Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Sarita Simmons
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; create.
In committee36
School districts; require to employ licensed mental health counselors and support staff.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.
Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; appropriation to DFA.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to MDE for the Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Grant Program.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Delta Housing Development Corporation for self-help housing initiatives.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the MDCC for expansion of the law enforcement training academy.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Sunflower-Humphreys Counties Progress for the construction of an emergency storm shelter.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Isola Street Improvement Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Second Street Improvement Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Old Highway 61 Road Rehabilitation Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Third Street Improvement Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Tolliver Cove Improvement Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Hill Circle Improvement Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Renova for the Daisy Street Improvement Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Boyle for the Memorial and Oakridge Sewer Extension Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Boyle for a 2025 Community Welcome Sign.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Indianola for purchase of a fire truck and fire safety equipment.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Cleveland for the purchase of a firetruck.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Bolivar County for the Old Highway 61 Rehabilitation Project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Mound Bayou for repairs, renovations, and improvements to its water system.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Mound Bayou for repair and improvements to the water well pump.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Mound Bayou for community security cameras.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Ruleville for repaving, repairing, and improving Elm Street.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Ruleville for repaving, repairing, and improving Byron Street.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Ruleville for repaving, repairing, and improving L F Packer Drive.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Shelby for its municipal building improvement project.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to City of Moorhead for the renovation of city hall and a stand-alone police station.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Indianola for the purchase of public works vehicles.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Indianola for parks and recreation safety.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Indianola for the construction of a public safety municipal complex.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Indianola for law enforcement safety equipment.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Mound Bayou for the inspection of its water tank.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Drew for sewer system rehabilitation.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Drew for road repair.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Town of Webb for infrastructure improvements to town buildings.
Suffrage; restore to James Kimber.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Personnel Board.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Military Department.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Secretary of State.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Department of Corrections; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program at Bolivar County Regional Facility.
Real property; clarify eviction procedures, provide procedure for removal from RV parks.
State vegetable; designate the sweet potato as.
Entertainment Industry and Workforce Development Task Force; create.
Circuit clerk fees; increase fee for each day's attendance of clerk and deputies upon court term.
MS Dementia Care Program; extend period of operation of.
Funds collected for certified copies; allow use for public health programs and completion of other recordkeeping and statistics.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; increase grant amount that may be awarded by MDA.
Court reporters; increase authorized salary for.
Vetoed · 3
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Medicaid; make various amendments to the provisions of the program.
Passed the Senate · 21
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12.
Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact.
Kratom; add to Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.
Mississippi Resident Promise Grant Program; create to provide financial assistance to community college students.
MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
In-person early voting; allow.
Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.
County boards of supervisors; require to regulate county and municipal cemeteries.
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.
Mississippi Native Spirit Law; revise to include craft spirits.
Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to.
Welcome centers; authorize MDA to contract with and award grants to counties for staffing.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
In committee · 22
Responsible Firearm Purchasing Act; enact.
Audit; perform a 50 year comparison of appropriations at Alcorn and Mississippi State University.
Public purchasing; exempt DFA from requirements for United States Semiquincentennial Commission expenses.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Task Force to Study Restoration of Adequate Funding to Alcorn State University; create.
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have emergency power with fuel provisions for 5 days.
Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Walter Washington Administration and Classroom Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the K.L. Simmons Technology Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Hydroponics Research and Teaching Greenhouse at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for constructing a Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Math Center at Alcorn State University.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Alcorn State University to upgrade roadways and sidewalks.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Alcorn State University for STEM-related programs.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Alcorn State University to support animal science research and extension programs.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Alcorn State University to strengthen support of poultry science programs.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Alcorn Agriculture Research and Extension for certain capital projects.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of groceries, and adjust distribution to avoid impact on municipalities.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Charleston for the purchase of city utility vehicles.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Town of Webb, Mississippi, for certain building improvements.
Bolivar County; authorize to create utility district to own, control, operate and maintain Choctaw Sewer Association system.