Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Brandon Jones
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Pascagoula; extend repealer on city's hotel and motel tax.
Passed the House5
Child pornography; prohibit reproduction during discovery.
Crimes; create offense of lewd exhibition in presence of minor.
State Grand Jury Act; revise jurisdiction (AG).
Breach of security; require notice (AG).
Computer crimes and identity theft; provide for destruction of personal information records and protection from security breaches.
In committee15
Commercial social networking Web sites; regulate access and create offense (AG).
Crimes; revise contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids for children.
Ad valorem tax; repeal distribution of revenues for public schools levied on liquefied natural gas terminals and crude oil refineries.
Hurricane Katrina; create joint legislative committee named "Hurricane Katrina Response and Recovery Oversight Committee."
Sex offenders; prohibit from using computers.
Air or water permits; authorize moratorium on certain.
Drivers license; licensee's social security number not to be driver's license number.
Residential property insurance; insurers must attach policyholder bill of rights.
Court reporters; increase salary with certain certification.
Electronic payments; policies for handling by state agencies, counties and cities must comply with certain standards.
State agencies; develop standards regarding security of private information for payments received through electronic payment.
Social security numbers; revise provision relating to the protection of.
Health insurance; require coverage for treatment of infertility in certain policies.
Mississippi Catastrophic Event Fund; create to enable residents to obtain property insurance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Homestead exemption; extend time dwelling houses destroyed in certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered homes.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Catfish Marketing Law; require consumer notice and labeling of country of origin on all foreign and imported catfish.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
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.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
Passed the House · 6
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Mississippi Taxpayer Transparency Act; create.
CPA law; authorize permits to practice as CPA firm and provide for substantial equivalency for nonresidents.
School boards; require extra training for members if district has failing schools or financial condition.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Out of committee · 2
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
In committee · 14
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Houses; require sellers to disclose if methamphetamine lab was located there.
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Sex offenders; increase quarterly registration fee.
District attorney legal assistants and criminal investigators; provide additional for certain circuit court districts.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of purchase and installation of wind energy systems/solar energy systems.
Ad valorem tax; exempt solar energy systems attached to owner-occupied residential buildings and swimming pools.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Pascagoula Audubon Center in Jackson County.