Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Bob M. Dearing
Sponsored
Became law7
Mental treatment; revise who is required to make commitment examination and time to complete examination.
State Board of Pharmacy; implement a state controlled substance monitoring program in compliance with federal law.
Mineral documentary tax; remove the requirement that a stamp be attached to instruments to evidence payment of the tax.
Adams County; St. Catherine Creek Utility Authority, revise definition of water/prohibit certain service in certificated areas.
Adams County; authorize the operation at a privately owned correctional facility in the county.
Natchez Regional Medical Center; authorize to petition for debt relief under Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code.
City of Natchez; authorize a tax on occupied hotel and motel rooms.
Passed the Senate2
Commissioners of election; may run for other offices if they resign before they qualify.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
In committee33
Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising purchases.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve Duncan Park Golf Course in Natchez.
All-terrain vehicles; require certificate of number.
Elections; holder of an elective office may not run for another office during his term of office.
Mississippi Code; provide a set to the school board of each public school district.
Eminent domain; restrict cities' authority to exercise.
Visitation; require for noncustodial parents concurrent with order of child support.
Failure to stop or yield right-of-way; prescribe penalties whenever injury or death results.
Preparation of the Executive Budget and Legislative Budget; change procedures.
Insurance agents; exempt age 65 or older from continuing education requirements.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvement to the Natchez Institute school building.
Bill of rights for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.
Animal cruelty; revise offense.
Hospital Infections Disclosure Act of 2008; enact.
Mississippi Patient Safety Program for hospitals; establish.
"I Am Mississippi"; designate as official state poem.
Community college districts; may waive out-of-state or out-of-district tuition for students living within 50 miles of campus.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
Used motor vehicle licenses; seminars required for may be conducted by any association recognized by the State Tax Commission.
Major medical leave; certain state law enforcement officers are not required to use for injuries in the line of duty.
Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
All-terrain vehicles; require certificate of number.
Public waterways; landowner not liable for illegal use of ATVs in public waters.
Personal or medical leave; state law enforcement officers shall not be required to use after injury in the line of duty.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Animal cruelty; revise offense.
Concealed weapons; exempt county and municipal prosecutors from carrying permit.
Hog dog fights; remove repealer on prohibition.
Motor vehicle safety inspection law; repeal.
Bonds; authorize g.o. bonds to complete the Natchez Trails Project.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Bonds; issue g.o. bonds to construct a psychiatric wing at the Natchez Regional Medical Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
Drug courts; encourage increase in number.
Crossbow hunting; delete the repealer on requirement for physician to certify disability for person to use crossbow.
Memorial highways; designate portion of U.S. Highway 51 in Montgomery County as "Billy Lancaster Memorial Highway."
Justice courts; reform.
Miss Breland's Law; enhance penalty for certain crimes of theft and forgery.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Mississippi Tourism and Film Task Force; create.
Outdoor advertising; authorize MS Transportation Commission to regulate in conformance with national standards.
Appropriation; State Government Agencies General and Special Fund; Additional FY 2008.
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
City of Natchez; authorize modification of certain existing leases of city property and allow terms of leases to be 99 years.
Passed the Senate · 16
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Assault; enhance penalty against certain classes of victims.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
"Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2008"; enact.
Rape or sexual battery of a child; authorize death penalty for.
Certain circuit court districts; bring forward sections.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
"Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Act of 2008"; enact.
Toll roads; increase maximum term of contract and provide for collection of tolls.
Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act; remove repealer.
Name fish hatchery at Enid after former Senator Charles Ray Nix.
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
In committee · 7
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Bonds; issue state g.o. bonds for constructing a new spillway at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.
Radar; allow MHP to operate without restriction.
State law enforcement officers; establish separate retirement system for.
Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator; IHL establish at ASU in conjunction with local governments.
Alcorn State University; IHL establish a Robotics and Automation Institute.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.