The 2025 Mississippi Legislative Regular Session and 2025 First Extraordinary Session are now complete and the NGAMS legislative committee and staff is happy to report another successful year for our Service members. Please check out our “Successes” under this tab for a full accounting of the new laws from previous years.
Through the efforts of the Legislative Committee, the members of the NGAMS, the Director of Legislative Affairs and Economic Development for the Adjutant General, and our leadership in the Mississippi Legislature we had an incredibly successful legislative session. The following proposals have passed and been signed into law.
SB 2034 – Mississippi Military Department Appropriation Bill
This year saw essentially level funding of the base Mississippi Military Department budget. The State Education Assistance Program saw an increase to a total of $5.3M to fund the SEAP program for 2026. In additional $2.5M for infrastructure upgrades for the Youth Challenge Academy was also appropriated as was the $5M state match needed to begin the construction of the new Amory Readiness Center to replace the armory destroyed by tornado in 2023.
HB 1262
House Bill 1262 was signed into law on March 6, 2025. It represents a significant advancement in recognizing the skills of certain military medical personnel. The legislation permits individuals who have completed training as a U.S. Army Combat Medic Specialist, Navy Hospital Corpsman, or Air Force Aerospace Medical Services Specialist and have accrued two years of direct patient care experience to be considered educationally qualified to sit for the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) examination in Mississippi.
Why this matters to us: This bill is another great step in recognizing military training and experience and aligning those skills with civilian skill licensure.