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Votes at a glance: Key measures the Senate passed on Feb. 10
Summary
The Senate moved a range of bills to final passage with limited floor debate on many items. This roundup lists each measure, a short description and the Senate outcome.
The Mississippi Senate used a mixture of committee substitutes, voice votes and morning roll calls to advance numerous bills on Feb. 10. Below are the key measures that advanced with final Senate action and short explanations based on floor statements. Vote details: many measures were passed by "use of the morning roll call"; the roll‑call records are on the Senate journal.
- SB2850 (certified electronic smoking devices): Creates a state directory of federally compliant ENDS products, authorizes the Commissioner of Revenue to remove noncompliant products; adopted amendment requiring manufacturers to submit documentation within 30 days after federal standard changes. Passed by morning roll call.
- SB2854 (tourism rebate, committee substitute explained by Senator Johnson): Raised qualifying investment thresholds for hotel/resort tourism rebate program and added a reverse repealer; committee substitute adopted and bill passed by morning roll call.
- SB2856 (Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Program): Broadens Mississippi Development Authority discretion to designate capital improvements eligible for revolving loans so the agency need not return to the Legislature to add specific projects; committee explanation given and bill passed by morning roll call.
- SB2857 (small municipality and limited population county grant program): Raised per‑grant cap from $250,000 to $1,000,000 subject to appropriation; sponsors said it aligns grant caps with increased local costs. Passed by morning roll call.
- SB2301 (prequalification for construction procurement): Allows agencies or governing authorities to prequalify bidders for public construction procurements over $10 million; sponsors said the process can prevent later bonding problems. Passed by morning roll call.
- SB2413 (Strengthen Mississippi Homes program / mitigation fund): Committee substitute modifies an insurance funding mechanism and expands mitigation grant eligibility, including a $15,000 per‑property retrofit grant and an increase in insurer fees to seed a mitigation fund; committee substitute adopted and bill passed by morning roll call.
- SB2021 (county special meeting notice): Shortened a county board special‑meeting notice requirement from five days to three and added a requirement to post notices on official county websites and social media; committee substitute adopted and bill passed by roll call.
- Numerous technical and administrative bills: The Senate also passed bills relating to driver services recordkeeping and rulemaking, judicial administration, youth court procedure and judicial performance commission access to youth court records, updates to the dementia care program repeal language, adjustments to unemployment tax timing and small appropriations or technical corrections. Most were adopted by committee substitute and final passage through morning roll calls.
Ending: Most items now head to the House for consideration; sponsors asked colleagues to consult House chairs on bills that expand funding or implementation responsibilities. For full roll‑call tallies consult the official Senate journal.
