Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Andy Gipson
Sponsored
Passed the House3
Burying of dead livestock or poultry; authorize boards of supervisors of counties to do so in emergency situations.
Family protection specialists and workers; require training in legal duties to protect rights of persons being investigated.
Rating Bureau; require to formalize standards regarding equipment for use in determining ratings.
In committee13
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize additional round.
Public institutions and employees; prohibit from using public funds for procedures that result in destruction or injury of human embryos.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Simpson Academy.
History and social studies curriculum; require use of textbooks and teachings to include greater instruction on the nation's founding documents.
DHS; maintain database of organizations providing meals to elderly, to notify persons on DHS waiting list.
Human Embryo Protection Act; create.
"Mississippi Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011"; create.
Sex offenders; prohibit residing near victim and require notice to persons residing near offender.
Legislators and certain state elected officials and state employees; reduce salaries of by 10%.
Mississippi Human Embryo Adoption Act; create.
Public contracts; give preference to resident bidders, and prescribe specific penalties for violations.
Acknowledgment; revise form and clarify date provisions.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Alcoholic beverages; prohibit adults from allowing party at private premises if minors obtain and adults know.
Real property; revise acknowledgment requirement for recorded instruments.
Judicial candidates; revise procedures for certain vacancies.
Emerging Crops Fund; provide for a separate loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production.
City of Brandon; authorize a tax on sales of prepared food and drink at restaurants and bars.
Rankin County; authorize to enter into road project contracts even if contracts extend 30 days over term of office of current board of supervisors.
Vetoed · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Passed the House · 1
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
In committee · 15
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Immigration; enact Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize additional round.
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
School Start Date Act of 2011; enact.
School term; reduce number of days in scholastic year to 170.
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 70 years of age or older.
Human-animal hybrids; prohibit creation of.
Adequate education funds; require percent to be allotted to direct classroom instruction.
Restoring the 10th Amendment Committee; create to identify unconstitutional federal laws and unfunded federal mandates.
Judicial elections; revise how vacancy is filled when only one person qualifies.
Qualifying deadline; extend for certain county offices.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and certain projects in the City of Corinth.