Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Billy Broomfield
Sponsored
Became law10
Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport.
Suffrage; restore to Lige Nevel Mims, Sr., of Jackson County.
Passed the House2
Operation and use privileges for regional and municipal airports; remove automatic repealers on.
City of Moss Point Utility District; place under jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
Out of committee2
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Bonds; authorize for improvements at Port of Pascagoula to assist certain projects relocating from elsewhere in state.
In committee6
Criminal records; require permanent storage.
Landlord-Tenant Act; clarify landlord's duty to repair and remedies available to landlord and tenant.
Contractors, remodelers and rebuilders; revise certain provisions and licensing requirements.
Cellular phone; prohibit use of while driving without use of hands-free accessories.
REAL ID Act; prohibit compliance until certain assurances made.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Pascagoula Audubon Center in Jackson County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
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.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Board of Agricultural Aviation.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; additional for FY2008.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Passed the House · 4
Tourism; create Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board.
Teach for America; authorize SDE to award grants to bring new teachers to Mississippi high need districts.
Marriage; remove waiting period, revise age requirements, revise blood test provisions.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Out of committee · 1
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 9
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid; increase taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Houses; require sellers to disclose if methamphetamine lab was located there.
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Matching funds requirements for grants; place limits on amount cities and towns must provide when applying for grants.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Appropriation; IHL for preplanning a Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State.
Appropriation; IHL for establishing a Center For Wellness, Learning and Fitness at Alcorn State.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.