State Board of Barber Examiners; repeal repealer statute for sections previously repealed due to merger with Cosmetology Board.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 These barber board sections were already repealed on January 1, 2025, by a 2024 law that merged the barber board with the Cosmetology Board. The bill serves only as a legal cleanup to eliminate the outdated repealer statute, with no new regulations or direct impact on individuals or businesses.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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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
97% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican78
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Fred Shanks
RRepublican
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