Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Diane C. Peranich
Sponsored
Became law5
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Passed the House3
Tourism; create Mississippi Tourism Advisory Board.
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 committee1
Oriental Medicine Practice Act; enact.
In committee2
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Institute for Marine Mammal studies.
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
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 Biloxi as "Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
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.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; additional for FY2008.
Passed the House · 1
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Out of committee · 2
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
In committee · 13
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
REAL ID Act; prohibit compliance until certain assurances made.
Houses; require sellers to disclose if methamphetamine lab was located there.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of wellness, learning and fitness center at Alcorn State University.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; clarify revocation authority and duties.
Pawnshop and recycling businesses; revise record keeping.
Sex offenders; increase quarterly registration fee.
Vaccinations; allow exemption from school attendance with certificate from physician.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Smoking at public venues for youth sports event; prohibit.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for reconstruction and repair of Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi.