Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Eric Powell
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
MS Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund; revise use of certain funds.
Out of committee1
Unemployment compensation; increase the minimum weekly benefit.
In committee15
Highways; Transportation Department construct Highway 72 bypass for City of Corinth.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Bonds; issue state general obligation bonds for purchase of rights-of-way for Hwy. 15 from U.S. 78 to Tennessee state line.
Landfills; require to be a certain minimum distance from municipalities, schools, etc., unless written agreement from owner.
Early Voting Act; authorize voting prior to election day.
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with Tishomingo County for regional prison.
Early voting; authorize a pilot program in Alcorn County.
Early voting; authorize a pilot program in Alcorn County.
MS Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal and provide additional tag fee.
State agencies; delete repealer on Department of Employment Security and related laws of other agencies.
Elected judiciary and district attorneys; bring forward law relating to the annual salaries of.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of bridges in Alcorn and Tishomingo Counties.
Drug courts; authorize drug court judge to assess direct cost of confinement for person in jail.
Silencers; authorize in limited circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Memorial Highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 23 in Itawamba County as the "Tammy Wynette Memorial Highway."
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Passed the Senate · 4
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
High school students suspended from extracurricular/athletic activity for failure to maintain certain grades; repeal.
Out of committee · 2
2010 First Extraordinary Session · Retirement; increase the amount of the employee contribution to PERS.
Tourism; MDA shall promote the establishment of fishing tournaments on state-owned lakes.
In committee · 14
Distinctive horse trailer tags; authorize for supporters of the Mississippi State Equine Association.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for autism spectrum disorders.
Auto insurance; deductible provisions shall not apply to windshield damage.
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
Corrections; require any person incarcerated for nonpayment of child support to work.
School term; revise first day and reduce length in all school districts.
Income tax; authorize transfer, sale or assignment of credit received for rehabilitation of certain historic structures.
Furlough Plan for State of Mississippi; require for FY2010.
Wastewater; remove revisions to the individual on-site wastewater disposal system law.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize the issuance of bonds for.
MS Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission; increase membership of.
Community Corrections Reassimilation and Restitution Program; create.
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.