Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Deborah Jeanne Dawkins
Sponsored
In committee18
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 17% by weight.
Crimes; allow certain to be expunged.
Insurance; prohibit use of credit information in underwriting and rating.
Environmental Quality; require commission to adopt rules on radon control.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids.
Environmental Quality; require greenhouse gas inventory and voluntary registry.
Environmental Quality; require the department to identify all coal ash dam sites.
Wind Pool Reinsurance Assistance Fund; increase amount of insurance premium tax diverted to the fund.
Commissioner of Insurance; prohibit campaign contributions/gifts from insurance companies.
Computer and electronic waste; require management plan for recycling and disposal.
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.
Distinct motor vehicle tag; Delta Bear Habitat program supporter tag and black bear is state land mammal.
Insurance company catastrophe models; require Attorney General to study accuracy and reliability of.
State Tax Commission; reduce amount that must be posted by taxpayers appealing a commission decision regarding an assessment in taxes.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice if given.
Environmental justice; require meaningful involvement of all people in siting process.
Marihuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients under doctor's supervision.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Freedom to Farm Act; include honeybee production under definition of agricultural operations.
Wild enclosures; extend repealer on wildlife, fisheries and parks authority to regulate.
Scenic highways; rename "Highway 67 Scenic Byway" as the "Biloxi D'Iberville Scenic Expressway."
Annual reports by state agencies; to be electronically transmitted to legislators unless a hard copy is requested.
Vetoed · 1
Sheriffs; earmark portion of bond processing fee for domestic violence prevention.
Passed the Senate · 3
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
In committee · 7
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Children's Product Safety; create(AG).
Breach of security; require notice (AG).
Health insurance policies; establish minimum amount of coverage for alcoholism care and treatment.
Governor's Commission on Climate Change; establish.
Appropriations; Department of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance.