Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Rita Martinson
Sponsored
Became law3
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Livestock facilities; expand organizations that may use for livestock shows.
County tax collector; authorize to employ a certified law enforcement officer.
Passed the House1
Open Meetings and Public Records Acts; revise imposition of penalties for violation of.
In committee20
Livestock facilities; expand organization that may use certain for livestock shows.
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of Rotary International.
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of the Mississippi Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
School district graduation rates; require local districts to receive education credit for resident students obtaining GED.
CON; issue for add'l ICF-MR beds at community living program for developmentally disabled adults in Madison County.
Mississippi Eminent Scholars Program; eliminate GPA requirement for eligibility.
Radar; authorize patrol officers of Pearl River Valley Water Supply District to use.
Driver's license; require passage of vision screening exam upon renewal.
Liability insurance for certain vessels; require and provide for uninsured vessel coverage.
Marijuana; conform possession, possession in a motor vehicle.
Motorcycles; create safety and operator training program.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require insurers to notify Department of Public Safety in event of lapse.
Professional development; eliminate during the first week of the school year.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities.
Elections; require voter ID.
Counties; authorize board of supervisors to employ attorney as full-time county employee.
Radar; authorize sheriff to use in counties over 70,000 and impose additional state assessment for violation when used.
Restrictions on wireless communication devices assigned to state employees, certain; remove UMC exemption from.
Purchasing; UMMC must follow DFA's bid guidelines for construction projects funded by private or self-generated funds.
ETV; Legislature shall reduce general fund appropriations to by 20% for each of next five fiscal years.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
MS Autism Advisory Committee; create to study how to best educate and train individual with autism or ASD.
Cathinone derivatives; include in Schedule I.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Capital Defense Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; Indigent Appeals, Office of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Madison County; authorize erection of certain electronic gates for the purpose of enclosing neighborhoods.
Passed the House · 2
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.
In committee · 8
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
State bid law requirements; revise process for awarding contracts for renovation and restoration of certain historical buildings.
Sex offender registration; require for individuals found guilty of sexual motivation if special allegation made by prosecutor.
ETV; Legislature shall reduce general fund appropriations to by one-third for each of next three fiscal years.
MS Prison Industries; remove authority to sell or furnish goods or services to any private entity.
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Social studies and history curriculum; prohibit revisions to courses due to partisan and philosophical purposes.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for certain railroad line improvements.