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SB 3067
Mississippi Senate•Signed by Governor
Summary
SB 3067, “Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of”, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 17, 2026 by Sen. Briggs Hopson (R) with 5 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Apr 8, 2026: Approved by Governor.
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SB 3067 has 5 co-sponsors and 4 roll calls.
sb3067/enrolled.txtMISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE2026 Regular SessionTo: AppropriationsBy: Senator(s) Hopson, DeBar, Wiggins, Hickman, Sparks,Turner-FordSenate Bill 3067(As Sent to Governor)AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THEDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.���� BE IT ENACTED BY THELEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:SECTION 1.� The following sum of money, or so muchthereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the StateGeneral Fund not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of theDepartment of Public Safety for the fiscal year beginningJuly 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027................................ $��167,789,465.00.SECTION 2.� The following sum, or so much thereofas may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury tothe credit of the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of defraying theexpenses incurred in the operation of the various divisions of the departmentfor the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and endingJune 30, 2027................................ $�� 112,997,879.00.���� SECTION 3.� Of the funds appropriated under theprovisions of this act, not more than the following amount of funds, with theexception of the provisions in this section, shall be expended only for"Personal Services," which includes "Vacancy Funding," forthe following authorized number of employment headcount:���� FUNDING:��������� General Funds:������������� $131,665,460.00��������� Special Funds:������������� $�23,931,721.00��������� Total Funds:��������������� $155,597,181.00���� PERSONAL SERVICES:��������� Employee Salaries,Wages and��������� � Fringe Benefits:���������� $149,344,914.00��������� Progressions:�������������� $����������0.00��������� Vacancy Funding:����������� $��6,252,267.00��������� Total PersonalServices:���� $ 155,597,181.00���� AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT:��������� Permanent:������������������ 1,688��������� Time-Limited:��������������� ��66���� As used in this section, theterm "Personal Services" shall mean funds provided under the majorobject of expenditure category Personal Services for Salaries, Wages, andFringe Benefits.� Funds in this category shall not be transferred to any othercategory.���� It is the intention of theLegislature to ensure compliance with the Variable Compensation Plan, asoutlined in Section 25-9-147, Mississippi Code of 1972.� Payment from thesefunds shall be in accordance with the Variable Compensation Plan promulgated bythe Mississippi State Personnel Board.� It is the Legislature's intention thatno employee's salary falls below the minimum salary established by theMississippi State Personnel Board.���� The State Personnel Boardshall determine and publish the projected annual cost of "PersonalServices" based on monthly and year-to-date payroll expenditures incompliance with the provisions of this act.���� With the funds hereinappropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to ensure that no singlepersonnel action or combination of personnel actions, when annualized, exceedsthe Fiscal Year 2027 appropriation for "Personal Services" with theexception of escalated funds.� Further, it shall be the agency's responsibilityto ensure that funds required to be appropriated for "PersonalServices" for Fiscal Year 2028 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2027 fundsappropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to theagency's Fiscal Year 2027 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.���� If, at the time the agencytakes any action to change "Personal Services," the State PersonnelBoard determines that the agency has taken or will take an action that wouldcause the agency to exceed the funds appropriated in this act when annualized forFiscal Year 2027 or increase the need for "Personal Services" forFiscal Year 2028, when annualized, the State Personnel Board shall process nosalary actions until such time as the requirements of the provisions of thissection are met with the exception of new hires determined to be essential forthe agency.���� When used in this section,"Vacancy Funding" shall mean funds included in the Total PersonalServices amount listed above and designated for approved vacancies in FiscalYear 2027.� These funds are to be utilized to increase the number of filledheadcounts that were authorized but unfilled as of the last day of Fiscal Year2026.� If the agency fills additional headcounts after March 1, 2026, until theend of Fiscal Year 2026, the amount of available Vacancy Funding may beproportionally adjusted to reflect the updated number of filled headcounts.�The agency shall be responsible for ensuring that "Vacancy Funding"is used to increase headcounts and not for promotions, title changes, in-rangesalary adjustments, or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for currentemployees.���� Any transfers or escalationsshall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and proceduresestablished by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act.� TheState Personnel Board shall not escalate positions or increase the PersonalServices total without written approval from the Department of Finance andAdministration.� The Department of Finance and Administration shall not providewritten approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or headcounts withoutproof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.�Unless specifically noted, all Fiscal Year 2026 escalated headcounts have beenaccounted for and shall be converted to authorized time-limited headcounts.���� No general funds authorizedto be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or otherspecial funds used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act andwhich are withdrawn and no longer available.���� None of the funds hereinappropriated shall be used in violation of the Internal Revenue Service'sPublication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contractemployees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.���� If the agency's total authorizedheadcount decreases from Fiscal Year 2026 to Fiscal Year 2027, it will be theagency's discretion as to what headcounts are removed.The Legislature authorized three (3) new headcounts,which are included in the authorized headcount above for Fiscal Year 2027.� NewHeadcount Titles Authorized:Physician - Physician Supervisor - 1Forensic Laboratory - Forensic Laboratory Scientist II -1Forensic Laboratory - Forensic Laboratory Technician - 1SECTION 4.� The Commissioner of Public Safety may,on a case-by-case basis, within funds available, recommend that correctivesalary adjustments be made to the compensation of employees of the Departmentof Public Safety where an inequity was created between employees of equivalentcapacity by previous application of the agency appropriation acts.� Any suchcorrective salary adjustment plan must have prior approval by the StatePersonnel Board.� Such adjustments will not be retroactive.���� Any funds in the Salary,Wages and Fringe Benefits major object of expenditure may be used to purchaseaccumulated compensatory time within funds available.���� SECTION 5.� It is theintention of the Legislature, that the Department of Public Safety shallreceive Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the Mississippi Department ofTransportation, for the operations of the Office of Commercial TransportationEnforcement Division that is authorized in Section 77-7-330, Mississippi Codeof 1972.���� SECTION 6.� It is theintent of the Legislature that the local governments pay for part of thecomputer cost of the Mississippi Justice Information Center by maintainingtheir contribution to the Department of Public Safety.���� SECTION 7.� It is theintention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety designatecertain employees to aid the Office of Forensics Laboratories in the billingand collecting of all fees charged for services rendered by the Office ofForensics Laboratories.���� SECTION 8.� No partof the funds appropriated herein shall be transferred to, expended by, or used,directly or indirectly, for the benefit of any public relations, publicity orpublication activities of any other state agency, department or officer, norshall any personnel paid with funds appropriated herein be transferred orassigned to any other state agency, department or officer for public relations,publicity, or publication activities of such office.���� SECTION 9.� It is theintention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall notissue citations for violations of speed limits on a quota basis.� No fundsexpended under this act shall be used for such quota-based citations forviolations of speed limits.���� SECTION 10.� Incompliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic PlanningAct of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds providedherein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible toachieve the intended mission of this agency.� Based on the funding authorized,this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measuresprovided below:��������������������������������������������������������� FY2027Performance Measures�������������������������������������� TargetEnforcement���� Percent Increased inEnforcement Citations�������������� 7.00���� Percent Decrease inFatalities������������������������� 5.00���� Percent Increase in DUIArrests��������� (Includes Felony DUI)����������������������������� 5.00���� Number of Criminal Investigations�������������������� 68,000���� Number of Highway Fatalitiesper 100��������� Million Vehicle Milesof Travel������������������� 1.00���� Number of Alcohol ImpairedDriving��������� Fatalities per 100,000Population����������������� 1.50���� Number of Driving Under theInfluence��������� (DUI) Arrests per100,000 Population������������� 240.00���� Percentage Increase inSeatbelt/Child��������� Restraint Citations������������������������������� 8.00Driver Services���� Number of Driver'sLicense/ID Cards Issued����������� 674,506���� Cost per License DocumentProduced�������������������� 24.00���� Number of Drivers Suspended�������������������������� 25,700���� Number of Accident ReportsProcessed������������������ 1,750���� Average Wait Time (Minutes)��������������������������� 20.00���� Number of DocumentedComplaints�������������������������� 24���� Percent Change in Wait Time��������������������������� -5.00���� Percent Change in Complaints��������������������������� 1.10���� Percent Increase in Regularand��������� Commercial DriverLicenses Issued����������������� 3.00Support Services���� Number of Financial TransactionsProcessed������������ 45,402���� Number of EmployeesSupported������������������������� 1,772Forensic Analysis���� Number of Reports Issued(Cases)��������������������� 19,540���� Number of Court Testimonies(Cases)��������������������� 128���� Cost per Case Analyzed������������������������������� 920.00���� Cost per Testimony����������������������������������� 550.00���� Percent of Days for ReportsIssued�������������������� 45.00Dna Analysis���� Number of Known FelonyOffender Samples��������� in Database������������������������������������ 164,000���� Number of ProficiencySamples��������������������������� 950���� Number of Casework SamplesExamined������������������� 8,500���� Cost per Sample�������������������������������������� 880.00���� Maintain the Integrity ofthe CODIS Database����������� 99.00Forensic Pathology���� Number of DeathsInvestigated������������������������ 29,000���� Number of AutopsiesPerformed SME Office��������������� 1,200���� Cost per Autopsy Performed������������������������� 2,000.00���� Percent Change in the Numberof Deaths��������� Investigated�������������������������������������� 4.85���� Percent of Coroners Educatedby ME's Office������������ 50.00���� Percent Change in the Numberof��������� Autopsies Performed atSME Office���������������� 10.00Training Academy���� Number of Basic Students toGraduate�������������������� 235���� Number of Basic RefresherStudents to��������� Graduate������������������������������������������� 15���� Number of In-Service andAdvanced��������� Students to Graduate����������������������������� 1,500���� Percent of Law EnforcementOfficers Trained����������� 100.00Drug Enforcement���� Number of Drug SuspectsArrested���������������������� 1,300���� Number of Drug CasesProsecuted����������������������� 1,100���� Number of Drug OrganizationDisrupted��������� and/or Dismantled������������������������������������ 7���� Percent Change in Number ofDrug��������� Suspects Arrested��������������������������������� 1.00���� Percent Change in Number ofDrug Cases��������� Prosecuted���������������������������������������� 1.00���� Percent Change in Number ofDrug��������� Organization Disruptedand/or Dismantled����������� 1.00Jail Officer Training���� Number of Jail and YouthDetention��������� Officers Certified��������������������������������� 500���� Number of CertificationTransactions������������������ 1,550���� Number of AdministrativeReview Actions����������������� 100���� Percent of Appointed Jailand Youth��������� Detention OfficersObtaining��������� Certification������������������������������������ 90.00���� Percent of AdministrativeReview Actions��������� Taken Within One Year���������������������������� 30.00Law Enforcement Training���� Number of Basic Law EnforcementOfficers��������� Certified����������������������������������������� 354���� Number of CertificationTransactions������������������ 2,534���� Number of Training QualityMonitoring����������������� 1,100���� Percent of Appointed LawEnforcement��������� Officers ObtainingCertification����������������� 75.00���� Percent of Appointed Part-Time,Reserve,��������� and Auxiliary OfficersObtaining��������� Certification������������������������������������ 80.00���� Percent of AdministrativeDisciplinary��������� Actions Taken WithinOne Year�������������������� 50.00Highway Safety���� Number of FederalApplications Funded��������� and Statewide PgmsSupported������������������������� 5���� Percent Decrease in theNumber of��������� Unrestrained PassengerVehicle Occupant��������� Fatalities by 5%���������������������������������� 2.00���� Percent Decrease in theNumber of��������� Fatalities in CrashesInvolving a Driver��������� or Motorcycle Operatorwith a BAC of��������� .08 and above������������������������������������� 1.00Justice���� Number of JuvenileJail/Detention��������� Alternatives���������������������������������������� 2���� Number of Hot Spots PolicingPrograms Funded��������������� 3Emerg Telecommunications Tng���� Number of EmergencyTelecommunicators��������� Certified����������������������������������������� 400���� Number of CertificationTransactions������������������ 3,000���� Percent of AppointedEmergency��������� TelecommunicatorsObtaining��������� Certification������������������������������������ 80.00���� Percent of AppointedEmergency��������� TelecommunicatorsObtaining��������� Recertification���������������������������������� 75.00���� Percent of AdministrativeReview Actions��������� Taken Within One Year����������������������������� 1.00Council On Aging���� Number of Triad ProgramsEstablished��������������������� 39���� Number of Training ProgramsConducted��������������������� 3���� Provide On-Site-Training���������������������������������� 2���� Percent Change in the Numberof��������� Operational TriadPrograms������������������������ 3.00���� Percent Increase in Fundingto Counties��������� to Educate SeniorCitizens������������������������ 0.00Juvenile Facility Monitoring Unit���� Number of FacilitiesInspected��������������������������� 80���� Number of Strategic PlansImplemented�������������������� 20���� Percent of Admin ReviewActions Taken��������� Within One Year���������������������������������� 85.00Homeland Security���� Number of OHS Grants forJurisdictions������������������ 175���� Number of First ResponderClasses����������������������� 275���� Percent Increase inEmergency Task Force��������� Responder Training andExercises������������������ 6.00���� Percent Increase in Citizenand��������� Community PreparednessTraining and��������� Exercises����������������������������������������� 3.00���� Percent Increase in Requestsfor Information������������ 4.00���� Percent Increase in NationalIncident��������� Management Training andExercises����������������� 1.00Investigations���� Number of Human TraffickingCases Initiated�������������� 100���� Number of Human TraffickingArrests���������������������� 50���� Number of Human TraffickingChild Recoveries�������������� 50Capitol Police���� Number of Patrols���������������������������������������� 70���� Number of Emergencies(Medical, Weather,��������� Active Shooter, etc.)���������������������������� 4,000���� Average Time to Respond toan Emergency��������� (Minutes)����������������������������������������� 6.00Motor Carrier���� Number of Compliance Reviews������������������������ 160,000���� Number of On-siteExaminations at Scales�������������� 30,000���� Number of Trucks Weighed�������������������������� 6,000,000���� A reporting of the degree towhich the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shallbe provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint LegislativeBudget Committee for Fiscal Year 2028.���� SECTION 11.� It isthe intention of the Legislature that all divisions within the MississippiDepartment of Public Safety shall maintain complete accounting and personnelrecords related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act andthat such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintainedfor Fiscal Year 2026.� It is further the intention of the Legislature that theagency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2028 shall be submitted to the JointLegislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to theformat and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2027 budget requestprocess.���� SECTION 12.� Of thefunds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, funds may beexpended to defray the costs of clothing for sworn nonuniform law enforcementofficers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annuallyper officer.���� SECTION 13.� It isthe intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids arereceived by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, andwhenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect toprice, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall begiven preference.� A similar preference shall be given to the MississippiIndustries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.���� SECTION 14.� Thedepartment is authorized to expend available funds on technology or equipmentupgrades or replacements when it will generate savings through efficiency orwhen the savings generated from such upgrades or replacements exceed expendituresthereof.���� SECTION 15.� Of thefunds provided herein, and in addition to the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)authorized in Section 45-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, Department of PublicSafety Officers who are licensed commercial pilots shall receive an additionalNine Hundred Dollars ($900.00), for a total of One Thousand Dollars($1,000.00), additional compensation for such service.���� SECTION 16.� It isthe intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shallprovide an annual report to the Mississippi Legislature detailing anyelected official or any other person who is not an employee of the Departmentof Public Safety who was transported in Highway Patrol aircraft during thefiscal year.� The report shall be provided to each member of the MississippiLegislature on or before January 15, 2027.���� SECTION 17.� TheCommissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to transfer any fundsfrom any division within the Department of Public Safety to any other divisionof the Department of Public Safety Special Funds, including, but not limitedto, Funds 3711, 371C, 371E, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3740, 3741, 3742, 3744, 3747 and3718, not to exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) collectively duringFiscal Year 2027.� However, none of the funds appropriated by this act shall beexpended unless the Department of Public Safety provides prior writtennotification of any transfer of funds provided in this section.���� SECTION 18.� TheBureau of Narcotics is authorized to expend a sum, not to exceed Five HundredThousand Dollars ($500,000.00) from account No. 3371800000, for purposes ofeffectuating the provisions of Section 41-29-179, Mississippi Code of 1972,Section 1 of this act.� Expenditures authorized by this section may include,but not be limited to, costs associated with contracting with one or morevendors, contractors or other persons or entities to create, operate andmaintain the forfeiture website and to provide continuing support in relationthereto.� In the event an amount less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars($500,000.00) is required to effectuate the purposes of this section, the bureauis authorized to expend the remainder of such authorized funds for the purchaseof commodities, vehicles and/or other equipment necessary in the furtherance ofthe needs of the bureau.���� SECTION 19.� Of thefunds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, it is the intention of theLegislature that Four Million Three Hundred Twelve Thousand Six Hundred TwoDollars ($4,312,602.00) may be allocated for the programs supported fromGeneral Fund court assessments as follows:State Crime Stoppers Fund................. $�����99,003.00.Adult Driver Training..................... $�����75,794.00.Information Exchange Network Fund.......... $����264,007.00.���� Forensics Laboratory of MS �ImpliedConsent Law Fund..................... $���� 404,795.00.���� ForensicsLaboratory of MS � DNAIdentification Fund.................. $���� 629,543.00.���� Law Enforcement andFirefighters DeathBenefits Trust Fund.................. $���� 191,361.00.���� Law Enforcement StandardsTraining � LawEnforcement Officers Training Fund.... $�� 2,276,404.00.Drug Abuse/Driver's License Reinstatement.. $�����13,573.00.Federal � State Alcohol Program Fund....... $����160,431.00.MS Leadership Council on Aging Fund........ $����197,691.00.���� SECTION 20.� It isthe intention of the Legislature that the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics,Mississippi Department of Public Safety, shall have the authority to receive,budget and expend special funds from the Drug Evidence Disposition Funds(3372000000), not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00).���� SECTION 21.� Of thefunds appropriated by this act, pursuant to Section 97-3-54.9, Mississippi Codeof 1972, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) is provided for theduties and operations of a Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator and a dataanalyst within the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Public Safety,who shall coordinate all statewide activities and work with the Department ofChild Protection Services for all victims recovered.SECTION 22.� Of the funds appropriated by thisact, pursuant to Section 45-1-2(7), Mississippi Code of 1972, Two Hundred Forty-twoThousand Six Hundred Three Dollars ($242,603.00) is provided for the duties andoperations associated with the Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019.���� SECTION 23.� Thedepartment may subgrant a portion of the funds appropriated herein to theJackson Police Department for eligible activities contingent upon the executionof an operational agreement between the Capitol Police and Jackson PoliceDepartment on roles and responsibilities within the Capitol Complex ImprovementDistrict.SECTION 24.� Of the funds appropriated in Section1 of this act, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00) is provided to theCapitol Police for the purpose of defraying expenses related to the housing ofdetainees arrested within the Capital Complex Improvement District.SECTION 25.� The following sum, or so much thereofas may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Capital ExpenseFund not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Public Safety for thepurpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Capital Expense Funds as authorizedin Senate Bill No. 2015, 2025 First Extraordinary Session, to the Department ofPublic Safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027................... $6,431,377.00.This reappropriation is for the following purposes:(a)� Bullet proof vests for locallaw enforcementofficers.................................... $���45,706.00.(b)� Forensics Lab:(i)� Forensics Equipment................ $���� 9,000.00.(ii)� Forensics Case Backlogs........... $ 2,000,000.00.(c)� Driver Service Bureau:(i)� Driver Service-Canton Building..... $�� 161,671.00.(ii)� Replace the driver license system. $ 3,115,000.00.(d)� Capitol Security Platform for the CapitolComplex..................................... $1,100,000.00.Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under thissection, the amount that may be expended under the authority of this sectionshall not exceed the unexpended balance of the funds remaining as of June 30,2026, from the amount authorized for the previous fiscal year.� In addition,this reappropriation shall not change the purpose for which the funds wereoriginally authorized.���� SECTION 26.� It isthe intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shallobtain written, final pre-approval from both the Department of Finance andAdministration and the Department of Archives and History, including a noticeof intent and detailed project plans submitted in accordance with allapplicable agency requirements, prior to the advertisement, solicitation,receipt, or award of any bids for the Capitol Security Platform funded inSection 25 of this act.� The Department of Archives and History shall reviewthe project for compliance with the Mississippi Landmark program and shallissue a permit prior to any further action.� Failure to obtain such a permitshall prohibit the project from proceeding. No state funds shall beexpended, and no contracts shall be entered into, until all required approvalshave been obtained.� The project shall not proceed until the House ManagementCommittee and the Senate Rules Committee have approved the plans.� Any materialchange to the approved project scope, design, cost, or footprint shall requireresubmission and approval by all entities listed in this section.SECTION 27.� With the funds appropriated herein,the Department of Public Safety is authorized to make payments to certainvendors for expenses incurred during Fiscal Years 2023 through 2024 in thefollowing total amount...................................... $�� 14,339.90.���� SECTION 28.� TheMississippi Department of Public Safety may escalate up to Ten Million Dollars($10,000,000.00) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Departmentof Finance and Administration, in a manner consistent with the escalation offederal funds, along with the required documentation of the overtime hours worked.�If approved by the Department of Finance and Administration, the MississippiState Personnel Board may update the authorized Personal Services amount toinclude these escalations on the compliance reports.���� SECTION 29.� Of thefunds appropriated in Section 2 of this act, no more than Two Million Dollars($2,000,000.00) is provided for grants to law enforcement officers for enhancedtraining or safety equipment as created in 45-2-1, Mississippi Code of 1972.���� SECTION 30.� Of thefunds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act Two HundredSeventy-eight Thousand Dollars ($278,000.00), or so much thereof, shall bederived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the CapitalExpense Fund, as created in Section 27-103-303, Mississippi Code of 1972, andallocated in a manner as determined by the State Treasurer.� These funds areprovided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for repairs andrenovations to the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academycampus.���� SECTION 31.� Of thefunds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, One HundredEighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00), or so much thereof, shall be derived outof any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Capital Expense Fund,as created in Section 27-103-303, Mississippi Code of 1972, and allocated in amanner as determined by the State Treasurer.� These funds are provided to theMississippi Department of Public Safety for the purchase of three (3) FARO 3DImaging Units.���� SECTION 32.� Of thefunds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, Two MillionSix Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,600,000.00), or so much thereof as may benecessary, shall be derived out of any money in the State Treasury to thecredit of the Capital Expense Fund, as created in Section 27-103-303,Mississippi Code of 1972, and allocated in a manner as determined by the StateTreasurer.� These funds are provided to the Mississippi Department of PublicSafety for repair and replacement of the HVAC systems at the Biloxi ForensicsLaboratory.���� SECTION 33.� Themoney herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any moneyin the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth inthis act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the StateFiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the properperson, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law.���� SECTION 34.� This actshall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.
An Act Making An Appropriation To Defray The Expenses Of The Department Of Public Safety For Fiscal Year 2027.
Sponsors
Sen. Briggs Hopson (R) sponsors SB 3067, and 5 members have co-sponsored it.
Committees
SB 3067 went before 2 committees: Appropriations and Appropriations C.
History
SB 3067 has taken 19 actions since Feb 17, 2026, the latest on Apr 8, 2026.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 8, 2026 | — | Approved by Governor | ||
Apr 2, 2026 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Signed | ||
Mar 29, 2026 | House | Conference Report Adopted | ||
Mar 27, 2026 | House | Conference Report Filed | ||
Mar 19, 2026 | Senate | Conferees Named Hopson,Wiggins,DeBar |
Votes
SB 3067 went to 4 roll calls across both chambers, the latest on Mar 29, 2026 at 120–0.
| Chamber | Question | Yea | Nay | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 29, 2026 | House | House Conference Report Adopted | 120 | 0 | ||
Mar 29, 2026 | Senate | Senate Conference Report Adopted | 50 | 0 | ||
Mar 12, 2026 | House | House Passed As Amended | 120 | 0 | ||
Feb 19, 2026 | Senate | Senate Passed | 51 | 0 |
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