Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Deborah Jeanne Dawkins
Sponsored
Became law2
Address Confidentiality Program; create.
Domestic violence; technical corrections, revise definitions.
In committee34
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Animal cruelty; revise disposition of animals seized and forfeited.
Animal cruelty; clarify felonious abuse of certain animals.
Animal cruelty; revise penalties for abuse of animals.
Physical therapy; extend repealers on certain sections in licensure law.
Smoking in all public places; prohibit.
Health insurance policies; increase maximum amount of required coverage for alcoholism.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks; authorize to transfer property east of Lyman Fish Hatchery to Dept. of Marine Resources.
Lobbyist; revise definition of.
Motor vehicles; prohibit smoking when children present in vehicle.
State Grand Jury; expand jurisdiction and conform exemptions from service.
Development impact fees; authorize on behalf of cities and counties.
Commissioner of Insurance; prohibit campaign contributions/gifts from insurance companies.
Electronic monitoring devices in the rooms of residents of nursing homes; require on request of resident or guardian.
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental illness/retardation.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Collection of debt for services provided at licensed hospitals; provide certain restrictions on.
Mississippi Work Pays Program; authorize additional post-employment assistance for TANF recipients.
Health care insurance contracts; require dispute resolution mechanism for providers.
Specialized programs offered by hospitals; impose CON moratorium on.
State aid road funds; exempt from any special fund transfers authorized by DFA or the Legislature.
Solid waste; prohibit disposal of cell phones as solid waste.
State land mammal; designate the black bear as one of the state land mammals.
School buildings; require process for environmental evaluation of sites for school construction or expansion.
Water quality; require DEQ to apply for no-discharge zone for vessel sewage in Mississippi Sound.
Motor vehicles; require collection and disposal of mercury-added components.
Railroads; create MS Rail Crossing Safety Task Force.
Insurance; prohibit use of credit information in underwriting and rating.
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.
Environment; create MS Global Climate Study Commission.
Foster care program benefits; DHS may extend services and scholarships to young adults formerly in foster care.
Water Resources; require DEQ and DWFP to adopt established minimum flow for Pascagoula River.
Wind Pool Reinsurance Assistance Fund; increase amount of insurance premium tax diverted to the fund.
Insurance company catastrophe models; require Attorney General to study accuracy and reliability of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Coast Coliseum Commission; clarify power to lease or exchange surplus property.
Levees; clarify prohibited activities.
Children adopted through state-supported adoption agency; provide for continuation of Medicaid benefits.
Passed the Senate · 6
Driver's license; require one year of driving under intermediate license.
Radar; authorize use by sheriffs and Highway Safety Patrol.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds issued for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Domestic violence; revise to clarify constitutional supremacy of chancery jurisdiction of minors' business.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
In committee · 22
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Radar; revise operation of by municipalities.
Check casher license; applicants convicted of a felony not eligible.
Local government records; increase fee for filing public documents.
Workers' compensation disability payments; extend time period for receiving.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Ammunition; require serial coding.
Justice court; revise civil monetary jurisdiction.
Minimum standards; revise time during which terminating officer must reimburse employing entity.
Hurricane Katrina Response and Recovery Oversight Act; establish.
Residential property insurance; insurers must attach policyholder bill of rights to policies.
Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Loan Program; establish under the Mississippi Home Corporation.
TANF recipients; require Department of Human Services to track earnings to determine post assistance outcome.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Tax incidence; require annual report by State Tax Commission and require tax equity note attached to bills.
Breach of security; require notice (AG).
Matching fund requirements for grants; place limits on amount cities and towns must provide when applying for grants.
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
Taxation; increase various taxes.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for the Pascagoula River Audubon Center.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.