Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Johnnie E. Walls, Jr.
Sponsored
In committee39
Public utilities; must make personal contact before terminating heat-related service.
Mississippi minimum wage law; enact.
Failure to yield; slower traffic to keep right.
Driver's license; revise restoration of driving privileges.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
Retirement; law enforcement officers, fire fighters or emergency service employees may retire after 20 years service.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."
Traffic violations; double fine and no record for certain first or second offenses.
Gambling; cheating punished as larceny.
Death penalty; eliminate for persons who are mentally retarded.
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act."
Jury duty; civil cause of action for termination.
Diminished capacity; establish as a defense to prosecution.
Emmitt Louis Till Victims' Compensation Fund; create.
Investigators; license and regulate private and legal.
Death penalty; repeal.
Equal pay; enact "Fair Pay Act of 2008."
Electronic video machines; legalize in premises other than vessels.
MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
Suffrage; authorize restoration by circuit court.
Criminal records; certain young offender's records may be expunged.
Appropriation FY09; SDH operate 2 STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Two STD/HIV specialty clinics in underserved areas; direct SBH to establish and operate.
Stun gun; prohibit possession.
Attorneys; may withdraw from representation in certain circumstances.
Traffic regulations; slow-moving traffic to keep right.
Smoking; allow gaming establishments and bingo parlors.
Reentry courts; provide for creation of.
Suffrage; delegate to circuit court under certain circumstances.
Expunction; authorize for certain first offense felonies.
Mississippi Department of Labor and Commissioner of Labor; establish.
Corrections; increase earned-time allowances for crimes committed after a certain date.
Elections; require training for officials that disseminate voting information.
County prosecuting attorney; revise salary in Washington, Bolivar and Coahoma Counties.
Credit Enhancement Loan Act; enact.
Suffrage; provide for immediate restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Immigration status; make various revisions.
Restore suffrage to Lillie G. Thornton.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Levees; clarify prohibited activities.
"Teach For America" grant program; establish to provide a national teacher corps program in the Mississippi Delta.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate · 2
Child abuse; allow evidence of similar crimes in sexual cases.
Economic Development; create the Mid-Delta Industrial Commission.
In committee · 10
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Minimum standards; revise time during which terminating officer must reimburse employing entity.
Task force to report on incentives for teachers and administrators in the Delta to serve at-risk students; create.
Prekindergarten programs; require under-performing school districts in the Delta to implement.
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 61 to high priority list.
Four-lane highway program; add segment of U.S. 49W to high priority list.
Criminal convictions; judge to explain to convict whether he remains a qualified elector.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for the repair and renovation of the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, MS.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.