Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law3
Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity; clarify one-year rescission period.
Child drop-off with emergency medical services provider law; clarify parent anonymity under.
Mississippi Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; extend repealer.
Vetoed1
MS Limited Liability Company Act; extend repealer on fees.
Passed the Senate7
Child support guidelines; presumed to be reasonable for adjusted gross income within a certain range.
Child support enforcement by Department of Human Services; conform to certain federal requirements regarding modification.
Critical Needs Teacher Loan/Scholarship Program; allow repayments into consolidated revolving fund.
Nonresident tuition; authorize IHL to waive if requested by institutional executive officer.
Commission on College Accreditation; clarify authority.
Mississippi Rural Hospital Flexibility Act; clarify state oversight of hospital networks.
Mental health/intellectual disability statutes; bring forward.
Out of committee2
"Mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers in Medicine Act"; enact.
Speech-Language Pathologists Master's Degree Loan Forgiveness Program; establish.
In committee42
Ambulance service providers; impose certain requirements for transporting patients across county lines.
Mississippi Commission on Long-Term Care Residences for the Future; create.
Ad valorem taxes; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised.
Elections; require persons or organizations that solicit voter registration applications to register with the Secretary of State.
Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.
Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.
Municipal elections; require election managers to be qualified electors of the municipality.
Elderly victims; enhance penalty for fraud and monetary crimes against.
Emergency management; require continuance of state of emergency to be proclaimed in writing.
Student college/career readiness; provide placement testing and extended remediation opportunities.
Mississippi Acupuncture Practice Act; clarify definition of acupuncture and make technical revisions.
Circuit clerks; increase fee for taking and recording applications for marriage license.
Circuit clerks; shall change fee for docketing and filing of a Notice of Renewal of Judgment.
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Elections commissioners; provide that the office shall be nonpartisan.
Circuit clerks; increase filing fee for each complaint, petition and indictment.
Construction contracts; materialmen and mechanics may obtain copy of contract and bond on request.
Appropriation; University of Mississippi Medical Center Medicaid reimbursements; additional for FY2012.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; reauthorize for supporters of the Mississippi Dental Hygienists Association.
Indecent exposure; revise penalty.
Standard state monetary assessments for traffic and criminal violations; increase for support of certain programs.
State insurance health plan; authorize coverage for any type of weight loss surgery.
Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from SDH to DHS.
Medicaid claims; revise reciprocal time limitations for audits of claims made by Division of Medicaid.
Medicaid program; provide criteria for reimbursement for inpatient and outpatient services in a critical access hospital.
Minimally invasive procedures; authorize reimbursement under Medicaid and State/School Employees Health Insurance Plan.
Children's advocacy centers; provide standards for the establishment of.
Licensed practical nurses; revise educational qualifications.
Cosmetology Practice Act; make technical amendments to.
Medicaid reimbursement; authorize for licensed professional counselors.
Government overpayment of tax dollars; authorize State Auditor to contract with consultants to conduct recovery audits for.
Physician freedom of vaccine choice program; establish in State Department of Health.
State Auditor; establish a training course for local officials regarding interest rate agreement.
MS Wireless Communication Commission; remove authority regarding local government entities.
Mississippi UPSTART school readiness project; create.
Court reporting; prohibit certain contracts as violative of the integrity of the judicial system.
Blind Person's Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise to conform to federal law.
Board of Pharmacy; authorize DFA to purchase and sell property on behalf of new facility.
Private construction contracts; contractor shall furnish a payment bond when contract over a certain amount.
Lauderdale County; authorize to fund chaplaincy program of the detention facility from revenue of inmate phone service.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 64
Scholarship funding; modify the FY2012 IHL appropriation bill to provide additional special funds for the Critical Needs Scholarship Fund.
Vulnerable person act; clarify abuse and neglect under.
Beer; authorize manufacture of beer of more than 5% by weight for sale in another state.
Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; create.
Agritourism; provide limited liability for persons engaged in.
Memorial highway; designate a certain portion of MS Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Beer breweries; allow to provide samples subject to certain restrictions.
Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECC); provide for licensure by the State Department of Health and Medicaid reimbursement.
Dual enrollment-dual credit work skills certificate program in high school and community college; establish pilot program.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of MS Hwy. 15 North in Jasper County as Richard Alexandra "Dickie" Ware Memorial Highway.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt service and bank service charges.
Passed the Senate · 3
Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive eminent danger pay.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016.
Election commissioners; provide that elections shall be nonpartisan.
In committee · 5
Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Marty Stuart Center and Congress of Country Music Hall.