Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Kelvin Buck
Sponsored
Became law1
Education Achievement Council; establish to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
Passed the House1
Mississippi Proprietary School and College Registration Law; revise provisions of law regarding fees and surety bonds.
In committee2
Public education laws; impose moratorium on implementing new acts and create task force to study.
IHL Funding Study Committee; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Mississippi Highways 310 and 161; designate certain segments as memorial highways.
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
Town of Byhalia; authorize a tax on hotels and motels.
Three Rivers PDD; authorize certain counties and municipalities to apply for loans and grants made available by.
Passed the House · 7
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
Out of committee · 1
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
In committee · 16
Mississippi Foreclosure Rescue Business Act; create.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.
State and county welfare department; authorize commissioners and employees to participate in political campaign.
Oakley Training School; change name to Oakley Rehabilitation Center.
Municipal temporary executive committee; shall give 30 days notice of meeting to select committee.
Judge; require felony conviction orders to inform as to status as a qualified elector.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Election commissioners; change election date for.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.
Bonds; authorize issuance provide funds for community and junior colleges technology upgrades.