Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Frances Fredericks
Sponsored
Became law3
Saltwater minnows; provide fee for catching or transporting.
Marine violations in Gulf of Mexico; create penalties.
Harrison County; revise the membership of Tourism Commission.
Passed the House4
Planting oysters; clarify that Executive Director of DMR supervises.
Department of Marine Resources patrol trainees; classify as nonstate service.
Commission on Marine Resources; authorize to delegate to Executive Director of DMR.
Saltwater fishing license; provide certain exemptions.
In committee8
Houses; require sellers to disclose if methamphetamine lab was located there.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; clarify revocation authority and duties.
Pawnshop and recycling businesses; revise record keeping.
Cable television; place under jurisdiction of Public Service Commission.
Nursing; portion of license fees for nurses shall be used to fund the Office of Nursing Workforce.
Saltwater fishing license; provide certain exemptions.
Child Support Unit; authorize certain departments to assess penalty fees for license reinstatement to fund.
Oyster reefs; authorize Commission on Marine Resources to regulate when harvested.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
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."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Assault; enhance penalty for certain victims/constables responsible for justice courtroom security.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
Jefferson Davis County; may utilize portion of oil and gas severance tax revenue for garbage collection and disposal.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Passed the House · 3
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriations; Division of Medicaid, additional for FY 2009.
Nonviolent offenders; make eligible for parole.
Teach for America; authorize SDE to award grants to bring new teachers to Mississippi high need districts.
Out of committee · 2
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 28
Cell phone; prohibit use of while driving without using hands-free accessories.
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Sex education pilot program; State Boards of Education and Health to jointly establish for public schools.
Joint Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee on Crime and Corrections; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of stadium on campus of Jackson State University.
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Medicaid; art therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Department of Mental Health; authorize to contract with service provider for long-term residential substance abuse treatment.
Driver License Examining Bureau; authorize privatization of some or all functions.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Institute for Marine Mammal studies.
REAL ID Act; prohibit compliance until certain assurances made.
Mississippi Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; create.
DNA; require sample for any adult convicted of a felony.
Department of Juvenile Justice; create.
Medicaid; provide reimbursement for assisted living services and personal care services.
Public Employees' Retirement System; revise provisions relating to disability determinations.
Hospices; patient must be informed before admission that Medicare coverage for hospice services is subject to maximum lifetime limits.
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.
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.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Tallahatchie County Courthouse.
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.