Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Became law1
Memorial highway; designate U.S. Highway 51 in Coldwater as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway."
Passed the Senate1
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
Out of committee1
Elections; increase fee paid by legislative candidates upon entering the race for party nominations.
In committee19
Authorize Tunica County; authorize contribution to Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."
Sheriff of Tunica County; authorize additional salary supplement by board of supervisors.
Tunica County; authorize contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, P.A.
Community hospital services in certain counties; authorize direct negotiation with hospital in adjoining county to provide.
Income tax; authorize transfer, sale or assignment of credit received for rehabilitation of certain historic structures.
Corrections; authorize regional facility for Quitman County.
Mississippi Anti-Discrimination in Employment Act; enact.
Suffrage; authorize restoration by circuit court.
Appropriation FY12; SDH operate two STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
Emmitt Louis Till Victims' Compensation Fund; create.
Public utilities; shall make personal contact before terminating heat-related service.
Law enforcement training expenses; revise time for reimbursement of formerly employing entity.
Workers' compensation disability payments; extend time period for receiving.
Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally retarded.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Memorial highways; designate segments of U.S. Highways as memorial highways.
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
License tags; provide that the month and year shall be specified on one license decal.
Controlled Substances Law; conform to federal schedules and add certain other prescription drugs.
Mississippi Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program; revise reimbursement allowed for attending.
Urban renewal agencies; authorize certain municipal property to be conveyed to.
Passed the Senate · 12
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Controlled substances; acquiring by theft, fraud and the like.
Driving; prohibit texting and revise punishment for no license.
Institutions of Higher Learning; authorize Board of Trustees to pay reasonable travel expense for candidates.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for construction of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.
In committee · 5
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 49W to high priority list.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish commission to select site and employ director.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; revise maximum fee and length of check deferral.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a Highway Patrol substation in Leflore County.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.