Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
J. P. Wilemon, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Baldwyn; extend repeal date on tax on hotels, motels, restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism.
Passed the Senate1
SREB contract program at Southern College of Optometry; students not required to practice in Mississippi.
In committee8
Open primaries; establish.
Seat-belts; revise exemptions to cover mechanics.
Sex offenders; prohibit from going to public beaches and campgrounds.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
Drivers' license examinations; require an examiner in each county at least once per month.
Animal cruelty; revise seizure of maltreated, neglected or abandoned animals.
Sand Creek Wastewater Authority; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as William R. "Bill" Minor Memorial Highway.
Memorial highway; designate a certain portion of MS Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Highway Patrol; remove repealer on minimum qualifications and authorize designation of veterans on driver's license.
Income tax; extend repeal date on job tax credit for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered furniture industry.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Passed the Senate · 2
Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive eminent danger pay.
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
In committee · 4
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Marty Stuart Center and Congress of Country Music Hall.