Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Rod Hickman
Sponsored
Became law5
Housing authorities; enable participation in mixed-finance projects and self-insurance pooling arrangements.
Tort Claims Board; require to create a registry of all governmental entities and CEOs.
Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; enact.
Suffrage; restore to Melvin Jackson of Monroe County.
Suffrage; restore to Lawrence Daniels.
Passed the Senate3
Joint custody; create rebuttable presumption of.
Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct.
Diabetes and related complications; direct MSDH to conduct study on the prevention and reduction of amputations resulting from.
Out of committee2
MS Housing Infrastructure Support Program; create to provide grants and low-interest loans for certain public infrastructure improvements.
Witness tampering; revise penalty for.
In committee31
Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use.
Warrantless search; odor of marijuana insufficient to provide probable cause for.
Ease Access to Suffrage (EASE) Act; enact.
Affidavit ballots; allow individuals registered after 30-day cutoff but before election day to vote by.
Mississippi Fair Housing Act; enact.
TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings.
TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers.
School attendance officers; require training for IDEA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise standards and procedures to include disability assessment.
School behavior modification plans; revise definitions, standards and procedures concerning disability.
In-person early voting; allow.
Termination of parental rights; require appointment of guardian ad litem in all cases of with limited exception.
Mississippi Rural Attorney Program Act; enact.
Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.
Nonviolent misdemeanors; require citations in lieu of arrest with limited exceptions.
Noxubee County; authorize tax on hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts for tourism and parks and recreation.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Marion for construction of a new city hall.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Noxubee County for District 4 building, purchasing and repairing the supervisor's workshop.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Winston County for courthouse renovations.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Shuqualak for street resurfacing.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Noxubee County for Courthouse Renovations.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation the City of Louisville for industrial development projects.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Louisville for renovating and revitalizing the Strand Theater.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Kemper County for the purchase of a new firetruck.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Kemper County for improvements and renovations to the Kemper Springs Community Center.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Piney Woods Water Association for repairs and maintenance to water lines and infrastructure.
Suffrage; restore to Frankie Ward, Jr.
Suffrage; restore to Joseph Jones.
Suffrage; restore to Gerald Laird.
Suffrage; restore to Ray Gillespie.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create.
Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers.
Association Self-Funded Health Benefit Plan Act; enact.
Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Vetoed · 1
Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program; create.
Passed the Senate · 5
School teachers, assistant teachers, and college faculty; raise pay of.
Mississippi Math Act; enact.
Total funding formula; increase gifted education weight and multiplier, and include 7th- and 8th-grade students in CTE weight.
Financial literacy; require as component of postsecondary education.
Appropriation; additional for MEMA for purposes authorized under the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund.
In committee · 6
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; enact.
Mississippi Land Bank Act; local government transfer vacant and abandoned property to.
Mississippi Fair Housing Act; enact.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the sale of wine in grocery stores.
Homestead exemption; grant unremarried surviving spouse of totally disabled homeowner same exemption as deceased.