Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Bill Denny
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Attempted murder; create 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 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.
Fax solicitations, certain; prohibit under Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Ad valorem tax; revise date and amount for which cities/counties may allow partial payments, revise interest rate on unpaid taxes.
Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
Appellate judges; provide for appointed judges of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Elected officials; indictment results in suspension without pay and conviction results in removal.
Attempted murder; create criminal offense.
Municipal employees; prohibit governing authorities from requiring to reside inside municipal boundaries.
Voter identification; require before voting in person or by absentee.
School districts; require administrative consolidation into one district per county.
Open Lawyer Fees Act; create.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of certain deceased veterans.
Photo voter identification; require when a person appears to vote at registrar's office or polling place.
Regulation of inattentive driving and cell phone use; state law preempts local ordinance.
Crimes; revise attempt to commit an offense.
Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Ad valorem taxation; revise procedure for appeal of decisions regarding objections to assessments of real or personal property.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System and support for community and junior colleges.
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; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Capital Defense Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Indigent Appeals, Office of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Madison County; authorize erection of certain electronic gates for the purpose of enclosing neighborhoods.
Vetoed · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Passed the House · 2
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.
In committee · 7
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
School Start Date Act of 2011; enact.
School term; reduce number of days in scholastic year to 170.
Public schools; prohibit promotion to next grade of students not reading on grade level.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; apply to business telephones.
Restoring the 10th Amendment Committee; create to identify unconstitutional federal laws and unfunded federal mandates.