Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Became law3
Tunica County; authorize board of supervisors to contribute funds to the Tunica County Economic Development.
Tunica County; authorize contribution to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Clinic, Inc., and G.A. Stover Health Clinic, P.A.
Tunica County; may contribute to the Tunica County Museum.
Out of committee1
Mississippi Anti-Discrimination in Employment Act; enact.
In committee18
Community hospital services in certain counties; authorize direct negotiation with hospital in adjoining county to provide.
Tunica County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Appropriation FY2013; SDH operate two STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Emmitt Louis Till Victims' Compensation Fund; create.
Elections; increase fee paid by legislative candidates upon entering the race for party nominations.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Prostitution; immunity, protective custody for minors and forfeit property used in human trafficking.
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally retarded.
Suffrage; authorize restoration by circuit court.
Law enforcement training expenses; revise time for reimbursement of formerly employing entity.
Counties; revise authority to invest excess funds.
Alcohol-free motor fuels; ensure the availability of.
Mississippi Protection from Human Trafficking Act; enact.
Sales tax; provide for a diversion to a county of collections in fire protection districts with 5 or more casinos.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 78
Driver's License; additional $1 for Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Inc., for litter prevention.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as William R. "Bill" Minor Memorial Highway.
Counterfeit controlled substances; prohibit sale, manufacture or possession.
Corrections; extend repeal date on the Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act.
Corrections; extend repeal date for Parole Board.
Corrections; extend repeal date on state offenders serving sentences in county jails.
Youth court; permit referral to drug court and prohibit sex offender access to MYCIDS, beaches and campgrounds.
Corrections; clarify prohibition against possessing unauthorized items in correctional facilities.
Sirens; authorize use by MEMA first responder vehicles.
Traffic citations; camera citations from another state not placed on driver's record in this state.
Marine Resources; authorize the commission to open shrimping areas if natural or man-made disaster affects shrimp fishery.
Boll weevil fund; extend repealer on annual audit of MS Boll Weevil Management Corporation Trust Fund.
Window Tint Law; exempt government fire department vehicles.
Dental insurance; delete repealer on prohibitions against certain provisions in provider contracts.
Scholarship funding; modify the FY2012 IHL appropriation bill to provide additional special funds for the Critical Needs Scholarship Fund.
Airport authorities; may enforce a lien on aircraft for unpaid landing fees or other rates and charges.
State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer and amend various licensing laws.
Highway workstations; increase land acreage that counties may purchase or lease and limit use of eminent domain to acquire.
Advertisements; counties and cities may not advertise in publications sponsored by political parties, political committees etc.
Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity; clarify one-year rescission period.
Vulnerable person act; clarify abuse and neglect under.
Liquefied Compressed Gas Board; require good character and competency before granting permit to distribute/sell.
Agritourism; provide limited liability for persons engaged in.
Memorial highway; designate a certain portion of MS Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Employment of substitute teachers; clarify deduction of cost of substitutes from pay of absent licensee.
Highway Patrol; remove repealer on minimum qualifications and authorize designation of veterans on driver's license.
Public Property; authorize Adjutant General to convey certain real property to the Town of Prentiss, MS.
Window tint; limit number of exceptions to specific medical conditions.
False report of crime; revise penalty.
Dog/hog fights; eliminate repeal of prohibition against.
Memorial Highway; designate the U.S. Highway 82 bypass in Washington County, Mississippi, as the "Anse Dees Memorial Bypass."
Residential Builders and Remodelers Act; revise license requirements and exemptions.
University of Southern MS; authorize Dept. of Finance & Administration to sell certain real property at the USM Campus.
Statute of limitation; revise for prosecution of vulnerable person abuse.
Counterfeit goods; remove disclosure requirement to purchaser.
Local governments; revise ability of municipal and county governing authorities to invest surplus funds.
USM; authorize to borrow funds to establish and operate a certified registered nurse anesthetist program.
Property and Casualty Actuarial Opinion Act; delete repealer on.
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; extend repealer on.
Preneed burial policies; shall be portable.
Perpetual care cemeteries; prohibit encumbrance of plots.
Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association; increase membership of board of directors.
Beer breweries; allow to provide samples subject to certain restrictions.
Local option law; revise definition of the term "restaurant."
Insurance adjusters; provide certain exemption to licensure requirement of.
Surplus lines insurance; nonadmitted policy fee shall be set at certain percentage.
National Flood Insurance Program; revise laws regarding eligibility for.
MS Building Code Council; shall furnish report to the Legislature on standards for a statewide building code.
Mississippi Community College Board; require designation of 3 workforce development centers to provide motion picture skills training.
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act; enact.
County mental health holding facilities; initial assessment of patients shall be by physician or nurse practitioner.
Bedridden nonviolent state offenders; authorize Commissioner of Corrections to place on conditional medical release.
Coordinated School Health Pilot Program based on federal model; authorize SDE and SDH to establish.
Public Service Commission and Public Utilities Staff; authorize to hire attorneys or consultants in proceedings before FERC.
Dual enrollment-dual credit work skills certificate program in high school and community college; establish pilot program.
Minors; community service imposed for tobacco possession.
Uniform traffic ticket law; revise to allow electronic filing for DUI tickets.
Advance health-care directives; MDOC may offer such forms to inmates and may act as guardian for certain inmates.
Legal signature; conform to Mississippi Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
County board of supervisors; reduce notice required to call emergency meetings.
Regional and municipal airport authorities; revise powers and duties.
Counties and municipalities; revise procedures for public budget hearings and revise public notice form.
Property; authorize exchange of between MS Transportation Commission and GM&O Rails to Trails Recreational District of North MS.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt service and bank service charges.
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Highways; designate U.S. Highway 82 as "Mississippi Heritage Highway."
Controlled substances; enhance penalty for illegal sale in proximity to drug rehab facility.
Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive eminent danger pay.
Corrections; extend repeal date on parole supervision fees.
Implied Consent Law; remove Crime Lab's responsibility to calibrate intoxilyzers and other such devices.
Tort Claims Act; local governments may purchase insurance for damages arising from use of its motor vehicles.
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
Marine Resources; allow harvest of oysters from reefs north of the CSX bridge if approved by the Commission on Marine Resources.
Agriculture; extend repealer on the use of livestock facilities at no charge by certain groups.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016.
Memorial highways; designate description of sign for the Gold Star Memorial Highway.
MS Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund; loan repayments used to pay debt service if the balance exceeds $50,000,000.00.
Business improvement districts; extend the period for which they are authorized and revise certain vote requirements.
SREB contract program at Southern College of Optometry; students not required to practice in Mississippi.
Corrections; reenact and extend repealer on general inmate authority of the Department of Corrections.
Department of Corrections; revise the amount of contracts that must be approved by the Public Procurement Review Board.
Public universities; may provide certain services to children with hearing loss/specific language impairment.
Curator of New Capitol Building; provide for employment by Board of Trustees of Archives and History.
Critical Needs Teacher Loan/Scholarship Program; allow repayments into consolidated revolving fund.
Nonresident tuition; authorize IHL to waive if requested by institutional executive officer.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Expunction; provide procedure for certain felonies of persons under 21 years of age at the time of conviction.
Male death row inmates; may be housed at appropriate maximum security facility instead of State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility; reenact and extend repealer on.
Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; authorize any state offender to be housed at.
Regimented inmate discipline program at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; repeal section of law on.
Health insurance policies; authorize Commissioner of Insurance to approve or disapprove premium rates.
Economic Development Highway Act; authorize the Mississippi Department of Transportation to apply for assistance from.
Mississippi Rural Hospital Flexibility Act; clarify state oversight of hospital networks.
Medicaid program; make technical amendments and delete repealers.
Karen's Law; revise punishment for manslaughter of certain child victims.
Lonnie Smith Act; revise elements of the offense of felonious child abuse.
Litter; prohibit littering on certain property of the Pearl River Water Supply District.
Highways; remove requirement of an alternate untolled route before construction of a toll road.
Domestic violence; revise adjudication, punishment and registration of protection orders.
Cock fighting; revise penalty.
Expunction of record; allow filing fee in municipal court.
Primary election contests; may be heard only by circuit judges.
Energy efficiency standards; revise for commercial buildings.
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Local system roads; allow portion of state aid allocated to counties to be used to retire debt for.
Suffrage; provide for immediate restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Habitual offender; expunged offenses not to count towards.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Appropriations; Mississippi Department of Health, Sunflower County Prevention of Teen Pregnancy Pilot Program.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; applies to students through age 18 and increase penalties for parents.
Abstinence-plus sex education as required curriculum in public schools; provide for.
Disparity study; require MDA to file copies with the Legislature by not later than December 31, 2012.
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for.