Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Billy Hudson
Sponsored
Became law3
Emerging Crops Program; remove reversionary language regarding a certain loan program.
Agriculture; revise syrup labeling requirements and provide for administrative penalties for violations.
Agriculture; require certain fish products to meet same labeling requirements of catfish products.
Passed the Senate6
Motor vehicle privilege tax; increase the period of time within which a newly acquired motor vehicle must be registered.
Agricultural crimes; revise crime of livestock theft.
Agriculture; establish civil penalties for weight and measures violations.
Agriculture; revise penalties and administrative procedure for agriculture seeds law.
Agriculture and Commerce; extend repealer on petroleum products inspection law.
Forrest County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Out of committee4
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
MS State Fairgrounds; to be placed under Capitol Police jurisdiction and under DFA's general supervision and care.
Agriculture; authorize the MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce to issue certificates of free sale for exporters.
MS Fair Commission; authorized to hire certified law enforcement officers to patrol fairgrounds complex.
In committee14
Wildlife; exempt residents who are active or retired members of Armed Forces or sworn law enforcement officers from hunter education.
Boating safety; require persons aboard certain vessels underway to wear a personal flotation device.
Radar; authorize use by sheriffs.
School Start Date Act of 2012; repeal.
Payroll date for school district employees; revise.
Texting; prohibit while driving.
Oil storage tanks; require safety measures at location of.
MS State Fairgrounds; Capitol Police employed by DFA have jurisdiction to enforce laws on such property.
Nondriver I.D. cards; revise proof of domicile.
Adoption tax credit; authorize a refund if the credit exceeds the taxpayer's state income tax liability.
Texting while driving; prohibit, and limit cell phone use.
Agriculture; require applicants for investigator position with Livestock Theft Bureau to take polygraph examination.
Adoption; expedited for readoptions of foreign-born adoptees.
Agriculture; peanut contract workers for Dept. of Agriculture in definition of seasonal workers for unemployment compensation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Memorial highway; designate segment of MS Highway 11 in Lamar County as Tyler R. Kilsby and Leon Sims Memorial Highway.
Highways; revise definition of off-road vehicle to include recreational off-highway vehicles and other new designs.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013"; enact.
Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
Out of committee · 2
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.
Wildlife; require Commission on Wildlife to issue depredation permits to farmers to use dogs during turkey season to control wild hogs.
In committee · 4
Income tax; authorize establishment of catastrophe savings accounts and exempt contributions and distributions from tax.
State Board of Medical Licensure; add nurse practitioner member of Mississippi Board of Nursing to.
Firearms; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.