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Votes at a glance: Appropriations Committee reports multiple bills to the floor
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee reported a set of committee substitutes and bills to the floor on a series of "title sufficient, do pass" motions; this roundup lists each bill, its subject, sponsor and committee outcome as recorded in the hearing.
The Senate Appropriations Committee concluded by reporting multiple bills to the floor. The committee record shows each matter below was advanced by a motion of the form "title sufficient, do pass" or "title sufficient, do pass committee substitute," and the chair called the question with the committee announcing that "the ayes have it." Where the hearing recorded a motion-maker, that name is listed.
Votes at a glance (committee action recorded in hearing):
- Senate Bill 25-14 (nursing-instructor pilot): Sponsor Senator Parks; committee substitute reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass committee substitute). Outcome: reported; funding described as grant-funded and not from the state budget.
- Senate Bill 25-24 (Board Certified Behavior Analyst program): Sponsor Senator Boyd; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; fund to include legislative appropriations, grants and donations; three-year repealer noted.
- Senate Bill 25-27 (Mississippi Resident Promise — last-dollar community college aid): Sponsor Senator Boyd; reported (motion by Senator Polk: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; fiscal note estimated $9M–$12.5M annually.
- Senate Bill 28-83 (welcome center staffing via MDA agreements): Sponsor Senator Chastenal; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; creates a Mississippi Welcome Center Staff Grant Fund; removes participating positions from PERS if funded through agreements; number of affected positions "not specified" in committee record.
- Senate Bill 24-89 (judicial per diem/expense allowance): Sponsor Senator Wiggins; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; extends per diem authority for judges (up to additional days as described in bill text).
- Senate Bill 24-79 (criminal investigators' salary increase for district attorneys' offices): Sponsor Senator Wiggins; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; bill raises investigator salary level to $75,000 (sponsor noted prior increase to $66,000 in 2022).
- Senate Bill 24-77 (district attorneys' salaries tied to judges): Sponsor Senator Wiggins; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; sponsor intends to add a reverse-repealer on the floor to address prior concerns about unilateral judge raises.
- Senate Bill 24-53 (youth court code updates — committee substitute): Sponsor Senator Wiggins; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass committee substitute). Outcome: reported; bill updates code sections for a uniform youth court system and includes a reverse repealer.
- Senate Bill 27-30 (Mississippi Burn Care Fund cleanup; distribution among certified burn centers): Sponsor Senator DeBarr; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass committee substitute). Outcome: reported; clarifies equitable distribution among four certified burn centers.
- Senate Bill 21-47 (financial-literacy curriculum requirement and trust fund): Sponsor Senator DeBarr; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass committee substitute). Outcome: reported; requires financial literacy in grades 6–8 beginning in the 2026–27 school year; establishes a financial literacy trust fund and allows Department of Banking contributions.
- Senate Bill 24-13 (Strength of Mississippi Homes mitigation program — committee substitute): Sponsor Senator Michelle; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass committee substitute). Outcome: reported; program funded by increased agent-license fees, grants to retrofit homes (up to $15,000), initial $5M already in fund; committee discussion addressed administration, eligibility and coastal preference.
- Senate Bill 25-26 (Yellow Ribbon conformity for IHL and community colleges): Sponsor Senator Delano; reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass). Outcome: reported; bill modifies code to make institutions eligible to recapture up to 50% of out-of-state tuition under the federal Yellow Ribbon program; sponsor said a floor amendment will clarify recipients (individual IHL institutions and community colleges).
- Senate Bill 27-43 (Department of Health vital-records fees expanded use): Sponsor (committee); reported (motion: title sufficient, do pass committee substitute). Outcome: reported; allows Department of Health to use certain vital-records fees for maternal, infant and child health programs and vital-statistics work.
Notes on committee procedure: motions were consistently recorded as "title sufficient, do pass" or similar language and the chair announced the ayes carried; the committee record in this hearing does not provide roll-call vote tallies with member names for these motions. Where the committee substitute was reported, that is noted above.
