Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Lawrence Blackmon
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Income tax and ad valorem tax; create incentives for developers to improve tax forfeited, blighted properties in MS.
Passed the House · 2
Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; create within Department of Health.
Strengthening Troop Retention for our National Guard (STRONG) Act; create.
Out of committee · 1
City of Jackson Revitalization Act; create.
In committee · 13
Early voting; authorize.
Teacher salaries; authorize supplement for teachers in critical shortage subject areas in "D" and "F" school districts.
Assistant teachers; provide annual salary supplement to those in "C", "D" and "F" school districts.
Misdemeanors; revise age of expungement for.
"Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons suspended for being out of compliance with order for support.
Fresh Start Act; revise certain provisions of.
Mississippi Development Authority; authorize to sell certain real property for less than fair market value.
Voting rights and expungement; person may have voting rights restored and certain felony records expunged after five years.
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school.
High school curriculum; require SBE to develop for instruction in civics and home economics.
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Minimum wage; establish at $15.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.