Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Sampson Jackson II
Sponsored
Became law1
Kemper County; authorize a contribution to the Boys and Girls Club.
Passed the Senate2
Department of Mental Health; authorize to sell property in City of Hattiesburg.
Ad valorem taxes; exempt a portion of the assessed value of certain electric generating facilities.
Out of committee1
Mississippi Prison Industries; prohibit state agencies from purchasing from business employing inmates of another state.
In committee33
Election; authorize early voting.
Department of Finance and Administration; may purchase or lease real property when necessary.
State buildings/construction projects; shall be constructed under supervision of DFA.
Public property; authorize DFA to purchase/lease-purchase property to centrally locate state agencies.
Counties; maintain private roads used as Head Start turnarounds.
Lemon law; prohibit transfer of buy-back and nonconforming vehicles without notice.
Retirement system; social security finding of total disability shall be accepted for disability retirement.
Counties; authorize to acquire cell phones for Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks' officers.
Retirement; school districts may pay health insurance premium of retirees employed as school bus drivers.
Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for two community group homes for the Department of Mental Health.
Landowners; compensated by state for certain diminution in property value.
Absentee ballots; allow all persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot to do so by mail.
Absentee ballot; require ballots to be sent automatically to persons 65 years of age or older upon written request.
Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by students.
Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.); authorize under Division of Youth Services.
Elections; qualified elector may vote absentee for any reason.
Appropriation; Attorney General - Boys and Girls Clubs of America from tobacco funds; FY 2010.
Appropriations; tobacco litigation funds, supplemental health insurance for law enforcement; FY2010.
Audit of state-owned facilities; direct Department of Finance and Administration to initiate.
Income taxation; grant a tax credit for contributions to certain student aid programs.
Bonds; issue for a facility infrastructure mitigation, mapping and facility inventory electronic system.
Local system roads; allow portion of state aid allocated to counties to be used to retire debt for.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for a mapping and facility inventory electronic system.
Public property; authorize DFA to apply rent payments toward the purchase of real property.
Exoneration; provide for compensation.
Economic development; MDA & MS Prison Industries to develop program on feasibility of prison labor to prevent plant closings.
Deer hunting; allow the taking of deer with bait.
Highways; add certain segment of MS Highway 16 to four-lane program.
Deer enclosures; allow breeding pens for white-tailed deer to be smaller than minimum acreage for deer enclosures.
Sixteenth Section school land; limit rent increases on farm residential land.
Tenth Circuit District; create subdistrict and additional judge.
State Tax Commission; reduce amount that must be posted by taxpayers appealing a commission decision regarding an assessment in taxes.
Town of DeKalb; authorize the use of radar by the town's police department.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Corrections; remove the cap on meritorious earned time.
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
Freedom to Farm Act; include honeybee production under definition of agricultural operations.
Intensive supervision; remove 1-year limitation on placement and the restriction on placing certain drug offenders in the program.
Public purchasing law; revise certain requirements for projects under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Cause of action; create specific claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Passed the Senate · 13
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
City of Louisville; authorize a tax on the gross proceeds derived from room rentals of all hotels or motels in the city.
Corrections; allow offenders convicted of small quantity drug violations to be eligible for trusty time allowance.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
Out of committee · 1
Emergency health powers; define natural disaster and direct SDH to perform certain functions in public health emergencies (PEER).
In committee · 14
2009 First Extraordinary Session · Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
City of Louisville; authorize a tax on the gross proceeds derived from room rentals of all hotels or motels in the city.
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Appropriations; College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University for 10 additional in-state students.
Licensed professional counselors; clarify board selection and licensure qualifications (PEER).
Psychologist licensure law; revise qualifications and require criminal background checks (PEER).
Department of Audit; impose late fees against accounting firms/delete certain reporting requirements (PEER).
Appropriations to planning and development districts; require certain information (PEER).
Licensed social workers/marriage and family therapists; revise qualifications and continuing education requirements (PEER).
Community college construction projects; shall be subject to the preplanning requirements (PEER).
State Medical Examiner; delete rulemaking authority regarding autopsies (PEER).
PEER Committee; create criminal offense and revise subpoena power (PEER).
Mississippi Technology Alliance; require annual report (PEER).
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.