Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Sponsored
Became law5
Agriculture; conform state organic certification program to USDA National Organic Program.
State budget; exclude special funds derived from additional fees paid for distinctive license tags from budget cuts.
MS Rice Promotion Fund; delete the repealer on assessment on rice grown in the state and records and reporting requirements.
Practice of cosmetology and barbering; create new State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.
Board of Animal Health; clarify authority to approve veterinarians providing certain services to livestock auctions.
Passed the Senate2
Dept. of Agriculture; authorize use of advertising funds & other source funds for improvements to property & marketing programs.
Agritourism; provide limited liability for persons engaged in agritourism.
In committee10
Certificate of need; authorize transfer of 20 nursing beds from Adams County to CCRC in Lincoln County.
CON for ICFMR beds; authorize additional beds for center in Madison County.
Credit cards; place restrictions on marketing to college students.
Mississippi Mineral Rights Reform Act of 2011; create.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of Brookhaven Academy.
Attorneys at law; separate billing requirements imposed on.
CON for ICFMR beds at Columbia Training School property; authorize.
Review of child support orders of TANF recipients; DHS to conform to federal requirements.
Paternity; provide circumstances for disestablishment and clarify genetic testing requirements.
Enforcement of child support orders by DHS; delete repealers and reverters.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 39
Sex offender registration; revise to comply with federal mandates.
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Adams County; authorize to create or join a county railroad authority or regional railroad authority.
Blue Alert System; create.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt service and bank service charges.
Forrest County & City of Hattiesburg; expand areas in which may acquire property for industrial purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Passed the Senate · 4
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 1
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.