An Act To Amend Section 57-1-701, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definitions Of The Terms "eligible Expenditures" And "site Development Improvements" For Purposes Of The Site Development Grant Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 77-3-707, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Telephone Solicitor To Make A Telephone Solicitation Regarding A Medicare Advantage Plan Or Medicare Supplement Plan To A Person Who Has An Established Business Relationship With The Solicitor Or Who Has Requested A Call With The Company; To Amend Section 77-3-709, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Correct An Incorrect Reference To Another Section Of The Code; To Amend Section 77-3-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Exemption From The Requirements Of The Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act For Insurance Agents; To Amend Section 83-9-110, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Prohibition Against Telephone Solicitations By Issuers Of Medicare Supplemental Policies Or Certificates; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Youth And Family Systems Coordination Task Force, Which Is A Statewide, Multisystem Body Whose Purpose Is To Develop And Coordinate Research-based Strategies Consistent With The Youth Court Law And The State's Behavioral Health System; To Provide The Membership And Duties Of The Task Force; To Require The Task Force To Submit An Annual Report To The Governor And The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Be Known As The "safeguard Honest Integrity In Elections For Lasting Democracy (shield) Act"; To Amend Section 23-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Procedure By Which A Registrar Verifies An Applicant's Citizenship Upon Receipt Of A Completed Voter Registration Application; To Require The Registrar To Enter Each Applicant's Information Into The United States Citizenship And Immigration Service's Systematic Alien Verification For Entitlements (save); To Require Registrars To Make Annual Reports To The Secretary Of State Regarding The Number Of Applicants Flagged By A Save System Check And The Number Removed Following Confirmation; To Create New Section 23-15-165.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Secretary Of State To Conduct An Annual Comparison Of The Statewide Elections Management System Records With The Save Database And To Report Ineligible Matches To The Appropriate Election Commissioner; To Create New Section 23-15-165.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Secretary Of State To Annually Report To The Legislature On The Results Achieved With The Save System; To Create New Section 23-15-165.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Personally Identifiable Information Collected Through Use Of The Save System From The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Create New Section 23-15-165.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Severability Of The Provisions Of The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Rename The Alcorn State University Biotechnology Building, Located In Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi, The "willie L. Simmons Biotechnology Building"; To Require The Department Of Finance And Administration To Prepare Or Have Prepared A Distinctive Plaque To Place Within The Building That States The Background, Accomplishments And Service Of Willie L. Simmons; To Require The Department Of Finance And Administration, In Conjunction With The University, To Erect The Proper Lettering Or Signage On The Outdoor Facade Of The Building Displaying The Official Name; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Screening And Approval Program For The Over-the-counter Availability And Retail Sale Of Products That Contain Any Substance With The Potential To Be Recreationally Used Or Abused; To Define Certain Terms; To Require The State Department Of Health To Administer The Program; To Require The State Health Officer To Approve Or Deny The Over-the-counter Availability And Retail Sale Of Products That Contain Any Substance With The Potential To Be Recreationally Used Or Abused; To Establish An Appeals Process Available To The Manufacturer Or Distributor Of A Product That Was Denied By The State Health Officer; To Require The Department To Establish Rules And Regulations Necessary To Implement And Administer The Program; To Provide An Exception For Ordinances And Regulations Of Municipalities And Counties Enacted Before July 1, 2025, Which Limit Or Prohibit Such Products; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Department Of Agriculture And Commerce To Establish A Program Under Which Deer Processors May Receive Incentive Grants To Become Authorized Snap Retailers And Process Donated Deer Meat For Sale To Snap Recipients; To Provide That To Receive An Incentive Grant Under The Program, A Deer Processor Must Present A Plan For How The Processor Plans To Use The Grant To Upgrade The Deer Processing Facility And Equipment And Operate The Business To Be Able To Provide Processed Deer Meat To Snap Recipients; To Provide That The Maximum Amount Of A Grant That A Processor May Receive Through The Program Is Fifty Thousand Dollars; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Funded From Tanf Funds That Are Transferred To The Department For That Purpose; To Require The Department To Apply For A Federal Waiver If It Determines That A Waiver Is Necessary In Order For Deer Processors To Become Authorized Snap Retailers; To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Each Fiscal Year, Ten Million Dollars Of Unspent Tanf Funds Shall Be Transferred To The Department Of Agriculture And Commerce For The Program Established Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act Of Mississippi; To Define Relevant Terms; To Prohibit Voter Suppression And Vote Dilution; To Establish The Mississippi Voting Rights Commission; To Provide The Candidate Qualifications For Nominating A Person As A Member Of The Commission; To Provide How Members Of The Commission Shall Be Selected; To Provide How The Commission Will Determine Preclearance For Covered Political Subdivisions; To Provide The Procedures For Obtaining Preclearance; To Establish Protections For Voters Who Are Classified As Limited English Proficient And/or Disabled; To Provide What Accommodations Shall Be Made Available For Covered Individuals In A Protected Class; To Provide The Framework To Establish The State Voting And Elections Database And Institute; To Provide The Mission And Functions Of The Database And Institute; To Prohibit Intimidation, Deception Or Obstructions That Would Affect The Rights Of Voters To Participate In Elections; To Require Public Notice Of Voting-related Changes, Such As Government Boundaries, Methods Of Elections Or District Maps; To Provide Grounds For Enforcement, Establish Venue And Provide Remedies For Legal Actions Filed Under Rights Established By This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer $10,017,755.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Fund Upon The Effective Date Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 37-173-13 And 37-175-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Annual Amount Of Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarships And Mississippi Speech-language Therapy Scholarships To Equal The Amount Awarded To Students Under The Educational Scholarship Account (esa) Program; To Bring Forward Section 37-181-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Amount Of Esa Accounts, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 71-7-1 Through 71-7-15 And 71-7-19 Through 71-7-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorize Public And Private Employers To Voluntarily Elect To Conduct Drug And Alcohol Testing Of Employees, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-5-196, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Conduct Mandatory Drug Testing Of Its Employees, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Transportation To Donate To The City Of Ridgeland, Mississippi, A Certain Parcel Of Land Situated In Ridgeland, Mississippi; To Stipulate That The State Of Mississippi Shall Retain Mineral Rights; To Authorize The Department Of Transportation To Correct Any Discrepancies In The Legal Description Of The Property Provided In This Section; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 414, Laws Of 2025, To Correct The Method By Which The State Highway Commission, Acting On Behalf Of The Mississippi Department Of Transportation, Is Authorized To Donate To The City Of Gulfport, Mississippi, Certain Parcels Of Land Situated In Gulfport, Mississippi, At The Intersections Of 13th Street And 28th Avenue And 15th Street And 28th Avenue; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 393, Laws Of 2019, To Provide The Mississippi Development Authority To Sell Certain Real Property Located In Lowndes County And The City Of Columbus, Mississippi, To Provide That Any Proceeds Generated From The Sale Of The Land Shall Be Deposited Into The Mississippi Existing Industry Productivity Loan Program Bond Sinking Fund; To Provide That Mda May Correct Any Discrepancies In The Legal Description Of The Property; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 25-31-5 And 25-31-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Assistant District Attorneys And Investigators For The Eighteenth Circuit Court District; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Revise The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Amend Section 73-21-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reference New Sections Added To The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Amend Section 73-21-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define New Terms And Revise The Definitions Of Certain Existing Terms; To Create New Section 73-21-154, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Transfer All Powers And Duties Exercised By The State Board Of Pharmacy Under The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act To The Commissioner Of Insurance; To Amend Section 73-21-155, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Reimbursement Amount From Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations (psaos) Payable To Pharmacies; To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Give Pharmacists Reasons For Denying A Claim Within Seven Days Of Receiving An Electronic Claim; To Amend Section 73-21-156, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Provisions Authorizing Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Use Maximum Allowable Cost Lists; To Revise The Administrative Appeals Process Pharmacy Benefit Managers Must Make Available To Pharmacies To Challenge Reimbursements; To Amend Section 73-21-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Psaos To Be Licensed By The Commissioner Of Insurance; To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Psaos To Renew Licenses Annually; To Revise The Financial Documents That Must Be Submitted To The Commissioner With An Application For A License Or License Renewal; To Create New Section 73-21-157.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Support The Operations Of The Department Of Insurance In The Regulation Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers; To Require The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer Unobligated Funds In The Special Fund Previously Used By The State Board Of Pharmacy For The Regulation Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers To The New Special Fund; To Create New Section 73-21-158, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Use Of Spread Pricing By Pharmacy Benefit Managers; To Amend Section 73-21-159, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Steering By Pharmacy Benefit Managers; To Create New Section 73-21-162, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Retaliation Against Pharmacists By Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates And Psaos; To Amend Section 73-21-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Relating To Investigations And Audits Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Conducted By The Commissioner; To Create New Section 73-21-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Drug Manufacturers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Psaos And Health Insurers To Submit Certain Annual Reports To The Commissioner; To Create New Section 73-21-167, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Plan Sponsors To Develop Criteria And A List Of Prescription Drugs Designated As Specialty Drugs; To Create New Section 73-21-168, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Commissioner To Develop A Website To Publish Certain Information Related To This Act; To Create New Section 73-21-169, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Psaos To Identify Ownership Affiliation Of Any Kind To The Commissioner; To Amend Sections 73-21-83 And 73-21-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 25-15-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State And School Employees Health Insurance Management Board To Solicit Requests For Proposals For The Administration Of The Plan Or Components Of The Plan Every Two Years; To Authorize The State And School Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan To Contract For The Management Of Pharmacy Benefits; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Be A Member Of The Evaluation Committee When Considering Proposals For Such Administration; To Require A Pharmacy Benefits Manager For The State Health Plan To Comply With The Provisions Of The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Amend Section 25-15-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Membership Of The State And School Employees Health Insurance Management Board; To Create New Section 25-15-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State And School Employees Health Insurance Management Board To Develop A List Of Prescription Drugs That Meet The Criteria Established By The Board For Specialty Drug Designation; To Require The Board To Consult With The Administrators Of The Public Employee Health Plans In The Contiguous States To Determine The Feasibility Of Entering Into A Joint Agreement To Combine Purchasing Power For Pharmaceuticals; To Amend Section 25-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 25-15-3, 25-15-5, 25-15-7, 25-15-9, 25-15-13, 25-15-14, 25-15-15, 25-15-16, 25-15-17, 25-15-19 And 25-15-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The State Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 41-149-5, 41-151-7 And 73-21-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Provide For Severability; To Create New Section 73-21-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Repeal Of The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Create New Section 25-15-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Repeal Of Those Sections Relating To The Administration Of The Public Employee Health Plans; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception To The Prohibition Against A State Agency Charging Another State Agency A Fee For Any Agency For The Short-term Rental At Event Space; And For Related Purposes.