Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Bennett Malone
Sponsored
Became law2
State offenders who are terminally ill; authorize conditional medical release regardless of time served on sentences.
Cell phones components; prohibit illegality of furnishing to inmates.
Passed the House5
Chemical analysis test; revise fee that parolees and probationers may pay for the administration of.
Inmate telephone call commissions; revise distribution of.
Nonviolent offenders; make eligible for parole.
Private Investigators Law; create.
Community colleges; authorize to teach course for correctional field officers.
Out of committee2
Trusty time; revise eligibility criteria.
500-bed correctional regional facility; authorize the Department of Corrections to contract for.
In committee14
Offenders convicted of manslaughter; make ineligible for trusty time allowance.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Radar; authorize use by MDOT law enforcement officers on state highways to enforce speed of commercial vehicles.
Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer (RP).
Agricultural leases of prison lands to private entities; extend repealer (RP).
Intensive supervision program; revise eligibility and extend repealer (RP).
Parole Eligibility Law; make technical change to.
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer (RP).
State offenders serving sentences in county jails; extend repealer (RP).
Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer on (RP).
Community Service Revolving Fund; increase amount paid by offenders and extend repealer (RP).
Oversize vehicle permits; increase fee for issuance and abolish extended use permits.
Prepaid cell phones; require retailer to obtain certain identifying information from purchaser as precondition to sale.
Overweight vehicle assessments; redistribute to counties for use under Local System Road Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Foresters.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Passed the House · 1
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
In committee · 4
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Attempted murder; establish as a crime.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Attala County to house state inmates in regional facility.
Matching funds requirements for grants; place limits on amount cities and towns must provide when applying for grants.