Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Sponsored
Became law7
Emancipation of minor child; provide for without necessity of court order in certain cases.
Children adopted through state-supported adoption agency; provide for continuation of Medicaid benefits.
Foster children program; authorize DHS to make relative care payments and make certain technical amendments to.
TANF assistance program; clarify school attendance requirements and revise various provisions.
Agriculture; revise selection process for appointments to the Egg Marketing Board.
Bureau of Plant Industry; remove the repealer on authority to assess civil penalties for violation of rules and regulations.
Agriculture; authorize the commissioner to enter into agreements with other agencies for control of pests and noxious weeds.
Passed the Senate9
Time limitations for investigations of elder abuse; modify in cases where victim is not in immediate danger.
Child support guidelines based on adjusted gross income; increase.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act; remove repealer.
Agricultural Aviation Board; transfer duties to Agriculture and Commerce.
Mississippi Rice Promotion Fund; remove repealer on assessments on rice grown in state.
Agriculture; provide administrative hearing and civil penalties for violations of requirements for sale of honey.
Agriculture; remove repealer on section of Farm Reform Act.
Agriculture; provide administrative hearing and civil penalties for violations of requirements for sale of syrup.
Out of committee1
Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded; authorize payments under the Educable Child Program.
In committee20
Ad valorem taxes; mobile home and personal property taxes must be paid prior to the registration and licensing of a vehicle.
Legal holidays; include "Good Friday."
Board of Mental Health; establish policies by which certain employees may be provided housing.
Medicaid eligibility; recipients must provide federal income tax statements for recertification.
Seat belts; enhance penalty for failure to wear when a child is a passenger.
Gift certificates; prohibit expiration date or service fee.
Financial literacy curricula in high school; require school districts to implement.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of additional g.o. bonds for construction of a National Guard readiness center in Monticello.
Inmate health care costs; limit charges by health care providers to the Medicaid rate.
State law enforcement officers; establish separate retirement system for.
Sex offender registration law; create zone around child residential homes.
Enhanced penalties for assault; include juvenile care workers at the state training schools.
Prohibition against possession of weapons by students; include juvenile training schools under statute.
State Personnel Board procedures; exempt DHS, Division of Family and Children's Services.
Income tax; a relative 65 or older, who resides with taxpayer and whose income is $12,000.00 or less, is a dependent.
Paternity; authorize DHS to institute proceedings at any time until child turns 21 years of age unless emancipated.
Public universities; require policy of intellectual diversity.
Department of Human Services; clarify responsibilities of Division of Family and Children's Services/Division of Aging.
State Board of Cosmetology; bring forward statutes.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of old Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms Building in Wesson.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Drug courts; encourage increase in number.
Mississippi Tourism and Film Task Force; create.
Petroleum products; revise specification for gasoline-oxygenate blends.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
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 · 8
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Public benefits; agencies administering programs for must verify lawful presence in U.S. of applicants for.
Domestic violence; revise to clarify constitutional supremacy of chancery jurisdiction of minors' business.
Livestock; revise theft of.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health Crisis Centers.
In committee · 6
Inmate health care costs; paid under Medicaid program and limit charges by health care providers to the Medicaid rate.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Abortions; prohibit abortion of a human being based upon a determination of the gender or race of the human being.
CON for acute psychiatric beds and PRTF beds in Washington County; authorize.
Home economics curriculum; phase-in required course for Grades 10-12.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouse of deceased and disabled veterans.