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Mississippi State Senator

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Mississippi State Senator

Derrick Simmons 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2689

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2707

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Registered providers of services for homeless persons; exempt from certain fees.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2717

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2720

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
TANF; require DHS to spend maximum allowable amount on child care vouchers.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2721

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2773

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2778

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2812

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2818

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2819

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2822

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Engrossed
2/11/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Alcohol permits; limit disqualifying felony convictions to crimes of violence or violations of controlled substance laws.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2850

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Engrossed
2/7/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sales of.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2874

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Engrossed
2/5/25  
Refer
2/17/25  
Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2882

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2919

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 4.