Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Merle Flowers
Sponsored
Became law1
Ethics Commission; revise duties and other provisions.
Passed the Senate4
Municipalities; revise publication of notice requirements.
Unmarked vehicles; exempt local school districts from marking requirements.
Residential Builders/Remodeling Law; revise licensing provisions.
City of Olive Branch; authorize conveyance of certain real property to DeSoto County for nominal consideration.
Out of committee2
Children to attend school in the school district of residence; provide civil and criminal penalties against nonresident parent.
Minimum wage law; prohibit cities and counties from enacting.
In committee21
Internet safety instruction in Grades K-12; direct State Board of Education to adopt statewide curriculum relating to.
Income taxation; authorize a credit for payment of health insurance premiums.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship or lawful presence to qualify.
Vietnam War Medallion Program; establish within Mississippi Adjutant General's Office.
Justice court; revise jurisdictional limit, trial by jury and judges' right to carry a concealed weapon.
Student dropout prevention; require SDE to make certain reports.
Computer spyware; prohibit.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; approve state agency advertising procurements.
Psychologists Licensure Law; revise certain licensure requirements.
State Public School Building Fund; annual distribution to school districts based on average daily attendance.
Institute of Juvenile Justice Research in Department of Public Safety; create.
Mental health professionals; create administrative executive committee for.
Social workers, marriage and family therapists; revise licensure law.
Licensed professional counselors; revise certain licensure requirements.
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; create and transfer certain facilities to.
Legislative subpoenas; provide for enforcement of.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with DeSoto County for regional prison.
Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all beds in facility in DeSoto County to participate in Medicaid.
Adolescent inpatient psychiatric services; Division of Medicaid to implement DRG payment methodology for.
Conflict of interest; prohibit certain consultancy contracts by Legislators.
CON; direct SDH to issue for acute care hospital beds in DeSoto County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
DeSoto County; authorize second county court judge.
Home invasion; increase penalty for.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Desoto County; authorize repair, improvement or expansion of certain surplus property utilities rent free by nonprofits.
DeSoto County; grant certain powers to the DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 10
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
County and municipal prisoners; prisoner responsible for expenses for nonemergency medical care.
Boards of supervisors; require to establish an indigent burial policy.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Public benefits; agencies administering programs for must verify lawful presence in U.S. of applicants for.
Illegal aliens; create new offenses, require law enforcement coordination.
Illegal immigrants; revise penalty for false I.D., transporting of, and aiding and abetting those offenses.
Out of committee · 2
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
In committee · 10
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Inmate health care costs; paid under Medicaid program and limit charges by health care providers to the Medicaid rate.
Seventeenth Circuit Court District; revise election of fourth judge.
Abortion; shall only be performed or induced by a physician with staff privileges at a licensed hospital in Mississippi.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to nonprofit museums of history.
IHL and Community College Boards; adopt joint policy requiring verification of students' citizenship/immigration.
Universities and colleges; aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States shall pay out-of-state tuition.
CON; direct SDH to issue for acute care hospital beds in Desoto County.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with DeSoto County for regional prison.
MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; abolish and transfer duties to the Mississippi Development Authority.