Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Willie J. Perkins, Sr.
Sponsored
Became law3
Registrars' offices; require to open until noon on Saturday preceding the 30th day for voter registration.
City of Itta Bena; authorize contribution to Itta Bena Recreational League and the Itta Bena Outreach Group.
City of Itta Bena; authorize to provide a utility reduction as an incentive to attract business within the city limits.
Passed the House1
Independent candidates; require to file qualifying petition with the Secretary of State.
Out of committee1
Chancery clerks; revise monies to be included within salary limitation.
In committee12
Traffic-control devices; placement based on factors relevant to public safety.
Four-lane highway program; add segments of Highways 7 and 8 to high priority list.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; house in Leflore County.
Legislative qualifying petitions; file all with State Board of Election Commissioners.
Compensation for the Wrongfully Incarcerated Act; create.
Compensation for the Wrongfully Incarcerated Act; create.
MS Civil Rights Museum; create under authority of Department of Archives and History and issue bonds to construct.
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Mississippi Delta Revitalization Act of 2006; extend date of repealer on.
All-terrain vehicles; establish ownership registration network for.
School boards; require all elected members to be elected by majority vote.
District attorney; provide additional assistant for the Fourth Circuit Court District.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Municipalities; clarify authority to regulate dilapidated property.
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Passed the House · 7
Coastal Wetlands Protection Act; clarify the authority to create fines for violators.
Cause of action; create specific claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
University Medical Center; authorize to donate food to charitable organizations.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
In committee · 11
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
Public school students; require drug testing of all sixth through twelfth graders.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.