Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Johnson
Sponsored
Became law5
Authorization for incarceration of state offenders in county or regional correctional facilities; add Forrest and Wayne Counties.
16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.
Mississippi Statewide Data Exchange Act; establish.
Hotels; revise definition for purposes of local and private sales taxes, and conform for health regulations.
City of Hattiesburg; extend repeal date on hotel, motel and restaurant tax.
Passed the Senate6
Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force Act; enact.
Images or audio altered or created by digitization; criminalize dissemination of in certain circumstances.
State Task Force for Agency Reorganization; establish.
Subscription services; enact notice and acknowledgment protections for consumers regarding automatic renewals.
MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.
Qualified equity investment tax credits; renew and extend MDA's authority to allocate.
Out of committee1
Licensure of land surveyors; merge into licensure of engineers.
In committee11
Uniform Controlled Substances Law; revise Schedule I to include certain hemp products.
Habitual misdemeanor offender; provide sentencing enhancement for.
Occupational licensure boards; require all offices to be located in a state-owned building.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; amend membership to.
Game wardens; delete 64-hour-college credit and associate degree requirements.
Independent auto dealers; require continuing education for annual license renewal.
Local governments; impose approval condition precedent on agreements for certain county services or facilities.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain business personal property from.
Tax credits; authorize for business taxpayer contributions to certain charitable organizations.
Business taxes; eliminate inventory tax and personal property tax on business, and set annual local privilege tax at $10 total.