Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Rod Hickman
Sponsored
Became law2
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grant program; Dept. of Mental Health and Division of Medicaid apply for.
City of Louisville; extend the hotel and motel tax repeal date to July 1, 2029.
Passed the Senate2
Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct.
Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.
In committee29
Child sexual abuse; revise statute of limitations for claims.
Warrantless search; odor of marijuana insufficient to provide probable cause for.
Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use.
Statewide Intervention Court Task Force; establish.
State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test, and revise provisions.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact.
Mississippi Regional Early/Middle College High School Act of 2025; enact.
Elections; allow individuals to vote by affidavit if they register after thirty-day cutoff but before election day.
Ease Access to Suffrage (EASE) Act; enact.
TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers.
TANF funds; prohibit use of for college scholarships for persons not receiving TANF benefits.
TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings.
TANF funds; prohibit providing to any person whose income is more than 200% of poverty level.
Kratom Control Act; enact.
Mississippi Kratom Consumer Protection Act; enact.
Mississippi Tort Claims Act; create publicly accessible registry for certain entities subject to.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Medicaid; direct Division of Medicaid to evaluate impacts of work requirments on eligibility expansion.
Suffrage; restore to Hope Jones-Clark.
Suffrage; restore to Ashley Montana Wimberly.
Suffrage; restore to Melvin Jackson.
Suffrage; restore to Randall Lee McCulloch.
Suffrage; restore to Hillary Ivy.
Suffrage; restore to Frederick Kenyon Clark.
Suffrage; restore to Brittany Holifield.
Suffrage; restore to Lawrence Daniels.
Suffrage; restore to Tracey Haymon.
Suffrage; restore to Heather Dawn Wicks.
Suffrage; restore to Shanikqua Rena Douglas.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Passed the Senate · 16
Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact.
Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans.
Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.
Elections; penalty for individuals who assist electors with ballot, but willfully fail to turn in ballot.
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.
Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sales of.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
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.
In committee · 7
Audit; perform a 50 year comparison of appropriations at Alcorn and Mississippi State University.
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.
Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have emergency power with fuel provisions for 5 days.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of groceries, and adjust distribution to avoid impact on municipalities.