An Act To Require The State Department Of Education And The Mississippi Department Of Mental Health Shall Develop The Framework And Guidelines To Be Used By Public Schools For The Purpose Of Providing Mental Health Assessments And Screenings To Public School Students In Kindergarten Through Grade 12 In Order To Adequately Assess, Address And Prevent Habitually Disruptive Student Behavior, Approaches To Alternative Placement And Reintegration Into The Traditional Classroom Setting; To Require The State Board Of Education And The Mississippi Department Of Mental Health To Develop The Framework And Guidelines For Use By Public Schools In Providing Comprehensive, Coordinated Mental Health Prevention, Screenings And Assessments, Early Intervention And Treatment Services For Public School Students; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements For The Framework And Guidelines; To Create The Children's Mental Health Partnership, Which Shall Be Responsible For Developing The Assessments And Screeners To Be Used By Certified School Employees To Detect Any Mental Health Deficiencies In Students; To Prescribe The Composition Of The Partnership; To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop And Implement A Policy Requiring All Public School Districts To Provide Mental Health Screenings And Assessments To Students In Kindergarten Through Grade 12, Who Exhibit Signs Of Mental Distress, Incapacity And Habitually Disruptive Behavior; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements Of The Policy Content; To Require Every Public School District To Develop A Policy For Incorporating Social And Emotional Development Into The District's Educational Program; To Amend Sections 37-3-85, 37-7-301, 37-11-1, 37-11-18.1, 37-11-55, 37-11-57, 37-13-92, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Authority To And The Processes Required By The State Board Of Education And The Local Governing School Boards To Implement Policies And Procedures To Address Habitually Disruptive Students, The Components To Be Included In Any Behavior Modification Plan Developed For The Student, Considerations For Alternative Placement And Petitioning The Youth Court For Consideration Of Placement In The Youth Challenge Program; To Bring Forward Section 37-11-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; To Amend Section 43-27-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "high-needs School" For Purposes Of Prioritizing Funding For Implementing Cardiac Emergency Response Plans (cerps); To Amend Section 37-11-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Cerps Shall Encompass Athletic Venue Grounds, And That An Automated External Defibrillator (aed) Shall Be Placed Within Three Minutes Of Each School Athletic Venue; To Create New Section 37-11-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Department Of Education To Designate $2,499,000.00 To Aid In Implementing Cerps; To Specify That Funding Shall Be Used For Activities And Equipment Promoting Cerp Preparedness In Schools, And That High-needs Schools Shall Be Given Funding Priority; To Authorize The Department Of Education To Establish A Procedure For Monitoring School Compliance With Funding Requirements; To Authorize Schools To Accept Gifts, Grants And Donations For The Purchase Of Aeds That Meet The Standards Established By The United States Food And Drug Administration, And For The Costs Incurred In Inspecting And Maintaining, And Training Staff In The Use Of, Such Devices; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide A State Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Claiming The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit; To Provide The Amount Of The Credit; To Provide That If The Amount Of Credit Claimed By A Taxpayer Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Imposed Upon The Taxpayer For The Taxable Year, Then The Taxpayer Shall Receive A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For The Amount Of Such Excess; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medicaid Coverage For Individuals Who Are Under 65 Years Of Age, Are Not Pregnant, Are Not Entitled To Or Enrolled For Medicare Benefits And Whose Income Is Not More Than 133% Of The Federal Poverty Level, As Authorized Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The State And School Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan To Require The State To Provide Fifty Percent Of The Cost Of The Health Insurance Plan For The Eligible Dependents Of Full-time Employees; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-44-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Additional Penalty For Any Person Who Intentionally Directs, Participates, Conducts, Furthers, Or Assists In The Commission Of Illegal Gang Activity By Use Of An Uncrewed Aircraft Or Uncrewed Aircraft System; To Amend Section 97-44-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Forfeiture Of An Uncrewed Aircraft Or An Uncrewed Aircraft System In The Possession Of A Member Of A Criminal Street Gang; To Amend Section 97-44-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "uncrewed Aircraft" And "uncrewed Aircraft System" Within The Mississippi Streetgang Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Screening And Approval Program For The Over-the-counter Availability And Retail Sale Of Products That Contain Any Substance With The Potential To Be Recreationally Used Or Abused; To Define Certain Terms; To Require The State Department Of Health To Administer The Program; To Require The State Health Officer To Approve Or Deny The Over-the-counter Availability And Retail Sale Of Products That Contain Any Substance With The Potential To Be Recreationally Used Or Abused; To Establish An Appeals Process Available To The Manufacturer Or Distributor Of A Product That Was Denied By The State Health Officer; To Require The Department To Establish Rules And Regulations Necessary To Implement And Administer The Program; To Provide An Exception For Ordinances And Regulations Of Municipalities And Counties Enacted Before July 1, 2025, Which Limit Or Prohibit Such Products; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That Any Person Who Makes A Damage Claim To A Law Enforcement Agency Or To The Mississippi Department Of Agriculture And Commerce, Knowing Such Report To Be False, Is Guilty Of A Misdemeanor; To Bring Forward Sections 69-23-5 And 69-23-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Mississippi Pesticide Law, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Repeal Sections 41-41-45 And 97-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibit The Performing Or Inducing Of An Abortion Except Where Necessary For The Preservation Of The Mother's Life Or Where The Pregnancy Was Caused By Rape; To Provide For A Statewide Special Election To Be Held On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, For The Purpose Of Determining Whether Abortions Shall Be Prohibited In Mississippi; To Provide That If A Majority Of The Qualified Electors Voting On The Question In The Special Election Vote For Prohibiting Abortions In Mississippi, Then This Act Shall Not Take Effect; To Provide That If A Majority Of The Qualified Electors Voting On The Question In The Election Vote Against Prohibiting Abortions In Mississippi, Then This Act Shall Take Effect On January 1, 2026; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 5 Of Chapter 534, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Purpose Of A Project Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2022 Ihl Capital Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 7 Of Chapter 534, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Purpose Of A Project Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2022 State Agencies Capital Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 10 Of Chapter 524, Laws Of 2024, To Clarify And Correct Names And Purposes Of Certain Projects Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 9-21-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify The Sources Of Funding For The Civil Legal Assistance Fund; To Bring Forward Sections 25-7-9 And 25-7-13; To Bring Forward Repealed Sections 27-19-56.99 And 27-19-56.135, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Specify Chancery And Circuit Court Fees And Fees For Certain Specialized Motor Vehicle License Tags, For The Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Foster Parent To Submit Monthly Expense Reports To The Department Of Child Protection Services That Detail Costs For A Child's Care; To Amend Section 43-15-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Childcare Teachers Shortage Study Committee; To Provide That The Committee Is To Study The Mississippi Childcare Worker Shortage And How To Increase The Supply Of Affordable Childcare Seats While Also Recognizing Educators For Their Ongoing Efforts To Improve Mississippi's Early Education And Care System; To Provide The Members Of The Committee; To Provide What The Study Committee Shall Review; To Require The Study Committee To Report To Certain Officials By December 1, 2025; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Agencies That Administer Grant Funds Under Programs That Were Funded With American Rescue Plan Act (arpa) Funds To Report To The Department Of Finance And Administration The Amount Of Funds That Have Been Expensed, The Amounts Remaining To Be Expended And/or Remaining To Be Requested For Reimbursement By Each Subgrantee; To Require Each Of The Agencies To Notify All Subgrantees Of This Reporting Requirement, In A Form Provided By The Department Of Finance And Administration, Within 30 Days Of The Effective Date Of This Act And To Provide A Second Notice On September 1, 2025; To Require The Department Of Finance And Administration To Submit The Combined Reporting Of All Funds To The Lieutenant Governor, Speaker Of The House, House And Senate Appropriations Chairmen, And The Legislative Budget Office; To Require Each Agency To Which Funds Were Appropriated Or Reappropriated By The Legislature From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund Or The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund In Any Fiscal Year To Report The Amount And Source Of Those Funds That Have Not Been Expended By November 1, 2025; To Provide That This Report Shall Be Filed By December 1, 2025, With The Department Of Finance And Administration, The Secretary Of The Senate, And The Clerk Of The House; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 509, Laws Of 2024, To Require The State Treasurer To Transfer Certain Available Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds To The Arpa-mdot Maintenance Project Fund; To Provide That If Certain Programs Have A Reporting Requirement And A Subgrantee Has Not Provided Two Consecutive Reports, The Department Of Finance And Administration Is Authorized To Transfer Available Funds To The Arpa-mdot Maintenance Project Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Kratom To Schedule Iii Of The Uniform Controlled Substances Act; And For Related Purposes.