Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry W. Brown
Sponsored
Became law1
Electronic Government Oversight Committee; revise membership/ITS Board members may serve after expiration of term.
Passed the Senate3
Ad valorem taxation; exempt military housing constructed pursuant to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative.
State agency personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Municipalities; extend repealer on provision authorizing to provide extra police protection to housing authority.
In committee7
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship to qualify.
Medicaid recipients; redetermine eligibility every 6 months.
Public Service Commission; shall have jurisdiction over rates for electricity provided by TVA directly to industrial customers.
Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act; provide rules regarding reintroduction of brands of beer or light wine.
Counties and municipalities; mandate election on incurring debt for operational expenses and issuing bonds.
Municipal annexation; require approval by majority of electors in territory to be annexed.
Mississippi Educational Television operations; transfer to nonprofit corporation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
Blue Alert System; create.
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."
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Passed the Senate · 4
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Mississippi Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act; create.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 6
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Contempt of the PEER Committee; provide criminal penalties.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.
Drug Enforcement Coordinating Committee; establish.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.
Mississippi Health Information Network (MS-HIN); clarify responsibilities.