Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Nicole Boyd
Sponsored
Became law7
IHL; remove date of repeal.
Blue Envelope Program; establish to enhance effective communication between law enforcement and drivers with autism.
"MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Agent Act"; bring forward.
Cosmetology and barbering; technical amendments.
Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive.
The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; create.
Youth court; revise timeline for permanency hearings.
Passed the Senate11
Government Efficiency; create task force to provide recommendations on.
Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.
REFOCUS Act; enact.
Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation; update membership.
Board Certified Behavior Analyst Loan Repayment Program; create.
Mississippi Resident Promise Grant Program; create to provide financial assistance to community college students.
Certain mental health trainings and support services; require community colleges and public universities to provide.
Standard educator licenses; revise requirements for.
Protecting Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs Act; enact.
DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess community mental health centers.
Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to.
Out of committee4
Mississippi Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarship Program Act; extend date of repeal.
Reconnect Grant Program; create.
Mississippi Genetic Counselor Practice Act; enact.
Community health workers; establish licensure program by Department of Health and certain provisions of law related to.
In committee21
Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products, baby formula and baby diapers.
Preschool and prekindergarten tax credit; expand for contributions to programs serving three-year-old children.
The Students Safe at School Act; enact to provide for certain notice requirements for school shooting drills.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.
Domestic violence; amend certain provisions related to.
Social media; set certain requirements against content depicting tobacco or nicotine for minors.
Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance and Promise Grant Program; create to provide financial assistance to students.
Open Meetings Law for public bodies; require official meetings to be broadcast via video livestream applications, with exceptions.
Ballot initiative measure process; revise the statutory provisions of.
Mississippi Parental Assistance Ombudsman Act; enact to create ombudsman office in State Department of Education.
Rural emergency hospital; allow Department of Health to license psychiatric inpatient beds to separate associated entity.
Certificate of need; delete requirement to obtain for psychiatric hospitals, renal disease facilities and additional facilities.
Birth certificate fees; allow to be spent on maternal, infant and children's healthcare programs.
Department of Child Protection Services; authorize sole placement authority for children in legal custody of CPS.
Adoption licensure board; bring forward code sections related to creation thereof.
Department of Child Protection Services; amend youth court intake provisions related to duties of.
Law enforcement; authorize provision of security to private schools.
Income tax; allow credit to employer providing individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) to employees.
Sales tax; exempt sales of baby formula and baby diapers.
General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to DMH for additional ID/DD Home- and Community-Based Waiver slots and additional staff.
City of Oxford; clarify earnings component definition and authorized contributions under municipal reserve and trust fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Public-private partnerships; allow IHL board to lease on behalf of the University of Mississippi.
Passed the Senate · 15
Gaming winnings to be applied to past-due child support payments; DHS and Gaming Commission issue regulations for withholding.
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.
Uniform Controlled Substances Law; include certain hemp products on Schedule I.
Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact.
Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans.
Cyber breach; limit liability for certain entities.
Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.
Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Act of 2025; enact, and establish Executive Committee of ICCCY.
Public schools; allow retired administrators to return to work as teachers.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; define requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations.
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.
Ad valorem tax; specify provisions for determining the true value of rural structures.
Tax; cut income and grocery taxes, increase fuel excise tax, and adjust distribution of certain fuel and sales taxes.
Out of committee · 2
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 committee · 5
Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the FLSA.
Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019; make various updates to.
School resource officers; enhance provisions for.
Supplemental pay and loan repayment programs; add salary supplement for school psychologists.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.