Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1699: Appropriation; DPS for salary increase for active officers of MHP, MBN, MBI and Capitol Police for FY 2026.
Status: Failed, February 26, 2025
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR SALARY INCREASES AND REQUIRED STATE-FUNDED FRINGE BENEFITS FOR ACTIVE SWORN OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS, MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND CAPITOL POLICE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
What the bill says
An act making an appropriation to the mississippi department of public safety for the purpose of providing funding for salary increases and required state-funded fringe benefits for active sworn officers of the mississippi highway safety patrol, mississippi bureau of narcotics, mississippi bureau of investigation and capitol police, for the fiscal year 2026.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR SALARY INCREASES AND REQUIRED STATE-FUNDED FRINGE BENEFITS FOR ACTIVE SWORN OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS, MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND CAPITOL POLICE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing funding for salary increases and required state-funded fringe benefits for active sworn officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and Capitol Police, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026........... $ 6,000,000.00. SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be financial support specifically appropriated for any salary increase authorized by Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972. SECTION 3. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his or her warrants …
Sponsors
- Carpenter, Lester (R, 1) · primary sponsor
- Arnold, William Tracy (R, 3)
- Blackwell, Charles (R, 88)
- Estrada, Jim (R, 33)
- Mattox, Brad (R, 2)
- Shanks, Fred (R, 60)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Appropriations A
Subjects: Appropriation
Common questions
- What is HB1699?
- HB1699 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Appropriation; DPS for salary increase for active officers of MHP, MBN, MBI and Capitol Police for FY 2026.
- What does HB1699 do?
- In its own words: An act making an appropriation to the mississippi department of public safety for the purpose of providing funding for salary increases and required state-funded fringe benefits for active sworn officers of the mississippi highway safety patrol, mississippi bureau of narcotics, mississippi bureau of investigation and capitol police, for the fiscal year 2026.
- What is the status of HB1699?
- Failed as of February 26, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1699?
- Carpenter, Lester (R, 1), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1699?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1699.xml
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