Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Bob M. Dearing
Sponsored
Became law7
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; extend repealer on.
Adams County; authorize to create or join a county railroad authority or regional railroad authority.
State Board of Barber Examiners; extend automatic repealer on.
"Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act"; extend repealer on and make technical amendments.
Memorial highway; designate U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County as "Sgt. Todd Partridge Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Crimes against animals; enact "Mississippi Dog and Cat Pet Protection Law of 2011."
Passed the Senate2
Commissioners of election; may run for other offices if they resign before they qualify.
Wildlife; prohibits nonresidents from hunting in second season of hunting deer with guns and dogs in the Homochitto Nat'l. Forest.
Out of committee4
Public waterways; landowner not liable for illegal use of ATVs in public waters.
Emergency telephone calls; allow recordings to be released by order of MS Ethics Commission.
Hunting; require a gun to be enclosed in a case when transported on a public road.
Franklin County; authorize to construct jail anywhere in the county.
In committee47
Mississippi Code; provide a CD-ROM or hard copy to the school board of each public school district.
Visitation; require for noncustodial parents concurrent with order of child support.
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Preparation of the Executive Budget and Legislative Budget; change procedures.
Elections; holder of an elective office may not run for another office during his term of office.
Income tax; authorize a credit for the purchase of new hybrid electric vehicles or electric vehicles.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Personal or medical leave; state law enforcement officers shall not be required to use after injury in the line of duty.
Community college districts; may waive out-of-state or out-of-district tuition for students living within 50 miles of campus.
Major medical leave; certain state law enforcement officers are not required to use for injuries in the line of duty.
Insurance agents; exempt age 75 or older from continuing education requirements.
Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising purchases.
Hospital Infections Disclosure Act of 2011; enact.
Ad valorem tax; increase the maximum number of mills that can be levied for parks and playgrounds.
Eminent domain; restrict cities' authority to exercise.
Animal cruelty; revise offense.
Animal cruelty; revise.
"I am Mississippi"; designate as official state poem.
Health care facilities; repeal CON law.
Mississippi patient safety program for hospitals; establish.
Cemeteries; authorize reasonable ingress and egress under certain circumstances when located on private property.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
Ballots; clarify placement of special election candidate; require special election for certain period of time after vacancy.
Motor vehicle safety inspection law; repeal.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve Duncan Park Golf Course in Natchez.
All-terrain vehicles; prohibit the use on public highways, roads and streets.
Concealed weapons; exempt county and municipal prosecutors from carrying permit.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to the Natchez Institute school building.
Ad valorem taxation; revise the definition of "home" or "homestead" under the homestead exemption law.
"Bill of Rights" for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Ad valorem tax; increase mills that municipalities may levy for recreational purposes.
All-terrain vehicles; require certificate of number.
Failure to stop or yield right-of-way; prescribe penalties whenever injury or death results.
Deputy sheriff for narcotics; fund from drug fines.
Used motor vehicle licenses; seminars required for may be conducted by any association recognized by the Department of Revenue.
Nursing home administrator licensure law; prescribe qualifications and amend complaint procedure.
All-terrain vehicles; require owners to obtain a certificate of number.
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
Nurse practitioner supervision by physician or dentist; revise.
Medicaid program; direct DOM to establish a medical home program to support primary care providers.
Wildlife; allow mentally handicapped persons to hunt during special youth season and exempt from license requirements.
Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.
Wildlife; prevent waste of migratory game birds when hunting from a boat in certain small streams.
Personalized license plates for noncommercial trailers; authorize.
Crimes against animals; enact "Mississippi Dog and Cat Pet Protection Law of 2011" first offense felony.
Puppy mills; prohibit.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
Sex offender registration; revise to comply with federal mandates.
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Blue Alert System; create.
Children with identified disabilities; revise distribution of certain documents to parents.
PERS; provide for payment and collection of employee and employer contribution for chancery and circuit clerks.
PERS; revise benefits for persons who become members after July 1, 2011.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Career track program for students not pursuing baccalaureate degree; provide certain conditions.
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Step therapy or fail-first protocols by a prescribing practitioner under certain circumstances; provide for.
Practice of cosmetology and barbering; create new State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for state agencies and institutions of higher learning.
City of McComb; authorize to impose a tourism tax to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
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Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Assault; create crime of indecent assault.
Elevator Safety Act of Mississippi; create.
School teacher and administrator licensure; provide penalties for sexual involvement of school employees with a student.
Retirement; provide that persons who exercise control over certain PERS investments shall act as fiduciaries.
Retirement; allow members who retire under Option 4 to modify benefits if their marital status changes.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of the Mississippi Veterinary Association.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Wildlife; regulate deer-breeding farms.
DFA; authorize to sell certain real property at Delta State University.
Task Force to Study Teacher Salaries; establish.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Memorial highway; designate MS Highway 552 in Claiborne and Jefferson Counties as "Dr. Walter Washington Parkway."
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Mississippi Certified Interior Designer Act; create.
Public improvement districts; revise certain provisions regarding.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Texting while driving; prohibit.
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Marriage and Family Therapy and Social Worker Licensure Act; delete repealer and make technical amendments.
Justice court judges; exempt certain sitting judges from certain examination requirements.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.