Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Alan Nunnelee
Sponsored
Became law58
Adoption of child from foreign country; safe adoption home study is valid for 24 months.
Public Purchasing Law; extend repealer on authorization for receiving electronic bids.
Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; add representative of Mississippi Firefighters Memorial Burn Association.
Funeral service establishment licensure law; make revisions to.
"Budget Reconciliation Act of 2008"; enact.
Appropriation; State Government Agencies General and Special Fund; Additional FY 2008.
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Tax Commission.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Appropriation; Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
Appropriation; Agriculture & Commerce - Support and Grain Div.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Bd.
Appropriation; Animal Health Board.
Appropriation; Fair Comm. - Dixie Natl Livestock Show.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Comm. - Support.
Appropriation; Tenn-Tom Waterway Develop. Dist.
Appropriation; Dept. of Audit.
Appropriation; Finance & Admin. Consol.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services.
Appropriation; Personnel Bd.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.
Appropriation; Treasurers Office.
Passed the Senate12
Wrongful death action; damages not awarded parent who has abandoned a child.
Minors; notify DHS and DA when conception is due to rape or sexual battery.
Prohibit any university or college from charging fee for handicapped parking at athletic or extracurricular events.
Unlawful distribution of abortion-inducing drug (RU 486); prohibit.
Delinquent Fee Collection Review Program; delete repealer.
Statewide Cost Allocation Fund; provide for lapse of.
Public bidding requirements; clarify that certain garbage, solid waste and sewage contracts are subject to.
"Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2008"; enact.
Child abuse; allow evidence of similar crimes in sexual cases.
Mississippi trauma system; require participation by hospitals and bring forward certain fees.
Adoptions and child support orders regarding same sex couples; shall not be enforced by the courts of this state.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health Crisis Centers.
Out of committee1
Person is presumed to have directed health care providers to sustain life; provide as matter of law.
In committee36
School board members elected in all districts; superintendents appointed after January 1, 2012.
Income tax; a relative 65 or older, who resides with taxpayer and whose income is $12,000.00 or less, is a dependent.
School term; revise first day and last day for all schools.
Medical procedures on minor by Department of Health; require parental consent.
Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in public schools.
MS Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
Preferred provider organizations (PPO), etc.; require all types of delivery systems to register under Patient Protection Act.
Eviction; by district attorney for drug violations.
Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must have medical malpractice insurance from a company licensed in Mississippi.
Elections; prohibit convicted felons from voting.
Official state song; adopt "Mississippi Song."
Health care facility certificate of need; revise minimum expenditures requiring review, etc.
Federal funds for "at-risk" youth mentoring programs; Department of Human Services is sole administrator of.
Lobbyist; revise definition of.
Driver's license; no suspension of jail time for driving with suspended or revoked license.
Illegitimate births; repeal misdemeanor for second or subsequent.
M.T.A.G. Scholarship Program; increase tuition assistance for freshman and sophomore students.
Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; establish.
Smoking in all public places; prohibit.
Income tax credit; provide for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Appropriations; enact one appropriation bill for all general-fund agencies.
School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain restrictions.
Alzheimer patient beds; authorize CON for facility in Lee County.
Insurance companies; publish annual statement abstracts on MDOI Web site instead of newspaper.
Abortions; prohibit abortion of a human being based upon a determination of the gender or race of the human being.
CON; issue for various health care facility beds.
Public Swimming Pool Act; create.
Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all beds in DeSoto County facility to participate in Medicaid.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program; bring forward.
Taxation; bring forward sections regarding the payment of withholding, sales and use taxes.
Limitation on expenditures from the State General Fund; suspend for two years.
Health Care Trust Fund; revise schedule for repayment of funds transferred into the State General Fund.
Abstinence Education and Fetal Awareness Education Act; create.
State agency appropriations; transfer funds in FY08 appropriation among various categories.
CON; direct SDH to issue for acute care hospital beds in Desoto County.
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities solely for adults with mental retardation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs); revise licensure provisions.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
MSU Old Extension Service Building; name building after former and current employees.
Pontotoc and Union Counties; authorize the adoption of zoning ordinances that apply to the Greater Wellspring Project Area.
Passed the Senate · 12
2008 First Extraordinary Session · MS Public Health Laboratory; establish.
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.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Bonds; remove language requiring the Dept. of Health to deposit money into a sinking fund to pay P&I on public health lab bonds.
Children's Health Insurance Program (C.H.I.P.); bring forward sections.
Tort Claims Act; revise definition of employee.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
Out of committee · 2
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
In committee · 7
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.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouse of deceased and disabled veterans.
Public contractors; not liable to third parties.
DUI reinstatement fee; revise with increase to benefit MHP retirement system.