Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Gene Newman
Sponsored
Became law1
"Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act"; enact.
In committee19
Appropriation; City of Pearl for construction of a traffic signal at intersection of MS Highway 468 and Murray Drive.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with installation of traffic signal at intersection of MS Highway 468 and Murray Drive.
MDAH; exempt certain repairs to state property.
"Justice for Trafficked Minors Act"; create to require life imprisonment of traffickers.
Public Safety for Public Property Act; create to regulate camping.
IHL; require board to conduct a review of tenured professors every five years.
"Released-Time Moral Instruction Act of 2025"; enact to permit students to receive religious instruction during the school day.
UCC; revise certain provisions relating to investment securities.
Texting while driving; change from civil to traffic violation and increase penalty.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with improvements to city hall.
Alternative-fuel fueling station; impose tax on motor vehicles charged at.
PERS; certain law enforcement officers and firefighters shall receive one year of creditable service for every five years of service in Mississippi.
Driver's license; suspend for failure of accused to appear in court.
Electronic health records; certain test results not disclosed to patient as part of until 72 hours after results are finalized.
Early voting; authorize.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputies to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
County sheriffs; authorize use of radar speed detection equipment under certain conditions.
Pharmacy services; prohibit insurers and PBMs from requiring persons to obtain exclusively through pharmacies that they own.
Armed Services Absentee Voting Law; bring forward code sections related to.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
"Build Up Mississippi Act"; create.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require law enforcement agencies to report terminated officers to.
Modular home; revise definition as used under the Uniform Standards Code for Factory-Built Homes Law.
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.
District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circuit courts.
Passed the House · 5
School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop salary schedule for that all school districts shall use when employing.
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.
Twentieth Circuit Court District; increase assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators.
Strengthening Troop Retention for our National Guard (STRONG) Act; create.
Out of committee · 3
Giglio letter; require prosecutors to give law enforcement officers an opportunity to be heard before sending.
First responders; authorize follow-up drug testing before certification.
Pharmacy benefit managers; revise provisions related to.
In committee · 5
Mississippi Doxxing Prevention Act; create to prevent release of personal information with intent to harass.
Medicaid estate recovery; prohibit application of to obtain funds from ABLE accounts.
Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program.
Universities and community/junior colleges; waive tuition for children, spouses, widows and widowers of certain veterans.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assit with establishment of Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency Infectious Disease Testing Lab.