HB 1131 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

2024 Local Improvements Project Fund; clarify and correct names and purposes of certain.

HB 1131 clarifies and corrects the names and descriptions of specific capital improvement projects funded by Mississippi's 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund. The bill directly affects state universities and institutions like Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which received allocated funds for projects such as facility repairs and new construction. It updates the project details in the fund's allocation table without changing funding amounts, ensuring descriptions accurately reflect intended work. The bill also requires institutions to account for unused funds after four years and limits administrative cost reimbursements to 2% of project funds.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Signed Apr 23, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill was amended to clarify and correct project names and purposes for various capital improvement projects funded by the 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund, while also adding new projects to the 2022 IHL Capital Improvements Fund and State Agencies Capital Improvements Fund. The changes include updating specific project descriptions, correcting county and facility names, and adjusting funding allocations for various public infrastructure projects across Mississippi.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include two additional capital improvement funds (2022 IHL Capital Improvements Fund and 2022 State Agencies Capital Improvements Fund) that were not previously covered, while maintaining the original scope for the 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund.

FISCAL

Added new Section 5 to establish funding allocations totaling $110 million for the 2022 IHL Capital Improvements Fund, specifically for university facility repairs, renovations, and new construction projects.

Added new Section 7 to establish funding allocations totaling $26.1 million for the 2022 State Agencies Capital Improvements Fund, covering various state agency infrastructure projects.

Deleted several project allocations from the 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund, including projects for the City of Richland, Town of Pittsboro, City of Ripley, and various Tippah County initiatives.

SCOPE

Changed the bill title from clarifying only the 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund to also covering the 2022 IHL and State Agencies Capital Improvements Funds.

TECHNICAL

Corrected various project descriptions, county names (e.g., Mantatchie to Mantachie), and formatting throughout the 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund section.

Added formatting corrections and removed duplicate or improperly formatted project entries throughout the document.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the Mississippi Department of Health project description to include the North Wing of the Underwood Building in addition to the Thompson Lab.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2025 · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

51–0

Passed

Total votes 51

Mar 11, 2025

D Democratic16

16 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican35

35 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 23, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

executive

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Report Adopted

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference Report Filed

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed As Amended

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred To Appropriations

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Appropriations A

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors