Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Billy Hewes
Sponsored
Became law3
Mississippi Code; certain elected officials shall receive CD-ROM version of the code unless they request bound volumes.
Harrison County; authorize the lease of a trailer to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for nominal consideration.
Authorized activity by trustees; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included.
Passed the Senate5
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Animal cruelty; revise.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Homestead exemption; increase in certain counties for persons 65 or older or totally disabled.
In committee25
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Drug and alcohol testing in the workplace; provide certain standards.
State General Fund budget requests; impose limitations on the growth of state agency budget requests.
State agencies; require to eliminate existing landline telephone upon issuance of cellular telephone to employee.
Katie's Law; require DNA sample upon all felony arrests.
High school alternative career track programs and diplomas; provide conditions for schools to offer.
School board members elected in all districts; superintendents appointed after January 1, 2012.
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; apply to cellular telephones.
Workers' compensation; preexisting conditions do not have to be occupationally disabling for apportionment to apply.
Compulsory school attendance requirements; child with 30 or more excused/unexcused absences not allowed to advance or graduate.
Ad valorem tax, homestead property; exempt portion of increase in assessed value above assessed value for preceding year.
Workers' compensation; provide for admissibility of drug and alcohol testing.
Workers' Compensation Law; define purpose to be impartially construed.
Workers' compensation; increase certain death benefits, authorize interested party to request an autopsy.
School start date; require local school boards to fix the opening of the school term no earlier than the fourth Monday in August.
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule III controlled substances.
Reorganization of all public school districts in MS; require one school district per county.
"Momentum Mississippi Act of 2010"; establish Momentum Mississippi Board within Mississippi Development Authority.
Corrections; authorize commissioner to operate a jamming system within correctional facility and seek approval from FCC.
Furlough Plan for State of Mississippi; require.
"Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008"; DFA make report on implementation.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to random drug testing to qualify.
Harrison County; authorize contracts with not-for-profit organizations for promotion of tourism and conventions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act of 2010; create and establish process for certain public schools.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Highways; create the "John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act."
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Passed the Senate · 4
Child Protection Act; enact.
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 Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Out of committee · 3
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · City of D'Iberville; authorize to acquire and lease certain real property for economic and commercial development purposes.
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule III controlled substances.
Tourism; MDA shall promote the establishment of fishing tournaments on state-owned lakes.
In committee · 6
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Pseudoephedrine; list as Schedule IV controlled substance.
Shellfish; require labeling to show country of origin.
Income taxation; allow a deduction for amounts contributed to accounts established to pay for uninsured wind damage to homesteads.
Random drug testing; require for TANF recipients.
Law enforcement officers; protect from liability during funeral escorts.