Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Doug E. Davis
Sponsored
Became law4
Boards of supervisors; require to establish an indigent burial policy.
Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation; increase membership and clarify responsibility.
IHL housing facilities; authorize furnishing and equipping.
University faculty affidavit requirements; repeal.
Passed the Senate8
Donate property; authorize municipality to reconvey to donor.
Personal leave for state employees; allow University Medical Center to compute and credit on same basis as employee is paid.
Children; prohibit buying and selling of.
County and municipal prisoners; prisoner responsible for expenses for nonemergency medical care.
State highway system; add certain segment of Highway 301 in DeSoto County and Highway 6 in Pontotoc County.
Ignition interlock; require for DUI-restricted driver's license.
Tourism projects; extend period of time during which certain projects are eligible for incentive.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Out of committee3
Municipal courts; increase amount per day that may be imposed by for jail costs.
"The Mississippi Postsecondary Public University Pricing and Truth in Tuition Act of 2009"; enact.
Institutions of higher learning; authorize to dispose of real property.
In committee18
Appropriations; Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Trooper Training Class.
Appropriations FY10; Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol trooper training class.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to nonprofit museums of history.
Grandparents' rights; provide for contemporaneous termination of.
Sales taxation; exempt sales of diabetes monitoring equipment or supplies.
Solicitation; create crime of.
Seventeenth Circuit Court District; revise election of fourth judge.
Homestead exemption; repeal Section 27-33-79, which limits amount of reimbursement increases or decreases.
Motor vehicles; allow emergency and law enforcement vehicles to use tires with studs during icy conditions.
Distinctive tag for fire fighters; distribute a portion of the fee to the MS Firefighters Association.
Public universities; provide for a state university system, state board of governors and local boards of trustees.
Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service; transfer functions to the Office of the Governor.
Emergency medical technicians; authorized to draw blood at the request of a law enforcement officer under Implied Consent Law.
Beaver control program; revise contribution of participating counties.
Unemployment compensation; delete weekly benefit increase for FY 2010.
Public purchasing laws and regulations; Board of Trustees IHL may adopt purchasing regulations for member institutions.
Research and Development Center; increase assessment charged by IHL for services.
Compulsory school attendance law; delete prior approval of superintendent for doctor/dentist appointments.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 48
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Egg Marketing Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Secretary of State.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Tax Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Co. Livestock Show.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Vetoed · 5
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 55
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
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; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -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; MS Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Tax Commission.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
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.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
In committee · 4
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
Pseudoephedrine; conform to federal law.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.