Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Johnnie E. Walls, Jr.
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Mississippi Anti-Discrimination in Employment Act; enact.
In committee48
Official state song; adopt "My Home Mississippi."
CON; issue for psychiatric facility beds in Washington County.
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of segment between Vicksburg and Leland.
Investigators; license and regulate private and legal.
Adult day care assisted living services; authorize Division of Medicaid to establish program.
Smoking; allow gaming establishments and bingo parlors.
Mississippi minimum wage law; enact.
Public utilities; shall make personal contact before terminating heat-related service.
Emmitt Louis Till Victims' Compensation Fund; create.
Equal pay; enact "Fair Pay Act of 2010."
Appropriation FY11; SDH operate two STD/HIV clinics in underserved areas of the state.
Two STD/HIV specialty clinics in underserved areas; direct SBH to establish and operate.
Corrections; increase earned-time allowances for crimes committed after a certain date.
Medical care to retired or disabled law enforcement officers/fire fighters; UMC to provide at no cost.
Mississippi Department of Labor and Commissioner of Labor; establish.
Statutory rape; must be knowing and willful.
Law enforcement officers; extend enhancement of penalty and Castle Doctrine to off duty self-defense.
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
Failure to yield; slower traffic to keep right.
Traffic regulations; slow-moving traffic to keep right.
Driver's license; revise restoration of driving privileges.
Retirement; law enforcement officers, fire fighters or emergency service employees may retire after 20 years service.
Suffrage; authorize restoration by circuit court.
Credit Enhancement Loan Act; enact.
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 of employment.
Diminished capacity; establish as a defense to prosecution.
Death penalty; repeal.
Electronic video machines; legalize in premises other than vessels.
MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
Criminal records; certain young offender's records may be expunged.
Stun gun; prohibit possession.
Reentry courts; provide for creation of.
Suffrage; delegate to circuit court under certain circumstances.
Expunction; authorize for certain first offense felonies.
County prosecuting attorney; revise salary in Washington, Bolivar and Coahoma Counties.
Immigration status; make various revisions.
Attorneys; may withdraw from representation in certain circumstances.
Traffic violations; double fine and no record for certain first or second offenses.
Elections; require training for officials that disseminate voting information.
Suffrage; provide for immediate restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Seventh Chancery District; appoint special or family masters.
Employment procedures; prohibit employer from using an arrest record as a basis to deny an applicant.
Riding bailiffs; shall be employees of sheriff.
Election commissioners; increase maximum number of days per diem may be received.
Bolivar County; authorize certain chancellor to appoint special master and family master for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Bullying or harassing behavior in the schools; prohibit.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Passed the Senate · 2
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Animal cruelty; revise.
In committee · 2
Auto insurance; deductible provisions shall not apply to windshield damage.
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.