Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law2
Youth court proceedings; prescribe duties of youth court counsel.
Nurse; restrict use of word "nurse" in job title only to those licensed under Nurse Practice Law.
Vetoed1
Sheriffs; earmark portion of bond processing fee for domestic violence prevention.
Passed the Senate10
Elections; authorize the Secretary of State to issue subpoenas for records insofar as they relate to voting.
Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.
Ballots; allow nicknames and require names to be listed alphabetically on the general election ballot.
Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Elections; if an incumbent withdraws prior to the printing of the official ballot, others may qualify.
Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.
Elections; Secretary of State may revise registration books of a county under certain circumstances.
Municipal clerks; are deputy registrars as contemplated by the National Voter Registration Act.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Out of committee2
Medicaid program; portion of nursing services reimbursement to fund home- and community-based waiver services.
Medicaid program; make technical amendments to.
In committee26
Healthcare Coordinating Council; shall report on specific health goals for the state.
Helmets; required for operators and passengers on motorcycles and ATVs under certain age.
Distinctive motorcycle license tag; provide for issuance to fire fighters and retired fire fighters.
Health insurers; require coverage for injuries from participation in certain legal activities.
Elections; enact open primary and abolish partisan primaries.
Performance-based budgeting; create task force to implement.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve facilities owned by a certain manufacturer of musical and sound equipment.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Scope of practice of a licensed optometrist; revise.
Elderly victims; enhance penalty for fraud and monetary crimes against.
Medicaid reimbursement for drugs; exempt certain blood cancer treatments from wastage policy.
Suspension of sentence; authorize in certain misdemeanor cases subsequent to original sentencing.
Conflict resolution reports; require school districts to file certain reports with Office of Dropout Prevention.
CON; direct SDH to issue for acute care hospital beds in DeSoto County.
Medicaid reimbursement; authorize for licensed professional counselors.
Medicaid reimbursement; authorize for licensed marriage and family therapist services.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize issuance to recipient of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all beds in facility in DeSoto County to participate in Medicaid.
Shopping carts; criminalize theft and certain uses.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
MS Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
Mississippi Commission on Long-Term Care Residences for the Future; create.
Juvenile detention center; child shall not be held because the parent is unwilling or unable to care for the child.
Income tax; authorize a credit for developers that construct walking trails, playgrounds, bike paths, etc.
Tobacco tax; tax moist snuff on a per unit basis.
Sales tax; authorize certain municipalities to levy additional tax for certain purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Tax Commission.
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
Ms Public Health Laboratory; establish.
Mississippi Athletic Trainers Licensure Act; revise licensure provisions.
Freedom to Farm Act; include honeybee production under definition of agricultural operations.
Failing schools and school districts; enact "Children First Act of 2009."
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Lauderdale County; authorize to fund chaplaincy program of the detention facility from revenue of inmate phone service.
Vetoed · 1
Job tax credit; authorize for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Passed the Senate · 19
Firearms; restrict power of confiscation.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Child Protection Act; enact.
Children; prohibit buying and selling of.
Income tax; authorize income tax credits for health care providers that participate in TRICARE military health care system.
Charter schools; authorize additional open-enrollment public charter schools with certain requirements.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds authorized for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Economic development; provide certain additional incentives for existing industries.
Income taxes; exclude transportation fringe benefits from gross income as allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
Ad valorem taxes; exempt a portion of the assessed value of certain electric generating facilities.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Tax Commission.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
In committee · 5
2009 First Extraordinary Session · Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.