Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Videt Carmichael
Sponsored
Became law10
State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); provide for development and interagency participation to link education with employment.
School buses; may be used to transport general public to air show held on military base located in the school district.
Financial reimbursements to sponsoring school districts for students placed in youth detention centers; SDE issue policy.
School textbooks; clarify procedure for executing publishing contracts.
Schools at-risk of failing; revise procedures and sanctions under school district conservatorship law.
Reading Sufficiency Program of Instruction; repeal specific components.
Council for Education Technology; repeal.
Mandated reports by schools and the State Department of Education; revise requirements.
Nonsettling-manufacturer cigarette fee; transfer payment of fee to cigarette distributors.
Lauderdale County; extend the repeal date on the Lauderdale County Tourism Commission.
Vetoed1
Parental choice for assignment of twins to class; delete repealer.
Passed the Senate3
Students participating in General Educational Development (GED) option programs; clarify funding.
Homeschooled students; to be tested for grade assignment prior to transfer into public school district.
School teacher and administrator licensure; provide penalties for sexual involvement of school employees with a student.
Out of committee1
Eligibility of children in certain licensed residential facilities to receive federal education funds; provide.
In committee14
Concurrent jurisdiction; establish with United States for crimes committed on federal military installations.
State Superintendent of Education; State Board of Education shall set salary of.
Funding mechanism for community colleges and universities based on productivity; direct Education Achievement Council to develop.
Revenue from leasing of channels awarded by the FCC; are public funds expendable by the state agency leasing the channels.
IHL; may waive out-of-state tuition for students on a reciprocity basis.
Medicaid coverage for breast prosthesis and bra; provide reimbursement for.
School district conservator/financial advisor; remove from requirements of Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Compulsory school attendance law; delete authority to disenroll kindergarten student and prohibit automatic failure for absenteeism.
Health care certificates of need; issue for construction of PRTF and child acute care beds in certain counties.
Unemployment compensation; allow benefits for individuals who relocate due to service orders of military spouse.
Cigarettes; impose a health impact tax on.
Central business services and procurement for all public school districts; DFA Office of Shared Services administers on regional basis.
Bonds; authorize to assist the City of Meridian in repairing its storm drainage infrastructure.
Bonds; authorize to assist the City of Meridian in constructing Freedom Park.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 58
Blue Alert System; create.
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; 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; 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.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Passed the Senate · 6
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
"Mississippi Legislature United States Constitution Study Committee"; create to identify unconstitutional state laws.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Agritourism; provide limited liability for persons engaged in agritourism.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 2
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.