Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Billy Hewes
Sponsored
Became law8
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Metal theft; revise offense.
School superintendents; require removal in underperforming school districts.
Highways; rename Highway 605 Scenic Byway as Highway 605 Tradition Parkway.
Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission; revise membership.
Memorial hwys; designate portions of US 90, Gulfport/Judith Toups Least Tern Hwy-Gautier/Major Michael Green Memorial Hwy.
Outdoor advertising; authorize MS Transportation Commission to regulate in conformance with national standards.
MS Alternative Housing Program units; authorize disposal in accordance with federal grant guidelines.
City of Gulfport; city may take certain actions regarding property damaged by Hurricane Katrina that is a threat to health and safety.
Passed the Senate9
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Airport authorities; authorize to use of design-build and manager at risk construction methods.
Interlocal Cooperation Act; add county tourism commissions to list of local governmental units authorized to enter into.
Metal recyclers; revise regulation of.
Employer-assisted housing program; authorize for public employers; payments under not considered gross income.
Workers' compensation; provide for admissibility of drug and alcohol testing.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
Harrison County; revise the membership of the Tourism Commission.
Out of committee2
Tourism Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; revise definition of "tourism project" to include enterprises owned by gaming licensees.
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
In committee22
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Compulsory school attendance requirements; child with 30 or more excused/unexcused absences not allowed to advance or graduate.
Automatic transfer of students residing in annexed territory of municipality; provide for.
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Financial institutions; credit borrower's payment on date of receipt.
Sales taxation; exempt sales to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
Pawnbroker transactions; require availability of records by electronic transmission to law enforcement agencies.
Department of Public Safety; authorize privatization of driver license examining bureau.
Retirement; law enforcement officers who served in coast counties during Hurricane Katrina shall receive PERS credit.
School bus transportation; certain nonpublic school students are entitled to.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of D'Iberville High School.
School term; cannot begin before the 4th full week in August.
Nepotism prohibition; shall not apply to local school board members who decline compensation.
School districts impacted by Hurricane Katrina; shall receive at least the same amount of MAEP funds as prior school year.
Landlords; revise duties to tenants.
Income tax; authorize transfer, sale or assignment of credits received for rehabilitation of certain historic structures.
Domestic violence; revise to clarify constitutional supremacy of chancery jurisdiction of minors' business.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Workers' compensation; increase certain death benefits, give employer right to request an autopsy.
Mississippi Taxpayer Transparency Act; create.
Income tax; authorize a credit for payments for certain services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Coast Coliseum Commission; clarify power to lease or exchange surplus property.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Ethics Commission; revise duties and other provisions.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate · 4
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.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Name fish hatchery at Enid after former Senator Charles Ray Nix.
Out of committee · 3
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Income tax; provide a credit for certain energy efficiency improvements to homestead property.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
In committee · 11
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Abortion; shall only be performed or induced by a physician with staff privileges at a licensed hospital in Mississippi.
Random drug testing; require for TANF recipients.
Include certain annexed municipal territory in a municipal separate school district; provide referendum method to.
Public buildings; require DFA to adopt regulations regarding energy performance of.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks; authorize to transfer property east of Lyman Fish Hatchery to Dept. of Marine Resources.
Forestry Commission; authorize to convey Baxterville Tree Nursery to Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to the Military Veterans Association, Inc.
Appropriation FY09; MS Soil & Water Conservation Commission for Gulf Coast re-forestation.