Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Chuck Espy
Sponsored
Became law1
Mississippi Highway 465; name a segment in Warren County after William W. "Bill" Ramsey.
Passed the House1
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of gold, silver and other metals.
In committee5
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Fireworks; delete restrictions on times when may be sold at retail.
Animals; prohibit sale of on public roadways.
Teachers; authorize to use force to defend self against students in classroom.
Charter schools; establish additional process for establishing open enrollment charter schools.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Fuller Center for Housing, Inc.; provide certain benefits to.
Airport authorities; authorize to assist other airports within the United States during state of emergency.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Coahoma County; authorize to increase amount of benefits authorized to be insured or self-insured.
Holmes County; authorize to identify county-owned property by manufacturer's serial number for inventory control purposes.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to lease certain property to certain nonprofit entities.
Humphreys County; authorize to expend certain amount to purchase a certain trail marker.
City of Itta Bena; authorize to provide a utility reduction as an incentive to attract business within the city limits.
Passed the House · 10
University Medical Center; authorize to donate food to charitable organizations.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Child support; require forgiveness of arrears when DNA disproves paternity.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
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.
Appropriation; State Board of Education for Adequate Education Program for FY09.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
In committee · 26
Education; require disclaimer in textbooks regarding the teaching of certain theories.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to Tunica County for infrastructure improvements to Mid-South Fair property.
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Mississippi Delta Revitalization Act of 2006; extend date of repealer on.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for reclamation projects along Sunflower River in City of Clarksdale.
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
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.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
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.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
School boards; require all elected members to be elected by majority vote.
Community/junior colleges; students who are Mississippi residents shall not have to pay basic tuition.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
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.