Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law9
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Continuing education requirements for pharmacist license renewal; revise.
Child Death Review Panel; extend the date of the repealer on.
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Municipal election commissioners; if names of persons elected are not transmitted, Secretary of State may petition court to compel.
Elections; revise runoff date for certain levee commissioner; clarify authority of chancellor in 7th Chancery District.
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes and add limited x-ray machine operators.
Judicial office; candidates may not qualify before January 1 of the year in which the election is held.
Certificates of nomination and nominating petitions for President and V.P.; must be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the deadline day.
Passed the Senate9
Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.
Elections; authorize the Secretary of State to issue subpoenas for records insofar as they relate to voting.
Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.
Mississippi Persian Gulf War Memorial; authorize State Veterans Affairs Board to establish in Newton County.
UMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Veterans; authorize IHL to transfer certain real property for cemetery/create Persian Gulf War Memorial in Newton County.
Mississippi State Department of Health; extend automatic repealer.
Municipal elections; require election managers to be qualified electors of the municipality.
Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.
Out of committee4
IHL Board of Trustees; may transfer to State Veterans Affairs Board certain real property in Newton County.
Registered nurse and LPN; require fingerprint-based criminal history check.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Voting precincts; must have at least 250 qualified electors.
In committee28
Legislature; reduce the size of.
Swimming pool and spa entrapment-proof drain covers; provide minimum standards for.
School-related fund-raising activities by students; provide certain restrictions.
Mississippi Commission on Long-Term Care Residences for the Future; create.
Ballots; allow nicknames and require names to be listed alphabetically on the general election ballot.
Health insurers; require coverage for injuries from participation in certain legal activities.
Helmets; required for operators and passengers on motorcycles and ATVs under certain age.
Performance-based budgeting; create task force to implement.
Elections; require additional payments to bilingual managers and clerks that are required by federal law.
Medicated contact lenses; authorize persons to dispense if FDA-approved.
Elderly victims; enhance penalty for fraud and monetary crimes against.
"Mississippi Postsecondary Textbook Transparency Act of 2010"; enact to assist students in obtaining the lowest textbook cost.
Qualified circulating nurse in each operating room; require for hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities.
Controlled substance; revise Schedules II and V.
Nursing home licensure; authorize State Department of Health to remove residents in imminently dangerous environment.
Bonds; increase the amount that may be issued for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
Medicaid reimbursement; authorize for licensed marriage and family therapist services.
Medicaid reimbursement; authorize for licensed professional counselors.
Delinquent sewer utility fees; authorize certain remedies for the collection of.
Mental health services; revise and improve delivery.
Registration of nonresident dispensers of controlled substances; require registration.
Fees for wholesale distributors of prescription drugs; revise.
Compulsory commitment of active tuberculosis cases to hospital; clarify procedures.
Medicaid program; make technical amendments to.
Funeral service/directing license; revise certain requirements for reinstatement after expiration.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Elections; require persons or organizations that solicit voter registration applications to register with the Secretary of State.
Nonresident pharmacies; clarify permitting requirements for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
High School alternative career track programs; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Revenue.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Passed the Senate · 15
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Child Protection Act; enact.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Lauderdale County; authorize donation of real property to Northeast Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Terrorism; add as an aggravating circumstance for capital offenses.
State agency information technology services; authorize Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services to consolidate.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Sale or distribution of novelty lighters; prohibit and provide criminal penalties for.
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Income tax; revise new jobs required for tax credit allowed for company establishing or transferring national or regional headquarters.
Lauderdale County; authorize to negotiate fee-in-lieu payment to school district under major economic project in the county.
Out of committee · 2
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Economic development; create the MS Development Authority Workforce Training Fund, increase bonds for certain industry incentives.
School students with asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to.
In committee · 4
Health insurance policies; require coverage for autism spectrum disorders.
Pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule IV controlled substance.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.