Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Lester Carpenter
Sponsored
Became law1
Nursing; authorize military medics to take exam to be licensed as an LPN.
Passed the House3
MS Triage, Treat and Transport to Alternative Destination Act; revise provisions related to.
Counties and municipalities; authorize to enter into intergovernmental support agreements with military branches.
Strengthening Troop Retention for our National Guard (STRONG) Act; create.
Out of committee2
Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program; revise provisions related to.
Gold Star Father's Day; designate November 9th as.
In committee24
Mississippi Bullion Depository; establish.
Mississippi Bullion Depository; establish and authorize fractional reserve currency.
Mississippi Bullion Depository; establish.
Appropriation; City of Farmington to upgrade and renovate Farmington City Park.
Appropriation; Town of Glen to renovate its properties and facilities.
Legislative compensation schedule; revise.
Appropriation; Alcorn County to purchase turnout gear for the Alcorn County Fire Department.
Appropriation; Tishomingo County for repairs and improvements to the Tishomingo Fire Department.
Trauma care system; increase certain assessments and fees to fund.
Counties; authorize to only maintain electronic format of law books in county courtrooms and public county law libraries.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; revise to remove eight rounds requirement.
Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program.
TANF funds; DHS shall use certain amount of each year to fund grants for providing marriage counseling to military and first responder families.
Appropriation; City of Iuka for paving and making improvements to city roads.
Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains.
MHP, MBN and CTED officers within the Department of Public Safety; provide a salary increase of $6,000 to.
Appropriation; State Veterans Affairs Board for interment of certain persons in the veterans cemeteries.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of National Guard Association of Mississippi.
Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to retired members of Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety.
Appropriation; DPS for salary increase for active officers of MHP, MBN, MBI and Capitol Police for FY 2026.
Appropriation; Tishomingo County Fair Board for constructing a roof over the livestock arena on the county fairgrounds.
Appropriations; Northeast Mississippi Community College for establishing and operating a Public Safety Training Center.
Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding Paramedic Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require law enforcement agencies to report terminated officers to.
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by processors, retail and food establishment prior to final sale.
Cultivate food products; prohibit manufacture and sale of items produced from cultured animal cells.
MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members.
Mississippi Native Spirit Law; rename and revise various provisions.
Agritourism activity; revise definition of and clarify posting of signage for liability purposes.
Ad valorem tax; specify provisions for determining the true value of rural structures.
Passed the House · 6
State vegetable; designate sweet potato as.
Mississippi Wild Turkey Stamp; establish.
Harvest reporting program; establish for white-tailed deer.
Mississippi Burn Care Fund; revise use of monies in, increase license tag fees to be deposited into.
Mississippi Fair Commission; reestablish and transfer associated duties from Department of Agriculture.
Plant biostimulants; revise terminology under MS Plant and Soil Amendment Law in order to comply with rules adopted by AAPFCO.
Out of committee · 2
Veterans; allow to park motor vehicle without charge at airports.
Pharmacy benefit managers; revise provisions related to.
In committee · 9
Mississippi Doxxing Prevention Act; create to prevent release of personal information with intent to harass.
Health Care Facility Right to Visit Act; create.
Mississippi Indigent Care Support Fund; create and authorize additional distinctive license tag fee to be deposited into.
Medicaid estate recovery; prohibit application of to obtain funds from ABLE accounts.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for and remove certain limiting language.
Pesticides approved for registration and labeling by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under FIFRA; exempt manufacture and sale from liability actions.
Universities and community/junior colleges; waive tuition for children, spouses, widows and widowers of certain veterans.
Boyd Mason Act; create sales tax exemption for veterans having 100% permanent service-connected disability.
Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.