All Bills - Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2573
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Vetoed
4/24/25
An Act To Create The "mississippi Tourism Reorganization Act"; To Create The Mississippi Department Of Tourism; To Require The Governor To Appoint, With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, An Executive Director Of The Department Of Tourism; To Prescribe The General Powers And Duties Of The Department Of Tourism And The Executive Director; To Authorize The Department Of Tourism To Establish A Program Of Grants To Be Matched By Tourism Entities In The State; To Authorize The Department Of Tourism To Sell Advertising And Other Tourism Promotional Information And To Create The Mississippi Department Of Tourism Advertising Fund; To Create The Mississippi Tourism Association Marketing Advisory Board To Assist The Department Of Tourism; To Provide That The Department Of Finance And Administration, The Department Of Information Technology, And The State Personnel Board Shall Have The Powers Necessary In Carrying Out The Creation Of The Mississippi Department Of Tourism Required By This Act; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 1, 2025 Regular Session, To Divert A Portion Of Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Restaurants And Hotels Into The Department Of Tourism Advertising Fund Instead Of The Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Fund; To Repeal Section 57-1-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides General Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Development Authority With Respect To Tourism; To Repeal Section 57-1-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Department Of Economic And Community Development To Establish A Program Of Grants To Finance, Promote And Advertise Local Tourist Attractions; To Repeal Section 57-1-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Transfer Of Functions Of The Travel And Tourism Division Of The Agricultural And Industrial Board To The Department Of Economic Development; To Repeal Section 57-1-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of State Agencies Relating To Tourism To The Mississippi Development Authority; To Repeal Section 57-1-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Mississippi Development Authority To Sell Advertising And Other Tourism Information And Creates The Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund; To Repeal Section 57-1-64.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Mississippi Tourism Association Marketing Advisory Board To Assist The Mississippi Development Authority; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2574
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Engrossed
2/6/25
Refer
2/11/25
Failed
3/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 31-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Threshold Amount To $50,000.00 For Lump-sum Payments And Provisions For Performance And Payment Bonds; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2575
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Failed
3/4/25
An Act To Bring Forward Section 51-41-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 51-41-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Definition Of Qualified Corporation; To Amend Section 51-41-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2576
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 25-61-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Public Bodies To Process Requests Made As A Result Of A Criminal Or Civil Proceeding, Employee Appeals Board Or Arbitration For Which The Public Body Is A Party, As Privileged And Subject To Applicable Discovery Rules, When Requested By An Opposing Party Or An Agent Thereof; To Require That Requests For Information By An Opposing Party Or Their Agent Be Made To The Attorney Representing The Public Body In The Criminal Or Civil Proceeding, Employee Appeals Board Or Arbitration; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2577
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 25-61-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Public Bodies To Deny Excessive Public Records Requests; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2578
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/13/25
An Act To Create Section 25-61-11.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Text Messages From The Requirements Of The Mississippi Public Records Act, Unless The Messages Are Related To The Business Of The Public Body; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2579
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Make A Transfer From The Capital Expense Fund To The 2022 Capacity Project Fund Upon The Effective Date Of This Act; To State That The Intent Of The Legislature Is That Such Transferred Funds Be Used To Fund The Widening Of A Certain Segment Of Interstate 55 Located Within Madison County, Mississippi; To Bring Forward Section 65-1-141.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2580
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Refer
2/17/25
Failed
3/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 75-75-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Salary Of The Chairman Of The Commission Shall Be An Amount Specified By The Commission Subject To The Approval Of The State Personnel Board And Within Limits Of Legislative Appropriations And Authorizations; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2581
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 67-1-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Any County, Municipality, Tribe Or Other Political Subdivision Of The State That Is Wet Under The Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law To Authorize, By Local Ordinance, Permitted Package Retailers To Engage In Package Retail Sales On Sunday; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2582
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Engrossed
2/6/25
Refer
2/14/25
Failed
3/4/25
An Act To Establish The Sales Tax Diversion Study Committee To Examine, Evaluate And Develop Recommendations Regarding The Proper Allocation Of Sales Tax Revenue Between The Department Of Revenue And Municipalities; To Detail The Responsibilities Of The Committee; To Provide For The Composition Of The Committee; To Provide That The Committee Shall Report Its Findings And Recommendations To The Legislature No Later Than December 1, 2025; To Direct The Department Of Revenue To Provide Necessary Staff And Logistical Support To The Committee; To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Committee On Or Before January 1, 2026; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2583
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act Titled The "small Business Fair Trade Act"; To Amend Section 75-23-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Presumption Of A Cigarette Wholesale Dealer's Cost Of Doing Business From 2% To 4.5% Of The Basic Cost Of Cigarettes To The Wholesale Dealer, For Purposes Of The Unfair Cigarette Sales Law; To Increase The Presumption Of Cartage Cost From 0.5% To 1% Of The Basic Cost Of Cigarettes To The Wholesale Dealer; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2584
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 31-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Performance Bond Is Not Required When A Contract For The Construction, Alteration Or Repair Of Any Public Building Or Public Work Is Less Than $50,000.00 And The Public Body Elects To Make Two Payments Valued At 50% Of The Contract Amount; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2585
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 57-1-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Development Authority To File With The Secretary Of The Senate And The Clerk Of The House Of Representatives A Copy Of Its Study To Determine If There Is A Significant Statistical Disparity In The Total Number Of Qualified Minority Contractors Of Goods And Services Doing Business In The State Of Mississippi And The Actual Number Of Such Minority Contractors With Whom The State Of Mississippi, Or With Whom A Prime Contractor With The State Of Mississippi, Has Contracted To Provide Goods And Services; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2586
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Require Appointments To State Agencies, Boards And Commission Positions To Reflect The Demographic Of The Area They Are Appointed To Serve; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2587
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create The State Truth Commission; To Prescribe Powers And Duties Of The Commission; To Provide For The Establishment Of Procedures To Investigate Grievances Registered With The Commission; And For Related Purposes.