Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Giles Ward
Sponsored
Became law3
Contractors; revise certificate of responsibility threshold for private contracts.
State Board of Contractors; may conduct meetings through teleconferencing/revise application procedure.
State agencies to submit energy management plans and meet energy consumption reduction standards; require.
Passed the Senate1
Legislators and Lt. Governor; reduce compensation by 10% for the remainder of the current term of office.
In committee6
One minute of quiet reflection at the beginning of each school day; require local school boards to provide for.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt a portion of the assessed value of egg houses, pullet houses and broiler houses.
Elective courses providing academic study of the Bible; authorize public school districts to offer.
Interior designers; create registration act.
Sixteenth section school land; limit rent increases on farm-residential land.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Motor Vehicle Commission; authorize enforcement of provisions regarding return of inventory upon termination of franchise.
Passed the Senate · 10
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Child Protection Act; enact.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to property.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Cell phones; limit use and prohibit texting while driving.
Animal cruelty; revise.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Out of committee · 1
Tourism; MDA shall promote the establishment of fishing tournaments on state-owned lakes.
In committee · 6
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Elections; require additional payments to bilingual managers and clerks that are required by federal law.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Health care certificates of need; issue for construction of PRTF and child acute care beds in certain counties.
Wastewater; remove revisions to the individual on-site wastewater disposal system law.
BUI; conform BAC and punishment to DUI.