Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Videt Carmichael
Sponsored
Became law11
"Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act"; enact.
School district accreditation levels; revise accreditation terminology.
Student records; authorize storage by school districts in any acceptable form of medium for storage.
Early childhood education programs; authorize local school districts to operate and expend funds from any source.
Regional educational service agency (ESA); State Board of Education contracts and provides funds for.
Statutes relating to public education; delete repealers.
Lightweight truss construction identification; require for fire fighter safety.
Veterans' Home Purchase Board; members of certain veterans organizations may not serve on board until expiration of time.
Alternative school students; allowed to attend workforce training programs.
Failing schools and school districts; enact "Children First Act of 2009."
Lauderdale County; authorize to fund chaplaincy program of the detention facility from revenue of inmate phone service.
Passed the Senate5
Compulsory school attendance law; remove requirement for prior approval for medical/dental appointments, etc.
Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); clarify references in state law.
Assault against school district personnel; provide enhanced criminal penalties for.
Ad valorem tax; authorize partial exemption for agricultural land that is converted to a residential use.
School students with asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to.
Out of committee4
Swimming pool and spa entrapment-proof drain covers; provide minimum standards for.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement and be reemployed as teachers under certain circumstances.
Health care certificates of need; issue for construction of PRTF and child acute care beds in certain counties.
Mandatory reporting of burn injury treatment; require hospitals to notify State Fire Marshal.
In committee18
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2009"; enact.
Special education programs; eligible students have option to attend accredited oral auditory schools.
IHL and community colleges; may waive out-of-state or out-of-district tuition for students living within 50 miles of campus.
Medicaid coverage for breast prosthesis and bra; provide reimbursement for.
Special education program teachers of 3- and 4-year-old children; provide full funding under MAEP.
Special education services; increase age of exceptional children who qualify.
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; enact.
Task force to study failing schools and school districts; continue.
Charter schools; provide standards and procedures for conversion and open-enrollment charter schools.
School district consolidation; create task force on.
Task force to study deaf education programs in Mississippi; create.
School building finance; create task force on.
Retirement; PERS members with 30 years' service may receive 48 months of maximum benefit.
Retirement; increase PERS formula to 2-3/4% for 30 years or more of creditable service.
School teacher health insurance premium assistance account; establish to pay premiums of school teachers with 30 years of service.
Retirement; require counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Teachers salary; authorize performance based pay for teachers with 30 or more years of service.
Sale or distribution of novelty lighters; prohibit and provide criminal penalties for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Mississippi Athletic Trainers Licensure Act; revise licensure provisions.
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Passed the Senate · 16
Firearms; restrict power of confiscation.
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.
Charter schools; authorize additional open-enrollment public charter schools with certain requirements.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Ad valorem taxes; exempt a portion of the assessed value of certain electric generating facilities.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
In committee · 3
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; revise provisions and increase civil penalty.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.