Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Deborah Jeanne Dawkins
Sponsored
In committee26
Marihuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients under doctor's supervision.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Appeal bond; set the maximum amount for appeals from decisions of local governments as to taxes.
Driver's education; require for drivers under age 17.
Environmental Quality; require the department to identify all coal ash dam sites.
Railroad grade crossings; prohibit obstruction of vehicular traffic for more than 20 consecutive minutes at grade crossings.
Transportation; require MDOT to develop a complete streets program.
Environmental Quality; require commission to adopt rules on radon control.
Natural resources; recommend an assessment of the value of Mississippi's natural resources.
Computer and electronic waste; require management plan for recycling and disposal.
Marine Resources fees; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to adjust fees to cover costs of permitting programs.
MS Commission on the Status of Women; revise responsibilities.
State land mammal; designate black bear as.
Insurance company catastrophe models; require Commissioner of Insurance to study accuracy and reliability of.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids.
Insurance; prohibit use of credit information in underwriting and rating.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
The Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.
State Agency Accountability and Transparency website; to include 5 oldest Public Records Act requests for each agency.
Wind Pool Reinsurance Assistance Fund; divert amount of insurance premium tax to the fund.
Public utilities; charitable or civic contributions shall not be allowed as costs or expenses for rate-making purposes.
Environmental fees; authorize Commission on Environmental Quality to set to cover costs of permitting programs.
Environmental justice; require meaningful involvement of all people in siting process.
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Appropriation FY13; Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Memorial highway; designate a certain portion of MS Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Public Procurement Review Board; must publish an agency's request to lease nonstate owned property on DFA website.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Passed the Senate · 1
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
In committee · 7
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Habitual offender; expunged offenses not to count towards.
Mississippi Protection from Human Trafficking Act; enact.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Bonds; authorize for reconstruction, repair and renovation of the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum.
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.