Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Reecy L. Dickson
Sponsored
Became law2
Appropriation; Insurance Department.
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Passed the House3
Children; increase age in definition under licensing law for family foster homes and child-caring agencies.
Poverty; create task force to study impact of immigrants on poverty in Mississippi.
Obesity clinic; UMMC shall establish in the Delta to address high rate of obesity in Mississippi.
In committee13
Joint state-county work programs; authorize certain nonviolent offenders to work as volunteer fire fighters.
Joint Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee on Crime and Corrections; create.
Department of Corrections; require to develop pilot programs to ban smoking in state correctional facilities.
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Civil rights and human rights education; require in public school curriculum.
Law enforcement officers and personnel; prohibit active or retired from serving on grand or petit jury.
Exculpatory evidence; create procedure for new trial when state withholds in criminal prosecution.
Crimes; create criminal offense for law enforcement to provide false evidence.
Children and family issues; create joint study committee on.
Mississippi Commission on Health; create.
Commission on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program; create to study program's progress.
Open enrollment college preparatory school; establish pilot program in Clarksdale.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
U.S. Highway 84; designate portion in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Highway 25; designate additional portion in Winston and Oktibbeha Counties as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive".
Mississippi Highway 393, Winston County; designate as "Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Out of committee · 1
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 2
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.