Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Rita Martinson
Sponsored
In committee28
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Universities; phase out remedial courses in reading and reading comprehension for certain students.
Teacher education program; require instruction in the teaching of phonics.
Driver's license; delete fee for duplicate license issued to identify organ donor.
Floral Transaction and Consumer Protection Act; create.
Election; require voter ID.
Counties; authorize board of supervisors to employ attorney as full-time county employee.
Schools; require teaching of reading in Grades 1-3 for three hours each day.
Mississippi Eminent Scholars Program; eliminate GPA requirement for eligibility.
Legislative officers; clarify compensation, mileage and expense allowance.
Transient vendor law; require exempt persons to notify political subdivision when transacting business.
Radar; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District may use.
Radar; authorize sheriff to use in counties over 70,000; revise speeding fine and impose assessment.
Organic waste; load of truck hauling to be covered.
Motor vehicle; unlawful to ride in portion not designed for passengers.
Driver's license; require passage of vision screening exam upon renewal.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Booster seats; require use of when transporting certain children in a passenger motor vehicle.
Personal flotation device; require use by every person on board certain size vessel, regardless of age.
Liability insurance for certain vessels; require and provide for uninsured vessel coverage.
Marijuana; conform possession, possession in a motor vehicle and possession of paraphernalia penalties.
Driver's license; increase minimum age; require driver education course for issuance.
Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.
Mode of transportation; ensure equal access to public accommodations.
Failure to stop or yield right-of-way; prescribe penalties whenever injury or death results.
DNA; require sampling upon all felony arrests (Katie's Law).
Distinctive motorcycle license tag; provide for issuance to fire fighters and retired fire fighters.
Motor vehicle ad valorem tax credit; include motorcycles as vehicle eligible to receive.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Booster seats; require use of when transporting certain children in a passenger motor vehicle.
Law enforcement officers; allow Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Reservoir Patrol Officers to serve on part-time and reserve basis.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
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.
Mississippi Blues Commission; revise membership.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Foresters.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Passed the House · 3
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of veterans killed in the line of duty.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Blood donation; allow 16-year-olds to donate with parental permission.
Out of committee · 3
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; authorize reservoir patrol officers to use unmarked vehicles.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
City of Ridgeland; authorize to impose local sales tax.
In committee · 26
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Professional licenses; suspend for default on educational loans or service scholarships.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; authorize to participate in wireless radio communications program.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
Sales tax; authorize exemption for retail sales of certain articles of clothing during the first weekend in August.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from school attendance with certificate from physician.
Mississippi Taxpayer and Employment Act of 2008; establish.
Tanning facilities; restrict use of by children under 18.
Crimes; felony for illegal alien to possess firearm and enhanced penalty for illegal alien to commit crime with firearm.
Metal theft; clarify offense.
Retirement; prohibit PERS from holding equity investments in companies with business ties in certain countries.
Government-issued photo identification for which proof of citizenship is required; provide before voting in person or by absentee.
Income tax; exclude premiums paid for health insurance from gross income.
Amplified sound; prohibit excessive noise in motor vehicles.
State officers and agencies; authorize to appoint or employ special counsel and provide requirements.
Crimes; prohibit consumption of alcohol by minors.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require insurers to notify Department of Public Safety in event of lapse.
Open Lawyer Fees Act; create.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; create with INS curriculum for Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Motor vehicle insurance; driver with liability insurance not liable for property damage to uninsured or unlicensed driver.
Reservoir patrol officers; authorize to provide assistance to other governmental agencies in emergencies.
Adoption; clarify certain provisions.
Propane gas sales contracts; require prominent notice of possible market fluctuations in price.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by an employer for employees.