HB 954 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

State Board of Barber Examiners; repeal repealer statute for sections previously repealed due to merger with Cosmetology Board.

HB 954 is a procedural bill that removes a redundant legal reference. It repeals Section 73-5-45 of Mississippi law, which had previously been used to repeal sections creating the State Board of Barber Examiners (sections 73-5-1 through 73-5-43). These barber board sections were already repealed on January 1, 2025, by a 2024 law that merged the barber board with the Cosmetology Board. The bill serves only as a legal cleanup to eliminate the outdated repealer statute, with no new regulations or direct impact on individuals or businesses.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative introduction format to a passed version, with minor text corrections and the addition of some special characters. The substantive policy content remains unchanged - both versions repeal the same Mississippi Code section that had previously abolished the State Board of Barber Examiners.
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Header formatting changed from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House' with updated session information and sponsor attribution.

Minor text corrections in the act title and section numbering, plus addition of some non-printable characters in the enacted text.

Floor votes · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

116–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 119
Feb 6, 2025
D Democratic39
38 Yea 1 Nay
97% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican78
76 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
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
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Fred Shanks
Fred Shanks
RRepublican
MS
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