Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Bobby Moak
Sponsored
Became law2
Suffrage; restore to Johnny Joe Gunnell of Lincoln County.
Expungement fee; authorize justice court to charge.
Passed the House6
Public improvement districts; provide notice by newspaper publication when issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity in uncertificated areas.
Gaming; remove obsolete and repealed language and confirm authority to conduct certain activities.
Charitable bingo; increase max compensation allowed to employees per session, certain rules and regulations may be no more restrictive than law.
Alcoholic beverages; clarify that "person" under Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law includes limited liability company.
Oil and gas; simplify way fees paid for recording certain instruments relating to nonproducing instruments.
Schools of nursing in Mississippi; IHL conduct study for utilization of clinical simulation laboratories for schools.
Out of committee4
Gaming Commission; authorize certain expenditures without appropriation bill to fund essential operations.
Expunction; provide for certain crimes.
Pretrial intervention program; revise to provide keeping of nonpublic records for subsequent proceedings.
Gaming; clarify language of exception granted to certain licensees regarding in-lieu tidelands assessments.
In committee58
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Gaming; restrict to counties that have taken certain action.
Elected offices; increase filing fees for certain.
Health insurance; senior status judges continue to receive state insurance coverage.
Appropriation; Department of Corrections to provide funding for additional field officers.
Elder death review teams; authorize counties to establish.
Institutions of higher learning; authorize certain senior citizens to attend free.
Courts; allow chancery courts to hear Tort Claims Act cases sent back from appellate courts.
State buildings; increase number of women's restrooms.
Income tax; revise time within which State Tax Commission must refund overpayment before taxpayer may petition for hearing.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain clothing and school supplies on third Saturday in July and first Saturday in December.
Radar; prohibit set up in certain areas.
Oil and gas; allow conditional sale of mineral rights.
Notaries public; increase maximum fees allowed for services.
Limitation of exclusion or modification of warranties to consumers; repeal.
Dairy show; hold in Brookhaven in Lincoln County.
Consumer protection; revise prohibited acts or practices.
Restitution center; authorize establishment in southwest Mississippi.
Court reporters; additional compensation for court administrator duties to be paid from judge's support staff allowance.
Workers' Compensation Commission; require members to be attorneys, grandfather in certain members.
Crimes; create offense of curbstoning.
Whistleblower Law; provide for damages.
State disability requirement; revise requirements for refiling claims.
Delinquent county debts; county may pay debt collector up to 50% of amount collected.
Crimes; revise provisions relating to expunction of certain convictions.
Criminal procedure; clarify expunction when court-imposed conditions are completed or cases are dismissed.
Mississippi Code; provide set to office of superintendent of each public school district.
Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.
Budget; State Fiscal Officer shall not reduce budget of Gaming Commission.
Wine tasting event; create special permit for package retailer to conduct.
Pain Relief Act; create.
Used car salesman; require continuing education.
Genetic information; prohibit discrimination by health benefit plans on basis of.
Motor vehicles; require notice to buyer that vehicle may be salvaged or rebuilt and provide penalties for violations.
Motor vehicles; require entity dismantling or crushing vehicles to notify lienholders and provide penalties for violations.
Justice court; provide jurisdiction over seized property for game and fish violations.
Implied consent law; authorize certain officers to administer chemical tests and specify full information.
Health insurance; require coverage for treatment of infertility in certain policies.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ("MRSA") Control Program; require every hospital to establish.
Multidrug-resistant organisms; require Health Department to perform certain functions to prevent and control.
Debt management service; clarify that debt adjusting incurred in practice of law does not constitute.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Capital cases; allow sentencing proceedings to be conducted before trial judge if neither defendant nor state request sentencing jury.
Motor vehicles; establish requirements for leased and rent-to-own vehicle registration, titles and liability insurance.
County and municipal prosecutors; not unlawful to carry weapons.
Alcoholic beverages; patron of on-premises retailer's permit may leave with open bottle of wine partially consumed with meal.
DNA evidence; create task force to study proper preservation of.
Child custody and visitation; provide special rules in cases where parents are serving in military.
Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic device.
Suicide; require a mandatory 72-hour hold of persons who attempt by a licensed medical facility.
Lobbying law; exempt certain individuals from definition of lobbyist and allow notice of late filing by email or fax.
Security freeze; authorize consumers to place on their credit reports.
Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Grant Program; create.
Long-term care policies; must provide offer to purchase nonforfeiture benefit.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize certain municipalities in dry counties to vote to come out from under the dry law.
Sexual offenses against children; revise certain provisions.
Salvage certificate of title; revise manner by which new title is obtained.
Salvage motor vehicles; provide for issuance of certificates of title.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Mississippi Blues Commission; revise membership.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Passed the House · 4
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.
Tourism; create Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Out of committee · 2
Judges; provide additional chancellor for the Fourth Chancery Court District.
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
In committee · 8
Sales tax; exempt sales of nonperishable food items to certain charitable organizations.
Bonds; authorize issuance for grants to counties/municipalities for improvements to livestock facilities.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of wellness, learning and fitness center at Alcorn State University.
Justice Court Reform Act of 2008; create.
Sex offenders; increase quarterly registration fee.
Vaccinations; exempt certain children with autism from vaccination requirement to attend school.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of old Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms Building in Wesson.