Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Jessica Upshaw
Sponsored
Became law2
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental illness/retardation.
Assault; enhance penalty for certain victims/constables responsible for justice courtroom security.
Passed the House2
Sales tax; exempt sales of nonperishable food items to certain charitable organizations.
Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force; create.
Out of committee1
Charitable organizations; revise monetary threshold reporting requirement.
In committee13
Local public utility districts; prohibit from exercising jurisdiction over private water wells.
HPV vaccination; require for females to enter sixth grade, and provide Medicaid and health insurance coverage for.
Inmates who suffer from severe mental illness; require to be housed separately and apart from all other inmates.
Seat belt; failure to wear admissible to prove failure to mitigate damages.
School district superintendents; appoint in all districts.
Workers' Compensation Commission; provide that appeals from commission go directly to Supreme Court.
Workers' compensation; reduce amount an employer may receive from third party for damages by employer's percentage of fault.
Mediation; require pursuit of mediation in all civil litigation.
Protective orders; mandate that no weapons be kept in home when order is in place.
Professions; provide for registration of interior designers as condition of practicing same.
Fire protection districts; revise purposes for which rates and charges may be imposed.
DNA; require sampling of felony offenders.
Office of Public Guardian; authorize board of supervisors in each county to establish.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Homestead exemption; extend time dwelling houses destroyed in certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered homes.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., 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.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Passed the House · 3
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Tourism; create Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Out of committee · 3
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
In committee · 17
School year; prohibit schools from opening before Labor Day.
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Public roadways; allow governing authorities to enter private property to remove threat of injury or damage.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; clarify revocation authority and duties.
Pawnshop and recycling businesses; revise record keeping.
Insurance; require insurers to provide written statement of explanation of flood exclusion to insured.
Marijuana; conform possession, possession in a motor vehicle and possession of paraphernalia penalties.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Amplified sound; prohibit excessive noise in motor vehicles.
State officers and agencies; authorize to appoint or employ special counsel and provide requirements.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; require insurers to notify Department of Public Safety in event of lapse.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of electrical generating equipment, weather radios and similar items during month of June.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.