Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Haskins Montgomery
Sponsored
Became law2
Memorial highway; designate MS Highway 531 in Smith County as "Staff Sergeant Mark Haskin Eaton Memorial Highway."
City of Bay Springs; authorize the expenditure of certain funds for promotion and effectuation of the Annual BayFest Celebration.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
"Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act"; extend repealer on and make technical amendments.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Regional airport authority; revise commission membership selection.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 12
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Judicial elections; provide procedure to be followed when the only candidate for a judicial office dies, resigns or is disqualified.
Task Force to Study Teacher Salaries; establish.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Driving; prohibit texting and revise punishment for no license.
Auto liability insurance; authorize Dept. of Public Safety to implement an uninsured motorist database/increase fines.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act; delete requirement of minimum rate of interest for loans under.
In committee · 3
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a Highway Patrol substation in Leflore County.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.