Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Joe C. Gardner
Sponsored
Became law1
Panola County; authorize the imposition of certain assessments to fund the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program.
Out of committee1
Tuition assistance programs; create for active members of the Mississippi National Guard and spouses.
In committee4
Trespass; clarify offense of damaging fish habitat and revise criminal trespass penalty.
Sickle Cell Disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Public school students; authorize community service as alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Town of Como; authorize to impose sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Agricultural Liming Materials Act of 1993; delete repealer on.
Paternity; allow alleged father to request genetic testing through DHS when signed voluntary acknowledgement.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
County medical examiner's vehicle; revise type of equipment required for.
Bail bonds; impose additional assessment and distribute to Victims of Domestic Violence Fund.
Obesity; establish program to address problem of high rate in Mississippi with bariatric surgery.
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
Qualified equity investment tax credit; allow to be taken against insurance premium retaliatory tax.
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Counties; authorize to expend certain levy proceeds for roads and bridges.
Passed the House · 21
Office of Dropout Prevention and Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement; delete repealer.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Cigarettes; impose fee on certain nonsettling manufacturers.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Sickle Cell Disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Landlord-Tenant Act; clarify landlord's duty to repair and remedies available to landlord and tenant.
Vaccinations; revise requirements for medical exemptions from in order to attend school.
Housing Authority Law; allow certain authority to establish for-profit subsidiaries.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Child support; require forgiveness of arrears when DNA disproves paternity.
Veterans' Home Purchase Board; revise lowest interest rate on loans.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Anti-Human Trafficking Act; revise application.
Teen Pregnancy Task Force; create and prescribe duties.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Act; revise definition "minority business enterprise supplier" to increase net worth limit.
Mississippi Poverty Reduction and Advocacy Office; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
In committee · 23
Wireless telephones; prohibit use of while driving without use of hands-free device.
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Mississippi Delta Revitalization Act of 2006; extend date of repealer on.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Public school students; require drug testing of all sixth through twelfth graders.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Appropriation; IHL to establish a Robotics and Automation Institute at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to establish the Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator at Alcorn State University.