Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Became law1
Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.
Passed the Senate1
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Out of committee3
Bolivar County; authorize to create utility district to own, control, operate and maintain Choctaw Sewer Association system.
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
Group purchasing; allow counties to participate in.
In committee87
Certain restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.
Restitution centers; transition to prerelease centers.
Conditional medical release; revise authority of MDOC.
University campus events; require enhanced security measures and collaboration among law enforcement for large events.
Elections; repeal ban on convicted felons voting or running for office.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain penalties.
Intervention court; amend criteria for participation in.
Marijuana; legalize.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Habitual offender; prior felonies with completed sentences more than 10 years prior to date of offense not considered.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Violent habitual offender; require jury determination.
Marijuana; provide that simple possession of 30 grams or less is a civil infraction.
Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program; direct the Mississippi Home Corporation to establish using federal funds.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; enact.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.
Contraception; provide right to obtain and engage in.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
TANF; require DHS to spend maximum allowable amount on child care vouchers.
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.
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
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.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
In person early voting; allow.
"Mississippi Natural Hair Care School"; create.
Diversity, equity and inclusion; amend provisions concerning.
Civil actions; increase the noneconomic damages limitation other than medical malpractice.
Feeding of prisoners; remove provision authorizing county to charge other entities for reimbursement.
"Captain Justin James Whipps Correctional Safety and Wellness Act; enact.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for construction of a new animal shelter.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair, renovation, and improvement of small sewer mini-systems.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Greenville for improvements to downtown corridor.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for improvements to Lake Washington weir.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 5.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to IHL for natural hair care school in Greenville, Mississippi.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer system improvements.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Metcalfe for paving certain streets.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Benoit for a walking trail.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Greenville for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Gunnison for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Hollandale for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Gunnison for a walking trail.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Greenville for renovation and repair to the Mid-Delta Regional Airport.
General Fund; FY 2027 appropriation to Washington County for upgrades to Kermit the Frog Museum.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for certain infrastructure projects.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation for repair, renovation and refurbishment of E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Benoit for water and sewer improvement project.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Beulah for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer system improvements.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Greenville for Mississippi River Museum.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for certain roads in Supervisor District 3.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 4.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Bolivar County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 2.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Benoit for renovations to the library.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for renovations and upgrades to the parking lot at Delta Health System.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for ADA access to the Dept. of Health and Human Services building.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Benoit for infrastructure and/or road improvements.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to JSU for upgrades to its water system.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 3.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Duncan for road improvements.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Sustainable Energy Partnership Program between JSU and Entergy.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair and renovation of wastewater treatment plant.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Washington County for structural repairs and renovations to the Luther Alexander Building.
Sales tax; reduce to 1/2% for groceries, and adjust distribution to avoid impact on municipalities.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Greenville for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Delta Compass for construction of and improvements to campus properties.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Bolivar County for the Terrene Landing River Park expansion project.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create.
Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers.
Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; create.
Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to.
Bonds; authorize revenue bonds to be issued to pay for damage to electric utilities caused by the 2026 winter storm.
Vetoed · 1
Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program; create.
Passed the Senate · 13
School teachers, assistant teachers, and college faculty; raise pay of.
County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes.
Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct.
Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact.
Artificial intelligence; require disclosure when used in political advertisements.
Use tax; amend purposes for which special fund monies to municipalities may be expended.
Total funding formula; increase gifted education weight and multiplier, and include 7th- and 8th-grade students in CTE weight.
Financial literacy; require as component of postsecondary education.
Diabetes and related complications; direct MSDH to conduct study on the prevention and reduction of amputations resulting from.
UPSKILL Mississippi Grant Program; create.
Credit security freeze; create procedure for freeze of a child's consumer credit report within 10 days of the birth of the child.
Nursing homes & assisted living facilities; require rules & regulations regarding operation of during weather-related emergencies.
Appropriation; additional for MEMA for purposes authorized under the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund.
In committee · 10
Winter-Reed Loan Repayment Program; provide awards for assistant teachers.
Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; appropriation to DFA.
Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; enact.
Blight; provide procedure for marketable title for properties forfeited to the state.
Mississippi Rural Attorney Program Act; enact.
Nonviolent misdemeanors; require citations in lieu of arrest with limited exceptions.
PERS; repeal Tier 5, but provide a different COLA for new hires.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, for maintenance vehicles and equipment.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Coahoma County for improvements to railroad tracks to meet FRA standards.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to JSU for infrastructure within the CCID.