Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Willie Simmons
Sponsored
Became law4
Harvest permits; extend repealers on authority of MDOT to issue and provisions establishing maximum weight of such vehicles.
Highways; revise definition of off-road vehicle to include recreational off-highway vehicles and other new designs.
Agricultural aviation; extend repealer on safety marking requirements for certain anemometer towers.
City of Drew; authorize expansion of water distribution system to areas more than 5 miles outside city limits.
Passed the Senate2
Expunction; provide procedure for certain felonies of persons under 21 years of age at the time of conviction.
Transportation; revise requirements for MS Department of Transportation design-build projects.
Out of committee4
Airports; create air service development program.
"Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School District"; establish in Sunflower County under certain conditions.
State Board of Pharmacy; register nontraditional compounding pharmacies.
Taxation; provide for an additional tax on certain motor fuels.
In committee12
"Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2013"; enact.
Children at risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to read a minimum of four books per school year.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law; revise certain provisions regarding motor homes.
Highways; extend the repealer on authority of MDOT to issue overweight harvest permits.
Mississippi Department of Transportation; revise educational grant and recruitment program for civil engineers.
Memorial highways; designate U.S. Highway 45 in West Point, Mississippi as the Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Highway.
Toll roads; direct the Mississippi Department of Transportation to conduct study of toll roads if funds are appropriated.
Municipalities and counties; provide for approval of minutes when no action is taken by governing body.
Civil Assistance Fund; increase funding for.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for a headquarters for the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Public Service Commission; remove authority to regulate rates of shared utilities in municipalities.
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Leflore County Correctional Facility; authorize the incarceration of federal prisoners at facility.
Public officers and employees; revise punishment for embezzlement and restrict government hiring of felons.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military - Support.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Passed the Senate · 1
MS Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; create to provide job training grants for certain eligible business enterprises.
Out of committee · 2
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.
Growth and Prosperity Act; certain businesses in high poverty census tracts are eligible.
In committee · 2
Public construction; IHL Board shall manage certain state-funded construction projects for campus homes for university presidents.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.