Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Ferr Smith
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Panola County; authorize the imposition of certain assessments to fund the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Passed the House · 6
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Health Disparities Council; 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.
In committee · 19
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.
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.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Public utilities, certain; require to offer live customer service assistance to ratepayers.
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.
Town of Como; authorize to impose sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
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.
City of Kosciusko; authorize issuance of bonds to acquire and maintain certain property and facilities.