Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Greg Snowden
Sponsored
Became law2
Real property; create Task Force to Study Uniformity in Real Property Recordings.
Lauderdale County; authorize to fund chaplaincy program of the detention facility from revenue of inmate phone service.
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore to Felicia Scott of Lauderdale County.
In committee20
Tax sales; require actual notice to owner and any mortgagee, beneficiary or lienholder of record before pending tax sale.
Elections; require voters to present identification before voting.
Driver's license; retired law enforcement officer identified by distinctive symbol, character or endorsement.
Crimes; create new offense of failure to yield right-of-way that results in injury or death to another.
Hunting and fishing license; revise qualifications for issuance of native son or daughter lifetime sportsman license.
Sales tax; authorize exemption for retail sales of certain articles of clothing during the first weekend in August.
Retirement; earned compensation of member of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals includes all remuneration except mileage.
State agencies; may hire attorneys directly without approval of Attorney General.
Mississippi After-School Initiative Task Force; create.
Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.
Crimes; revise criminal offenses and penalties relating to crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities from crime.
Appellate judges; provide for appointed Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Suffrage; prescribe conditions for reinstatement.
Voter identification; require when one appears to vote.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to East Mississippi State Hospital Friends.
Distinctive motorcycle license tag; provide for issuance to fire fighters and retired fire fighters.
Motor vehicle ad valorem tax credit; include motorcycles as vehicles eligible to receive.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Ad valorem tax; authorize partial exemption for agricultural land that is converted to a residential use.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Highway 25; designate additional portion in Winston and Oktibbeha Counties as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive".
Mississippi Highway 393, Winston County; designate as "Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Passed the House · 1
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Out of committee · 1
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
In committee · 9
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Salaries of judges and district attorneys; increase.
Distinctive license tag; Silver Star recipient exempt from payment of additional fee, privilege taxes and ad valorem taxes.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
State law enforcement officers; establish separate retirement system for.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
Metal theft; clarify offense.
Government-issued photo identification for which proof of citizenship is required; provide before voting in person or by absentee.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; create with INS curriculum for Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by an employer for employees.