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Senate roundup: bills passed on finance, workforce, courts, and health; votes at a glance
Summary
The Mississippi State Senate passed a bundle of bills on fiscal policy, workforce and retirement savings, corrections administration, school policy and other measures. This roundup lists key bills that reached final passage during the floor session and short notes on each outcome.
The Mississippi State Senate completed votes on a broad set of bills covering state finance, retirement saving, corrections, education policy and other matters. Below are key outcomes and brief context from floor action during the session.
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded on the floor): - Real estate commission fees (agency fee change): Senate moved to reduce a real-estate licensing application fee (sponsor explained fee cut to $100) and passed by roll call; action taken to lower license costs for brokers and agents. - ARPA unspent funds for MDOT maintenance: Bill clarifying that residual ARPA funds flow to the MDOT maintenance project fund passed by roll call. - Rainy day fund increase: Legislation to increase the rainy day (budget reserve) cap from 10% to 15% passed by roll call; sponsor estimated roughly an additional $350 million moved to reserves. - State agency pooled cash authority: Bill directing state agencies' idle cash to be pooled under the treasurer for higher returns passed by roll call. - Retirement savings program (SB 2861 committee substitute): A statewide, treasurer-run auto-IRA program for…
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