Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Mark Baker
Sponsored
Became law3
City of Brandon; authorize a tax on sales of prepared food and drink at restaurants and bars.
Rankin County; authorize to enter into road project contracts even if contracts extend 30 days over term of office of current board of supervisors.
Madison County; authorize erection of certain electronic gates for the purpose of enclosing neighborhoods.
Passed the House1
Guardian ad litem; clarify duties and weight of testimony.
Out of committee1
Chancery Court; provide additional chancellor for the 20th Chancery Court District.
In committee15
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Mississippi Corvette Club, Inc.
Counties; revise procedures to clean property determined to be a menace.
License tags; clarify obstruction provision.
Distinctive horse trailer tag; authorize for supporters of the MS State Equine Association.
"Mississippi Agricultural Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011"; create.
Witnesses; revise compensation.
Insurance rebate monies; revise purposes for which a fire protection services provider contracting with a county may use.
Public records; require public bodies to maintain certain information on websites.
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.
Charter schools; establish and revise procedure for the creation of.
State agency personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures for two years.
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
DFA Office of Shared Services; create to centralize business functions of state agencies.
Homestead exemption; increase and prorate for homeowner reaching age 65 after January 1 of year for which exemption is claimed.
Rankin County; authorize erection of certain electronic gates for the purpose of enclosing neighborhoods.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Bonds; issue for the Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund.
Alcoholic beverages; prohibit adults from allowing party at private premises if minors obtain and adults know.
School teacher and administrator licensure; provide penalties for sexual involvement of school employees with students.
Vetoed · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Passed the House · 6
Open Meetings and Public Records Acts; revise imposition of penalties for violation of.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
Protest at funerals; revise penalties.
Estates; allow distribution of damages in wrongful death case without opening.
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.
In committee · 6
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Public institutions and employees; prohibit from using public funds for procedures that result in destruction or injury of human embryos.
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; apply to business telephones.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.