Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Adrienne Wooten
Sponsored
Became law1
Resolution board; require training for members of.
Passed the House3
Judge; may inform persons convicted of felonies as to status as a qualified elector.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
In committee10
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Campaign Finance Reform; require ultimate disclosure.
Political party; authorize to conduct primary elections.
Election Finance Task Force; create.
Election commissioners; revise election to occur same year as U.S. presidential election.
Poll managers; require Secretary of State to provide 8-hour election training.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Domestic violence; revise certain provisions.
Rankin County; authorize hiring of two part-time assistant county prosecuting attorneys for.
Passed the House · 8
Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Fair Pay Act of 2009; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Out of committee · 2
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act."
Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.
In committee · 25
Rankin assistant prosecuting attorney; authorize employment of as many part-time as needed.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
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.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for certain projects at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for portion costs of Biotechnology/Ecology Research Center at Alcorn State University.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
School districts; require policies if accredited at Level 3 or lower and alternative curriculum.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
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.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Appropriation; IHL to establish a Robotics and Automation Institute at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to establish the Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator at Alcorn State University.