Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Willie Simmons
Sponsored
Became law8
Corrections; increase parole supervision fee and extend the repealer on the Community Service Revolving Fund.
Corrections; extend the repealer on agricultural leases of prison lands to private entities.
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer.
Corrections; extend repealer on state offenders serving sentences in county jails.
House arrest; allow certain low-risk nonviolent offenders to be eligible for program.
Corrections; revise distribution of inmate telephone call commissions to the Inmate Welfare Fund and Prison Agricultural Enterprise Fund.
City of Indianola; authorize to relinquish reversionary interest in certain property to B.B. King Museum.
Bolivar County; authorize contributions to the Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
Passed the Senate2
Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program.
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission.
In committee16
Juvenile detention; revise notice to schools.
Juvenile detention; revise disposition alternatives and require training school evaluation.
School districts; required to implement positive behavior intervention and support services by 2012-2013 school year.
Youth court; clarify minor's statement against interest.
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 61 to high priority list.
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 49W to high priority list.
Youth court; revise original jurisdiction.
School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to read a minimum of four books per school year.
Medical psychologists; enact prescription privileges for credentialed psychologists.
Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.
Corrections; allow person with only one prior conviction of a nonviolent crime to be eligible for parole.
Corrections; prohibit possession of cell phone components and accessories by inmates or on prison grounds.
Highways; add certain segment of Mississippi 32 in Sunflower County to state highway system.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration not legal holiday.
Taxation; increase various taxes.
Appropriation; Alcorn State University - Agricultural Programs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Parole; provide that certain nonviolent offenders may be eligible for parole.
"Teach For America" grant program; establish to provide a national teacher corps program in the Mississippi Delta.
Children adopted through state-supported adoption agency; provide for continuation of Medicaid benefits.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Passed the Senate · 4
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds issued for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health Crisis Centers.
Out of committee · 1
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
In committee · 14
School employment procedures law; reduce probationary period for certified employees.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Delta Regional Housing Clearinghouse; create in regard to efforts to improve housing in Delta region.
Minimum standards; revise time during which terminating officer must reimburse employing entity.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Task force to report on incentives for teachers and administrators in the Delta to serve at-risk students; create.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
DUI reinstatement fee; revise with increase to benefit MHP retirement system.
Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator; IHL establish at ASU in conjunction with local governments.
Alcorn State University; IHL establish a Robotics and Automation Institute.
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.