Mississippi legislation · 2025 Extraordinary Session
Mississippi SB2027: Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Status: Signed into law, June 2, 2025
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A DISASTER RELIEF RESERVE FUND AND DEFRAYING THE COSTS RELATED TO CERTAIN DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
What the bill says
An act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the mississippi emergency management agency, and for the purpose of establishing a disaster relief reserve fund and defraying the costs related to certain disaster assistance programs for fiscal year 2026.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A DISASTER RELIEF RESERVE FUND AND DEFRAYING THE COSTS RELATED TO CERTAIN DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in accordance with the provisions of Section 33-15-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026......... $ 5,897,422.00. SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the agency, for the *SS15/A721* S. B. No. 2027 ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 251E/SS15/A721 PAGE 1 (cs\ki) support and maintenance of the agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.................. ............................................... $ 28,640,258.00. SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of …
Sponsors
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Polk, John A. (R, 44)
- Blackwell, Charles (R, 88)
- Norwood, Sollie B. (D, 28)
- Parks, Rita Potts (R, 4)
- Sarita Simmons (D, 13)
Latest actions
- : Enrolled Bill Signed
- : Returned For Enrolling
- : Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- : Motion to Reconsider Entered
- : Referred To Appropriations A
- : Transmitted To House
- : Immediate Release
- : Passed
- : Title Suff Do Pass
- : Referred To Appropriations
Votes
- Passed (May 28, 2025): 36 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Passed (May 28, 2025): 89 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB2027?
- SB2027 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Extraordinary Session): Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
- What does SB2027 do?
- In its own words: An act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the mississippi emergency management agency, and for the purpose of establishing a disaster relief reserve fund and defraying the costs related to certain disaster assistance programs for fiscal year 2026.
- What is the status of SB2027?
- Signed into law as of June 2, 2025. Latest action: Enrolled Bill Signed (June 2, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB2027?
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2027?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/history/SB/SB2027.xml
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