Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Kevin Felsher
Sponsored
Became law7
Mental health; establish Division of Autism Services within Department of Mental Health.
Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify "active duty" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers.
Candidate qualifications; revise process for.
Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions.
MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create.
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; correct reference to statutory provision for the U.S. Code.
Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund; increase deposits.
Vetoed2
CON; revise conditions for long-term care hospital in Harrison County to allow participation in Medicaid.
Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create.
Passed the House3
Interstate Dental & Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; create.
State JROTC Coordinator; exempt from qualification requirements of the State Personnel Board.
MS First Responder PTSD and Suicide Prevention Task Force; create.
Out of committee1
False claims of child abuse; provide crime and penalty.
In committee1
Wireless devices; restrict use of by students during instructional time and prohibit social media access.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require law enforcement agencies to report terminated officers to.
Crawfish and seafood; provide country of origin labeling requirements for.
The Safe Solicitation Act; create to regulate issuance of solicitation permits.
"Real Property Owners Protection Act"; create.
Camping; prohibit on public property.
MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members.
Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations.
Passed the House · 9
"Statewide Digital Services and Procurement Modernization Act"; establish for MDITS.
No Patient Left Alone Act; create.
Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies.
Mental Health; revise appointment of Board of Mental Health and Executive Director.
Social Work Licensure Compact; create.
Opioid Settlement Fund Committee; create to disburse opioid litigation settlement monies.
Mississippi Burn Care Fund; revise use of monies in, increase license tag fees to be deposited into.
MBI and local law enforcement; require certain notification upon the escape of inmate or detainee.
Strengthening Troop Retention for our National Guard (STRONG) Act; create.
Out of committee · 4
Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.
TANF; increase maximum amount of the monthly benefit for recipients of.
Voting rights and felony expungement; person may have voting rights restored and certain felony records expunged after five years.
Peer Helpers PLUS Act; create to provide counseling, education and mental health intervention in public schools.
In committee · 14
Homeless encampments; prohibit on public property and define as a public nuisance on private property.
The Ashley Henley Investigation Authority Act; create.
"Mental Awareness Program for School Act"; enact to require schools to provide mental health service providers and certain trauma-in-formal training.
Mental health facilities; provide for licensure of certain, and provide for Medicaid coverage for services provided by the facilities.
Mental Health First Aid Training; require for certain public school personnel and school resource officers.
No Patient Left Alone Act; create.
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of certain and revise certain provisions regarding package retailer's permits.
Bullying Prevention Awareness Month; designate the month of October as.
Mississippi Indigent Care Support Fund; create and authorize additional distinctive license tag fee to be deposited into.
Mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (MS ROSS) Act; create to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies.
"Mississippi Comprehensive Anti-Bullying and Cyberbullying Act of 2025"; enact to implement phased-in anti-bullying programs and intervention strategies.
Harassment of first responder; make a crime.
Child abuse; provide when child tests positive for certain controlled substances at birth.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assit with establishment of Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency Infectious Disease Testing Lab.