Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Vincent Davis
Sponsored
Became law1
Public officers; clarify ineligibility to serve after pleading guilty to a felony.
Passed the Senate1
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with certain counties for regional prison.
In committee8
District attorneys; add legal assistant to 22nd Circuit.
Small Employer Insurance Association Act; enact.
Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator; IHL establish at ASU in conjunction with local governments.
Alcorn State University; IHL establish a Robotics and Automation Institute.
Circuit courts; create new judgeship in 22nd District.
Appropriation; Alcorn State University Agricultural Incubator.
Appropriation; Alcorn State University -MS River Research Center.
Appropriation; Alcorn State University Robotics and Automation Institute.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
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.
Passed the Senate · 5
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Assault; enhance penalty against certain classes of victims.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Department of Labor and Commissioner of Labor; establish.
In committee · 14
School employment procedures law; reduce probationary period for certified employees.
Insurance companies; require to offer property and casualty insurance if offered in another state.
Radar; revise operation of by municipalities.
Delta Revitalization Zone; create and establish economic incentives.
Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P.; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Delta Regional Housing Clearinghouse; create in regard to efforts to improve housing in Delta region.
Minimum standards; revise time during which terminating officer must reimburse employing entity.
Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain foods and revise certain diversion.
State law enforcement officers; establish separate retirement system for.
Exoneration; provide for compensation.
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of old Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms Building in Wesson.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.