An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Sales Of Tangible Personal Property Or Services To Veterans Outreach; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Age For Expunction Of Misdemeanors; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Sections 25-11-147 And 25-11-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Is An Elected Official Or A Member Of The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan Is Convicted Of Or Enters A Plea Of Guilty Or Nolo Contendere In Any Court To A Felony In Which Public Funds Were Unlawfully Taken, Obtained Or Misappropriated In The Abuse Or Misuse Of The Person's Office That Is Committed On Or After July 1, 2025, The Court Shall Conduct A Hearing In A Separate Civil Proceeding To Determine If All Of The Conditions Have Been Met; To Provide That If All Of The Conditions Have Been Met, The Court Shall Issue An Order That The Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Be Suspended; To Provide That A Member Who Is Convicted Of Such A Felony Shall Not Have His Or Her Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Suspended Until All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired; To Provide That After Receiving The Suspension Order From The Court, The System Shall Request The Attorney General For A Determination Of Whether All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired; To Provide That After The Attorney General Notifies The System That All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired, The Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Shall Be Suspended Until The Member Has Made Full Restitution Of The Public Funds That Were Unlawfully Taken, Obtained Or Misappropriated In The Abuse Or Misuse Of The Member's Office, As Determined By The Attorney General; To Provide That If A Member Of The System Or Plan Is Also A Member Of Another Retirement System Administered By The Board Of Trustees Of The System, And The Felony For Which The Member Was Convicted Or Entered A Plea Of Guilty Or Nolo Contendere Was In Connection With The Member's Service As An Elected Official That Is Covered By Only One Of The Retirement Systems, The Member's Retirement Benefits Will Be Suspended Only From The Retirement System In Which His Or Her Service As An Elected Official Was Covered At The Time That He Or She Committed The Felony; To Provide That The System May Conclusively Rely On A Suspension Order From The Court And The Notice From The Attorney General That The Requirements Of This Act Have Been Met In Suspending A Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan; To Provide That The System Is Not Liable For Any Mistake In The Payment Of Retirement Benefits To A Member In Good Faith Reliance On A Suspension Order From The Court And The Notice From The Attorney General; To Provide That Any Ambiguity Or Uncertainty About Whether A Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Should Be Suspended Shall Be Resolved In Favor Of The Member; To Amend Sections 25-11-111, 25-11-120, 25-11-129, 25-11-309 And 25-11-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 99-19-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 97-11-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; To Bring Forward Sections 97-11-31, 97-11-13, 97-11-25 And 97-11-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 97-11-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; To Bring Forward Sections 97-11-33 And 97-17-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 97-17-43 And 97-23-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For An Increased Rate Of Medicaid Reimbursement For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services For Hospitals That Are Located In A County That Had An Average Monthly Unemployment Rate Of Eight Percent Or Higher For The 12 Months Of The Previous State Fiscal Year And Has A Critical Shortage Of Physicians And Nurses; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude From The Definition Of "gross Income" For Purposes Of The State Income Tax Law Amounts Received As Payment For Compensation Or Damages For Property Taken By Eminent Domain Or Condemnation As Authorized By Law, Provided That The Purchase Date For The Property Is Not Less Than Five (5) Years Before The Date The Property Is Taken By Eminent Domain Or Condemnation; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Sections 41-105-1 And 41-105-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Were Repealed By Operation Of Law By Section 7, Chapter 402, Laws Of 2017, For The Purpose Of Reconstituting The Healthcare Advisory Council And Directing The Appointment Of Members To The Council; To Establish A Comprehensive Preventive Health Care Plan For Mississippi And Direct The Council To Develop And Make A Report To The Legislature And The Governor For The 2026 Regular Session; To Specify Health Care Goals For The State That The Council Shall Consider; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Managed Care Organizations Under Any Managed Care Program Implemented By The Division Of Medicaid To Use A Clear Set Of Level Of Care Guidelines In The Determination Of Medical Necessity And In All Utilization Management Practices That Are Consistent With Widely Accepted Professional Standards Of Care; To Prohibit Those Organizations From Using Any Additional Criteria That Would Result In Denial Of Care That Would Be Determined Appropriate And, Therefore, Medically Necessary By The Guidelines And Certain Specified Principles; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The State Forestry Commission To Charge State Agencies Or Institutions For Services In Managing Timber Lands Of The Agency Or Institution Or For Other Services Provided By The Commission To The Agency Or Institution; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Elementary School And Related Facilities And A Playground And Related Areas For The Okolona Municipal Separate School District; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide An Allocation Of Funds Under The Mississippi Student Funding Formula To School Districts Having The Highest Incidences Of Crime And Violence For The Purpose Of Employing Social Workers; To Direct The State Department Of Education To Determine Which School Districts Shall Receive Allocations For Social Workers; To Require Social Workers Employed With Those Funds To Be Appropriately Licensed; To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Activities Of Social Workers; To Require The State Department Of Education And The Department Of Human Services To Jointly Establish A Program To Make The Services Of Social Workers Accessible In Public Schools Throughout The State Via Video Conferencing Means; To Require The Department Of Human Services To Employ Ten Social Workers To Staff The Video Conferencing Program; To Authorize School Guidance Counselors Who Identify A Need For The Services Of A Social Worker To Arrange For Those Services Via The Video Conferencing Program; To Amend Section 37-151-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require A Comprehensive Course In Mississippi History To Be Taught To All Students In Grade 9 In Public Schools; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist Coahoma County, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With The Restriping And Overlay Of A Portion Of Friars Point Road Beginning At Or Near Westover Drive And Extending To At Or Near Coahoma Community College In Coahoma County, Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 99-19-81, 99-19-83 And 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Habitual Offender May Be Eligible For Parole If The Offender Serves Ten Years Of A Sentence Of 40 Years Or More; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; To Make An Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services; To Define Terms As Used In The Act; To Require The Department Of Information Technology Services, In Conjunction With The Wireless Communication Commission, To Create A Program For The Purpose Of Providing Financial Assistance To Eligible Households To Purchase Broadband Services; To Provide Financial Assistance To Providers In Order To Reduce Broadband Costs To Households; And For Related Purposes.