Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Fred Shanks
Sponsored
Became law8
Harvest permits; extend repealer on provisions establishing maximum weight and approved routes of vehicles.
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; extend repealer on.
Income tax; codify and extend repealers on tax credits for certain charges for using certain port and airport facilities.
Energy Academy Act; extend repealer on authority of Vicksburg-Warren & Claiborne County schools to partner with nuclear plant.
MS Business Finance Corporation; extend repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance economic development projects.
Sales tax; extend repealer on exemption of certain sales to Toughest Kids Foundation for Camp Kamassa in Copiah County.
Income tax; extend repealer on jobs tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
State Board of Funeral Services; extend repealer on.
Passed the House14
Department of Corrections; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program at Bolivar County Regional Facility.
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on.
Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention.
Income tax; extend repealer on credit for certain costs paid by a company in relocating national or regional headquarters to MS.
State Board of Barber Examiners; repeal repealer statute for sections previously repealed due to merger with Cosmetology Board.
Real estate brokers; extend repealer on maximum license fees charged by MS Real Estate Commission.
Bad faith assertions of patent infringement; extend repealer on prohibitions against.
Telemedicine services; extend repealer on requirement that insurance plans in MS provide coverage for.
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on requirement that certain agencies assist in consolidating.
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealer on MDA authority to use funds for general support.
Fentanyl delivery resulting in death; extend repealer on Parker's Law creating the crime of.
Public contracts of energy efficiency services; extend repealer on authority and certain requirements for.
Health Care Expendable Fund; extend repealer on.
Income tax; extend repealer for new cut and sew jobs in upholstered furniture industry and bring forward certain statutes.
Out of committee1
Small Business and Grocer Investment Act; extend repealer on.
In committee18
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; revise membership and authority of members of.
MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on.
Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program; extend repealer on DEQ's exemption from Public Procurement Review Board requirements.
IHL Board; extend repealer on authority to oversee certain construction projects funded by state general obligation bonds.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incentives.
Surgical castration; authorize as an additional penalty for statutory rape.
Certificate of Foreign Birth; authorize without judicial proceeding under certain circumstances.
The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NAMUS.
Study committee on certain first responders receiving insurance upon retirement eligibility; create.
Sales of nonalcoholic beverages or lemonade by minors, certain; prohibit certain regulation of.
Requests for DNA testing; clarify that they are excepted from bar on second or successive motions for post-conviction relief.
MS Dementia Care Pilot Program; extend period of operation and bring forward other sections.
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act and prohibitions against deceptive advertising; extend repealers on.
MS Immigration Enforcement Act of 2025; create.
Law enforcement records in youth court; bring forward section pertaining to.
"Right to Know How Safe We Are Act"; create to require District Attorneys to report certain information with the Governor and Attorney General.
State service employees; extend repealer on authority to telework and bring forward certain other statutes.
MS Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarship Program; extend repealer and bring forward certain statutes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require law enforcement agencies to report terminated officers to.
The Safe Solicitation Act; create to regulate issuance of solicitation permits.
"Real Property Owners Protection Act"; create.
Income tax and ad valorem tax; create incentives for developers to improve tax forfeited, blighted properties in MS.
Camping; prohibit on public property.
Passed the House · 3
Hospitals; require those with ERs to have trained personnel on duty to conduct examinations of victims of sexual assault.
Lands struck off to the state; require when deed is not demanded upon expiration of redemption period.
Secretary of State; authorize use of Land Records Maintenance Fund to contract with vendors for maintenance of blighted properties.
Out of committee · 1
Voting rights and felony expungement; person may have voting rights restored and certain felony records expunged after five years.
In committee · 6
Mississippi Doxxing Prevention Act; create to prevent release of personal information with intent to harass.
Mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (MS ROSS) Act; create to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies.
Medicaid estate recovery; prohibit application of to obtain funds from ABLE accounts.
Counties and municipalities; clarify use of manually operated automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Appropriation; DPS for salary increase for active officers of MHP, MBN, MBI and Capitol Police for FY 2026.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assit with establishment of Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency Infectious Disease Testing Lab.