An Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Natchez To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With The Roselawn Subdivision Stormwater Infrastructure Project, West Stiers Lane Stormwater Infrastructure Project And Concord Avenue Stormwater Infrastructure Project For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Cleveland To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Purchasing And Outfitting Four New Police Vehicles For The Police Department Of The City For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Natchez, Mississippi, For The Purpose Of Providing Funding For The Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act To Modernize Procurement And Digital Services In The State Of Mississippi; To Create The Procurement Modernization Advisory Council; To Provide For The Establishment Of A Statewide Cloud Storage Center For State Agencies; To Implement Strategic Initiatives For Data Integration, Cybersecurity And Technological Infrastructure Development; And To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services To Implement Statewide Digital Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Department Of Human Services To Transfer 30% Of The Tanf Block Grant Received By The State Each Fiscal Year To The Child Care And Development Fund (ccdf), To Be Used As Vouchers To Pay For Child Care For Qualifying Children Under The Child Care Payment Program (ccpp); And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The City Of Natchez, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With The City's Roselawn Subdivision Stormwater Infrastructure Project, West Stiers Lane Stormwater Infrastructure Project And Concord Avenue Stormwater Infrastructure Project; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-367, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Appearance Of Names On General Election Ballots So That Nominees Of The Political Parties Whose Nominees For President Received At Least Ten Percent Of The Votes Cast In The Previous Presidential Election Shall Be Listed First Alphabetically By The Candidate's Last Name, And Then Nominees Of Any Other Political Parties Shall Be Listed Alphabetically By The Candidate's Last Name Qualified To Conduct Primary Elections, Shall Be Listed Next Alphabetically By The Candidate's Last Name, Followed By Any Other Candidates Listed Alphabetically By Last Name; To Amend Section 23-15-361, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Appearance Of Names On Municipal General Election Ballots So That Nominees Of The Republican And Democrat Political Parties Shall Be Listed First Alphabetically By The Candidate's Last Name, And Then Nominees Of Any Other Political Parties, Qualified To Conduct Primary Elections, Shall Be Listed Next Alphabetically By The Candidate's Last Name, Followed By Any Other Candidates Listed Alphabetically By Last Name; To Amend Sections 23-15-511 And 23-15-359, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Tanf Funds Shall Be Used To Pay For College Scholarships For Persons Who Are Not Recipients Of Tanf Benefits; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Office Of Inspector General; To Define Certain Terms; To Require The Office Of Inspector General To Be Administratively Attached To The Office Of The Governor For The Purpose Of Investigating And Pursuing Charges With Respect To The Detection And Eradication Of Fraud, Waste, Misconduct, Inefficiencies, Mismanagement, Abuse And Corruption In The Executive Branch Of State Government; To Require The Governor, With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, To Appoint A State Inspector General; To Require The Governor To Fix The Salary Of The Inspector General; To Establish Minimum Qualifications For The State Inspector General; To Prescribe The Powers And Duties Of The Office Of Inspector General; To Require Agencies Under Investigation To Cooperate With The Office Of Inspector General; To Prohibit An Agency From Taking Adverse Action Against An Employee For Disclosing Prohibited Activity To The Inspector General; To Authorize The Inspector General To Administer Oaths And Issue Subpoenas To Compel The Attendance Of Witnesses And The Production Of Items Constituting Evidence; To Authorize The Inspector General To Employ Peace Officers To Assist The Office In Carrying Out Its Duties And Conducting Criminal Investigations; To Amend Section 25-9-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Office Of Inspector General In The Definition Of "state Investigative Body" As That Term Is Used In Statutes Granting Whistleblower Protection To Public Employees; To Rescind Executive Order No. 728, Dated April 5, 1993, Which Created The Position Of State Inspector General In The Office Of The Governor; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Commission To Redesignate Confederate County Names In Mississippi; To Provide The Membership Of The Commission; To Provide That The Commission Shall Prepare And Submit Its Initial Report With A Detailed Statement Of Findings, Conclusions And Recommendations To The Legislature And The Governor Not Later Than December 1, 2025; To Provide That The Commission Shall Continue In Existence And Shall Prepare And Submit A Follow-up Report Annually Not Later Than December 1 Of The Year; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Supervisors May Pay The Election Commissioners An Additional Amount Not To Exceed $35.00 Per Election For The Performance Of Their Duties On The Day Of Any Primary, Runoff, General Or Special Election; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Certain Amount Of The Interest Earned Each Fiscal Year On The Sums In The Working Cash-stabilization Reserve Fund Must Be Deposited Into The Ayers Settlement Fund For The Next Ten Fiscal Years; To Delete The Requirement To Make Annual Reductions In The Ayers Endowment Trust After A Certain Amount Has Been Deposited Into The Ayers Settlement Fund Under This Section; To Amend Section 37-101-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "released-time Moral Instruction Act Of 2025"; To Authorize Local School Boards To Permit The Released-time Moral Instruction Of Pupils; To Permit School Boards To Complete A Survey To Determine Pupils Within The School District Who Desire Released-time Moral Instruction And Who Have Received Consent From Their Parent Or Legal Guardian For Such Instruction; To Require School Boards To Allow Those Students Desiring Released-time Moral Instruction To Participate In Off-site For At Least One Hour, One Day Each Week; To Prohibit The School District From Providing Or Facilitating Released-time Moral Instruction On School Premises; To Permit Local School Boards To Make Arrangements With The Persons In Charge Of The Released-time Moral Instruction As The Board Deems Necessary And Advisable; To Provide That Students Shall Not Be Penalized Or Considered Absent From The School For Purposes Of Attending Released-time Moral Instruction; To Provide That Students Who Do Not Participate In Released-time Moral Instruction Shall Continue In The Regular Course Of Daily Instruction; To Provide That Released-time Moral Instruction Shall Be Given Without Expense To Any Local School Board Beyond The Cost Of The Original Survey; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Repealer On The Provision Of Law That Authorizes The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Administer Certain Contracts For Construction And Maintenance Projects At The State Institutions Which Are Funded By State General Obligation Bonds; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Any County, Municipality, Tribe, Or Agency Of The State That Is Wet Under The Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law To Authorize Permitted Package Retailers To Engage In Package Retail Sales During Certain Hours On Sunday; And For Related Purposes.