MS HB625

Authorizes municipalities and counties to allow retired law enforcement officers or surviving spouses of officers killed in the line of duty to retain their issued sidearm as personal property, subject to available funds

Extends sidearm retention rights to state agency law enforcement officers who retire under the Public Employees' Retirement System or to spouses of state agency officers killed in the line of duty

Brings forward existing statutes allowing sidearm retention for retiring Mississippi Department of Transportation law enforcement officers, Highway Safety Patrol members, and Bureau of Narcotics agents

Maintains existing provisions for district attorneys, legal assistants, and criminal investigators to retain sidearms upon retirement, with replacement costs funded from non-General Fund appropriations

Effective date of July 1, 2021