Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Eric Powell
Sponsored
Became law3
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Unemployment compensation; increase the maximum weekly benefit.
Concealed weapon; study application by mail/revise definition of educational property.
City of Ripley; authorize a tax on hotels, motels and restaurants.
Passed the Senate2
Unemployment compensation; increase the maximum weekly benefit.
Tishomingo County; authorize contributions to Boys and Girls Club.
In committee9
Radar; revise operation of by municipalities.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with Tishomingo County for regional prison.
Highways; Transportation Department construct Highway 72 bypass for City of Corinth.
Early Voting Act; authorize voting prior to election day.
Early voting; authorize a pilot program in Alcorn County.
Counties and municipalities; revise authority to incur debt.
Election commissioners; require candidates for to qualify not later than the first Monday in June.
State surplus property; DFA shall give preference to municipalities when disposing of.
Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for purchase of rights-of-way for Hwy. 15 from U.S. 78 to Tennessee state line.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Public officers; clarify ineligibility to serve after pleading guilty to a felony.
Drug courts; encourage increase in number.
Levees; clarify prohibited activities.
Miss Breland's Law; enhance penalty for certain crimes of theft and forgery.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Mississippi Tourism and Film Task Force; create.
Passed the Senate · 5
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Assault; enhance penalty against certain classes of victims.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Out of committee · 1
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
In committee · 10
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Ammunition; require serial coding.
Residential property foreclosures; prohibit unless 90-day written notice is given.
Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain foods and revise certain diversion.
Radar; allow MHP to operate without restriction.
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
Criminal convictions; judge to explain to convict whether he remains a qualified elector.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.