2025 Regular Session

CON; revise conditions for long-term care hospital in Harrison County to allow participation in Medicaid.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

State Budget process; revise provisions related to and transfer certain funds.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Candidate qualifications; revise process for.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

Sexual assault kits; require right of information to victim and regulate rights of victims to care and exams by hospitals.

Sponsor: Angela Burks Hill

Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Judicial redistricting; revise for circuit courts.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

"MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Agent Act"; bring forward.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Tunica County Economic Development Foundation, Inc.

Sponsor: Cedric Burnett

District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circuit courts.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex.

Sponsor: Shane Barnett

Camping; prohibit on public property.

Sponsor: Shanda Yates

Excise tax; impose on kratom products and revise provisions relating to purchase of tobacco products from outside MS.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Construction manager at risk law; revise provisions related to selection of contractors and vendors for IHL.

Sponsor: Donnie Bell

Department of Information Technology Services; revise certain provisions relating to acquisition of technology services.

Sponsor: Henry Zuber

Public adjusters licensure; revise provisions related to.

Sponsor: Jerry Turner

Grooming of a child; establish as a criminal offense.

Sponsor: Jansen Owen

ARPA programs and funds; require agencies to make certain reports regarding.

Sponsor: John Read

Public K-12 and Postsecondary schools; prohibit DEI statements and practices.

Sponsor: Joey Hood

Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify "active duty" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

City of Verona; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.

Sponsor: Rickey Thompson

Banks; authorize investments in SBICs incorporated outside MS and in LLCs and LLPs.

Sponsor: Shane Aguirre

Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by processors, retail and food establishment prior to final sale.

Sponsor: Vince Mangold

"Property Cleanup Revolving Fund"; establish.

Sponsor: Randal Rushing

Kratom products; prohibit sale to persons under 21.

Sponsor: Lee Yancey

Annual inspection of the infirmary at the State Penitentiary at Parchman; require State Department of Health to conduct.

Sponsor: Juan Barnett

Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.

Sponsor: David Parker

Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and tourism tax.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

City of Louisville; extend the hotel and motel tax repeal date to July 1, 2029.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

Public Records Act; exempt school district test security plans for administration of Statewide Student Assessment Program.

Sponsor: Dennis DeBar

Universities and colleges; increase certain college renovation funds and require IHL board to develop PPP policies.

Sponsor: Scott DeLano

City of Ridgeland; authorize to levy tax on restaurants, hotels and motels to promote tourism, parks and recreation.

Sponsor: Jonathon McMillan

City of Byram; extend repeal date on hotel and motel tax.

Sponsor: David Blount

Sebastapol Natural Gas; authorize to expand territory.

Sponsor: Tyler McCaughn

Delta Correctional Facility; authorize work release program for eligible inmates at.

Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol

City of Greenwood; extend the repeal date on the tourism tax and the Greenwood Tourism Commission.

Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol

Internet; create civil liability for distribution of child pornography and obscene matter by commercial entities.

Sponsor: Price Wallace

16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.

Sponsor: Missy Warren McGee

City of Brookhaven; extend repeal date on the tax upon room rentals of hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfast establishments.

Sponsor: Jason Barrett

Madison County; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued for the Madison County Economic Development Authority.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Chickasaw County; authorize assessments on convictions for improvements to courthouses and pretrial detention facilities.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

City of Water Valley; authorize to enact a tax on restaurants for tourism and parks and recreation.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Calhoun County; authorize assessments on convictions for improvements to courthouses and pretrial detention facilities.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Real property; clarify eviction procedures, provide procedure for removal from RV parks.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Approval of oyster leases by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; clarify authority.

Sponsor: Philman Ladner

Phi Theta Kappa 2025 All-Mississippi Academic Team; commend.

Sponsor: Donnie Scoggin

Extend condolences on the passing of talk radio icon Paul Gallo and paying tribute to his public contributions.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Unintended impact of wind turbine usage in agriculture; create Joint Legislative Study Committee to make recommendations regarding.

Sponsor: Jeff Hale

Suffrage; restore to Frederick Kenyon Clark.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

Bolivar County; authorize to create utility district to own, control, operate and maintain Choctaw Sewer Association system.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Designate April 24, 2025, as "Reman Day" in Mississippi.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Joint Rules; amend to allow cosponsorship of bills, joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions originating in other house.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Recognize outstanding basketball career of Gentry High School and DSU star Sarita Cooper-White.

Sponsor: Sarita Simmons

Suffrage; restore to Larry Mangum of Hinds County.

Sponsor: Christopher Bell

Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Senate Rules; amend Rule 65 to provide for removal of members of the Rules Committee.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Suffrage; restore to Charles Kenneth Landrum of Jones County.

Sponsor: Donnie Scoggin

Mississippi Limitless Day; acknowledge and recognize May 15,2025 as day of observance.

Sponsor: Celeste Hurst

Suffrage; restore to Michael Gray of Prentiss County.

Sponsor: William Arnold

Commend Jennifer Stroupe, CPO, for Mississippi and National Para-optometric of the Year Award.

Sponsor: David Parker

Suffrage; restore to Thomas G. Owens of Lamar County.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Suffrage; restore to Rondale Hughes of Hinds County.

Sponsor: Christopher Bell

Senate Rules; amend Rules 28 and 35C to provide floor restrictions for members of the news media.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Coahoma County; authorize use of ARPA funds to make contribution to Clarksdale Coahoma County Ministries (Care Station).

Sponsor: Orlando Paden

Commend Clarke County Chief Deputy Sheriff Barry M. White on occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Jeff Tate

Suffrage; restore to Omar Eugene Magee of Covington County.

Sponsor: Noah Sanford

Suffrage; restore suffrage to Teddy Null.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Suffrage; restore to James Kimber.

Sponsor: Sarita Simmons

Pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations; provide certain regulations for.

Sponsor: Jason White

City of Pascagoula; extend tourism tax levied on prepared food sold at restaurants.

Sponsor: Brice Wiggins

Suffrage; restore to Leporion Versell, Sr. of Hinds County.

Sponsor: Tamarra Butler-Washington

Nonprofit Day at the Capitol; proclaim February 20, 2025 as.

Sponsor: John Hines

Mississippi State Senate; revise the composition of certain Senate districts.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Suffrage; restore to Joe Nelson London of Lee County.

Sponsor: Daryl Porter

Recognize that April 11-17, 2025, is "Black Maternal Health Week."

Sponsor: Hillman Frazier

Marshall County; authorize contributions to 501(c)(3) qualified charitable organizations to support food pantries.

Sponsor: Bill Kinkade

House Rules; amend to create a new rule that requires each committee's agenda to be published 24 hours before the meeting.

Sponsor: Jeramey Anderson

Senator Hiram Revels and Fannie Lou Hamer; request joint committee on Library of Congress to approve replacement of current statues with statues of.

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights; urge State of Mississippi to acknowledge and adopt.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Suffrage; restore to Elaine Goudy of Covington County.

Sponsor: Noah Sanford

Suffrage; restore to Kunta Gates of Humphreys County.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Call on Congress to repeal FACE Act, and call on President Trump to pardon pro-life Americans convicted thereunder.

Sponsor: Kathy Chism

Driver's license; amend provisions related to.

Sponsor: Joey Fillingane

Emmett Till murder; issue apology for state's role in killers' acquittals.

Sponsor: Kabir Karriem

Commend Honorable Cham Trotter III upon his induction into the 2025 University of Mississippi School of Law Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Black Maternal Health Week; recognize April 11 through 17, 2025, as.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Suffrage; restore to Omar Travis of Hinds County.

Sponsor: Tamarra Butler-Washington

Lauderdale County; extend repeal date on county tourism commission and remove cap on salary of executive director of commission.

Sponsor: Billy Calvert

Suspend deadlines for introduction; Pilot Work Release Program; delete authority of Rankin County Sheriff to establish.

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Suffrage; restore to April Pace-Brooks of Coahoma County.

Sponsor: John Hines

Suffrage; restore to Randall Lee McCulloch.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

House Rules; amend to limit number of bills and resolutions that a House member may request and introduce.

Sponsor: Charles Blackwell

Bolivar County; authorize to create a water and/or sewer district in community of Choctaw which is located in.

Sponsor: Robert Sanders

Clinton Massacre; commemorate 150th anniversary of the tragedy and remember the lives lost.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Tunica County; authorize contributions to the Tunica County Economic Development Foundation, Inc.

Sponsor: Reginald Jackson

City of Olive Branch; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tax and issuance of bonds for tourism, parks and recreation.

Sponsor: Justin Keen

Suffrage; restore to Jason Terrell Carter of Madison County.

Sponsor: Daryl Porter

Suffrage; restore to Lawrence Daniels.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

Desoto County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.

Sponsor: Justin Keen

City of Water Valley; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Suffrage; restore to Jerome Wyatt of Jones County.

Sponsor: Omeria Scott

Suffrage; restore to Debra Denise Thomas of Hinds County.

Sponsor: Christopher Bell

B.B. King or Elvis Presley; request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of Jefferson Davis with either.

Sponsor: Earle Banks

Emmett Till murder; issue apology for state's role in killers' acquittals.

Sponsor: Kabir Karriem

Mississippi Juneteenth Homecoming Weekend 2025; recognize and celebrate.

Sponsor: Timaka James-Jones

Suffrage; restore to Krisi M. Wiening-Cox of Marshall County.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Tishomingo County Water District; amend provisions concerning compensation and reimbursement.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Suffrage; restore to Kynoa Trotter of Pike County.

Sponsor: Daryl Porter

Suffrage; restore to Derrick Dujmov of Harrison County.

Sponsor: Daryl Porter

MS Hemp Cultivation Act; revise provisions of and legalize manufacture and sale of hemp beverages.

Sponsor: Lee Yancey

Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and on tourism tax.

Sponsor: John Hines

Suffrage; restore to Gerald Laird of Jefferson Davis County.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Suffrage; restore to Heather Dawn Wicks.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

Suffrage; restore to Mary Wayne Prater of Oktibbeha County.

Sponsor: Cheikh Taylor

Desoto County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.

Sponsor: Kimberly Remak

Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis; commend upon induction into the Southern Miss Legends Club.

Sponsor: Missy Warren McGee

Suffrage; restore to Joy Horton of Amite County.

Sponsor: Angela Cockerham

Suffrage; restore to John Howard Cook of Lamar County.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Expungement; clarify for pardon and human trafficking convictions.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Commend District 44 Senator John A. Polk for distinguished service to State Senate.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Union County; authorize certain assessments in justice court to fund maintenance of county law enforcement center.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Suffrage; restore to Jerlean Cummings.

Sponsor: Angela Turner-Ford

Suffrage; restore to Stephen Roy Sims of Forrest County.

Sponsor: Percy Watson

Suffrage; restore to Jon Eric Walker of Benton County.

Sponsor: John Hines

Suffrage; restore to Charles Howery of Yazoo County.

Sponsor: Timaka James-Jones

United States Constitutional Convention under Article V; apply for congressional term limits.

Sponsor: Michael McLendon

City of Olive Branch; extend repealer on 1% hotel/motel tax and issuance of bonds for tourism and parks and recreation.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Psychologists; extend repealer on licensure law related to.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

Greenwood Utilities Commission; authorize to bottle and sell its water directly to consumers.

Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol

City of Gautier; correct Singing River Mall property description for authority to sell or enter 75-year lease.

Sponsor: Brice Wiggins

Tupelo High School Girls Cross Country Team; commend on winning back-to-back MHSAA 7A State Championships.

Sponsor: Shane Aguirre

Mississippi Native Spirit Law; rename and revise various provisions.

Sponsor: Josh Hawkins

Commend outstanding service of Brent Smith as President of the Mississippi Independent Pharmacy Board.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Holly Beck; commend upon retirement as Director of Choral Music at Horn Lake High School.

Sponsor: Dan Eubanks

Commend Jackson Prep Boys Basketball team for winning MAIS Overall State Championship.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Remembering the legendary NBA basketball career of "Slick" Watts from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, and extending condolences.

Sponsor: Sollie Norwood

Commend MGCCC Men's Golf Team.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Commend Jackson Prep Lady Patriots for winning back-to-back MAIS 6A State Championships.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Publishers' fees; revise those charged for publication of legal documents.

Sponsor: Shane Barnett

Commend career of Jim Ellis upon his retirement as the Mississippi State University Baseball announcer.

Sponsor: Bart Williams

Commend 2024 East Rankin Academy Girls Cross Country Team for winning fourth consecutive MAIS 5A State Championship.

Sponsor: Brian Rhodes

Mourn the passing of Huey P. Williams, beloved lead singer of Gospel Quartet The Jackson Southernaires.

Sponsor: John Horhn

Commend Lake Cormorant High School Lady Gators Volleyball Team for 3-Peat Class 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Michael McLendon

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Men's Golf Team; commend upon winning national championship.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

Dustin Brett Pope; commend life, meritorious service and selfless sacrifice as a fallen crew member of AirCare 3.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Grenada Chargers Football Team; commend upon winning the MHSAA Class 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

St. Patrick Women's Soccer (Lady Irish); commend and congratulate on winning the South State Championship.

Sponsor: Casey Eure

Northwest MS Community College Baseball Coach Mark Carson; commend on becoming winningest coach in program history.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Billy F. Gibbons; honor and commend for support of the Delta Blues Museum and designate April 9, 2025, as "Delta Blues Museum Day."

Sponsor: Orlando Paden

Kirk Academy Football Team; commend upon winning the 2024 MAIS Class 3A State Championship.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Coffeeville High School Pirates Boys Basketball Team; commend upon winning 2025 MHSAA Class 1A State Championship.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Ingomar Lady Falcons Basketball Team; commend upon winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

MBI and local law enforcement; require certain notification upon the escape of inmate or detainee.

Sponsor: Zachary Grady

Cybersecurity; governmental and certain commercial entities substantially complying with standards not liable for incidents relating to.

Sponsor: Joey Hood

Department of Health; require to conduct a review of quality of medical care provided to inmates of Department of Corrections.

Sponsor: Becky Currie

Mississippi Native Spirit Law; revise to include craft spirits.

Sponsor: Robin Robinson

Fire trucks and fire funds; bring forward code sections related to.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; provide for DFA to receive payments on approved loans from.

Sponsor: Dennis DeBar

Small Loan Regulatory Law; authorize licensee to charge fee for nonrecording insurance in lieu of recording cost.

Sponsor: Joey Hood

State Workforce Investment Board; require to create, through Office of Workforce Development, list of certain industry certifications.

Sponsor: Donnie Bell

"Mississippi Student Funding Formula"; revise to clarify certain provisions related to.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; amend provisions related to.

Sponsor: John Polk

Appropriation; Secretary of State.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Additional appropriation for various state agencies.

Sponsor: John Read

Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Education, Department of.

Sponsor: Karl Oliver

Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; additional appropriations for various state agencies for FY2025 and FY2026.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation: Real Estate Commission.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; IHL - General support.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Military Department.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Library Commission.

Sponsor: Karl Oliver

Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.

Sponsor: Sam Mims

Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Bonds; authorize issuance for various purposes.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Child Protection Service, Department of.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; FY2026 reappropriate to certain agencies.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members.

Sponsor: Rodney Hall

City of Pascagoula; extend tourism tax levied on prepared food sold at restaurants.

Sponsor: Jimmy Fondren

Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Certification Board.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

Coahoma County; provide trustees of county reserve and trust fund may use portion of fund to repair county owned "Federal Building".

Sponsor: Orlando Paden

"Mississippi Public Health Trust Fund"; establish to support public health programs funded from medical cannabis taxes.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act & prohibitions against deceptive advertising by providers; delete repealers on.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

Northwest Regional Alliance; authorize Tate, Panola, Lafayette and Yalobusha counties to form for economic development purposes.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Sunflower County; increase contributions made to the Sunflower County Ministerial Alliance Counseling Service, Inc.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Encouraging further economic relations with Taiwan.

Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol

Conservatorship; revise required certificates for respondents in the State Hospital at the time of the petition.

Sponsor: Joey Hood

Commend Booneville High School Boys Basketball Team for winning fourth State Championship in a row.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Ad valorem tax; specify provisions for determining the true value of rural structures.

Sponsor: Vince Mangold

Mississippi-Israel Joint Legislative Caucus; recognize creation of.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

City of Philadelphia; authorize a contribution to Philadelphia Transit.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Department of Marine Resources; exempt certain leases from any county or municipal tax levy upon leasehold interests.

Sponsor: Brent Anderson

City of Indianola; revise repeal date on tourism commission and hotel, motel and restaurant tax.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of certain veterans.

Sponsor: Kimberly Remak

Medicaid; make various amendments to the provisions of the program.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Deven Bates; commend and congratulate upon his selection to the Fab 50 JUCO Freshmen List.

Sponsor: Ronnie Crudup

K.J. Wright; commend on outstanding Pro Football Career and express gratitude for contributions to Olive Branch.

Sponsor: Bill Kinkade

Major General John Trent Kelly; commend for distinguished military service and congratulate on retirement.

Sponsor: Rodney Hall

Ingomar Lady Falcons Volleyball Team; commend upon winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Mayor Phil Fisher; commend service as Mayor of Clinton upon occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Clay Mansell

"Build Up Mississippi Act"; create.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Construction contracts; modify "construction manager at risk" provisions.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Authority of Secretary of State to approve leases on Public Trust Tidelands; clarify.

Sponsor: David Blount

Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the State Fire Academy.

Sponsor: Michael McLendon

Commemorate Clinton Massacre on 150th Anniversary of the tragedy and remember the lives lost.

Sponsor: Hillman Frazier

Commend Ridgeland High School Boys Basketball Team for first 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Commend service and economic development accomplishments of Flowood Mayor Gary Rhoads on occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Recognize outstanding leadership of Senator John A. Polk upon being awarded the MNG Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Mourn the loss of Jackson Police Department Corporal Christopher Gallion, Sr.

Sponsor: John Horhn

Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.

Sponsor: Sam Mims

Bad faith assertions of patent infringement; repeal repealer on.

Sponsor: Brice Wiggins

Hotels; revise definition for purposes of local and private sales taxes, and conform for health regulations.

Sponsor: Chris Johnson

Authorization for incarceration of state offenders in county or regional correctional facilities; add Forrest and Wayne Counties.

Sponsor: Chris Johnson

Fireworks; revise dates of sale and reduce violation to misdemeanor.

Sponsor: Brian Rhodes

Construction bids; amend prequalified construction provisions.

Sponsor: Bart Williams

State Fire Academy; rename certain facilities located on the premises of.

Sponsor: Jerry Turner

Protecting Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs Act; create.

Sponsor: Lee Yancey

DFA; authorize to purchase certain real property known as the "East Hamilton Street Properties" in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.

Sponsor: Richard Bennett

Broadband Technology Development Act; revise equipment definition, and increase speed requirement for AV tax exemption.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

The Safe Solicitation Act; create to regulate issuance of solicitation permits.

Sponsor: Shanda Yates

Funds collected for certified copies; allow use for public health programs and completion of other recordkeeping and statistics.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

MDOT; authorize to transfer property in Harrison County to the City of Gulfport.

Sponsor: Richard Bennett

Arella Rena Ellis; mourn loss and commemorate life, legacy and service upon her passing.

Sponsor: Cheikh Taylor

Bay Springs High School Bulldogs Basketball Team; commend upon winning MHSAA Class 2A State Championship.

Sponsor: Troy Smith

Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sale of.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Income tax; extend repealer on jobs tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Extend the deepest sympathy of the Legislature on the passing of former Speaker Pro Tempore Robert George Clark, Jr.

Sponsor: Bradford Blackmon

Commend Northwest Rankin High School Lady Cougars Softball Team for back-to-back State Championships.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Commend Marshall Academy Fast-Pitch Softball Team for MAIS State Championship.

Sponsor: Neil Whaley

Commend South Panola High School Senior Gabriella Russo for receiving "Mississippi High School Journalist of the Year" Award.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Commend Mississippi coaches selected for "Tomorrow's 25 Coaching Fellowship."

Sponsor: Dennis DeBar

Recognize Mississippi Methodist Hospital and Rehabilitation Center on occasion of its 50th Anniversary.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Commend Major General John Trent Kelly for distinguished military service and congratulate on retirement.

Sponsor: David Parker

Commemorate the legacy of Mississippi Representative Icey Day the "Father of Mississippi Industries for the Blind."

Sponsor: Robin Robinson

Taxation; revise various tax credits.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Commend Ingomar High School Lady Falcons Girls Basketball Team for third straight State Championship.

Sponsor: Neil Whaley

Recognize legendary legacy of Ingomar High School award-winning sports star Macie Phifer.

Sponsor: Neil Whaley

Commend Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers Football Team on winning MACCC Championship and successful season.

Sponsor: Neil Whaley

Vocational education; modify description of programs eligible for payments out of state appropriations.

Sponsor: Dennis DeBar

Appropriation; Additional appropriation for various state agencies.

Sponsor: John Read

Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Sales tax; revise exemption for sales of food to certain charitable organizations.

Sponsor: Missy Warren McGee

Tax sales; create study committee to study solutions related to unmerchantable and uninsurable titles.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Data center enterprises; revise certain definitions and other provisions relating to tax exemptions.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Ad valorem taxes; authorize local governments to grant exemptions for raw materials and work in progress inventory.

Sponsor: David Parker

MS Business Finance Corporation; extend repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance economic development projects.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Department of Health; authorize to increase fees for water quality analysis as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Mental health; establish Division of Autism Services within Department of Mental Health.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

Pseudoephedrine; require manufacturers to pay fees to National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators to support NPLE.

Sponsor: Christopher Bell

Workforce Enhancement Training Fund; revise administration of and make technical changes to.

Sponsor: Donnie Bell

Department of Health; exempt certain contracts relating to the Public Health Lab from PPRB approval.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

"Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act"; enact.

Sponsor: Gene Newman

One Door Policy; create study committee to evaluate reauthorization of WIOA policy.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

TVA Service Area Utilities Grant Fund; establish, and fund with g.o. bonds and diversion of TVA payments in lieu of taxes.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

"Strengthening Troop Retention for Our National Guard (STRONG) Act"; enact.

Sponsor: Jeff Tate

Electronic Government Services Fund and Electronic Government Oversight Committee; bring forward sections that created.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Tomorrow's 25 Coaching Fellowship; commend individuals chosen as Fellows for the 2024-2025 class.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

Leake County High School Marching Band; commend for performing in the 105th Dunkin Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Sponsor: Kenji Holloway

Deputy Brian Brock; commend heroic actions in stopping oncoming vehicle.

Sponsor: Rodney Hall

Tupelo High School Golden Wave Football Team; commend and congratulate on winning Class 7A State Championship.

Sponsor: Shane Aguirre

Caterpillar, Inc.; commend and congratulate on 100th anniversary.

Sponsor: Lester Carpenter

Priscilla Ann Reves; mourn loss and commemorate life, legacy and service of upon her passing.

Sponsor: Joey Hood

Sarita Cooper-White; commend and congratulate upon selection as an inductee into the DSU Class of 2025 Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; commend on the auspicious occasion of Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the Capitol.

Sponsor: Angela Cockerham

Janet Davis; commend on success as an All-American track and field star at Gentry High School and Florida State University.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Rust College; designate March 26, 2025, as Rust College Day at the Capitol.

Sponsor: John Faulkner

Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers Football Team; commend on winning MACCC Championship and successful season.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Sport Fish Restoration Program; commend upon 75th anniversary of.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Northwest Mississippi Community College Lady Rangers Volleyball Team; commend upon capturing the MACCC Championship.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Local governments and rural water systems improvements revolving loan and grant program; add PRVWSD.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Commend Germantown High School Mavericks Boys Basketball Team for first winning season first State Class 7A Championship.

Sponsor: Bradford Blackmon

Economic development projects; expand local government authority to enter certain agreements in support of.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Commend 2025 Callaway Girls Basketball Team for 6A Championship.

Sponsor: John Horhn

Commend Brandon Cheerleading Team for sixth NCA National Championship.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Commend Pontotoc Girls Basketball Team for Class 5A State Championship.

Sponsor: Kathy Chism

COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend expenditure period of.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

Commend Angela Sims as Instructor of the Year for the MGCCC Jackson County Campus.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Extend commendation of Senate to DeSoto County Deputy Sheriff Brian Brock for preventing wrong-way vehicle interstate crash.

Sponsor: David Parker

Commend Raymond High School Boys Basketball Team for back-to-back Class 4A State Championship.

Sponsor: Hillman Frazier

Commend Canton High School Tigers Boys Basketball Team for back-to-back Class 5A State Championships.

Sponsor: Bradford Blackmon

Commend distinguished public service of Fire Chief John Pope III for six terms of office with Mississippi Firefighter's Association.

Sponsor: Joey Fillingane

Commend Lamont Davis as Instructor of the Year at the Centers of MGCCC.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Congratulate Pearl River Community College (PRCC) Cheer Team for third National Championship in four years.

Sponsor: Angela Burks Hill

Justice Court; revise filing fees.

Sponsor: Noah Sanford

Kinship payments for foster children; revise who may be paid.

Sponsor: Angela Cockerham

Concrete and solid waste trucks; increase maximum gross weight of.

Sponsor: Charles Younger

Mississippi Credit Availability Act; extend repealer, revise and create cap adjustment based on the CPI-U.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Blue Envelope Program; establish to enhance effective communication between law enforcement and drivers with autism.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Pat Harrison Waterway District; revise eligibility criteria for appointment to board of directors.

Sponsor: Steve Lott

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; correct reference to statutory provision for the U.S. Code.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

Mental Health Regional Commissions; authorize boards of supervisors to agree to board compositions.

Sponsor: Kevin Ford

Sales tax; require DOR to publish list of agricultural items eligible for exemption or reduced rate.

Sponsor: Andy Berry

Boats and other vessels; update numbering requirements for compliance with federal regulations.

Sponsor: Philman Ladner

DOC; require to provide inmates with protective equipment when using raw cleaning chemicals.

Sponsor: Justis Gibbs

State Board of Funeral Services; extend repealer on.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission; revise composition of.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

State Board of Funeral Service; extend the repealer of.

Sponsor: David Parker

MS Juvenile Tobacco Access Prevention Act; amend to prohibit the sale of tobacco or tobacco products to those under age 21.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Standard; amend penalties.

Sponsor: Joel Carter

Public Records Act; exempt certain records containing client information concerning development projects.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Mississippi Ireland Trade Commission; establish.

Sponsor: Henry Zuber

Concrete and solid waste vehicles; increase maximum gross vehicle weight of.

Sponsor: Steve Massengill

Asbestos Abatement Accreditation and Certification Act; recognize additional training and align with federal standards.

Sponsor: Scott DeLano

Telework policies of state agencies; extend the repealer of.

Sponsor: David Parker

Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund; increase deposits.

Sponsor: Kevin Felsher

Disabled veterans license tags; authorize tags to be labeled.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

IHL; remove date of repeal.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Agritourism activity; amend provisions pertaining to.

Sponsor: Neil Whaley

Energy efficiency service public contracts; extend repealer on.

Sponsor: Kevin Ford

Plant and soil amendments; provide additional label requirements for.

Sponsor: Andy Berry

MS Transportation Commission; authorize to delegate authority to enter into supplemental agreements for expenditures not exceeding $250,000.

Sponsor: Steve Massengill

REFOCUS Act; enact.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on.

Sponsor: Hob Bryan

Bail; make certain amendments to provisions related to, provide when bond discharged.

Sponsor: Joey Fillingane

Theft and fraud; criminalize activity related to the mail and credit cards.

Sponsor: Joey Fillingane

Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; increase grant amount that may be awarded by MDA.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Election commissioners; revise terms and election cycles for those in Districts Two and Four.

Sponsor: Noah Sanford

Natural gas piping systems; require testing in school facilities.

Sponsor: Brent Powell

Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; extend repealer on.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Uniform Controlled Substances Law; include certain hemp products on Schedule I.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

County website; allow counties without local newspapers to publish certain notices on.

Sponsor: Brian Rhodes

Real estate licenses; revise regulations, including written notification before suspension.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Entertainment Industry and Workforce Development Task Force; create.

Sponsor: Robin Robinson

MDES background check requirements; amend to ensure compliance with certain Internal Revenue Service regulations.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend period during which expenses incurred by hospitals for ICU beds may be reimbursed under.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Congratulate Ole Miss 2024 Football Team for winning Gator Bowl and for back-to-back 10-win seasons.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Purvis High School Volleyball Team; commend and congratulate on winning MHSAA Class 4A State Championship.

Sponsor: Ken Morgan

Gold Star Father's Day; observe and recognize November 9, 2025 as.

Sponsor: Lester Carpenter

Charlie Kemp; commend distinguished career as a Mississippi and American race car driving legend.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Northwest Mississippi Community College Dance Team; commend upon winning back-to-back national championships in Open Hip-Hop Division.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Verna R. Taylor; commend upon retirement as an assistant professor from Jackson State University.

Sponsor: Gregory Holloway

Building at 152 Watford Parkway, Canton; transfer to Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Memorial highways; designate a segment of Hwy 366 in Prentiss County as the "Houston 'Dale' Kennedy Memorial Highway."

Sponsor: William Arnold

Mississippi State Senate; revise composition of Districts 1, 2, 10, 11, 19, 34, 41, 42, 44 and 45.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

"Medal of Honor Trail"; designate portion of Interstate 22 and U.S. Highway 78 within the State of Mississippi as.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Honorable Robert George Clark, Jr.; commend life and distinguished public service career upon his passing.

Sponsor: John Hines

Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Mississippi Dental Association.

Sponsor: David Parker

Insurance Holding Company Act; include NAIC Group Capital Calculation test requirements.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Nursing; authorize military medics to take exam to be licensed as an LPN.

Sponsor: Lester Carpenter

Study Committee on the certification of Health Benefit Plans and Insurers; create.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Extend condolences of Senate on the passing of legendary Alcorn State University Tennis Coach Anthony Bruce Dodgen.

Sponsor: Albert Butler

Recognize Senator Angela Turner Ford for COABE 2024 Legislative Champion Award.

Sponsor: Brian Rhodes

Congratulate Jackson State University Tigers Football Team and Coach TC Taylor for first Celebration Bowl Championship.

Sponsor: Sollie Norwood

Commend former Ole Miss Track-and-Field Star Sam Kendricks for earning Silver Medal in men's pole vault at 2024 Olympics.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the State Government Affairs Council (SGAC).

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Extend congratulations of Mississippi Senate to Philadelphia Eagles Cornerback Darius Slay, Jr., for Super Bowl Championship.

Sponsor: Bart Williams

Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention.

Sponsor: Juan Barnett

Circuit clerk fees; increase fee for each day's attendance of clerk and deputies upon court term.

Sponsor: Jason Barrett

Salute Mississippi Poll Workers who have served over 50 consecutive years as the "Frontline of Democracy."

Sponsor: Joey Fillingane

Commend Shelby McEwen from Abbeville, Mississippi, for epic high jump final in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Boards of Supervisors; authorize to designate persons to serve as hearing officers for delinquent solid waste fees.

Sponsor: Dean Kirby

Extend congratulations of Mississippi Senate to Philadelphia Eagles Running Back Kenneth Gainwell for Super Bowl Championship.

Sponsor: Joseph Thomas

Commend the life of Black Hawk pilot U.S. Army Warrant Officer Andrew Loyd Eaves.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

Extending the sincerest sympathy of the Legislature on the passing of former U.S. President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.

Sponsor: David Jordan

Private contractor for correctional services; rate shall be based on classification of inmate.

Sponsor: Juan Barnett

Central Hinds Academy Cougar Boys Basketball Team; commend upon winning the 2024-2025 MAIS Class 4A State Championship.

Sponsor: Stephanie Foster

Lafayette High School Commordores Boys Soccer Team; commend on winning MHSAA Class 5A State Chamionship.

Sponsor: Josh Hawkins

The South Panola Fast Pitch Team; commend on winning the 2024 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Josh Hawkins

Dr. Phyllis Polk Johnson; Exec. Director of MS Board of Nursing; commend on election as president of national Council of St. Boards of Nursing.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Mark Thornton; commend service to the Laurel Leader-Call upon the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Donnie Scoggin

Lafayette High School Commordores Girls Soccer Team; commend on winning MHSAA Class 5A State Championship.

Sponsor: Josh Hawkins

Kirk Lewis; commend upon being named MMA's Chairman of the Board for 2024-2025.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Public Water Authorities; expand the definition of qualified corporation.

Sponsor: David Parker

Student transfers; provide greater access to open enrollment and remove requirement for home district approval of release.

Sponsor: Jansen Owen

Public purchasing laws; exempt the Department of Mental Health from certain.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

School districts under states of emergency; clarify role of interim superintendent appointed by the SBE when district returns to local control.

Sponsor: Kent McCarty

Alcoholic beverages; revise policy of state regarding prohibition of, revise certain provisions regarding delivery service permits.

Sponsor: Brent Powell

Gaming winnings to be applied to past-due child support payments; DHS and Gaming Commission issue regulations for withholding.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Bad faith assertions of patent infringement; extend repealer on prohibitions against.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Public Records Act; exempt certain license records of the Department of Marine Resources.

Sponsor: Brent Anderson

Elections; penalty for individuals who assist electors with ballot, but willfully fail to turn in ballot.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

CTE; remove stipulation that only certain programs leading to industry certification are considered for the statewide accountability system and diploma endorsements.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

MS Childcare Teachers Shortage Study Committee; create.

Sponsor: Donnie Scoggin

Boats and other vessels; update numbering requirements for compliance with federal regulations.

Sponsor: Bill Kinkade

Public Service Commission; authorize to intervene in, arbitrate and/or mediate rate conflicts between water associations and rate payers.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

MS Workforce Dual Enrollment for Career and Technical Education Grant Program; create pilot program for.

Sponsor: Donnie Bell

Harvest reporting program; establish for white-tailed deer.

Sponsor: Ken Morgan

Telemedicine services; extend repealer on requirement that insurance plans in MS provide coverage for.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund; provide for authorized expenditures.

Sponsor: Mike Thompson

DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess community mental health centers.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

Cyber breach; limit liability for certain entities.

Sponsor: Bart Williams

Law Enforcement Anti-Doxxing Act of 2025; exempt certain private information from the MS Public Records Act.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Alcoholic beverages; revise certain provisions regarding distance restrictions from churches, schools, kindergartens and funeral homes.

Sponsor: Jon Lancaster

Speed limits; increase on state highways and interstate highways by five miles per hour.

Sponsor: Daryl Porter

Construction of prefabricated buildings; authorize procurement and construction of at Alcorn State University.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

West Point High School Football Team; commend upon winning MHSAA Class 5A State Championship.

Sponsor: Karl Gibbs

Dr. Sara Harper; commend upon being named 2023-2024 Administrator of the Year for Jackson Public Schools.

Sponsor: Christopher Bell

MSU-Department of Landscape Architecture; commend upon 60th anniversary.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Neshoba Central Boys' Cross Country Team; commend on winning MHSAA Class 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

Edward Peebles "Ed" Peacock, III; commending the life, legacy and contributions of.

Sponsor: Orlando Paden

Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Act of 2025; enact, and establish Executive Committee of ICCCY.

Sponsor: David Parker

Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.

Sponsor: Kimberly Remak

Boards of supervisors; may designate certain individuals to serve as hearing officer in disputes regarding delinquent solid waste fees.

Sponsor: Larry Byrd

Workers' Compensation Commission; revise provision related to.

Sponsor: John Polk

Medicaid; create provisions effecting parity in the prescription of pain medication.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

MDH; direct to incorporate brain health, Alzheimer's disease and dementia education into existing public health programs.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Medicaid; make various amendments to the provisions of the program.

Sponsor: Missy Warren McGee

Transportation funding; authorize public-private partnerships to include naming rights.

Sponsor: Jody Steverson

Death certificate; APRNs and physician assistants may sign instead of physician in certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Becky Currie

DFA; authorize to acquire certain parcels on East Hamilton Street in Jackson, Mississippi.

Sponsor: Bart Williams

Fireworks; expand authorized sale dates and classify sale on unauthorized dates as misdemeanor.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

No Patient Left Alone Act; create.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Home inspectors; allow to inspect new residential construction up to 14 days prior to close of sale.

Sponsor: Scott DeLano

Twentieth Circuit Court District; increase assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators.

Sponsor: Lee Yancey

Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer.

Sponsor: Angela Burks Hill

Mississippi Nursing Instruction Grant Program; create.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

MS Charter School Act of 2013; revise to expand opportunities for establishment of charter schools in certain districts.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

Driver's license; require indication of sex to be consistent with sex of the individual determined at birth.

Sponsor: Angela Burks Hill

Illegal dumping; increase penalties for.

Sponsor: John Horhn

Municipal general elections; require a run off election if no candidate receives a majority.

Sponsor: Celeste Hurst

County boards of supervisors; require to regulate county and municipal cemeteries.

Sponsor: Sollie Norwood

Municipalities and counties; authorize to purchase water associations.

Sponsor: Clay Deweese

School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.

Sponsor: Jansen Owen

Public works contracts; increase the threshold for performance and payment bonds.

Sponsor: David Parker

Genetic counselors; provide for licensure and regulation of by State Board of Health.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans.

Sponsor: Jeff Tate

Technology Innovation Fund; establish.

Sponsor: Bart Williams

Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Enforcement Study Committee; create.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Earned-discharge credits; authorize offenders on probation/parole to earn for participation in faith-based activities.

Sponsor: Omeria Scott

Mobile Sports Betting; regulate.

Sponsor: Casey Eure

Handle with Care; authorize implementation and administration of program by Department of Public Safety.

Sponsor: Michael McLendon

Noncustodial Parents' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop salary schedule for that all school districts shall use when employing.

Sponsor: Jody Steverson

Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund Program; establish.

Sponsor: Ronnie Crudup

School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.

Sponsor: Dennis DeBar

Department of Corrections; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program at Bolivar County Regional Facility.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; increase grant amounts awarded from.

Sponsor: John Lamar

Mississippi Credit Availability Act; extend repealer and revise and create cap adjustment based on the CPI-U.

Sponsor: Shane Aguirre

Aeronautics, Geospatial, Engineering, Nursing and Technical Skills (AGENTS) of Excellence Program Act; create to improve academic and workforce outcomes.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

One Mississippi; require State Dept of Ed. to provide copies to every student in Grade 2 for instruction during "Read Across America Week."

Sponsor: Becky Currie

Mississippi Fair Commission; reestablish and transfer associated duties from Department of Agriculture.

Sponsor: Bill Pigott

Bid procurement requirement; allow public schools purchasing technology for distribution to be exempt from.

Sponsor: David Parker

Secretary of State; require to prescribe a form for candidates to use when qualifying for office.

Sponsor: Noah Sanford

Government Efficiency; create task force to provide recommendations on.

Sponsor: Nicole Boyd

"Tim Tebow Act"; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

Real Estate Commission; revise provisions relating to notice and hearings for alleged violations of licensing laws.

Sponsor: Joey Hood

Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to create for all public school students in Grades 6-8.

Sponsor: Rob Roberson

Cardiac Emergency Response Plan; revise to include airway clearance devices.

Sponsor: Philman Ladner

State agency teamwork policies; extend repealer on.

Sponsor: Kevin Ford

State Board of Barber Examiners; repeal repealer statute for sections previously repealed due to merger with Cosmetology Board.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

U.S. Route 84; require appropriate signage in Lincoln County to indicate the location of the Berean Children's Home.

Sponsor: Jason Barrett

Wind turbines study committee; study potential unintended impact of wind turbine usage in agriculture.

Sponsor: Brian Rhodes

MEC; require free access to public defenders.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Hulum

Election commissioner; revise office to be nonpartisan.

Sponsor: Noah Sanford

Mississippi Ireland Trade Commission; establish.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Mississippi Work and Save Program; create.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Mississippi Money Transmission Modernization Act; enact.

Sponsor: John Polk

Mortgage brokers and lenders; authorize to perform organization activities at a remote location.

Sponsor: Shane Aguirre

Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force Act; enact.

Sponsor: Chris Johnson

Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.

Sponsor: Kent McCarty

Campaign finance; expound on the prohibition of campaign contributions for foreign nationals.

Sponsor: Jeremy England

Alzheimer's disease and dementia; require State Department of Health to include education into existing public health programs.

Sponsor: Lee Yancey

Public Procurement Review Board; expand the contract and emergency contract reviewing authority of.

Sponsor: David Parker

Camping, soliciting contributions, loitering; prohibit certain instances of and authorize removal of encampments.

Sponsor: Joey Fillingane

School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.

Sponsor: Zachary Grady

Appellate court expense allowance; authorize receipt for judicial duties performed in any area of the state.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide.

Sponsor: Billy Calvert

Medicaid; bring forward eligibility, services and managed care provisions for possible amendment.

Sponsor: Missy Warren McGee

Statewide Student Assessment Program; exempt test security plans for public records disclosure.

Sponsor: Kent McCarty

Make Mississippi Resilient and Strong Act; create.

Sponsor: Kevin Ford

Mississippi Career and Technical Education Employability (MissCATEE) Program; establish to provide tuition-free community college.

Sponsor: Donnie Bell

Public bid requirements for local governing authorities and state agencies; increase minimum expenditure amounts.

Sponsor: Chad Mcmahan

16th section land; remove board of supervisors from having to approve leases and substitute Secretary of State.

Sponsor: Tyler McCaughn

Ad valorem taxes; require notice of any unpaid taxes to landowner after deed of trust is satisfied.

Sponsor: Justis Gibbs

Income tax; extend repealer on credit for certain costs paid by a company in relocating national or regional headquarters to MS.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; judicial districts.

Sponsor: Kevin Horan

Nonemergency transportation program; require PEER Committee to evaluate performance of two years after each new contract implementation.

Sponsor: Charles Younger

The "Strengthen Mississippi Homes Program"; designate and prescribe mitigation requirements.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

PERS; create a fifth tier, and terminate SLRP, for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Drones; allow use of for observing, trapping and taking wild hogs.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Program; include any project MDA deems a capital improvement.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.

Sponsor: David Parker

Telephone solicitors; revise certain provisions regarding Medicare Advantage and Supplement plans.

Sponsor: Brent Powell

Qualifying deadlines; revise certain to be at least 90 days before the election.

Sponsor: Price Wallace

Statewide Uniform Youth Court System; establish.

Sponsor: Brice Wiggins

Nonprofit animal shelters; require recordkeeping and the sterilization of all dogs and cats sold or released for adoption.

Sponsor: Angela Burks Hill

Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2025; enact.

Sponsor: Mike Thompson

Expungements; authorize for certain trafficked persons.

Sponsor: Daniel Sparks

Income tax; extend repealer on job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.

Sponsor: Josh Harkins

Board of Trustees of the MS Adoption Licensure Authority; authorize and regulate adoption procedures.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Hospitals; require those with ERs to have trained personnel on duty to conduct examinations of victims of sexual assault.

Sponsor: Dana Underwood McLean

Landscape architects; authorize to participate with multi-disciplinary engineer and architecture firms.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Subscription services; enact notice and acknowledgment protections for consumers regarding automatic renewals.

Sponsor: Chris Johnson

Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact.

Sponsor: Bradford Blackmon

State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on requirement that certain agencies assist in consolidating.

Sponsor: Fred Shanks

Computer devices, equipment and adaptive devices; authorize school districts to sell to graduating senior at the residual value of such.

Sponsor: Jansen Owen

Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of Mississippi College School of Law.

Sponsor: Briggs Hopson

Health insurance; require coverage for genetic testing for inherited mutation and evidence-based cancer imaging.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Carbon credits or sequestration; require recorded instrument to convey.

Sponsor: Tyler McCaughn

Commemorate 155th Anniversary of the first African American Mississippi U.S. Senator Hiram Revels.

Sponsor: Albert Butler

Officer Troy Floyd; commend life and legacy upon his passing.

Sponsor: Daryl Porter

The Peoples Bank of Ripley; commend on 100th anniversary.

Sponsor: Jody Steverson

Patrick "Pete" Johnson; commend the life and legacy of former MS State Auditor.

Sponsor: Orlando Paden

Hubert Creekmore; commend legacy as American author and poet in honor of Hubert Creekmore Day in Water Valley, MS.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

Jim Ellis; commend career upon his retirement as the Mississippi State University Baseball announcer.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

George County High School Rebels Baseball Team; commend upon capturing the 2024 Class 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Steve Lott

Recognize Caterpillar Inc., in Corinth, Mississippi, on company's 100th Anniversary celebration.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Commend Coahoma County High School Head Basketball Coach Derrick Moore for 900th career victory.

Sponsor: Reginald Jackson

Recognize Centennial (100th) Anniversary Celebration of The Coliseum Theatre in Corinth, Mississippi.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Commend Columbus Christian Academy Lady Rams Girls Basketball Team for second MAIS Class AA State Championship in three years.

Sponsor: Charles Younger

James Henry Taylor; honor service and sacrifice of during Vietnam War.

Sponsor: Kimberly Remak

Extend sympathy of Senate to surviving family of Hinds County Senior Circuit Court Judge William Swan Yerger.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Mississippi Links Day at the Capitol 2025; commend and honor for outstanding service.

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Columbus Christian Academy Lady Rams Basketball Team; commend and congratulate upon winning the 2A Girls State Basketball Championship.

Sponsor: Dana Underwood McLean

Mississippi-Israel Joint Legislative Caucus; acknowledge and celebrate the creation of.

Sponsor: Henry Zuber

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Petal with wastewater infrastructure improvements.

Sponsor: Larry Byrd

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Mississippi Industries for the Blind for capital improvements to its facilities and parking lot.

Sponsor: Robin Robinson

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Tupelo City School District for security screening on windows and doors.

Sponsor: Chad Mcmahan

Sales tax; exempt sales of children's diapers and adult diapers.

Sponsor: Kimberly Remak

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Alcorn State University to upgrade roadways and sidewalks.

Sponsor: Albert Butler

Capital Expense Fund; FY2026 appropriation to MDA for future nuclear development.

Sponsor: Joel Carter

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Bruce for purchasing a new fire truck.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Old Highway 61 Road Rehabilitation Project.

Sponsor: Sarita Simmons

Sales tax; exempt certain sales of fixed-wing aircraft.

Sponsor: Kimberly Remak

Appropriation; Hinds County for installation of surveillance cameras in House District 63 by homeowners association in the district.

Sponsor: Stephanie Foster

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Access Training, Inc., in paying certain training costs for its students.

Sponsor: Bo Brown

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Noxubee County with the completion of certain road improvement projects.

Sponsor: Carl Mickens

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Marshall County for the completion of studies regarding certain projects.

Sponsor: Neil Whaley

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of disabled persons.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to DFA for software upgrades for Region 4 Mental Health Services facilities.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Appropriation; MDOT for building a bypass on MS Hwy 24 around the Town of Liberty.

Sponsor: Angela Cockerham

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for improvements to Lake Washington weir.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Appropriation; State Department of Health to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center.

Sponsor: John Hines

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Corinth for the Harper Road Infrastructure Project.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair, renovation, and improvement of small sewer mini-systems.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Quitman County for road and sewer projects.

Sponsor: Reginald Jackson

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Daisy Street Improvement Project.

Sponsor: Sarita Simmons

Appropriation; City of Pass Christian for constructing a new fire station.

Sponsor: Carolyn Crawford

Appropriation; IHL to strengthen environmental science research and extension programs at Alcorn State.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Crystal Springs for construction of the Chautauqua Amphitheater.

Sponsor: Andy Berry

Appropriation; Access Training, Inc., to provide financial assistance for students that it trains.

Sponsor: Bo Brown

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation for repair, renovation and refurbishment of E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation for DFA for support at the 211 Mississippi helpline.

Sponsor: Hillman Frazier

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lawrence County for the James Givens Building.

Sponsor: Andy Berry

Appropriation; City of Jackson for improvements for Leavell Woods Park.

Sponsor: Tamarra Butler-Washington

Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Anguilla in paying costs of construction of museum and visitor center.

Sponsor: Joseph Thomas

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to University of Mississippi Medical Center to build a fire station.

Sponsor: David Blount

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Canton Municipal Police Department for equipment and training.

Sponsor: Bradford Blackmon

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Water Valley for improvements to streets and pavement.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older.

Sponsor: Troy Smith

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Corinth for improvements to the pavilion at Trailhead Park.

Sponsor: Rita Potts Parks

Appropriation; Marshall County for costs of planning and engineering related to completion of the Red Banks Road Improvement Project.

Sponsor: Bill Kinkade

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Gluckstadt for widening Gluckstadt Road.

Sponsor: Walter Michel

Appropriation; IHL for support of horticulture research and extension programs at Alcorn State.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Bruce for fencing at the town park and old armory.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Appropriation; Town of Gunnison to provide matching funds for a centralized walking trail.

Sponsor: Robert Sanders

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Plantersville with certain projects.

Sponsor: Rickey Thompson

Appropriation; Town of Sunflower for citywide street improvements.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain food.

Sponsor: Becky Currie

Appropriation; City of Jackson for renovations and infrastructure improvements Capitol Unit of Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

Bonds; authorize issuance for housing improvements at Alcorn State University.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Hinds County for Midway Road and Owens Road Volunteer Fire Department Fire Station.

Sponsor: David Blount

Capital Expense Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Neshoba County General Hospital for the allied health facility.

Sponsor: Tyler McCaughn

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Gulfport with removal of blighted properties.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Hulum

Ad valorem tax; exempt portion of increase in true value of property under certain conditions.

Sponsor: Shane Barnett

Appropriation; Hinds County for repairs and updates to Fire Station No. 14 to make it handicapped accessible.

Sponsor: Tamarra Butler-Washington

Appropriation; Insurance Department to assist certain fire departments for costs of specialized washing machines to clean firefighters' PPE.

Sponsor: Christopher Bell

Appropriation; City of Byram for repairing roads in certain subdivisions.

Sponsor: Fabian Nelson

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Georgetown, Mississippi, for repair and construction of infrastructure.

Sponsor: Andy Berry

Appropriation; Jackson Redevelopment Authority to assist with infrastructure, public safety and economic development projects.

Sponsor: Earle Banks

Appropriation; Claiborne County for making improvements to several recreational facilities.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with improvements to city hall.

Sponsor: Gene Newman

Appropriation; Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department for purchasing a fire truck.

Sponsor: Stephanie Foster

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.

Sponsor: Earle Banks

Appropriation; City of Byram for Barrington Drive Pipe Rehabilitation Project.

Sponsor: Fabian Nelson

Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Lamar County Education Foundation, Inc.

Sponsor: Kent McCarty

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lee County for the purchase of a fire truck.

Sponsor: Chad Mcmahan

Appropriation; Philadelphia Neshoba County Arts Council for renovating and expanding its administrative headquarters.

Sponsor: Scott Bounds

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Mound Bayou for repair and improvements to the water well pump.

Sponsor: Sarita Simmons

Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.

Sponsor: Jeff Hale

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lee County for the renovation and upgrades to a polling location.

Sponsor: Chad Mcmahan

Tobacco tax; tax vapor products and use revenue for certain mental health purposes.

Sponsor: Sam Creekmore

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Bolivar County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Ad valorem tax; exempt certain business personal property from.

Sponsor: Larry Byrd

Appropriation; Marshall County for construction of a Crisis Stabalization Unit.

Sponsor: Bill Kinkade

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Yazoo County for a drainage project.

Sponsor: Joseph Thomas

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Yalobusha County to make improvements to all county fire departments.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Benoit with road improvement project.

Sponsor: Robert Sanders

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for upgrades to Kermit the Frog Museum.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Appropriation; Sunflower County Consolidated School District for Leader in Me Program for workforce development.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Income tax; authorize credits for certain child care expenses and for Pre-K providers for care of certain children.

Sponsor: Brice Wiggins

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Chickasaw County for improvements to County Road 405.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Appropriation; Pike County to build a bridge on U.S. Highway 51.

Sponsor: Sam Mims

Appropriation: Holly Springs to assist Alliance Healthcare System with building a micro-hospital inside the system hospital's onsite clinic.

Sponsor: John Faulkner

Appropriation; City of Olive Branch for land acquisition and engineering services for making improvements to Highway 305.

Sponsor: Justin Keen

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with construction of a wellness and aquatics center.

Sponsor: John Faulkner

Appropriation; Town of Goodman for street repairs and infrastructure repairs.

Sponsor: Bryant Clark

Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new student housing building at Mississippi Valley State University.

Sponsor: Bryant Clark

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County with removal and demolition of dilapidated/blighted properties in House District 68.

Sponsor: Zakiya Summers

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Grenada County for improvements to Highland Hills Road.

Sponsor: Lydia Chassaniol

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Smith County School District for expansion of its Career and Technical Education Center.

Sponsor: Brian Rhodes

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Benoit for a walking trail.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Appropriation; Town of Jonestown for the Jonestown Multipurpose Building expansion project.

Sponsor: Orlando Paden

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of West Point for street paving.

Sponsor: Angela Turner-Ford

Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Noxubee County with development of a 100-acre multi-industrial site.

Sponsor: Carl Mickens

Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program.

Sponsor: Larry Byrd

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Calhoun County for paving and repairing County Road 102.

Sponsor: Benjamin Suber

Appropriation; City of Jackson for upgrades and improvements to Flowers Park.

Sponsor: Ronnie Crudup

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Hernando for improvements to the Commerce Street and I-55 interchange overpass.

Sponsor: Michael McLendon

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Olive Branch for a feasibility study of the HWY 305 corridor.

Sponsor: Kevin Blackwell

Appropriation; City of Pearl for construction of a traffic signal at intersection of MS Highway 468 and Murray Drive.

Sponsor: Gene Newman

Appropriation; MS Cultural Crossroads to provide funding to carry out its mission.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

Appropriation; Mooreville-Eggville Volunteer Fire Dept. for constructing a building to house fire trucks and equipment.

Sponsor: Randy Boyd

Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.

Sponsor: Rod Hickman

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.

Sponsor: Derrick Simmons

Income tax; exclude tips from gross income.

Sponsor: Jansen Owen

Appropriation; City of Port Gibson for constructing a police station and purchasing motor vehicles.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness

Appropriation; Sharkey County for establishing a regional housing recovery strategy.

Sponsor: Timaka James-Jones

Appropriation; City of Holly Springs to restore the gravesite of Hiram Revels.

Sponsor: John Faulkner

Appropriation; Bolivar County for the Old Highway 61 Rehabilitation Project.

Sponsor: Otis Anthony

Appropriation; IHL to provide additional funding for Alcorn State to address funding disparity between land grant universities.

Sponsor: Jeffery Harness