An Act To Amend Section 37-151-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Percentage Of Allotted Weight Attributable To Low-income Students For The Purpose Of Determining The Preliminary Weighted Enrollment Of Each School And Charter School Which Is Used To Determine The Base Student Cost For Students Enrolled Therein Under The Mississippi Student Funding Formula; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Children's Resource Commission; To Provide That The Commission Is Charged With Coordinating And Streamlining The State's Efforts To Provide Needed Services To Mississippi's Children; To Provide The Number Of Members On The Commission; To Require The Commission To Report To The Governor And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Not Later Than December 1 Of Each Year; To Require The Commission To Adopt Internal Organizational Procedures Necessary For The Efficient Operation Of The Commission; To Authorize The Commission To Establish Subcommittees For Conducting Specific Programs And Activities; To Require The Commission To Create Resource Maps Of All Funds Received For Programs And Services That Support Children In This State, To Assess The Effectiveness Of Those Programs And Services And To Determine The Feasibility Of Merging, Continuing Or Discontinuing Those Programs Or Services; To Require All Agencies, Departments, Institutions And Political Subdivisions Of The State That Provide Programs Or Services To Children In This State To Create An Itemized List Of Those Programs And Services, And To Cooperate With The Commission; To Provide That The Itemized Lists Of Programs And Services Shall Be Provided To The John C. Stennis Institute Of Government At Mississippi State University Not Later Than September 1 Of Each Year; To Provide That The Stennis Institute Shall Compile The Information In Those Lists Into One Document, And Provide The Compiled Information To The Commission And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Each Year; To Require The Commission To Provide The Information Received And Prepared By It To The Department Of Human Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Department Of Education To Create A Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics (stem) Pilot Program In Certain School Districts Primarily In The Delta For High Performing Students In Grades 4 Through 8; To Prescribe Certain Components Of The Stem Pilot Program; To Authorize School Districts To Pay An Annual Salary Supplement To A Teacher Serving As The Advisor To The Stem Pilot Program; To Require Participating School Districts To Annually Submit Data On The Pilot Program To The State Department Of Education; To Require The Department To Compile The School District Data Into A Report For The House And Senate Education Committees; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 59-21-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase From Twelve To Eighteen The Minimum Age For A Person Who Is Required To Wear A Coast Guard Approved Personal Flotation Device While On Board Certain Motorboats, Sailboats Or Vessels; To Amend Section 59-21-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase From $250.00 To $500.00 The Maximum Penalty For Violations Of The Mississippi Boating Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Staggered Terms Of Election Commissioners In Districts Two And Four; To Provide That Those Election Commissioners From Districts Two And Four And Elected In The 2027 Election Shall Be Elected For A Three-year Term; To Provide That Those Election Commissioners From Districts Two And Four Shall Be Elected In The 2030 Election Shall Serve For A Four-year Term And Have A New Election Every Four Years Thereafter; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Mississippi Department Of Labor; To Set Forth And Prescribe The Functions Of Administrative Offices In The Department; To Provide For The Election Of The Commissioner Of Labor; To Amend Section 71-5-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Abolish The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security And Transfer The Duties, Powers And Funds Of The Department To The Office Of Employment Security In The Mississippi Department Of Labor; To Repeal Section 71-5-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Appointment Of The Executive Director Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; To Empower The Department Of Labor To Administer And Coordinate Certain Federal And State-funded Job Training And Employment-related Education Programs; To Prescribe The Responsibilities Of The Office Of Industry Service And Industry Start-up Training, The Office Of Employee Relations And Job Discrimination And The Office Of Disabled Employee Assistance In The Department; To Amend Sections 7-1-351, 7-1-355, 7-1-357, 7-1-361, 7-1-363 And 7-1-365, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set The Annual Salary Of The Commissioner Of Labor; To Amend Sections 23-15-193 And 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add The Commissioner Of Labor To The List Of Elected Officials; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-5-503, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Minimum Weekly Benefit Amount For An Individual That Receives Unemployment Compensation; To Bring Forward Section 71-5-505, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of Special Funds To The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security For The Purpose Of Funding Summer Youth Employment Programs Throughout The State For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Members Of The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board To Be Compensated With Per Diem, Mileage And Other Actual Expenses Incurred As A Result Of Attending Meetings Of The Authorizer Board And In The Discharge Of Duties Prescribed By The Authorizer Board; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-50-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt The Practices Of Marriage And Family Therapy And Psychology From The Universal Recognition Of Occupational Licenses Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That From And After October 1, 2025, The State Shall Not Provide Any Funding For The Existing Contract Between The Department Of Human Services And Any Private Entity For The Operation Of Child Support Collection And Enforcement Offices And/or Programs By The Private Entity For The Department; To Provide That After The Funding For The Contract Has Ended, The Department Shall Terminate The Contract And The Department Shall Perform All Of The Child Support And Enforcement Functions That Were Performed By The Private Entity For The Department Under The Contract; To Provide That The State Shall Not Be Subject To Any Monetary Penalties Or Be Liable For Any Monetary Payments To The Private Entity As A Result Of The Termination Of The Contract; To Amend Section 43-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Department From Entering Into Any Contract On Or After The Effective Date Of This Act With A Private Entity For The Operation Of Child Support Collection And Enforcement Offices And/or Programs By The Private Entity For The Department; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Secretary Of State, Or The Circuit Clerk In The Case Of A County Election, Or The Municipal Clerk In The Case Of A Municipal Election, Shall Conduct, In A Method Different From The Original Count, A Recount Of All Votes Cast For Any Office Or Ballot Question In Any Election If Certain Differences Exist; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Conveyance Of An Interest Relating To A Carbon Credit Or Sequestration Be Recorded As An Interest In Land; To Bring Forward Sections 89-5-1 And 89-5-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Recording Of Instruments, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Housing Repair Grant Program To Provide Grants To Certain Low Income Individuals To Make Significant Repairs To Their Homes; To Provide That The Department Of Finance And Administration Shall Administer The Grant Program; To Provide The Maximum Amount Of A Grant Authorized Under The Program; To Prescribe The Requirements To Be Eligible For A Grant Under The Program; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The "mississippi Housing Repair Grant Fund", Which Shall Be Used For The Program; To Authorize The Issuance Of $50,000,000.00 Of State General Obligation Bonds For The Purpose Of Providing Funds For The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 99-19-81 And 99-19-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Under The Habitual Offender Sentencing Law Any Conviction For A Drug Offense Or A Nonviolent Crime Shall Not Be Utilized In Computing Whether A Person Has Two Prior Convictions; And For Related Purposes.