Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Jason Barrett
Sponsored
Became law4
City of Brookhaven; extend repeal date on the tax upon room rentals of hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
Circuit clerk fees; increase fee for each day's attendance of clerk and deputies upon court term.
ATVs & UTVs; require titling, and exempt from ad valorem tax when held by retailers on consignment or floor plan basis.
Lincoln County; authorize assessments on convictions for improvements to courthouses and pretrial detention facilities.
Passed the Senate1
U.S. Route 84; require appropriate signage in Lincoln County to indicate the location of the Berean Children's Home.
In committee18
Misdemeanor warrant management system; direct the establishment of.
Mississippi Electronic Court System; require free access for public defenders.
Sex offenders; prohibit employment as first responders without DPS approval.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Brookhaven for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Monticello for certain infrastructure projects.
School bus drivers; provide annual salary supplement.
Kratom; add to Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
Mississippi Truth in Sentencing Act; enact.
Telecommunication or electronic harassment; provide aggravated charge for crime when against first responders or dispatchers.
Income tax; exclude full-time law enforcement officer compensation up to $20,000.00 from definition of "gross income."
Retired law enforcement officers; provide full base pay for former position as retirement allowance.
Cemetery merchandise and funeral services sales; reduce and make optional daily fine by SoS for late preneed contract sales reports.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Mississippi School of the Arts for support staff.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lawrence County for the James Givens Building.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lincoln County for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lincoln County for the purchase of emergency response equipment.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Monticello, Mississippi, for improvements to a certain annex building.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Monticello, Mississippi, for construction of a retaining wall.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.
Passed the Senate · 3
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of Mississippi College School of Law.
Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; define requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations.
In committee · 1
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lawrence County for the James Givens Building.