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 Create The Mississippi Anti-hunger And Anti-food Insecurity Task Force; To Require The Task Force To Study Hunger And Food Insecurity In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide For Its Membership, Co-chair Structure And Duties; To Require The Task Force To Provide Two Reports; To Dissolve The Task Force By A Certain Date; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide That Two Or More Municipalities In A County May Establish A Joint Police Department If The Governing Authorities Of Such Municipalities Determine It Is In The Best Interests Of The Municipalities; To Provide That A Joint Police Department Shall Be Governed By A Board; To Provide The Membership Of Such Board; To Prescribe The Establishment Process Of A Joint Police Department; To Provide The Rights And Duties As Well As The Funding Mechanism For A Joint Police Department; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Educational Facilities Construction, Infrastructure And Capital Improvements Grant Program For The Purpose Of Constructing New And Improving Existing Educational Facilities In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Administer The Program And Promulgate The Necessary Rules And Regulations For Its Administration; To Create The "educational Facilities Construction, Infrastructure And Capital Improvements Grant Fund In The State Treasury; To Authorize Public School Districts To Submit Applications To The Department Of Education For Grants From The Fund; To Designate The Purposes For Which Grants May Be Used And The Percentage Of The Grant Fund To Be Made Available For Grants To Different Educational Institutions; To Establish The Maximum Grant Amounts Per District Allowable Over The Course Of Five Fiscal Years; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Allocation That Was Diverted To The Educational Enhancement Fund To Be Allocated To The Educational Facilities Construction, Infrastructure And Capital Improvements Grant Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Improve Mathematics And Science Instruction In Mississippi's Public Middle Schools Through The Development And Adoption Of New Learning Standards; To Require Middle School Programs, Directly Or In Cooperation With Community Colleges Or Other School Districts, To Enhance The College Entrance And Work Opportunity Possibilities; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 29-17-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Spending Authority Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning And Community And Junior Colleges For The Purpose Of Repair, Renovation And Improvements, Including Utility Infrastructure Projects To $10,000,000.00; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act Of 2026"; To Require The State Department Of Education To Work With School Districts That Have The Lowest High School Graduation Rates; To Require The Department To Develop Methods Of Targeted Intervention For Low Performing School Districts; To Provide That Children Of A Certain Age May Not Withdraw From School Unless Certain Conditions Are Met; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate June 19 As "juneteenth Freedom Day"; To Specifically Provide That Juneteenth Freedom Day Shall Not Be A Legal Holiday, But Shall Be A Day To Commemorate Freedom From Slavery At No Expense To The State; To Provide When A Legal Holiday Will Be Celebrated If The Holiday Falls On A Saturday Or Sunday; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act Of 2026"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide For The Public Funding Of The Program, Which Shall Be Available To Parents And Families On A Voluntary Participation Basis; To Prescribe The Minimum Standards Of Education Required To Be Offered To Children Enrolled In The Program; To Prescribe The Manner By Which Payments Will Be Made To Prekindergarten Programs, Whether Such Programs Are Offered Through The Public School District Of Residence, An Outside District Or Through A Prequalified Private Provider; To Establish The Minimum Standards Required For The Prequalification Of Private Providers; To Prescribe The Manner By Which Local School Districts Must Account For Students Enrolled In Prekindergarten Programs For Purposes Of Determining Average Daily Attendance; To Require The Program To Be Jointly Administered By The State Board Of Education And The Division Of Early Childhood Care And Development; To Provide For The Expansion Of School-based Prekindergarten Programs; To Require The Board And The Division To Establish A Process To Calculate The Annual Statewide Tuition Rate For Prekindergarten Education; To Provide For An Administrative Procedures Process For Entities Aggrieved By Actions Of The Board And Division; To Require Annual Reports On The Program And Any Recommendation For Improvement Or Discontinuation To The Legislature; To Bring Forward Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medicaid Coverage For Individuals Who Are Under 65 Years Of Age, Are Not Pregnant, Are Not Entitled To Or Enrolled For Medicare Benefits And Whose Income Is Not More Than 133% Of The Federal Poverty Level, As Authorized Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 273, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Provide That For An Initiative Petition To Be Placed Upon The Ballot, The Qualifying Total Of Signatures Must Comprise An Equal Number Of Certified Signatures From All Current Congressional Districts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Town Of Plantersville, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Extending The Walking Track At Grant-wuichet Park, Enlarging The Concession Stand By Constructing, Equipping And Furnishing Additional Restrooms And Updating Baseball Fields, Lighting, Bleachers And Dugouts At The Park And Repairs, Resurfacing, Upgrades And Improvements To Roads And Streets In The Town; To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Town Of Plantersville, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Paving The Parking Area For The Plantersville Community Center And Making Upgrades And Improvements To The Playground Area And Playground Equipment At The Center And Purchasing And Installing Above Ground Commercial Storm Shelters At The Plantersville Community Center And At Grant-wuichet Park; To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Town Of Plantersville, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Purchasing A New Fire Truck For The Town's Fire Department, Repair And Renovation Of And Upgrades And Improvements To The Town Fire Department Building And Purchasing 911 Radios And Turnout Gear And Clothing For Firemen; To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Town Of Plantersville, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Purchasing A New Building For The Town's Police Department, Purchasing And Equipping Three Motor Vehicles For The Town's Police Department And Purchasing Radios, Computers And Other Equipment And Accessories, Lights, Office Furniture, Hand Guns, Rifles And A Gun Safe For The Town's Police Department; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Supervisors Of Amite County To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Completing A Bridge Replacement Project On Robertson Road Across Brushy Creek In The County, And A Bank Restabilization Project At/or Near The Same Site For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Section 99-36-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Additional Victim Assistance Coordinator For The Sixteenth Circuit Court District; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require All Agencies, Departments, Institutions And Political Subdivisions Of The State That Provide Programs Or Services To Children In This State To Create, Annually, An Itemized List Of The Programs And Services Provided To Children; To Require That The List Contains A Description Of The Programs And Services, A Resource Mapping Of All Federal And State Funds Received, Costs Associated With The Programs And Services, The Number Of Children Served By The Programs And Services, And Any Performance Measures Used To Assess The Programs And Services; 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 Shall Make The Compiled Information Available To Certain Committees Of The Legislature By December 1 Of Each Year; And For Related Purposes.