Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Bill Denny
Sponsored
Became law1
Statutes of limitations; revise limitation on actions founded on domestic judgments or decrees.
Out of committee1
Attempted murder; create criminal offense.
In committee22
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of hearing aids.
Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Municipal employees; prohibit governing authorities from requiring to reside inside municipal boundaries.
Cellular phone use in automobiles; state law regulating preempts local ordinances.
Open Lawyer Fees Act; create.
Photo voter identification; require when a person appears to vote at registrar's office or polling place.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayer paying home security expenses for primary residence.
Ad valorem taxation; revise definition of "head of a family" and "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
School districts; require administrative consolidation into one district per county.
Fax solicitations, certain; prohibit under Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of certain deceased veterans.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Ad valorem tax; revise date and amount for which cities/counties may allow partial payments, revise interest rate on unpaid taxes.
Voter identification; require before voting in person or by absentee.
Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Elected officials; indictment results in suspension without pay and conviction results in removal.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
Nonpartisan Judicial Election Act; repeal.
Statutes of limitations; revise limitation on actions founded on domestic judgments.
Appellate judges; provide for appointed judges of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Property tax assessments; appeals of shall be made to Board of Tax Appeals rather than to board of supervisors.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 31
Limited liability companies; require annual reports and revise fees.
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Insurance Department.
Passed the House · 1
City of Jackson; delete repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and expand authority of bureau to contract.
Out of committee · 1
Flood and drainage control districts; revise composition of board of directors of certain.
In committee · 8
Students of military personnel residing on base; allow parent or legal guardian to choose school or school district of enrollment.
State budget; require budget requests and appropriations to be based on zero-based budgeting principles once every four years.
MS "French Merci Train" Boxcar; authorize and direct Dept. of Archives and History to secure, restore, preserve and maintain.
Sales tax; exempt sales of handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition during Second Amendment Weekend.
Performance review commission; create to review efficiency of state government.
Weapons; revise certain restrictions where permitees may carry.
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's Web site on state spending.
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.