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Mississippi House Public Health and Human Services Committee
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committee members

Shane Aguirre (R)

Otis Anthony (D)

Christopher Bell (D)

Grace Butler-Washington (D)

Bryant W. Clark (D)

Chair
Samuel Creekmore IV (R)

Becky Currie (R)

Clay Deweese (R)

Dan Eubanks (R)

Vice Chair
Kevin Felsher (R)

Kevin Ford (R)

John Hines (D)

Joey Hood (R)

Kevin Horan (R)

Jon Lancaster (R)

Steve Massengill (R)

Missy McGee (R)

Dana McLean (R)

Sam Mims (R)

Daryl Porter (D)

Brent Powell (R)

John Read (R)

Noah Sanford (R)

Donnie Scoggin (R)

Omeria Scott (D)

Fred Shanks (R)

Rickey Thompson (D)

Beth Waldo (R)

Lee Yancey (R)
Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
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HB32 | DHS; develop process to ensure that subgrantees reflect the demographic makeup of the eligible population for the grants. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB37 | Death certificate; APRNs and physician assistants may sign instead of physician in certain circumstances. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB44 | Health plans; prohibit from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic fund transfers. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB50 | Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB84 | Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB85 | Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP). | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB98 | Advanced practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions related to, including collaboration requirement. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB116 | Alzheimer's disease and dementia; require State Department of Health to include education into existing public health programs. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB120 | Minors; prohibit health care providers and institutions from providing health care to without parental consent. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB126 | TANF benefits; remove certain restrictions and penalties for applicants and recipients. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB127 | TANF funds; prohibit providing to any person whose income is more than 200% of poverty level. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB128 | TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB129 | TANF funds; prohibit use of for college scholarships for persons not receiving TANF benefits. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB130 | TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB131 | MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB134 | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase monthly benefit amount for. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB140 | "Mobile Personal Hygiene Pilot Program Act of 2025"; create and authorize JSU to administer. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB154 | Helping Heroes Act; create to provide support to first responders and public EMS personnel diagnosed with PTSD. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB193 | Electronic health records; certain test results not disclosed to patient as part of until 72 hours after results are finalized. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB215 | Essential health care workers premium pay; Department of Health to create program using any available funds. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB251 | CON; increase minimum dollar amounts of capital expenditures that require issuance of. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB252 | Pharmacists; authorize to test for and administer treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB254 | CON; remove chemical dependency services and facilities and psychiatric residential treatment facilities from CON law. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB277 | SNAP and TANF recipients; require those unemployed to take Test of Adult Basic Education. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB285 | CON; authorize for nursing home in Jones County. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB303 | Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB309 | Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB314 | Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB353 | Mental health; require DMH to convert unused IDD beds to be used for alcohol and drug use services. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB361 | Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2025; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB367 | Rural hospital transfer to major hospital; prescribe certain conditions on such transfer when doctor deems medically necessary. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB379 | Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB380 | Healthcare Coordinating Council; reconstitute and require to make report on specific health goals for the state. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB383 | DHS; direct to reinstate program of providing meals to older individuals in community setting. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB403 | No Patient Left Alone Act; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB407 | Mental health; authorize Department of Mental Health to establish minimum standards and services for privately-owned providers. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB413 | Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB430 | CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB444 | Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB448 | Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB449 | CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB455 | Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until determination of disability. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB457 | African American Resident Physician Scholarship Program; establish. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB459 | CON; direct issuance for an existing ambulatory surgical facility in Canton, MS. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB465 | Mississippi Tele-emergency Services Grant Program; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB470 | Specialty Doctors to Rural Hospitals Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB473 | Department of Child Protection Services; require to create certain transition-aged youth aftercare housing program. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB508 | Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB511 | Chronic diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs in certain counties. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB522 | Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB531 | MS Rural Dentist Scholarship Program; increase number of students who may be admitted annually. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
HB563 | Child care; create exemption to State Department of Health licensure for certain church facilities. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB568 | TANF; increase maximum amount of the monthly benefit for recipients of. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB569 | CON; revise conditions for long-term care hospital in Harrison County to allow participation in Medicaid. | Vetoed | 01/15/2025 |
HB570 | Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB572 | Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program; create and provide funding for. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB573 | Mississippi Helping Ensure Alternative Law Enforcement Transportation for Healing (MissHEALTH) Pilot Program; establish for mental health crisis. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB587 | CON; remove intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities from CON law. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB589 | Mental Health; revise appointment of Board of Mental Health and Executive Director. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB592 | No Patient Left Alone Act; create. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB593 | Rural Physicians Retention Loan Repayment Program; create. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB601 | Board of Nursing; revise membership of. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB610 | Nonemergency medical transportation; define certain terms in statute requiring vehicle permits and establishing standards. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
HB616 | Abortion; prohibit mail order medicines to procure an. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB620 | Nurses; allow nurse practitioners and RNs to administer vitamins through IV therapy in a clinical setting. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB621 | CON; Health Department shall issue for beds in a community living program for developmentally disabled adults in Madison County. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB627 | Forgivable loan programs; revise authority of Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board to administer and repeal unfunded programs. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB630 | Hospice and Palliative Care Study and Advisory Committee Act; create. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB643 | Newborn screening program; include cytomegalovirus (CMV) in conditions tested for. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB670 | Social Work Licensure Compact; create. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB671 | Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend period during which expenses incurred by hospitals for ICU beds may be reimbursed under. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB672 | Behavioral Threat Assessment Program; require State Department of Education and Department of Mental Health to establish. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB674 | Interstate Dental & Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; create. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB675 | Genetic counselors; provide for licensure and regulation of by State Board of Health. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB676 | Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; Dept. of Mental Health and Medicaid apply to join Demonstration Program for certification of CMHCs as. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB681 | Dental and medical records; require practices to offer to patients upon expiration of prescribed retention period. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB696 | EMTs; authorize those with law enforcement agency special teams to perform certain advanced medical procedures. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB718 | Opioid use disorder; require substance use disorder facilities to provide pregnant women with onsite access to certain treatments. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB747 | CON; Health Department shall issue for construction of an acute care hospital in Tunica County. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB762 | COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations; prohibit until Health Department conducts study and determines they are safe. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
HB807 | Mental health; establish Division of Autism Services within Department of Mental Health. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
HB813 | Nurse practitioners; authorize certain to practice to the full extent of their education and training if they provide services to Medicaid recipients. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
HB848 | Opioid Settlement Fund Committee; create to disburse opioid litigation settlement monies. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
HB849 | CRNAs; exempt from collaborative agreement, and license anesthesiologist assistants. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
HB856 | Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
HB858 | Dietician Licensure Compact; create. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
HB859 | Social Work Licensure Compact; create. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
HB867 | County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide free contraceptive supplies. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
HB872 | Health Care Facility Right to Visit Act; create. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB873 | Screening and approval program for retail sale of products containing certain substances; establish. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB881 | Physical therapists; not required to have prior work experience to work at PPEC center. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB892 | Food deserts; require State Department of Health to track in Mississippi. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB922 | Certificate of need laws; revise various provisions of. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB927 | Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB928 | Hospitals; require those with ERs to have trained personnel on duty to conduct examinations of victims of sexual assault. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB955 | MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB974 | Anesthesiologist assistants; provide for licensure and regulation by Board of Medical Licensure. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB996 | Tobacco tax; tax vapor products and use revenue for certain mental health purposes. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1025 | Preeclampsia; Health Department prepare materials about complications of pregnancy due to, which providers shall provide to pregnant women. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1036 | State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1039 | Food labeling; require any food containing an mRNA vaccines to be clearly and conspicuously labeled. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1051 | Certified nurse aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1057 | Certified nurse midwives; not required to have written collaborative agreement with physician to practice as. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1062 | Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
HB1063 | MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
HB1064 | Public purchasing laws; exempt the Department of Mental Health from certain. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
HB1094 | Department of Health; exempt certain contracts relating to the Public Health Lab from PPRB approval. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
HB1136 | Department of Mental Health; establish grant program to assist with crisis stabilization unit expenses. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1152 | CON; certain health care facilities that relinquished CON for inpatient psych services may have those beds licensed as separate entity. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1159 | Parental consent for medical treatment and instruction in human sexuality; require for students in K-12. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1190 | MS First Responder PTSD and Suicide Prevention Task Force; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1210 | Trauma care system; increase certain assessments and fees to fund. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1213 | Podiatrist; authorize to perform ankle surgery when meet certain requirements. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1217 | TANF funds; DHS shall use certain amount of each year to fund grants for providing marriage counseling to military and first responder families. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1219 | "McElroy-Brown Hygiene and Menstrual Care Access Act; enact to establish program to provide students access to free hygiene and menstrual care products. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1232 | Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1251 | Mississippi Hemoglobin A1c Screening Coverage Act; create and require health insurance coverage for. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1262 | Nursing; authorize military medics to take exam to be licensed as an LPN. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
HB1288 | Ivermectin; authorize pharmacists to provide to adults pursuant to collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1289 | Fire extinguishers; provide for regulation and servicing of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1299 | Intimate medical examinations; require health care professionals to meet certain requirements regarding. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1315 | MS Dementia Care Pilot Program; extend period of operation and bring forward other sections. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1317 | Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act and prohibitions against deceptive advertising; extend repealers on. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1342 | Physicians; certain physicians must complete CME in cultural competence and implicit bias to receive renewal license. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1346 | Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Community Advisory Council on Homelessness; create within DHS. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1347 | Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1354 | Public Health Trust Fund; create in Treasury for State Department of Health. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1357 | Advanced practice registered nurses; revise provisions relating to the collaborative relationship requirement. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1363 | TANF benefits; DHS shall require compliance with work requirements or educational or vocational advancement before granting. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1365 | mRNA vaccinations; prohibit use of in food products and livestock intended for human consumption. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1374 | Patient Privacy and Medical Recording Protection Act; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1379 | Community hospital boards of trustees; bring forward section with powers of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1386 | Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1390 | Affordable prescription drugs; create task force to study impact of alternative funding programs on patient access to. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1392 | MS Triage, Treat and Transport to Alternative Destination Act; revise provisions related to. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1399 | Peer Helpers PLUS Act; create to provide counseling, education and mental health intervention in public schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1402 | Vital records; fees for certain may be used by Board of Health for public health programs. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1404 | Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
HB1415 | Certified nurse aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1418 | The Right to Contraception Act; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1422 | Vaccine Discrimination and Transparency Act; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1430 | Prescription drugs; prohibit licensing boards from prohibiting practitioners from prescribing for off-label use. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1437 | Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1447 | Department of Health; authorize to increase fees for water quality analysis as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
HB1466 | Veterinary technician; bring forward code sections related to certification of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1474 | Department of Health; require to conduct a review of quality of medical care provided to inmates of Department of Corrections. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1493 | Dietician Licensure Compact; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1496 | Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; Dept. of Mental Health and Medicaid apply to join Demonstration Program for Certification of CMHCs as. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1498 | MS Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition Task force; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1515 | State Board of Dental Examiners; clarify powers and duties relating to practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1540 | Nursing facilities and assisted living facilities; Health Dept. shall inspect to determine compliance with rules for emergency power sources. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1551 | Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; create within Department of Health. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1558 | Personal care homes; increase maximum number and % of residents who may continue residing there regardless of determination that they need nursing care. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1560 | Burn centers; hospitals receiving funds from Burn Care Fund must have a certified center, and such funds shall be equitably distributed. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1571 | Vaccine exemption; authorize for religious, philosophical or conscientious reasons. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1572 | State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1573 | Nursing facilities and assisted living facilities; Health Dept shall inspect to determine compliance with rules for emergency power sources. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1576 | Birthing centers; delete requirement to have written transfer agreement with a hospital in order to be licensed. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1606 | Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; revise composition of members of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
HB1631 | Comprehensive Reproductive Health and Education Act; create. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
SB2075 | Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
SB2438 | Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact. | Dead | 02/18/2025 |
SB2664 | Dietitian Licensure Compact; ratify. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2679 | Department of Human Services; allow agency discretion for establishing or using certain federal reporting systems. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
SB2681 | Medicaid reimbursements and CON; revise provisions regarding facilities in DeSoto, Harrison and Madison Counties. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
SB2690 | Health Care Expendable Fund; delete repealer on. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
SB2691 | MS Juvenile Tobacco Access Prevention Act; amend to prohibit the sale of tobacco or tobacco products to those under age 21. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/11/2025 |
SB2695 | Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2696 | Public Health Laboratory; exempt from Public Procurement Review Board approval requirement for certain contracts. | Dead | 02/17/2025 |
SB2697 | COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend expenditure period of. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
SB2698 | MS Dementia Care Program; extend period of operation of. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
SB2699 | Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act & prohibitions against deceptive advertising by providers; delete repealers on. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2704 | Annual inspection of the infirmary at the State Penitentiary at Parchman; require State Department of Health to conduct. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
SB2712 | Protecting Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs Act; enact. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
SB2727 | Social Work Licensure Compact; enact. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2729 | "Mississippi Public Health Trust Fund"; establish to support public health programs funded from medical cannabis taxes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2731 | Psychologists; extend repealer on licensure law related to. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2741 | Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/18/2025 |
SB2743 | Funds collected for certified copies; allow use for public health programs and completion of other recordkeeping and statistics. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2748 | Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; revise provisions related to. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
SB2750 | DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess community mental health centers. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
SB2753 | MDH; direct to incorporate brain health, Alzheimer's disease and dementia education into existing public health programs. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
SB2767 | The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; create. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
SB2874 | Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to. | Dead | 02/17/2025 |
SB2879 | Nonprofit animal shelters; require recordkeeping and the sterilization of all dogs and cats sold or released for adoption. | Dead | 02/17/2025 |
SB2886 | Mississippi Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team Law; enact. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |