; customer not liable for charges that result from unauthorized use of phone.
Continuing legal education; legislators exempt.
Counterfeit products; clarify offense of sale of.
Early Voting Act; authorize voting before election day.
Records of floor debate in both houses of the Legislature; to be available under the Open Records Law.
Wastewater; remove revisions to the individual on-site wastewater disposal system law.
MS Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission; increase membership of.
Nonviolent offenders; may be placed on house arrest.
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.
Appropriation; district attorneys; staff, chancellor and circuit judges; additional for FY2010.
St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority; limit its duties to solid waste and storm water.