Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Ezell Lee
Sponsored
Became law1
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
In committee6
State and local government contracts; shall give preference to disabled veteran businesses in Mississippi.
Executive session; require public official to pay $500 fine out of his own pocket upon violating law.
State budget; exclude state veterans home patient rates from budget cuts.
Distinctive license tag for Afghanistan service; exempt from pre-purchase requirements.
Nonsettling manufacturer cigarettes; increase fee imposed upon.
Tobacco Tax Law; provide for the tax on little cigars.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Open Meetings and Public Records Acts; revise imposition of penalties for violation of.
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
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.
Hancock County; authorize board of supervisors to enter into certain contracts to promote tourism.
Passed the Senate · 4
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 2
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repairs and renovations at Buccaneer State Park.