Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Nickey Browning
Sponsored
Became law1
Memorial highway; designate MS Highway 6 in Pontotoc County as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway."
In committee3
School term; revise first day and reduce length in all school districts.
High school students suspended from extracurricular/athletic activity for failure to maintain certain grades; repeal.
Mississippi Rating Bureau; shall publish guidelines for the grading of fire trucks.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Blue Alert System; create.
"Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act"; extend repealer on and make technical amendments.
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.
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Rating Bureau; shall publish guidelines for the grading of fire trucks.
Passed the Senate · 5
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.
Auto liability insurance; authorize Dept. of Public Safety to implement an uninsured motorist database/increase fines.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 1
Minimum length of school term; school districts may use up to 5 snow days.