Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Daniel H. Sparks
Sponsored
Became law6
MDES background check requirements; amend to ensure compliance with certain Internal Revenue Service regulations.
Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contributions; provide for suspensions under certain circumstances.
One Door Policy; create study committee to evaluate reauthorization of WIOA policy.
Parole; revise technical violation.
Economic development projects; expand local government authority to enter certain agreements in support of.
City of Booneville; extend date of repeal on city's hotel, motel and restaurant tax.
Passed the Senate11
Fresh Start Act; revise.
Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990; bring forward.
State employee telework policies; amend.
Uniform Controlled Substances Law; include certain hemp products on Schedule I.
Expungements; authorize for certain trafficked persons.
Methamphetamine; revise penalty for simple possession of certain amounts.
PERS; create a fifth tier, and terminate SLRP, for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026.
ORP; revise for existing participants, and terminate for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026.
PERS; require any terminated plan to pay net pension liability to board in a lump sum before termination.
MS Deferred Comp; allow Roth and other after-tax accounts, and comply with qualified domestic relations orders.
Tishomingo County Water District; amend provisions concerning compensation and reimbursement.
Out of committee2
Giglio letter; require prosecutors to give law enforcement officers an opportunity to be heard before sending.
Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification.
In committee7
Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act; amend certain provisions related to the filing of motions under.
Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the FLSA.
Administrative forfeiture; reenact section repealed on July 1, 2018, amend notice and contest procedures.
Intervention courts; bring forward code sections related to.
Bidding terms for public deposits; amend when depository is designated during the last year of a board of supervisor's term of office.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; bring forward and prohibit spread pricing.
Ending Agency Overreach Act; enact.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Appellate court expense allowance; authorize receipt for judicial duties performed in any area of the state.
Adoption petitions; clarify that attached certificate may be executed by any physician.
Passed the Senate · 8
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12.
Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer.
Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans.
REFOCUS Act; enact.
Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; increase the limit of diversion to.
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; provide for DFA to receive payments on approved loans from.
Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sales of.
Tax; cut income and grocery taxes, increase fuel excise tax, and adjust distribution of certain fuel and sales taxes.