Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
David Baria
Sponsored
Became law1
Boating under the influence; conform to driving under the influence.
Passed the Senate3
Law enforcement officer; create crime of public intimidation of.
Open Meetings and Public Records Acts; revise imposition of penalties for violation of.
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to property.
In committee27
Gubernatorial pardon; require public hearing.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Residential property insurance; require rate filings to include discounts when certain construction techniques are used.
Property insurance; policies with concurrent causation exclusions are unfair and deceptive act.
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
Health insurance; require insurers to offer insurance under the federal Health Care Tax Credit Program.
Nursing facilities; required to carry a minimum amount of liability insurance by licensing agency.
"Bill of Rights" for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Residential property insurance; insurers must attach policyholder bill of rights to policies.
Constitutional rights; contractual waiver only effective if knowingly executed.
Public construction projects; require projects receiving state funds to meet USGBC's LEED silver standard.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Property/casualty insurance; prohibit premium increase for certain policies when no change in circumstances of insured.
Pregnant inmates; may not be restrained during childbirth.
Pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule IV controlled substance.
Homeowners insurance policies; adopt efficient proximate cause doctrine to require coverage for certain losses.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Mississippi Consumer Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Civil actions; insurer has burden of proof for exclusions/exceptions in homeowners insurance policies.
Insurance companies; require to offer property/casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Homemade beer; authorize making of homemade beer for domestic or household uses.
Radar; authorize use by sheriffs.
DUI; revise imposition of minimum penalties against minors.
DUI; authorize drug or alcohol treatment in lieu of imprisonment.
Net energy metering; require electric utilities to allow.
Community Corrections Reassimilation and Restitution Program; create.
Portable school classrooms; require process for environmental evaluation of sites for construction.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Passed the Senate · 6
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Child abuse and neglect; revise persons with a duty to inform (AG).
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Animal cruelty; revise.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Out of committee · 1
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · City of D'Iberville; authorize to acquire and lease certain real property for economic and commercial development purposes.
In committee · 8
Health insurance policies; require coverage for autism spectrum disorders.
Institutions that train gaming employees; delete requirement that employees and students must be Mississippi residents.
Law enforcement officers and fire fighters; increase death and disability benefits under trust funds.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Income taxation; allow a deduction for amounts contributed to accounts established to pay for uninsured wind damage to homesteads.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize the issuance of bonds for.
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.
Appropriation; district attorneys; staff, chancellor and circuit judges; additional for FY2010.