An Act To Require The State Department Of Education And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Establish A Program Known As The "dream Makers Program" For Public School Students In Grades 7 And 8; To Provide That The Purpose Of The Program Will Be To Stimulate Interest In Science, Mathematics And Health Care Professions; To Require The Program To Be Conducted As An After-school Program; To Require The Program To Be A Two-year Course Of Study; To Prescribe The Eligibility Requirements For Participation In And The Components To Be Included In The Program; To Prescribe Attendance Requirements For Participants; To Require Local School Districts To Designate A Program Advisor Responsible For Performing The Necessary Services To Facilitate Activities Of The Program; To Require Each School District To Designate A Regional Coordinator To Assist The Advisor In Meeting Goals, Objectives And Activities; To Require The University Of Mississippi Medical Center To Designate A Staff Member To Act As Project Coordinator Between The Medical Center And The Advisor; To Establish The Dream Makers Trust Fund In The State Treasury To Provide Support To Local School Districts And Schools For Start-up Costs And Costs Associated With Implementing And Operating The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi-ireland Trade Commission; To State Findings Of The Legislature; To Provide For Appointments To The Commission And The Length Of Their Terms; To Specify How The Commission Is To Conduct Its Business; To Set Out The Purposes Of The Commission; To Authorize The Commission To Raise Funds, Through Direct Solicitation Or Other Fundraising Events, Alone Or With Other Groups, And To Accept Gifts, Grants And Bequests From Individuals, Corporations, Foundations, Governmental Agencies And Public And Private Organizations And Institutions To Carry Out Its Purposes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Any Student Who Reaches The Age Of Six On Or Before December 31 To Enroll In First Grade At The Start Of The School Year During Which The Child Attains The Age Of Six; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Students Who Are Enrolled At The Start Of A School Year During Which They Attain The Age Of Six On Or Before December 31 In The Definition Of "compulsory-school-age Child" And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The College And Career Readiness Planning Program In Order To Lower Educational Costs, Shorten A Student's Time To Complete A Degree And Increase The Overall Success Rate Of Students By Reducing The Need For Remediation; To Require Public Schools To Administer Certain Assessments In Order To Ensure That Students Have The Career Readiness Skills Necessary To Compete In The Global Economy; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Extending The Sincerest Sympathy Of The Mississippi Senate To The Surviving Family Of Charles James Pittman, Former Mississippi Senator And Staff Member To Former Governor Haley Barbour, And Commending His Service To His Community And His State.

An Act To Amend Sections 71-3-13, 71-3-17, 71-3-21 And 71-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Total Compensation That A Person May Recover Under The Workers' Compensation Law To 520 Weeks; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require That The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, The Mississippi Community College Board And The State Workforce Investment Board To Work Jointly To Develop A Plan To Be Known As The "career Pathways Initiative"; To Require The Initiative To Increase The Access Of Low-income Parents And Other Individuals To Education Credentials That Qualify Them For Higher-paying Jobs In Their Local Areas, Improve The Preparedness Of The Mississippi Workforce For High-skill And High-wage Jobs, Develop Training Courses And Educational Credentials After Consulting Local Employers And Local Workforce Boards To Identify Appropriate Job Opportunities And Needed Skills And Training To Meet Employers' Needs, Provide Resources On The Basis Of Performance Incentives, Including Participants Enrolling In Courses, Completing The Courses, Obtaining Jobs In The Targeted Job Categories, And Staying Employed In The Targeted Job Categories; To Require The Initiative To Use Available Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (tanf) Funds For Participants Who Have Custody Or Legal Responsibility For A Child Under Twenty-one Years Of Age And Whose Family Income Is Less Than Two Hundred Fifty Percent Of The Federal Poverty Level; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Contract For The Providing Of Education And Training That Will Result In Job Training Certificates Or Higher Education Degrees For Low-income Adults With State Agencies, Two-year Colleges, Local Governments Or Private Or Community Organizations; To Authorize Tanf Funds To Be Combined With Other Federal, State And Local Funds In Ways Consistent With Federal Laws And Regulations In Order To Provide More Funding For The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Public Safety For The Purpose Of Updating The Basic Jail Officer Course Curriculum Of The Board On Jail Officer Standards And Training For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act To Require Signage For The Berean Children's Home On U.s. Route 84 In Lincoln County, Mississippi, Approaching The Intersection With Mississippi Highway 583; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate June 19th, Juneteenth, As A Legal Holiday In The State Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That If A Court Adjudicates A Person As Mentally Incompetent Or Orders That A Person Be Committed To A Hospital, Mental Health Treatment Facility Or Other Institution Qualified To Provide Care And Treatment For Persons With Mental Illness, Then The Clerk Of The Court Shall Notify The Department Of Public Safety Of Such Order; To Provide That If A Person Voluntarily Commits Himself Or Herself To Such A Hospital, Facility Or Institution, Then The Hospital, Facility Or Institution Shall Notify The Department Of Public Safety; To Provide That The Department May Use The Information Contained In The Notification Solely For Purposes Associated With Issuing, Denying, Suspending Or Revoking Such Person's License, Or Application For A License To Carry A Stun Gun, Concealed Pistol Or Concealed Revolver; To Provide That Records Associated With This Information Are Not Public; To Amend Section 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Department Maintain An Automated Listing Of Persons Who Are The Subject Of Such Notifications And Review The Listing As Necessary; To Bring Forward Section 97-37-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The Town Of Alligator To Assist In Costs Associated With The 2022 Water And Sewer Improvement Project For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act To Require The Department Of Corrections To Convert The Three Restitution Centers In The State To Post-release Reentry Centers; To Provide That The Post-release Reentry Centers Shall Be For Individuals Who Are Eligible For Release, Including Those Eligible For Parole And Early Release Supervision, If Such Individuals Do Not Have Immediate Access To Housing Upon Release; To Require The Department To Administer Services In The Post-release Reentry Centers As Well As Other Facilities That Provide Post-release Reentry Services; To Require The Department To Assist Residents Of The Centers In Obtaining Certain Reentry Necessities Such As Housing, Job Skills Training And Driver's Licenses; To Amend Section 45-33-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Residence Restrictions Shall Not Apply To Post-release Reentry Centers; To Amend Section 45-33-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Calculation Of Medicaid Reimbursement For Durable Medical Equipment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Proof Of A Mental Health Examination To Prove Mental Health Before A Person May Be Approved For A License To Carry A Concealed Firearm; And For Related Purposes.