Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Rickey Thompson
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Verona; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
In committee23
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years.
Appropriation; City of Verona for equipment for police department and making street improvements.
Amiya Braxton; revise penalties when driver injures child who is exiting a school bus.
Appropriation; Monroe County for costs of certain road improvement projects in District 5.
Appropriation; Lee and Monroe counties for funding The National Resource Camp pilot program.
Natural Resource Camp Pilot Program Act of 2025; establish for students in Lee and Monroe counties.
"Jennifer's Law"; enact to prohibit state and local agencies from establishing traffic ticket quotas.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Appropriation; Lee County School District for reconstruction of Verona Elementary School.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance with repair of building and parking lot.
Appropriation; City of Verona for site development work for Old Town Crossing Project.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Verona with site development related to the Old Town Crossing Project.
Driver's license; prescribe information to be included on and authorize discretionary inclusion of blood type.
Appropriation; Okolona School District for construction of new elementary school.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new elementary school for the Okolona Municipal Separate School District.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Old Union Water Association with system improvements.
School resource officers; include in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for purposes of LEO and Firefighters Death Benefits Trust Fund benefits.
First Circuit Court District; increase number of judges.
Appropriation; City of Okolona to assist with street overlay projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Okolona with street overlay projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Plantersville with certain projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Helping Hands Food Pantry in Tupelo with repair and renovation of building.
City of Verona; authorize the levying of an additional special sales tax for water and sewer infrastructure.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require law enforcement agencies to report terminated officers to.
Lee County; authorize assessments on convictions for maintenance to historic county courthouse.
Lee County; authorize to enter 30-year lease and finance 30-year certificates of participation for public safety facility.
Passed the House · 3
MBI and local law enforcement; require certain notification upon the escape of inmate or detainee.
MEC; require free access to public defenders.
Strengthening Troop Retention for our National Guard (STRONG) Act; create.
Out of committee · 1
Literacy-based Promotion Act; revise to expand intervention and strategies for literacy proficiency among students in Grade 4 through 8.
In committee · 32
Mississippi Doxxing Prevention Act; create to prevent release of personal information with intent to harass.
PERS; county and municipal election commissioners shall be members of.
Foster care decisions; authorize appeal of to the chancery court of residence.
Habitual offender; revise penalties.
ST: Alcorn State University; authorize reclassification of property used as the president's dwelling from commercial to residential status.
Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Hydroponics Research and Teaching Greenhouse at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the K.L. Simmons Technology Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for housing improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for agricultural facilities infrastructure upgrades at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Poultry Sciences Academic Research Center at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Math Center at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for preplanning improvements to Walter Washington Administration and Classroom Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the David L. Whitney Arena Complex and Wellness Center at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL for the support of Alcorn State University Land-Grant Research and Extension Programs.
Appropriation; IHL to strengthen poultry science research and programs at Alcorn State.
Appropriation; MDA to provide funding to Alcorn State for expansion of research and production of shiitake mushrooms.
Appropriation; IHL for enhancing STEM-related facilities and programs at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL for growth of new regional health care and medical sciences facilities of Alcorn State.
Appropriation; Town of Fayette for various projects.
Appropriation; IHL for repairs and renovations to residence halls at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to increase university faculty salaries closer to the SREB average.
Appropriation; IHL to provide additional funding for Alcorn State to address funding disparity between land grant universities.
Appropriation; IHL for repairs and renovations of facilities on campus of Alcorn State.
Appropriation; City of Tupelo for acquiring property to expand the city's Class II rubbish site.
Appropriation; City of Tupelo for replacing the Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) equipment for the fire department.
Appropriation; Coahoma Community College and MS Delta Community College for repairs and improvements of campus facilities.
Appropriation; IHL for repairs and improvements of campus facilities at the three HBCUs in MS.
Appropriation; Lee County for reimbursement for costs of cleaning up debris from 4-1-23 tornado.
Appropriation; Lee County for purchasing six fire trucks.
Appropriation; Lee County for adding storm shelters.