Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Jeffrey C. Smith
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Public university property; authorize DFA to sell certain property at Mississippi University for Women.
In committee5
Taxation; increase the excise tax on cigarettes and revise the income tax rates.
Lowndes County; authorize to contribute to Golden Triangle Contact Teleministry, Inc.
Lowndes County; allow to contribute funds to United Way of Lowndes County.
Local school board members; revise monthly compensation and remove prohibition on joining retirement system.
Suffrage; restore to Gartha Lee Lovelace of Lowndes County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Passed the House · 4
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
In committee · 11
Homestead exemption; increase.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
Public school students; require drug testing of all sixth through twelfth graders.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Voter ID; enact.
State officers and agencies; authorize to appoint or employ special counsel.
Child abuse; provide penalties for false reports and enact child protection managers.
Photo voter identification; require when a person appears to vote at registrar's office or polling place.