Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Jessica Upshaw
Sponsored
Became law1
Municipalities; authorize certain municipalities to borrow money from date of incorporation.
In committee20
Medicaid; require testing of applicants and recipients for illegal drugs.
Election commissioners; provide that they will be members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to certain organizations providing food to needy persons.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Child endangerment; provide for DUI violations.
Radar; authorize sheriffs, deputies and constables to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Income tax; authorize establishment of catastrophe savings accounts and exempt contributions and distributions from tax.
Mayor, city council and boards of supervisors; clarify that governing body may reduce salaries or compensation of.
Justice court judges; require to set separate traffic court term.
Use tax; provide that person soliciting remote sales through representatives in this state is subject to use tax.
Child custody; require court to order equal parenting time unless court makes certain finding.
Sextortion; criminalize.
Workers' Compensation Commission; provide that appeals from commission go directly to Supreme Court.
Seat belt; provide that failure to provide and use may be admissible in evidence to prove failure to mitigate damages.
Low-speed vehicles/golf carts; authorize use of on certain public highways, roads and streets.
IHL and community college tuition; prohibit increases in if prohibited in appropriation bill.
Bastardy; remove reference in code.
Child custody; provide notice and procedure for relocating a child's residence.
Election commissioner; revise position to nonpartisan office.
Income tax; authorize five-year carryback for net operating loss attributable to Gulf oil spill.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Hancock County; revise name of Kiln Water and Fire Protection District to Kiln Utility and Fire District.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to commemorate the New Orleans Saints World Football Champions for the 2009 season.
Workers' Compensation Commission; provide that appeals from commission go directly to Supreme Court.
Mississippi Certified Interior Designer Act; create.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Cathinone derivatives; include in Schedule I.
Harrison County; authorize contribution to the Feed My Sheep program.
Vetoed · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
Passed the House · 6
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation if they provide living arrangements for one or more persons.
"Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act"; create.
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
Court reporters; authorize board to discipline persons engaging in court reporting without certification or permission.
Bastardy; change terminology in code.
Attempted murder; create offense.
In committee · 7
Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act; establish additional requirements for DFA's website on state spending.
Kiln Water & Fire Protection District of Hancock County; change name to Kiln Utility & Fire District of Hancock County.
Child custody; provide for hearing before relocating child.
Transparency in Private Attorney Contracts; enact.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and certain projects in the City of Corinth.
Hancock County; authorize board of supervisors to enter into certain contracts to promote tourism.