An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Employment Security For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To The Individual Training Account Workforce Reinforcement Assistance Program For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act To Be Known As The "claiborne County Risk Compensation Fund Act"; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury For The Deposit Of Contributions From Electrical Utilities Benefiting From The Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant And A Percentage Of Revenues Received By The Department Of Revenue From Nuclear In Lieu Payments; To Require The Department Of Revenue To Administer The Fund; To Prescribe Permissible Uses Of Monies In The Fund Relating To Safety, Healthcare, Education And Infrastructure In Claiborne County; To Create An Advisory Committee To Oversee The Fund; To Require An Independent Audit Of The Fund Every Three Years; To Amend Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Fifteen Percent Of Revenue Collected From Nuclear In Lieu Tax Contributions To Be Paid Into The Risk Compensation Fund For Claiborne County; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Revise The Campaign Finance Laws; To Amend Section 23-15-801, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Certain Definitions; To Revise The Definitions Of Certain Terms; To Amend Section 23-15-803, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Candidates To Create A Candidate Committee To Report Their Contributions And Expenditures; To Provide What Must Be Included In The Statement Of Organization Of A Candidate Committee; To Revise The Statement Of Organization For Political Committees; To Revise The Administrative Penalties For Candidate And Political Committees; To Amend Section 23-15-805, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Secretary Of State To Maintain A Central Site On The Internet To Make Accessible And Searchable To The Public All Public Available Election-related Reports And Information; To Provide That, Beginning On January 1, 2027, All Campaign Finance Reports Shall Be Filed On The Secretary Of State's Online Filing System; To Amend Section 23-15-807, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Campaign Finance Reports That Shall Be Filed By Candidate And Political Committees; To Provide That Candidate And Political Committees Shall Have Zero Cash On Hand Before Filing A Termination Report; To Provide That The Reports Shall Be Filed Based On The Election Cycle; To Prohibit Anonymous Contributions And Require That Any Received Shall Be Returned To The Donor Or Deposited Into The Elections Support Fund; To Provide That Certain Notifications Shall Be Made On The Secretary Of State's Online Filing System; To Amend Section 23-15-809, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Independent Expenditure Reports Must Be Filed By The Second Business Day After The Expenditure Is Made; To Amend Section 23-15-811, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase Certain Penalties; To Amend Section 23-15-813, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Secretary Of State, And Not The Ethics Commission, Shall Be Authorized To Assess Fines; To Decrease The Time That The Secretary Of State Has To Provide Notice Of A Failing To File; Provide Increases To Certain Fines; To Provide A Shorter Time For When Fines Begin To Accrue For Pre-election Reports; To Require The Failure To File Certain Reports To Be Reported To The Mississippi Press Association; To Provide That Fines Can Be Appealed To The Circuit Courts In Rankin And Madison Counties, As Well As Hinds County; To Amend Section 23-15-815, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Powers And Duties Of The Secretary Of State Regarding Campaign Finance Reports; To Require The Secretary Of State To Prepare Certain Forms And A Campaign Finance Manual; To Provide How Long Campaign Finance Reports Shall Be Made Available; To Require The Secretary Of State To Inspect Certain Reports And Statements Of Organization; To Require The Secretary Of State To Create Rules On A Written Complaint And Response Process; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Confidentially Make Investigations Into Statements And Reports That Are Filed; To Provide The Same Authority To The Ethics Commission For Reports And Statements Filed By The Secretary Of State Or Any Person Running For That Office; To Amend Section 23-15-817, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add State District Officers To The List That Is Released To The Mississippi Press Association For Failure To File A Campaign Finance Disclosure Report; To Amend Section 23-15-819, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That It Shall Be Unlawful For A Foreign National, Directly Or Through Any Other Person, To Make Any Contribution Or Any Expenditure Of Money Or Other Thing Of Value, Or To Promise Expressly Or Impliedly To Make Any Such Contribution Or Expenditure, In Connection With An Election For Any Constitutional Amendment, Local Ballot Measure, Ballot Referendum, Or Other Similar Measures; To Provide Certain Penalties For Knowingly Violating This Section; To Amend Section 23-15-821, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Personal Use Of Campaign Contributions By A Political Committee Shall Be Prohibited; To Provide That Upon Filing A Termination Report, A Zero Cash On Hand Balance Shall Be Required And No Funds Shall Be Maintained In The Campaign Account; To Provide That If A Candidate With Exempt Campaign Finance Contributions No Longer Holds Office, He Or She Shall Dispense With The Contributions And Report That To The Secretary Of State Within One Year Of Leaving Office; To Create A New Section Of Law That Requires Candidates To Disclose The Identity Of Any Person Who Receives A Long Or Other Extension Of Credit From; To Create A New Section Of Law That Requires The Candidate Or Treasurer Of Each Candidate Committee Or Political Committee To Keep A Detailed Record Of All Contributions And Expenditures; To Authorize Certain Accounts To Be Inspected By The Secretary Of State; To Require The Preservation Of Certain Reports; To Create A New Section Of Law That Provides For Corporate Contribution Limits; To Provide That The Penalty Shall Be For The Receiving Entity And Not The Corporation; To Provide That The Corporate Contribution Limits Shall Not Apply To Independent Expenditures; To Provide Certain Penalties When Unlawful Contributions Are Not Returned; To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Legal Action As Necessary For The Collection Of Levied Assessments; To Repeal Section 97-13-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits Political Contributions By Corporations; To Repeal Section 97-13-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Penalizes Illegal Corporate Contributions; To Amend Section 79-29-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Department Of Mental Health And Community Mental Health Centers To Expand Outpatient Services And Community-based Services For Certain Formerly Incarcerated Inmates Of The Department Of Corrections; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-31.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Wild Hogs May Be Observed, Trapped And Taken With The Aid Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Or Drones, To The Extent Permitted By Federal Law, Except During Deer Season; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-12-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Require All Enrollees In The Tanf Program To Be Compliant With Work Requirements Or Any Educational Or Vocational Advancement Regardless Of Age Before Granting Benefits; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Authority Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Place An Offender On Conditional Medical Release; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Peer Helpers Plus Program; To Authorize The Department Of Mental Health To Administer The Program; To Stipulate That The Purpose Of The Program Is To Provide Counseling And Mental Health Interventions For Students In Public Schools Through A Multi-tiered System Of Approaches Including The Prevention Awareness For Total Health (path) Curriculum And Instructional Component And Peer-to-peer Counseling; To Require Schools To Apply To The Department Of Mental Health For Program Funding; To Authorize The Use Of A Portion Of The Opioid Settlement Fund To Support This Program; To Provide For A Reporting Component By Schools And The Department Of Mental Health; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-31-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow All-terrain Vehicles And Recreational Off-highway Vehicles To Operate On County Rural, Gravel Or Paved Roads; To Require, For Such Operation, Compliance With Licensing And Tagging Requirements And Other Motor Vehicle Regulations, Except Those Requiring Equipping With Windshield Wipers; To Specify That A License Tag Shall Not Authorize The Use Of An All-terrain Vehicle Or Recreational Off-highway Vehicle For Towing, Or For Operation On An Interstate Highway Or Any Other Road For Which The Speed Limit Exceeds 40 Miles Per Hour, Except For Crossing Certain Roads; To Amend Section 27-19-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform And To Provide That License Tags Sold And Issued For All Terrain Vehicles Or Recreational Off Highway Vehicles Shall Not Exceed $100.00; To Amend Sections 27-19-3, 27-19-5, 27-51-5, 63-3-103, 63-15-3 And 63-21-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Season On Deer, When It Ends On A Friday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; To Amend Section 49-7-31.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Seasons On Bobwhite Quail And Wild Turkey, When They End On Friday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; To Amend Section 49-7-31.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Seasons On Squirrel And Rabbits, When They End On Friday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; To Amend Section 49-7-31.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Season On Fur-bearing Animals, Including Any Additional Open Season On Raccoon, When It Ends On A Friday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 77-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Penalties Greater Than The Maximum Civil Penalty In Federal Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize Local Law Enforcement Agencies With Primary Law Enforcement Authority Of All Public And Nonpublic Schools Within Their Jurisdiction To Enter Into Memorandums Of Understanding With Independent Nonpublic Schools To Employ Law Enforcement Officers As School Resource Officers (sros) At Such Schools; To Specify The Training Requirements For Individuals Serving As Sros At Independent Nonpublic Schools And Consequences For Noncompliance With Training Requirements; To Amend Sections 21-19-49 And 17-25-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 21-37-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Municipalities Shall Not Charge Any Individual To Park On A Municipal Public Street That Is Near A County Courthouse Or Other County Building When Such Individual Is Required To Appear At The County Courthouse Or Other County Building; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 77-3-10, 77-3-11, 77-3-13, 77-3-14, 77-3-16, 77-3-35, 77-3-37, 77-3-39, 77-3-41, 77-3-93, And 77-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Relating To Certificates Of Public Convenience And Necessity, Rates, And Service, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If An Offender Whose Petition For Parole Eligibility Has Been Denied By The Circuit Court, Then Such Offender Must Wait Two Years Before Filing A Successive Petition; And For Related Purposes.