Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Willie Simmons
Sponsored
Became law3
Corrections; remove the cap on meritorious earned time.
Prison lands; extend repealer on duty of DFA to lease for agricultural purposes.
Intensive supervision; remove 1-year limitation on placement and the restriction on placing certain drug offenders in the program.
Passed the Senate4
Highways; designate portion of U.S. Highway 49-W in the City of Drew as "Manning Boulevard."
County superintendent of education; prohibit voters in certain school districts from voting in election for.
State Parole Board; extend repealer.
Corrections; allow offenders convicted of small quantity drug violations to be eligible for trusty time allowance.
In committee14
Appropriation FY10; Alcorn State University - Agricultural Programs.
Taxation; increase various taxes.
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission and the Southwest MS Industrial Commission.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration not legal holiday.
Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.
School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to read a minimum of four books per school year.
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 49W to high priority list.
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 61 to high priority list.
School districts; required to implement positive behavior intervention and support services by 2013-2014 school year.
Highways; add certain segment of Mississippi 32 in Sunflower County to state highway system.
Criminal procedure; clarify expunction when court-imposed conditions are completed or cases are dismissed.
Crimes; allow certain to be expunged.
Income tax check-off; create the Mississippi Adequate Education Program Supplementary Support Fund and authorize for.
Drug courts; provide that the State Advisory Committee develop a plan to establish in county, justice and municipal courts.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
MS Qualified Health Center Grant Program; continue program and revise administrative expense authority.
Public purchasing law; revise certain requirements for projects under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Scenic Byways; Extend the "Mississippi Delta Great River Road" through Tunica and DeSoto counties.
Vetoed · 2
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Passed the Senate · 12
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.
Bolivar County; authorize a contribution to the Delta State Alumni Association.
Bolivar County; authorize a contribution to the Choctaw Sewer Association.
Bolivar County; authorize contribution to the Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
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.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
In committee · 4
Economic development; MDA & MS Prison Industries to develop program on feasibility of prison labor to prevent plant closings.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales on certain clothing, and computers and calculators during the last weekend in July.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.