Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Bart Williams
Sponsored
Became law3
Construction bids; amend prequalified construction provisions.
Construction contracts; amend certain provisions.
Artificial Intelligence Task Force; create and prescribe responsibilities of.
Passed the Senate4
Campus safety; require institutions of higher learning to review safety procedures concerning student living accommodations.
DFA; authorize to acquire certain parcels on East Hamilton Street in Jackson, Mississippi.
Technology Innovation Fund; establish.
Cyber breach; limit liability for certain entities.
Out of committee2
Mississippi Antiquities Law; amend to provide for certain demolition permits.
Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act; enact.
In committee13
Radar; authorize limited use of by sheriffs in certain counties.
School attendance officers, State Superintendent of Education, Executive Director of Community College Board; set salaries.
Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission; move to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Agricultural & Livestock Theft Bureau; authorize to relocate to vacated Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics facilities.
Safe Parks and Public Spaces Act; enact.
Community colleges; authorize to use certain funds for certain new construction contracts.
Bidding procedures; create exceptions for certain construction and service contracts at National and State Landmarks.
Mississippi Consumer Data Protection Act; enact.
Child sexual exploitation; provide civil liability for depiction, description or promotion of.
Mississippi Regional Early/Middle College High School Act of 2025; enact.
Sheriff elections; make nonpartisan.
Mississippi "I voted" sticker contest; create.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of groceries on Saturday or Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
2025 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Blue Envelope Program; establish to enhance effective communication between law enforcement and drivers with autism.
Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.
Passed the Senate · 15
REFOCUS Act; enact.
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.
Ad valorem tax; specify provisions for determining the true value of rural structures.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Out of committee · 1
School bonds; change threshold for issuance from 3/5 vote of qualified electors to majority vote.
In committee · 4
Social media; set certain requirements against content depicting tobacco or nicotine for minors.
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.