Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
David Baria
Sponsored
Became law2
Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau; extend repealer on.
Pool enclosures; authorize municipalities to regulate.
Passed the House3
Highway Patrol; establish escort procedures and policy.
Municipalities; authorize to donate to Mississippi Children's Home Service.
Counties; authorize to donate to MS Children's Home Services.
In committee34
Homemade beer; authorize making of homemade beer for domestic or household uses.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
State Parole Board; require recommendation be made to Governor either in support or nonsupport of requested pardon.
Trusty status; prohibit individual convicted of murder or capital murder from becoming eligible for.
Gubernatorial pardon; require applicant to give notice to district attorney to hold public hearing.
Beer; authorize manufacture of beer of more than 5% by weight for sale in another state.
Beer breweries; allow to make limited sales on premises.
Manslaughter; differentiate between voluntary and involuntary.
Smokefree Air Act of 2012; enact.
Insurance companies; prohibit payment of loss ratio bonus to agents.
Mississippi consumer Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Life insurance companies; prohibit payout to beneficiary by depositing proceeds into certain checking accounts.
Property/casualty insurance; prohibit premium increase for certain policies when no change in circumstances of insured.
Homeowners insurance; adopt efficient proximate cause doctrine to require coverage for certain losses.
Property insurance; revise unfair and deceptive acts and adopt efficient proximate cause doctrine.
Homeowner's insurance; provide that insurer has burden of proof for exclusions/exceptions in civil actions under policy of.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Homeowners insurance; prohibit cancellations of policies based solely on the presence of Chinese drywall.
Residential property insurance; require rate filings to include discounts when certain construction techniques are used.
Franchise agreements; regulate between outdoor sport equipment dealers, manufacturers and distributors.
Outboard motors; require registration of with the MS Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Medicaid and CHIP; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail in hardship cases.
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy-efficiency improvements to property.
"Bill of Rights" for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
Constitutional rights; contractual waiver only effective if knowingly executed.
Nursing facilities; licensing agency shall require to carry a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Public school construction projects; require major projects to meet U.S. Green Building Council's LEED silver standard.
Home repair fraud; revise.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.
Mississippi Department of Insurance Transparency Act; create.
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol; increase fee charged for abstract of driving record and deposited into retirement system fund.
Beer breweries; allow to provide certain samples.
Law enforcement officers and fire fighters; increase amount of death benefits payable for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Uniform mitigation standards; enact for insurance for homeowners.
Passed the House · 3
Civil actions; provide that P&C insurers have burden of proof for exclusions in "all perils" coverage policy.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing and installing a solar electric energy system.
In committee · 4
Traffic safety violator course; provide that it may be an Internet course.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.
Stillborn children; require death certificate for, and require notice to parents that they may obtain birth certificate for.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for certain retrofitting or upgrades to homes in Coastal Area of Mississippi.