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SB 3067

Mississippi SenateSigned by Governor

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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.txt
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Hopson, DeBar, Wiggins, Hickman, Sparks,
Turner-Ford
Senate Bill 3067
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
���� BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1.� The following sum of money, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State
General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the
Department of Public Safety for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027................................ $��
167,789,465.00.
SECTION 2.� The following sum, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to
the credit of the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of defraying the
expenses incurred in the operation of the various divisions of the department
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending
June 30, 2027................................ $�� 112,997,879.00.
���� SECTION 3.� Of the funds appropriated under the
provisions of this act, not more than the following amount of funds, with the
exception of the provisions in this section, shall be expended only for
"Personal Services," which includes "Vacancy Funding," for
the 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 Personal
Services:���� $ 155,597,181.00
���� AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT:
��������� Permanent:������������������ 1,688
��������� Time-Limited:��������������� ��
66
���� As used in this section, the
term "Personal Services" shall mean funds provided under the major
object of expenditure category Personal Services for Salaries, Wages, and
Fringe Benefits.� Funds in this category shall not be transferred to any other
category.
���� It is the intention of the
Legislature to ensure compliance with the Variable Compensation Plan, as
outlined in Section 25-9-147, Mississippi Code of 1972.� Payment from these
funds shall be in accordance with the Variable Compensation Plan promulgated by
the Mississippi State Personnel Board.� It is the Legislature's intention that
no employee's salary falls below the minimum salary established by the
Mississippi State Personnel Board.
���� The State Personnel Board
shall determine and publish the projected annual cost of "Personal
Services" based on monthly and year-to-date payroll expenditures in
compliance with the provisions of this act.
���� With the funds herein
appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to ensure that no single
personnel action or combination of personnel actions, when annualized, exceeds
the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriation for "Personal Services" with the
exception of escalated funds.� Further, it shall be the agency's responsibility
to ensure that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal
Services" for Fiscal Year 2028 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2027 funds
appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the
agency's Fiscal Year 2027 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.
���� If, at the time the agency
takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel
Board determines that the agency has taken or will take an action that would
cause the agency to exceed the funds appropriated in this act when annualized for
Fiscal Year 2027 or increase the need for "Personal Services" for
Fiscal Year 2028, when annualized, the State Personnel Board shall process no
salary actions until such time as the requirements of the provisions of this
section are met with the exception of new hires determined to be essential for
the agency.
���� When used in this section,
"Vacancy Funding" shall mean funds included in the Total Personal
Services amount listed above and designated for approved vacancies in Fiscal
Year 2027.� These funds are to be utilized to increase the number of filled
headcounts that were authorized but unfilled as of the last day of Fiscal Year
2026.� If the agency fills additional headcounts after March 1, 2026, until the
end of Fiscal Year 2026, the amount of available Vacancy Funding may be
proportionally 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-range
salary adjustments, or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for current
employees.
���� Any transfers or escalations
shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures
established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act.� The
State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions or increase the Personal
Services total without written approval from the Department of Finance and
Administration.� The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide
written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or headcounts without
proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.�
Unless specifically noted, all Fiscal Year 2026 escalated headcounts have been
accounted for and shall be converted to authorized time-limited headcounts.
���� No general funds authorized
to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other
special funds used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and
which are withdrawn and no longer available.
���� None of the funds herein
appropriated shall be used in violation of the Internal Revenue Service's
Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract
employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.
���� If the agency's total authorized
headcount decreases from Fiscal Year 2026 to Fiscal Year 2027, it will be the
agency'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.� New
Headcount Titles Authorized:
Physician - Physician Supervisor - 1
Forensic Laboratory - Forensic Laboratory Scientist II -
1
Forensic Laboratory - Forensic Laboratory Technician - 1
SECTION 4.� The Commissioner of Public Safety may,
on a case-by-case basis, within funds available, recommend that corrective
salary adjustments be made to the compensation of employees of the Department
of Public Safety where an inequity was created between employees of equivalent
capacity by previous application of the agency appropriation acts.� Any such
corrective salary adjustment plan must have prior approval by the State
Personnel Board.� Such adjustments will not be retroactive.
���� Any funds in the Salary,
Wages and Fringe Benefits major object of expenditure may be used to purchase
accumulated compensatory time within funds available.
���� SECTION 5.� It is the
intention of the Legislature, that the Department of Public Safety shall
receive Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the Mississippi Department of
Transportation, for the operations of the Office of Commercial Transportation
Enforcement Division that is authorized in Section 77-7-330, Mississippi Code
of 1972.
���� SECTION 6.� It is the
intent of the Legislature that the local governments pay for part of the
computer cost of the Mississippi Justice Information Center by maintaining
their contribution to the Department of Public Safety.
���� SECTION 7.� It is the
intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety designate
certain employees to aid the Office of Forensics Laboratories in the billing
and collecting of all fees charged for services rendered by the Office of
Forensics Laboratories.
���� SECTION 8.� No part
of the funds appropriated herein shall be transferred to, expended by, or used,
directly or indirectly, for the benefit of any public relations, publicity or
publication activities of any other state agency, department or officer, nor
shall any personnel paid with funds appropriated herein be transferred or
assigned to any other state agency, department or officer for public relations,
publicity, or publication activities of such office.
���� SECTION 9.� It is the
intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall not
issue citations for violations of speed limits on a quota basis.� No funds
expended under this act shall be used for such quota-based citations for
violations of speed limits.
���� SECTION 10.� In
compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning
Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided
herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to
achieve the intended mission of this agency.� Based on the funding authorized,
this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures
provided below:
��������������������������������������������������������� FY2027
Performance Measures�������������������������������������� Target
Enforcement
���� Percent Increased in
Enforcement Citations�������������� 7.00
���� Percent Decrease in
Fatalities������������������������� 5.00
���� Percent Increase in DUI
Arrests
��������� (Includes Felony DUI)����������������������������� 5.00
���� Number of Criminal Investigations�������������������� 68,000
���� Number of Highway Fatalities
per 100
��������� Million Vehicle Miles
of Travel������������������� 1.00
���� Number of Alcohol Impaired
Driving
��������� Fatalities per 100,000
Population����������������� 1.50
���� Number of Driving Under the
Influence
��������� (DUI) Arrests per
100,000 Population������������� 240.00
���� Percentage Increase in
Seatbelt/Child
��������� Restraint Citations������������������������������� 8.00
Driver Services
���� Number of Driver's
License/ID Cards Issued����������� 674,506
���� Cost per License Document
Produced�������������������� 24.00
���� Number of Drivers Suspended�������������������������� 25,700
���� Number of Accident Reports
Processed������������������ 1,750
���� Average Wait Time (Minutes)��������������������������� 20.00
���� Number of Documented
Complaints�������������������������� 24
���� Percent Change in Wait Time��������������������������� -5.00
���� Percent Change in Complaints��������������������������� 1.10
���� Percent Increase in Regular
and
��������� Commercial Driver
Licenses Issued����������������� 3.00
Support Services
���� Number of Financial Transactions
Processed������������ 45,402
���� Number of Employees
Supported������������������������� 1,772
Forensic 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 Reports
Issued�������������������� 45.00
Dna Analysis
���� Number of Known Felony
Offender Samples
��������� in Database������������������������������������ 164,000
���� Number of Proficiency
Samples��������������������������� 950
���� Number of Casework Samples
Examined������������������� 8,500
���� Cost per Sample�������������������������������������� 880.00
���� Maintain the Integrity of
the CODIS Database����������� 99.00
Forensic Pathology
���� Number of Deaths
Investigated������������������������ 29,000
���� Number of Autopsies
Performed SME Office��������������� 1,200
���� Cost per Autopsy Performed������������������������� 2,000.00
���� Percent Change in the Number
of Deaths
��������� Investigated�������������������������������������� 4.85
���� Percent of Coroners Educated
by ME's Office������������ 50.00
���� Percent Change in the Number
of
��������� Autopsies Performed at
SME Office���������������� 10.00
Training Academy
���� Number of Basic Students to
Graduate�������������������� 235
���� Number of Basic Refresher
Students to
��������� Graduate������������������������������������������� 15
���� Number of In-Service and
Advanced
��������� Students to Graduate����������������������������� 1,500
���� Percent of Law Enforcement
Officers Trained����������� 100.00
Drug Enforcement
���� Number of Drug Suspects
Arrested���������������������� 1,300
���� Number of Drug Cases
Prosecuted����������������������� 1,100
���� Number of Drug Organization
Disrupted
��������� and/or Dismantled������������������������������������ 7
���� Percent Change in Number of
Drug
��������� Suspects Arrested��������������������������������� 1.00
���� Percent Change in Number of
Drug Cases
��������� Prosecuted���������������������������������������� 1.00
���� Percent Change in Number of
Drug
��������� Organization Disrupted
and/or Dismantled����������� 1.00
Jail Officer Training
���� Number of Jail and Youth
Detention
��������� Officers Certified��������������������������������� 500
���� Number of Certification
Transactions������������������ 1,550
���� Number of Administrative
Review Actions����������������� 100
���� Percent of Appointed Jail
and Youth
��������� Detention Officers
Obtaining
��������� Certification������������������������������������ 90.00
���� Percent of Administrative
Review Actions
��������� Taken Within One Year���������������������������� 30.00
Law Enforcement Training
���� Number of Basic Law Enforcement
Officers
��������� Certified����������������������������������������� 354
���� Number of Certification
Transactions������������������ 2,534
���� Number of Training Quality
Monitoring����������������� 1,100
���� Percent of Appointed Law
Enforcement
��������� Officers Obtaining
Certification����������������� 75.00
���� Percent of Appointed Part-Time,
Reserve,
��������� and Auxiliary Officers
Obtaining
��������� Certification������������������������������������ 80.00
���� Percent of Administrative
Disciplinary
��������� Actions Taken Within
One Year�������������������� 50.00
Highway Safety
���� Number of Federal
Applications Funded
��������� and Statewide Pgms
Supported������������������������� 5
���� Percent Decrease in the
Number of
��������� Unrestrained Passenger
Vehicle Occupant
��������� Fatalities by 5%���������������������������������� 2.00
���� Percent Decrease in the
Number of
��������� Fatalities in Crashes
Involving a Driver
��������� or Motorcycle Operator
with a BAC of
��������� .08 and above������������������������������������� 1.00
Justice
���� Number of Juvenile
Jail/Detention
��������� Alternatives���������������������������������������� 2
���� Number of Hot Spots Policing
Programs Funded��������������� 3
Emerg Telecommunications Tng
���� Number of Emergency
Telecommunicators
��������� Certified����������������������������������������� 400
���� Number of Certification
Transactions������������������ 3,000
���� Percent of Appointed
Emergency
��������� Telecommunicators
Obtaining
��������� Certification������������������������������������ 80.00
���� Percent of Appointed
Emergency
��������� Telecommunicators
Obtaining
��������� Recertification���������������������������������� 75.00
���� Percent of Administrative
Review Actions
��������� Taken Within One Year����������������������������� 1.00
Council On Aging
���� Number of Triad Programs
Established��������������������� 39
���� Number of Training Programs
Conducted��������������������� 3
���� Provide On-Site-Training���������������������������������� 2
���� Percent Change in the Number
of
��������� Operational Triad
Programs������������������������ 3.00
���� Percent Increase in Funding
to Counties
��������� to Educate Senior
Citizens������������������������ 0.00
Juvenile Facility Monitoring Unit
���� Number of Facilities
Inspected��������������������������� 80
���� Number of Strategic Plans
Implemented�������������������� 20
���� Percent of Admin Review
Actions Taken
��������� Within One Year���������������������������������� 85.00
Homeland Security
���� Number of OHS Grants for
Jurisdictions������������������ 175
���� Number of First Responder
Classes����������������������� 275
���� Percent Increase in
Emergency Task Force
��������� Responder Training and
Exercises������������������ 6.00
���� Percent Increase in Citizen
and
��������� Community Preparedness
Training and
��������� Exercises����������������������������������������� 3.00
���� Percent Increase in Requests
for Information������������ 4.00
���� Percent Increase in National
Incident
��������� Management Training and
Exercises����������������� 1.00
Investigations
���� Number of Human Trafficking
Cases Initiated�������������� 100
���� Number of Human Trafficking
Arrests���������������������� 50
���� Number of Human Trafficking
Child Recoveries�������������� 50
Capitol Police
���� Number of Patrols���������������������������������������� 70
���� Number of Emergencies
(Medical, Weather,
��������� Active Shooter, etc.)���������������������������� 4,000
���� Average Time to Respond to
an Emergency
��������� (Minutes)����������������������������������������� 6.00
Motor Carrier
���� Number of Compliance Reviews������������������������ 160,000
���� Number of On-site
Examinations at Scales�������������� 30,000
���� Number of Trucks Weighed�������������������������� 6,000,000
���� A reporting of the degree to
which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall
be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2028.
���� SECTION 11.� It is
the intention of the Legislature that all divisions within the Mississippi
Department of Public Safety shall maintain complete accounting and personnel
records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and
that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained
for Fiscal Year 2026.� It is further the intention of the Legislature that the
agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2028 shall be submitted to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the
format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2027 budget request
process.
���� SECTION 12.� Of the
funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, funds may be
expended to defray the costs of clothing for sworn nonuniform law enforcement
officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually
per officer.
���� SECTION 13.� It is
the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are
received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and
whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to
price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be
given preference.� A similar preference shall be given to the Mississippi
Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.
���� SECTION 14.� The
department is authorized to expend available funds on technology or equipment
upgrades or replacements when it will generate savings through efficiency or
when the savings generated from such upgrades or replacements exceed expenditures
thereof.
���� SECTION 15.� Of the
funds provided herein, and in addition to the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
authorized in Section 45-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, Department of Public
Safety Officers who are licensed commercial pilots shall receive an additional
Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00), for a total of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), additional compensation for such service.
���� SECTION 16.� It is
the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall
provide an annual report to the Mississippi Legislature detailing any
elected official or any other person who is not an employee of the Department
of Public Safety who was transported in Highway Patrol aircraft during the
fiscal year.� The report shall be provided to each member of the Mississippi
Legislature on or before January 15, 2027.
���� SECTION 17.� The
Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to transfer any funds
from any division within the Department of Public Safety to any other division
of the Department of Public Safety Special Funds, including, but not limited
to, Funds 3711, 371C, 371E, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3740, 3741, 3742, 3744, 3747 and
3718, not to exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) collectively during
Fiscal Year 2027.� However, none of the funds appropriated by this act shall be
expended unless the Department of Public Safety provides prior written
notification of any transfer of funds provided in this section.
���� SECTION 18.� The
Bureau of Narcotics is authorized to expend a sum, not to exceed Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) from account No. 3371800000, for purposes of
effectuating 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 more
vendors, contractors or other persons or entities to create, operate and
maintain the forfeiture website and to provide continuing support in relation
thereto.� In the event an amount less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) is required to effectuate the purposes of this section, the bureau
is authorized to expend the remainder of such authorized funds for the purchase
of commodities, vehicles and/or other equipment necessary in the furtherance of
the needs of the bureau.
���� SECTION 19.� Of the
funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, it is the intention of the
Legislature that Four Million Three Hundred Twelve Thousand Six Hundred Two
Dollars ($4,312,602.00) may be allocated for the programs supported from
General 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 �
Implied
Consent Law Fund..................... $���� 404,795.00.
���� Forensics
Laboratory of MS � DNA
Identification Fund.................. $���� 629,543.00.
���� Law Enforcement and
Firefighters Death
Benefits Trust Fund.................. $���� 191,361.00.
���� Law Enforcement Standards
Training � Law
Enforcement 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 is
the 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 the
funds appropriated by this act, pursuant to Section 97-3-54.9, Mississippi Code
of 1972, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) is provided for the
duties and operations of a Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator and a data
analyst within the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Public Safety,
who shall coordinate all statewide activities and work with the Department of
Child Protection Services for all victims recovered.
SECTION 22.� Of the funds appropriated by this
act, pursuant to Section 45-1-2(7), Mississippi Code of 1972, Two Hundred Forty-two
Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars ($242,603.00) is provided for the duties and
operations associated with the Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019.
���� SECTION 23.� The
department may subgrant a portion of the funds appropriated herein to the
Jackson Police Department for eligible activities contingent upon the execution
of an operational agreement between the Capitol Police and Jackson Police
Department on roles and responsibilities within the Capitol Complex Improvement
District.
SECTION 24.� Of the funds appropriated in Section
1 of this act, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00) is provided to the
Capitol Police for the purpose of defraying expenses related to the housing of
detainees arrested within the Capital Complex Improvement District.
SECTION 25.� The following sum, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Capital Expense
Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Public Safety for the
purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Capital Expense Funds as authorized
in Senate Bill No. 2015, 2025 First Extraordinary Session, to the Department of
Public 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 local
law enforcement
officers.................................... $���
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 Capitol
Complex..................................... $
1,100,000.00.
Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under this
section, the amount that may be expended under the authority of this section
shall 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 were
originally authorized.
���� SECTION 26.� It is
the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall
obtain written, final pre-approval from both the Department of Finance and
Administration and the Department of Archives and History, including a notice
of intent and detailed project plans submitted in accordance with all
applicable agency requirements, prior to the advertisement, solicitation,
receipt, or award of any bids for the Capitol Security Platform funded in
Section 25 of this act.� The Department of Archives and History shall review
the project for compliance with the Mississippi Landmark program and shall
issue a permit prior to any further action.� Failure to obtain such a permit
shall prohibit the project from proceeding. No state funds shall be
expended, and no contracts shall be entered into, until all required approvals
have been obtained.� The project shall not proceed until the House Management
Committee and the Senate Rules Committee have approved the plans.� Any material
change to the approved project scope, design, cost, or footprint shall require
resubmission 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 certain
vendors for expenses incurred during Fiscal Years 2023 through 2024 in the
following total amount...................................... $�� 14,339.90.
���� SECTION 28.� The
Mississippi Department of Public Safety may escalate up to Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department
of Finance and Administration, in a manner consistent with the escalation of
federal funds, along with the required documentation of the overtime hours worked.�
If approved by the Department of Finance and Administration, the Mississippi
State Personnel Board may update the authorized Personal Services amount to
include these escalations on the compliance reports.
���� SECTION 29.� Of the
funds 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 enhanced
training or safety equipment as created in 45-2-1, Mississippi Code of 1972.
���� SECTION 30.� Of the
funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act Two Hundred
Seventy-eight Thousand Dollars ($278,000.00), or so much thereof, shall be
derived out of 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 a manner as determined by the State Treasurer.� These funds are
provided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for repairs and
renovations to the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy
campus.
���� SECTION 31.� Of the
funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, One Hundred
Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00), or so much thereof, shall be derived out
of 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 a
manner as determined by the State Treasurer.� These funds are provided to the
Mississippi Department of Public Safety for the purchase of three (3) FARO 3D
Imaging Units.
���� SECTION 32.� Of the
funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, Two Million
Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,600,000.00), or so much thereof as may be
necessary, shall be derived out of 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 a manner as determined by the State
Treasurer.� These funds are provided to the Mississippi Department of Public
Safety for repair and replacement of the HVAC systems at the Biloxi Forensics
Laboratory.
���� SECTION 33.� The
money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money
in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in
this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State
Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper
person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law.
���� SECTION 34.� This act
shall 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.

Appropriations
Appropriations
Referred to · Feb 17, 2026
Appropriations C
Appropriations C
Referred to · Feb 24, 2026

History

SB 3067 has taken 19 actions since Feb 17, 2026, the latest on Apr 8, 2026.

ChamberAction
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 1200.

ChamberQuestion
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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