Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Sidney Albritton
Sponsored
Became law4
Investigation costs; provide for reasonable recovery by Bureau of Narcotics.
Bail; revise setting bond in city court, bond forfeiture and arrest of principal.
Controlled Substances Law; conform to federal schedules and add certain other prescription drugs.
Prescription monitoring program; clarify access to.
Passed the Senate8
Window tint law; exempt government fire department vehicles.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Assault; create crime of indecent assault.
Child endangerment; clarify grammatical construction of the word "or" as delineating independent alternatives.
Controlled substances; acquiring by theft, fraud and the like.
District attorneys; clarify authority.
Crimes; revise penalties for certain unlawful alcohol sales.
In committee30
Justice Court; increase clerks' fee on general traffic violations.
Sidearm; allow district attorneys and certain staff to retain upon retirement (MPA).
Radar; authorize use by sheriffs.
Judicial procedure; clarify setting of bail in municipal court.
Child abuse and neglect; revise persons with a duty to inform (AG).
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise forfeiture under.
Radar; prohibit use within 1,000 feet of posted point where speed limit is reduced.
Traffic safety violator course; may be an Internet course.
Expunction of felony offenses; clarify filing fee for petition.
Drug violations; enhance penalties when children under 18 are present.
Coroners; allow to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.
Sidearm; allow district attorneys and certain staff to retain upon retirement.
Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2010; clarify discretionary nature of.
Local law enforcement officers; authorize supplemental pay for certain.
County board of education is levying authority for all school districts in county school system; provide.
Convicted felons; clarify prohibition against possession of knife.
Concealed weapon; authorize carrying in church with permit.
Exemption on Health Foods Act of 2011; create.
Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in public schools.
Corrections; clarify prohibition against possessing unauthorized items within jails and prisons.
Forfeiture; seizure of conveyances used to transport counterfeit.
Counties; revise cleaning of private property and lien therefor.
Bail; revise approval of sureties.
Driver's license; revise punishment for driving with suspended.
Commitment; revise eligibility for treatment with charges pending.
Ultram, Soma and Fioricet; schedule as controlled substances.
Conspiracy; subject to same enhancement as any underlying offense.
Emergency medical services and statewide trauma care system; reenact and extend repealer on certain provisions regarding.
Prosecutorial discretion; revise under certain circumstances.
Littering; prohibit in waterways.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Passed the Senate · 4
Drug overdoses; health care providers to give notice of certain.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Controlled substances; enhance penalty for illegal sale in proximity to drug rehab facility.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 8
Prescription Monitoring Program; require Board of Pharmacy to assess fee against licensed practitioners to fund.
Institutions of higher learning; implement vehicle management system.
Contempt of the PEER Committee; provide criminal penalties.
Prescription Monitoring Program; practitioners to check database before prescribing Schedule II drugs to new patients.
Children's Health Insurance Program; prescribe process for taking bids.
Unfair Cigarette Sales Law; repeal.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repairs and renovations at Buccaneer State Park.