All Bills - Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB347
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create The Early Voting Act; To Provide Definitions; To Provide That The Early Voting Period Shall Begin Six Days Before The Election And Continue Until The Last Regular Business Day Preceding The Election; To Provide That Early Voting Shall Be For Each Primary, General, Runoff, Special And Municipal Election For Public Office; To Provide The Hours For Early Voting In The Registrar's Office During Regular Business Hours; To Provide That Notice Of Early Voting Shall Be Provided In Three Public Places Eight Days Before The Voting Begins; To Provide The Procedures To Follow When Casting A Ballot During The Early Voting Period; To Provide The Manner For Challenging The Qualifications Of A Voter During The Early Voting Period; To Amend Sections 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-629, 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-637, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-647, 23-15-649, 23-15-657, 23-15-713, 23-15-715, 23-15-719 And 23-15-735, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Voters Who Are Eligible To Vote By Absentee Ballot; To Prohibit A Voter From Casting An Absentee Ballot In Person At The Office Of The County Registrar; To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Sections 23-15-31, 23-15-37, 23-15-43, 23-15-47, 23-15-65, 23-15-127, 23-15-153, 23-15-171, 23-15-173, 23-15-191, 23-15-195, 23-15-197, 23-15-231, 23-15-233, 23-15-239, 23-15-241, 23-15-245, 23-15-247, 23-15-251, 23-15-255, 23-15-263, 23-15-265, 23-15-267, 23-15-309, 23-15-331, 23-15-333, 23-15-335, 23-15-353, 23-15-357, 23-15-359, 23-15-363, 23-15-367, 7-3-39, 23-15-511, 23-15-515, 23-15-545, 23-15-573, 23-15-781, 23-15-785, 23-15-807, 23-15-833, 23-15-843, 23-15-851, 23-15-853, 23-15-855, 23-15-857, 23-15-859, 23-15-895, 23-15-913, 23-15-963, 23-15-977, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1081, 23-15-1083, 23-15-1085, 23-15-1091, 21-3-3, 21-9-17, 37-5-9, 21-8-7 And 9-4-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB348
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/26/25
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Mental Health For The Purpose Of Increasing The Number Of Alcohol And Drug Rehabilitation Beds And The Number Of Crisis Intervention Teams In The State, For The Fiscal Year 2026.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB349
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/26/25
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Making Upgrades And Other Improvements To The Infrastructure At The County Health Departments, For The Fiscal Year 2026.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB35
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Certain Amount Of The Interest Earned Each Fiscal Year On The Sums In The Working Cash-stabilization Reserve Fund Must Be Deposited Into The Ayers Settlement Fund For The Next Ten Fiscal Years; To Delete The Requirement To Make Annual Reductions In The Ayers Endowment Trust After A Certain Amount Has Been Deposited Into The Ayers Settlement Fund Under This Section; To Amend Section 37-101-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB350
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Require That Comprehensive Sex Education Be Taught In Grades K Through 12; To Require That The Instruction Emphasize Abstinence As The Expected Norm; To Establish The Criteria Required For The Instruction Of Sex Education Courses In A Manner That Is Age And Developmentally Appropriate; To Amend Section 37-13-135, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Local School Boards To Adopt Plans For The Implementation Of The Comprehensive School Health Education Program, Which Shall Include Instruction In Comprehensive Sex Education; To Amend Section 37-14-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Public School Nurses To Provide Instruction In Each Of The Components Of The Comprehensive School Health Education Program; To Require The Office Of Healthy Schools To Submit Policy Recommendations To The State Board Of Education For The Adoption Of Any Rules And Regulations Relating To The Program; To Amend Sections 37-13-131 And 37-13-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB351
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-221, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Process For Making Appointments To Municipal Election Commissions; To Provide A Timeline Of When Each Governing Authority Must Make Appointments To The Municipal Election Commission; To Provide That Each Municipal Election Commissioner Must Accept His Or Her Appointment By Submitting A Letter To The Secretary Of State; To Provide That Municipal Election Commissioners Shall Be Required To Complete A Training Seminar And A Skills Assessment; To Amend Section 23-15-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Proceeding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-611, 23-15-361 And 21-9-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB352
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate June 19th, Juneteenth National Independence Day, As A Legal Holiday In The State Of Mississippi; To Clarify When A Legal Holiday Will Be Celebrated When The Holiday Falls On A Saturday Or Sunday; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB353
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Direct The State Department Of Mental Health To Convert 500 Beds At Intellectual/developmental Disabilities Facilities Of The Department That Are Not Being Used For Providing Services To Those Persons So That Those Beds May Be Used To Provide Alcohol And Drug Use Prevention And Treatment Services; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB354
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Require Community And Junior Colleges To Waive All Tuition And Fees For Students Graduating From A Mississippi High School; To Establish Requirements For Initial Eligibility And Renewal Of Waivers; To Define The Term "tuition"; To Require The Mississippi Community College Board To Promulgate Rules And Regulations For The Tuition Waiver Program; To Create New Section 37-29-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Funds Sufficient To Cover The Cost Of Waiving The Tuition For Participating Students To Be Appropriated By Line Item In The Community And Junior Colleges General Support Bill; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB355
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Require The High School Curriculum In School Districts Assigned An Accountability Rating Of "c", "d" Or "f" To Include Courses In Vocational Education, Agriculture, Forestry And Home Economics; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Curriculum Standards And To Collaborate With Other Agencies In Developing Course Materials So That Those Courses Are Uniform In Districts Across The State; To Require Students Taking Such Courses To Be Awarded Elective Credits That May Be Counted Toward Graduation Requirements; To Amend Section 37-13-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Grant A Special Expert Citizen-teacher License To Persons Teaching Such Courses; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB356
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/26/25
An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist Holmes County, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Road And Street Improvements In The County And Improvements To County Buildings And Facilities; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB357
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of A Hardship Driver's License To A Person Whose License Has Been Suspended As A Result Of Being Out Of Compliance With An Order For Support; To Require A Person To Establish Proof Of Hardship; To Amend Section 63-1-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Fee For A Hardship License And Provide That A Person Holding A Hardship License May Only Drive To Work And Religious Services; To Amend Section 63-1-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Term Of A Hardship License Shall Be Four Years; To Amend Sections 63-1-5 And 93-11-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB358
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create A Section To Prohibit The Commissioner Of The Department Of Corrections From Housing Offenders In Private Correctional Facilities Unless The Commissioner Allows A Certain Number Of Inmates To Participate In Joint State-county Work Programs; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-4-11, 47-5-471, 47-5-941, 47-5-943, 47-5-1211 And 47-5-1213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB359
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Be Known As The "mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age Of 21 Act"; To Make Certain Legislative Findings Regarding The Effects Of Tobacco Use By Minors; To Define Certain Terms; To Prohibit The Sale Or Distribution Of Tobacco Products To Persons Under The Age Of 21; To Require Distributors To Verify The Age Of The Recipients Before Distributing Any Tobacco Product; To Require Tobacco Sellers To Post Signs About The Age Restriction On Tobacco Sales; To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Conduct Random, Unannounced Inspections To Test And Ensure Compliance With This Act; To Provide For Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Provide For Certain Exceptions And Defenses; To Amend Sections 97-32-5, 97-32-11, 97-32-15 And 97-32-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB36
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Establish Summer Youth Work Programs To Facilitate The Employment Of High School Youth In Community Jobs; To Prescribe Eligibility Requirements For Summer Employment Through A Summer Youth Work Program; To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Accept Any Available Public Or Private Funding To Cover The Program's Administrative Costs And Student Employee Wages; And For Related Purposes.