Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
J. P. Wilemon, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Memorial highways; designate Mississippi Highway 4 in Prentiss county as the Sergeant Jonathan W. Lambert, Memorial Highway.
Homestead exemption; certain leases between physically or mentally disabled and institutions are not homesteads.
Passed the Senate2
SREB contract program at out-of-state college of optometry; students not required to practice in Mississippi.
Drivers' license examinations; require an examiner in each county at least once per month.
In committee4
Surname of a child; determined according to the best interests of a child when parents are not married.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Passed the Senate · 1
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Out of committee · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.