Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Doug E. Davis
Sponsored
Became law6
DeSoto County; authorize second county court judge.
Public construction contracts; revise threshold amount requiring supervision by registered professional engineer/architect.
Desoto County; authorize repair, improvement or expansion of certain surplus property utilities rent free by nonprofits.
DeSoto County; grant certain powers to the DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
DeSoto County; authorize contributions to the Hernando Civic Center and Hernando Youth Sports.
City of Hernando; auth. contributions to DeSoto County for benefit of Hernando Civic Center Assoc. & Hernando Youth Sports.
Passed the Senate4
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Homestead exemption; repeal Section 27-33-79, which limits amount of reimbursement increases or decreases.
County and municipal prisoners; prisoner responsible for expenses for nonemergency medical care.
Boards of supervisors; require to establish an indigent burial policy.
In committee13
Sales taxation; exempt sales of diabetes monitoring equipment or supplies.
Concealed weapon permit; exempt senior citizen from license fee.
Motor vehicles; allow emergency and law enforcement vehicles to use tires with studs during icy conditions.
State highway system; add certain segment of Highway 301 in DeSoto County.
Distinctive tag for fire fighters; distribute a portion of the fee to the MS Firefighters Association.
Inmate health care costs; paid under Medicaid program and limit charges by health care providers to the Medicaid rate.
Solicitation; create crime of.
Seventeenth Circuit Court District; revise election of fourth judge.
Grandparents' rights; provide for contemporaneous termination of.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to nonprofit museums of history.
Appropriations; Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol trooper training class.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with DeSoto County for regional prison.
DUI; create a restricted driver's license, require probation and ignition interlock.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 53
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Tax Commission.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Bd.
Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Dixie Natl Livestock Show.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
Passed the Senate · 9
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Illegal aliens; create new offenses, require law enforcement coordination.
City of Olive Branch; authorize conveyance of certain real property to DeSoto County for nominal consideration.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health Crisis Centers.
Out of committee · 1
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
In committee · 11
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Abortion; shall only be performed or induced by a physician with staff privileges at a licensed hospital in Mississippi.
Inmate health care costs; limit charges by health care providers to the Medicaid rate.
Computer spyware; prohibit.
Radar; allow MHP to operate without restriction.
IHL and Community College Boards; adopt joint policy requiring verification of students' citizenship/immigration.
Universities and colleges; aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States shall pay out-of-state tuition.
Highways; authorize Executive Director of MDA to set highway priorities based on immediate needs of major economic impact project.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with DeSoto County for regional prison.
MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; abolish and transfer duties to the Mississippi Development Authority.