Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law6
Statutory construction lien; revise commencement of suit.
Children with identified disabilities; revise distribution of certain documents to parents.
State Medical Examiner; transfer to Mississippi Department of Health.
Elections; prescribe minimum number of OMR ballots that must be printed & voting machines & DRE units that must be utilized at elections.
Court reporting; provide for discipline of persons who engage in unauthorized.
Step therapy or fail-first protocols by a prescribing practitioner under certain circumstances; provide for.
Passed the Senate8
Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.
Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.
Require counties and municipalities to notify the Secretary of State of request; for preclearance under the Voting Rights Act.
Municipal elections; require election managers to be qualified electors of the municipality.
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Certified burn centers designated by SDH; may participate in Mississippi trauma system and burn care fund.
Congressional districts; bring forward section that provides for.
Electronic Prescription Adoption Act; enact.
Out of committee4
Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.
Ballots; allow nicknames and require names to be listed alphabetically on the general election ballot.
Fees charged by the State Department of Health; revise.
Home-based educational technology school readiness skills program for preschool children (Mississippi Upstart); authorize.
In committee19
Elections; require persons or organizations that solicit voter registration applications to register with the Secretary of State.
Elderly victims; enhance penalty for fraud and monetary crimes against.
Nursing home licensure; authorize State Department of Health to remove residents in imminently dangerous environment.
Mississippi Commission on Long-Term Care Residences for the Future; create.
Funeral service/directing license; revise certain requirements for reinstatement after expiration.
Ad valorem taxes; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
Voting precincts; must have at least 150 qualified electors.
Helmets; required for operators and passengers on motorcycles and ATVs under certain age.
Mississippi Medicaid law; make technical amendments to.
"Mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers in Medicine Act"; enact.
Certificate of need review; provide for direct appeal and expedited review for certain health care expenditures.
Marriage and Family Therapy and Social Worker Licensure Act; delete repealer and make technical amendments.
Circuit clerks; authorize fee for the docketing and filing of a Notice of Renewal of Judgment.
Domestic abuse; Protective Order Registry to be checked before granting bail on another charge.
Court reporting; provide for discipline of persons who engage in unauthorized.
Ambulance service providers; impose certain requirements for transporting patients across county lines.
Additional assessment for vulnerable adults investigation and prosecution; provide for.
All-terrain vehicles; require certain safety requirements and prohibitions.
Corrections; bring forward Section 47-7-3 to review definition of nonviolent crimes eligible for parole.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
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.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Passed the Senate · 10
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Legislative mail carrier; delete statutory authority for.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
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."
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
Out of committee · 1
Elections; increase fee paid by legislative candidates upon entering the race for party nominations.
In committee · 3
Texting while driving; prohibit.
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a Highway Patrol substation in Leflore County.