Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Tate
Sponsored
Became law2
Local governments; authorize to enter into intergovernmental support agreements with military branches.
Lauderdale County; extend hotel/motel tax repealer and revise tourism director pay.
Passed the Senate2
Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans.
"Strengthening Troop Retention for Our National Guard (STRONG) Act"; enact.
Out of committee4
Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.
License tags for disabled veterans; each tag shall bear the International Symbol of Access logo in lower left corner of the plate.
"Strengthening Troop Retention for Our National Guard (STRONG) Act"; enact.
Elections; bring forward special elections and legislative code sections.
In committee19
Election commissioners; require board of supervisors to provide insurance coverage for.
"Disabled Veteran and Dependents Patriot Scholarship Program"; establish under IHL Board.
School district enrollment choice; extend to National Guard members, regardless of children's residence.
Independent schools; authorize to contract with certain law enforcement entities to provide officers on school property.
Shoplifting; provide enhancement where merchant is in the business of selling food or drugstore items.
Earned-release supervision; require Parole Board to approve release of offenders.
Earned-Time Allowance Program administered by Mississippi Department of Corrections; discontinue.
Resident lifetime sportsman hunting and fishing license; no charge to full-time members of the MS National Guard.
Agency rules; require rules with a significant economic impact to expire after five years.
Right to Know How Safe We Are Act of 2025; enact.
Public school districts; require implementation of a success sequence and character education curriculum in.
Registered lobbyists; require disclosure of representation of foreign adversary client.
Elections; clarify procedural qualifications for candidates.
Campaign materials; provide clarity regarding distance which must maintain from an election building.
Electronic pollbooks; allow to include list of inactive voters when affidavit ballots are available.
Dietitian Licensure Compact; enact.
TANF; require set aside for nonprofits providing marriage counseling and support for military or first responder families.
Kratom; authorize regulation of and prohibit certain products.
Notaries; authorize commissions for persons residing within 15 miles of the border of Mississippi.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive.
Circuit clerk fees; increase fee for each day's attendance of clerk and deputies upon court term.
Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Passed the Senate · 18
Driver's license; require indication of sex to be consistent with sex of the individual determined at birth.
Probation and parole; provide that technical violation of shall not include commission of new criminal offense.
REFOCUS Act; enact.
Ad valorem tax; specify provisions for determining the true value of rural structures.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
In committee · 4
Parole; make individuals under house arrest not eligible for.
Income tax; exclude from gross income compensation and income of honorably discharged veterans.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales to honorably discharged veterans with service-connected, total disabilities.
Sales tax; exempt sales of labor performed by mechanics on motor vehicles.