Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Michael Watson
Sponsored
Became law4
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.
Jurors; exclude permanently excused from list of potential jurors and allow reinstatement.
High School alternative career track programs; provide conditions for schools to offer.
Passed the Senate4
Controlled substances; enhance penalty for illegal sale in proximity to drug rehab facility.
Immigration Reform Act of 2010; enact.
Rating Bureau; shall use Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS) published by ISO when rating municipalities or districts.
Sales tax; impose a tax on sales of machinery and construction services at certain refineries.
Out of committee1
Jackson County; authorize the use for forfeiture funds to pay a clothing allowance to certain undercover agents.
In committee25
Domestic violence; hospitals required to report suspected.
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if meth production occurred on the property.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of St. Martin High School.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Privatization of school bus transportation; State Board of Education to issue regulations for contracts.
Local school district budgets; require at least 75% to be expended for instructional purposes.
Breach of security; require notice (AG).
Recall election procedures for local officials by referendum; specifically include local school board members.
Landlord tenant relations; require locks to be changed between residential tenancies.
Corrections; prohibit trusty convicted of murder or any other crime of violence from working at Governor's Mansion.
Sex offense; revise definition (MPA).
Children's Product Safety; create(AG).
Toys; prohibit sale of those containing lead at toxic levels.
School term; cannot begin before Labor Day.
Municipalities; city attorneys required to carry errors and omission coverage.
Property insurance; prohibit hurricane deductible unless damages arose from a named storm.
Legislature; reduce size beginning with 2011 statewide general election.
Wind Pool Reinsurance Assistance Fund; authorize additional year of insurance premium tax diverted to the fund.
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct shipment of certain wines, authorize a wine only package retailer's permit and allow wine tasting.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize limited sales during events at cultural, civic or community arts center.
School district consolidation; require in counties with 3 or more school districts.
Income taxation; allow a deduction for amounts contributed to accounts established to pay for uninsured wind damage to homesteads.
Oakley Training School; authorize downsizing or reorganization.
Agriculture; consolidate several agencies.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Memorial Highways; designate certain highways in the City of Pascagoula.
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Salary supplements for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators; authorize from nonstate funds.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
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.
Passed the Senate · 14
Public benefits; agencies administering programs for must verify lawful presence in U.S. of applicants for.
Parole; provide for conditional release of an offender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain circumstances.
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.
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to property.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Terrorism; add as an aggravating circumstance for capital offenses.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Homestead exemption; increase in certain counties for persons 65 or older or totally disabled.
Out of committee · 3
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · City of D'Iberville; authorize to acquire and lease certain real property for economic and commercial development purposes.
Tourism; MDA shall promote the establishment of fishing tournaments on state-owned lakes.
School students with asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to.
In committee · 10
Pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule IV controlled substance.
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
School board members elected in all districts; superintendents appointed after January 1, 2012.
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Ad valorem tax, homestead property; exempt portion of increase in assessed value above assessed value for preceding year.
Workers' compensation; provide for admissibility of drug and alcohol testing.
School start date; require local school boards to fix the opening of the school term no earlier than the fourth Monday in August.
Income tax; authorize a credit for the purchase of new hybrid electric vehicles or electric vehicles.