Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
John Mayo
Sponsored
Became law3
Suffrage; restore to Robin Rushing of Coahoma County.
Public Records Act; clarify law enforcement exemptions.
Coahoma County; change name of Industrial Development Authority to Economic Development Authority.
Passed the House5
Ad valorem tax; remove provisions that prescribe the manner for determining true value of affordable rental housing.
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program; revise certain provisions to conform to federal law.
Uniform Laws; enact Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (ULC).
Commission on Environmental Quality; revise rule to implement National Energy Act of 2005.
Teach for America; authorize SDE to award grants to bring new teachers to Mississippi high need districts.
In committee34
School buses; increase maximum authorized speed limits.
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Homestead exemption; repeal section of law that limits amount of tax loss reimbursement increases or decreases.
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans.
Cell phones; prohibit use of while driving without using hands-free accessories.
Motor vehicle; unlawful for person under 18 to ride in portion not designed for passengers.
DUI; revise minimum penalty for death and maiming.
State health insurance plan; authorize retired local law enforcement officers to participate in.
School district superintendents; appoint in all districts.
Implied Consent Law; clarify who may administer blood tests.
Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants except in separate enclosed bars.
Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants.
Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places with certain exceptions.
Death penalty; provide moratorium for purpose of completing study on impact.
Death penalty; not to apply to minors.
Youth adjudicated to perform community service, certain; authorize judge to require parent to participate in such service.
Counties and cities; authorize donations to institutions of higher learning and community and junior colleges.
School ad valorem taxes; transfer levying authority from counties and municipalities to school boards.
Homeowners; remove any liability when contractor fails to pay subcontractor.
Tobacco use by minors; provide penalty for possession.
Compensation for the Wrongfully Incarcerated Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Coahoma County Higher Education Center.
Special meetings, boards of supervisors; further define emergencies authorizing calling of.
Automobile insurance; provide that payment of a total loss claim include payment for certain taxes and fees.
Small loan lenders; provide for alternate charges for certain loans.
Mental health examination; provide penalty for noncompliance with time limitations.
Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Small loan lenders; provide for alternate charges for certain loans.
Public body; revise definition.
Yazoo-Mississippi Levee District commissioners; add penalties for commissioners if violate levee lease prohibition.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Mississippi Optional Sales Tax Act; enact.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Recycled materials; require DFA to create a report of Mississippi-based companies who use.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Highway 25; designate additional portion in Winston and Oktibbeha Counties as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive".
Mississippi Highway 393, Winston County; designate as "Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Health data registry; expand coverage of and revise provisions pertaining to.
City of Horn Lake; extend repealer on hotel and motel tax.
Tunica County; authorize to contribute funds during calendar year 2008 and fiscal year 2009.
Passed the House · 4
DNA; provide for testing for persons convicted of capital crimes.
DNA evidence; provide for use in capital cases.
Mississippi Municipality Beautification Fund; create.
Unemployment compensation; increase benefits to include cost of living adjustment.
Out of committee · 4
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
Pre-kindergarten programs; require Delta school districts with Level 1 or 2 elementary schools to provide.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 23
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; create and transfer certain facilities to (PEER).
Institute of Juvenile Justice Research in Department of Public Safety; create (PEER).
Psychologists Licensure Law; revise certain licensure requirements (PEER).
Social workers and marriage and family therapists; revise licensure law (PEER).
Mental health professionals; create administrative executive committee for (PEER).
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal and services to nonprofit museums of history.
REAL ID Act; prohibit compliance until certain assurances made.
Wine tasting event; create special permit for package retailer to conduct.
Public roadways; allow governing authorities to enter private property to remove threat of injury or damage.
DNA evidence; require preservation in capital cases.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Elections for state officers; change day of week to Saturday.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Tinted motor vehicle windows; exempt legislators from law restricting.
Vaccinations; exempt certain children with autism from vaccination requirement to attend school.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education.
Chancery court; create new district comprised of DeSoto County.
School districts' bonded indebtedness; increase limitation in districts having moderate enrollment increases.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services for hiring of youth services counselors in DeSoto County.
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to Hernando Civic Center Association, Inc., and Hernando Youth Sports, Inc.
DeSoto County; authorize to repair, improve or expand certain surplus real property used by nonprofit groups.
Sales tax; exempt sales of hybrid electric vehicles.
Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.