Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Mark Formby
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Election Reform Act; create with same day registration, early voting and certain crimes expunged.
In committee25
Workers' compensation; provide employer the right to require autopsy in death cases.
Workers' compensation; results of drug and alcohol test, employer-administered or otherwise, are admissible for certain purposes.
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed individuals.
Sales tax, liability; limit liabiity if previous State Tax Commission audits determined taxpayer in compliance with law.
Highway median; require MDOT to develop median crossing safety project.
Uninsured motorist coverage; revise number of vehicles necessary to purchase nonstacking coverage.
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Voter ID; require to be shown before being allowed to vote.
Ad valorem tax; exempt business inventories from.
Workers' compensation; revise criteria for drug and alcohol testing, increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death.
Mississippi Highway 43; MDOT to construct four-lane segment in Pearl River County.
Sales tax, prepayment; credit sales not included in estimated June liability if payment not received before June 20.
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Municipal annexation; require election in territory to be annexed if petition signed.
U.S. Highway 11; MDOT to construct four lane segment in Pearl River County.
Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Workers' compensation; increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death, allow employer to request autopsy.
Controlled substances; felony to bring into state, county or municipal facility.
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Licensed concealed weapons; allow to carry in places of worship.
School year; prohibit schools from opening before Labor Day.
Sales tax and use tax; exempt finance charges from.
Pistol or revolver; authorize to carry unless specifically prohibited by law.
Office of Homeland Security; create within Department of Public Safety.
Workers' compensation; clarify the exclusiveness of liability and provide penalties for bad faith claims.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
School boards; require elected members to be elected by majority vote and hold runoffs three weeks later.
Passed the House · 5
Mississippi Human Embryo Adoption Act; create.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
In committee · 10
State law enforcement officers; not required to use personal or major medical leave when injured in line of duty.
Ad valorem tax; require cities/counties to reduce millage rate for purposes of proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Voter ID; enact.
School districts; require State Department of Education to submit study to Legislature on issue of consolidation.
DUI; revise use of ignition interlock device.
State officers and agencies; authorize to appoint or employ special counsel.
Child abuse; provide penalties for false reports and enact child protection managers.
Legal gaming; limit to counties in which it is already being conducted.
Photo voter identification; require when a person appears to vote at registrar's office or polling place.
School districts; create additional exemptions from certain duties in districts accredited at Level 4 or 5.