Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Became law1
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and tourism tax.
Passed the Senate1
Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.
Out of committee1
Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (NHRP); direct Mississippi Home Corporation to establish using federal funds.
In committee81
Intervention court; amend criteria for participation in.
Contraception; provide right to obtain and engage in.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to IHL for natural hair care school in Greenville, Mississippi.
"Mississippi Natural Hair Care School"; create.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
Violent habitual offender; require jury determination.
Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.
Habitual offender; prior felonies with completed sentences more than 10 years prior to date of offense not considered.
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Marijuana; legalize.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain penalties.
Marijuana; provide that simple possession of 30 grams or less is a civil infraction.
Conditional medical release; revise authority of MDOC.
Certain restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.
Restitution centers; transition to prerelease centers.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; enact.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Elections; repeal ban on convicted felons voting or running for office.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers.
TANF; require DHS to spend maximum allowable amount on child care vouchers.
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 4.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation for repair, renovation and refurbishment of E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 5.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair, renovation, and improvement of small sewer mini-systems.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for improvements to downtown corridor.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 2.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Benoit for renovations to the library.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to JSU for upgrades to its water system.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Bolivar County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to JSU for design, development and construction of student housing.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Gunnison for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Hollandale for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for structural repairs and renovations to the Luther Alexander Building.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for upgrades to Kermit the Frog Museum.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Gunnison for a walking trail.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Benoit for a walking trail.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for certain roads in Supervisor District 3.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for renovations and upgrades to the parking lot at Delta Health System.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for construction of a new animal shelter.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for ADA access to the Dept. of Health and Human Services building.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer system improvements.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Metcalfe for paving certain streets.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Beulah for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for Mississippi River Museum.
General Fund; FY 2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair and renovation of wastewater treatment plant.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Sustainable Energy Partnership Program between JSU and Entergy.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 3.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Benoit for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Washington County for improvements to Lake Washington weir.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales to certain rural 501(c)(3) organizations.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Greenville for renovations and repairs to the Mid-Delta Regional Airport.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of groceries, and adjust distribution to avoid impact on municipalities.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Duncan for road improvements.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Benoit for infrastructure and/or road improvements.
Bolivar County; authorize to create utility district to own, control, operate and maintain Choctaw Sewer Association system.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Department of Corrections; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program at Bolivar County Regional Facility.
Circuit clerk fees; increase fee for each day's attendance of clerk and deputies upon court term.
Passed the Senate · 7
Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact.
County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes.
In-person early voting; allow.
Medicaid reimbursements and CON; revise provisions regarding facilities in DeSoto, Harrison and Madison Counties.
Alcohol permits; limit disqualifying felony convictions to crimes of violence or violations of controlled substance laws.
Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sales of.
Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to.
Out of committee · 1
Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; create.
In committee · 9
Mississippi Electronic Court System; require free access for public defenders.
Audit; perform a 50 year comparison of appropriations at Alcorn and Mississippi State University.
Task Force to Study Restoration of Adequate Funding to Alcorn State University; create.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Registered providers of services for homeless persons; exempt from certain fees.
Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the MDCC for expansion of the law enforcement training academy.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Coahoma County for improvements to railroad tracks to meet FRA standards.
Suffrage; restore to James Kimber.