Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Warner F. McBride
Sponsored
Became law3
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Toll roads; increase maximum term of contract and provide for collection of tolls.
Shooting ranges; prohibit restrictions on existing ranges.
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Passed the House5
Government motor vehicles; exempt from annual license registration fees and tag decals.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Toll roads and bridges; revise laws providing for.
Local system bridge program; county failing to use allocation within four years to forfeit.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.
Out of committee2
Truck weights; authorize permit for certain vehicles transporting to or from ports on Tennessee-Tombigbee.
State parks; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may lease certain lands for commercial/residential development.
In committee20
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Toll roads; increase maximum term of contract and provide for collection of tolls.
Unauthorized Substance Tax Act; create.
School boards; require members to have completed a minimum number of college hours or associate degree.
Antlerless deer; delete prohibition against nonresident killing.
Hunting license; increase fee for purpose of processing unwanted deer venison donated by hunters.
Non-Smoker Protection Act; enact.
Mississippi Home Loan Protection Act; enact.
Distinctive license tag; authorize for supporters of nonprofit foundation organized to support public school district.
Employers; require to verify identity of employees according to federal guidelines.
Shooting range law; revise.
Fire prevention; create task force to study and make recommendations regarding.
Sidearm; allow district attorneys and certain staff to retain upon retirement.
Abortion Complication Reporting Act; require certain professionals to report treatment for emotional trauma.
Mississippi Justice Information Center; revise manner of certifying and authenticating certain documents.
Mississippi Public Judicial Campaign Finance Reform Act; create.
Public Records; revise exemptions.
North Mississippi Fish Hatchery; name hatchery in Enid after former Senator Charles Ray Nix.
Local System Bridge Program; extend years in which Legislature to appropriate monies to.
Commissioner of Insurance; require insurers to give reasons for declination, cancellation or nonrenewal if requested.
Local System Bridge Program; authorize issuance of State General Obligation bonds in support of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Appropriation; Attorney General - support.
Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Defense Counsel.
Appropriation; Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Appropriation; Office of Indigent Appeals.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Lafayette County; authorize imposition of additional court costs in justice courts to fund DARE program in schools.
Tallahatchie County; authorize to donate certain property to Town of Tutwiler.
Panola County; authorize to assist Head Start Program with transporting students.
Passed the House · 3
Public transit task force; create and prescribe duties.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of veterans killed in the line of duty.
Town of Como; authorize to impose sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
In committee · 9
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Vaccinations; exempt certain children with autism from vaccination requirement to attend school.
Driver's and hunting licenses; require payment of any outstanding justice court fines before issuance.
Workers' compensation; increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death, allow employer to request autopsy.
Workers' compensation law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Workers' compensation; results of drug and alcohol tests, employer-administered or otherwise, are admissible for certain purposes.
Workers' compensation; eliminate certain benefits paid directly to an illegal alien.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.