Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Alan Nunnelee
Sponsored
Became law56
Revision of state agency budgets; authorize restoration of funds and certain transfers during FY2010.
District attorneys; may employ additional legal assistants and criminal investigators if funds are received from any available source.
Salary supplements for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators; authorize from nonstate funds.
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; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -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; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; MS Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Revenue.
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. - Co. 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.
Appropriation; State Government Agencies Special Fund; Additional FY 2010.
Health care exchange plans; prohibit use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions in Mississippi.
Vetoed2
State funds; transfer certain sums to BCF to restore portion of FY10 budget cuts.
Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
Passed the Senate3
Child Protection Act; enact.
State agency budgets; authorize transfer of allotments and remove employees from State Personnel Board procedures.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Out of committee2
Divorce; restore "insanity" as fault grounds for divorce.
Central business functions, payroll and purchases for all state agencies; establish DFA Office of Shared Services.
In committee40
Driver's license; authorize special designation for veterans and military personnel.
State and School Employees' Health Insurance Management Board; may impose premium differential on tobacco users.
Driver's license; no suspension of jail time for driving with suspended or revoked license.
Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; establish.
Smoking in all public places; prohibit.
School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain restrictions.
Insurance companies; publish annual statement abstracts on MDOI Web site instead of newspaper.
School term; revise first day and last day for all schools.
School board members elected in all districts; superintendents appointed after January 1, 2012.
M.T.A.G. Scholarship Program; increase tuition assistance for freshman and sophomore students.
Preferred provider organizations (PPO), etc.; require all types of delivery systems to register under Patient Protection Act.
Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in public schools.
Medical procedures on minor by Department of Health; require parental consent.
Minors; notify DHS and DA when conception is due to rape or sexual battery.
Eviction; by district attorney for drug violations.
Health care facility certificate of need; revise minimum expenditures requiring review, etc.
Official state song; adopt "Mississippi Song."
Abortions; prohibit abortion of a human being based upon a determination of the gender or race of the human being.
MS Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
Income tax; a relative 65 or older, who resides with taxpayer and whose income is $12,000.00 or less, is a dependent.
Prepaid ambulance service; membership subscription programs are regulated by the Department of Insurance.
Smoking; prohibit at public venues for youth sports events.
CON; authorize for Alzheimer's patients beds in Belden, Lee County, Mississippi.
Lobbyist; revise definition of.
Wrongful death action; damages not awarded parent who has abandoned a child.
Elections; prohibit convicted felons from voting.
Illegitimate births; repeal misdemeanor for second or subsequent.
Adoptions and child support orders regarding same sex couples; shall not be enforced by the courts of this state.
Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must have medical malpractice insurance from a company licensed in Mississippi.
Income tax credit; provide for contributions to school tuition organizations or public schools.
Certificate of need; authorize CON to CCRC for conversion of private-pay nursing beds to Medicaid certified beds.
State agencies; authorize transfer of allotments from one budget category to another.
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities solely for adults with mental retardation.
CON for ICFMR beds; authorize additional beds for center in Madison County.
Appropriations bills; contain lump-sum amounts not major object of expenditure.
Borrowing for state to offset temporary cash flow deficiencies due to pandemic flu outbreak; authorize.
Central business, payroll and purchases for all community college districts; SBCJC Office of Shared Services administers services.
Central business, payroll and purchases for all public school districts; SDE Office of Shared Services administers services.
Office of Shared Services in DFA; provide business services for certain state agencies.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Authorized activity by trustees; clarify that religious denominations or foundations are included.
Passed the Senate · 4
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Terrorism; add as an aggravating circumstance for capital offenses.
State agency information technology services; authorize Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services to consolidate.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
In committee · 4
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Central business, payroll and purchase for all universities; IHL administers shared services.