Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Tracy Arinder
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Primitive weapons; authorize weapons with interchangeable barrels to qualify for hunting purposes.
In committee2
Emerging Crops Fund; revise maximum amount for loans made to agribusinesses engaged in poultry operations for upgrades.
Attempted murder; establish as a crime.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 33
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Highway 25; designate additional portion in Winston and Oktibbeha Counties as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive".
Mississippi Highway 393, Winston County; designate as "Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
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; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Insurance Department.
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Passed the House · 1
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
In committee · 1
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.