An Act To Provide A State Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Claiming The Federal Income Child Tax Credit; To Provide The Amount Of The Credit; To Provide That Unused Portions Of A Tax Credit May Be Carried Forward For Five Consecutive Years From The Close Of The Tax Year In Which The Credit Was Earned; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Upskill Mississippi Grant Program To Support Upgrading Priority Skills For Key Industry Learning And Labor Through Tuition-free Access To Workforce-aligned Community And Junior College Programs; To State Legislative Findings; To Provide For Funding Of The Program; To Define Terms; To State The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Mississippi Office Of Financial Aid In Administering The Program; To Require Eligible Institutions To Provide Certain Support Services To Grant Recipients; To Require Accelerate Mississippi To Annually Provide A List Of Eligible Programs Based On Priority Sectors And Occupations; To Provide For Program Implementation On A Phased-in Schedule; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-17-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "wage History"; To Amend Section 71-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide How A Person's Wage History May And May Not Be Used While That Person Is An Applicant For Employment; To Provide Penalties For Those Employers Who Violate The Provisions Related To Wage History; To Amend Section 71-17-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Precedents Shall Be Considered Mandatory Authority For Claims Brought As A Result Of Violations Of The Provisions Related To Wage History; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-4-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Department Of Mental Health Shall Develop And Promulgate A Rating Scale With Performance Standards To Use In Performance Audits Of Community Mental Health Centers; To Require The Department To Develop And Promulgate The Performance Standards By June 30, 2027; To Provide That The Department Shall Begin Conducting Performance Audits During Fiscal Year 2028; To Require The Department To Perform A Performance Audit Of Each Community Mental Health Center At Least Once Every Two Years; To Provide That The Department Shall Place On A Six-month Probationary Period Regional Commissions Or Community Mental Health Centers That Do Not Achieve A Passing Score On A Performance Audit; To Provide That If The Community Mental Health Center Does Not Achieve A Passing Score On The Performance Audit After The Probationary Period, The Regional Commission Shall Replace The Community Mental Health Center's Executive Director And Any Other Officers Identified By The Department With Contractors; To Provide That The Contractor Or Contractors Shall Remain In Place Until The Department Determines That The Community Mental Health Center Has Attained Sustained Compliance With The Performance Standards; To Provide That No Rules, Regulations, Operational Standards, Performance Standards Or Other Standards Promulgated By The Board Of Mental Health Or The Department Shall Be Construed To Create A Cause Of Action; To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Public Procurement Review Board Approval Any Personal Or Professional Services Contract Entered Into By The Department Of Mental Health In Carrying Out Its Responsibilities Set Forth In Section 41-4-7(mm); And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Holly Springs For The Purpose Of Widening A Segment Of Old Highway 78 Into A Four-lane Road For The Springs Industrial Park That Will Be Located In Holly Springs, For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Be Known As The "jill Gary Eure Act" Or "jill's Law"; To Require Each Health Benefit Plan, Contract Or Agreement That Is Entered Into Or Renewed On Or After July 1, 2026, Including The Medicaid Program And The State And School Employees Health Insurance Plan, To Offer Coverage For Biomarker Testing For The Purposes Of Diagnosis, Treatment, Appropriate Management, Or Ongoing Monitoring Of An Enrollee's Disease Or Condition When Use Of The Test Is Supported By Medical And Scientific Evidence; To Amend Sections 43-13-117 And 83-5-907, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 9-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Judicial Precincts For The Fourth Circuit Court District; To Bring Forward Section 9-7-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Number Of Judges For The Fourth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Precincts For The Seventh Circuit Court District For The "from January 1, 2027, Until January 1, 2031" Tier For The Seventh Circuit Court District; To Bring Forward Section 9-7-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Number Of Judges For The Seventh Circuit Court District; To Provide Conditional Qualifying Deadlines For Judicial Candidates For The 4th And 7th Circuit Court Districts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-43-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Tax Sale Where The Clerk Inadvertently Fails To Send The Required Notice Is Voidable; To Provide That The Sale Shall Not Be Void If The Tax Sale Purchaser Provided The Required Notice; To Authorize The Tax Sale Purchaser To Provide A Landowner With Notice; To Require Landowners To Provide A Mailing Address With The Chancery Clerk Of The County In Which The Real Property Is Located; To Provide That A Landowner Who Fails To Provide An Address For The Service Of Notice Under This Section May Not Claim Lack Of Notice Under This Chapter; To Amend Section 27-43-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Tax Sale Purchaser To Provide Certain Notice To Mortgagees, Beneficiaries And Holders Of Vendor's Liens; To Amend Section 27-45-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Purchaser Of Tax Sale Lands Shall Be Entitled To Subsequent Years Taxes, Reasonable Attorney Fees Incurred By The Tax Sale Purchaser In Defending His Or Her Title, The Amount Paid By The Purchaser For Regular Maintenance, Clean-up Expenses, Repairs And Improvements Generated Through The Purchaser's Use And Possession Of The Property; To Prohibit The Defense Of Homestead Or Homestead Exemption In Certain Actions; To Provide That In The Event That A Tax Sale Is Determined Void Or Is Otherwise Set Aside, A Tax Sale Purchaser Shall Not Be Considered To Have Trespassed On Such Property When Acting In Accordance With Their Statutory Right Of Possession; To Amend Section 29-1-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Courts From Recognizing Claims By Any Other Party Or Political Subdivision Where A State Agency, County, Municipality, Or Other Political Subdivision Of The State, Has Applied For Transfer Or Purchase Of The Tax Lands; To Bring Forward Section 27-45-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Governs Which Persons May Redeem Land Sold At A Tax Sale, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 27-45-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Directs The Chancery Clerk To Execute Deeds Of Conveyance To Individuals Purchasing Lands At Tax Sales, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-819, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Foreign National From Making Any Contribution Or Expenditure In Connection With Any State Or Local Ballot Measure; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide A State Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Claiming The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit; To Provide The Amount Of The Credit; To Provide That If The Amount Of Credit Claimed By A Taxpayer Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Imposed Upon The Taxpayer For The Taxable Year, Then The Taxpayer Shall Receive A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For The Amount Of Such Excess; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Department Of Education To Conduct A Study And Assessment Of All Public And Charter School Facilities; To Authorize The Department To Procure The Services Of A Third-party Provider Specializing In Facility Optimization To Conduct The Study And Assessment; To Specify The Scope Of The Study And Assessment; To Require A Report Of Findings To Be Submitted To The Legislature And Governor; To Authorize The Appropriation Of Five Million Dollars From State Lottery Proceeds To Fund The Study And Assessment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The 2018 And 2022 Amendments To The Uniform Commercial Code As Recommended By The Uniform Law Commission And The American Law Institute; To Amend Section 75-1-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Terms "conspicuous," "delivery," "holder," "money," "person" And "send"; To Define The Term "electronic"; To Delete The Term "signed"; To Amend Section 75-1-204, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That Except As Otherwise Provided In Article 12 Of The Uniform Commercial Code A Person Gives Value For Rights If The Person Acquires Them; To Amend Section 75-2-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Scope Of This Chapter; To Provide When A Hybrid Transaction Is Subject To Article 2; To Amend Section 75-2-106, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term Hybrid Transaction; To Amend Section 75-2a-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modify The Scope Of This Chapter As It Concerns A Hybrid Lease; To Amend Section 75-2a-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "hybrid Lease"; To Amend Section 75-3-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "negotiable Instrument"; To Amend Section 75-3-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "issue"; To Amend Section 75-3-604, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That The Obligation Of A Party To Pay A Check Is Not Discharged Solely By Destruction Of The Check In Connection With A Specified Process; To Amend Section 75-4a-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "security Procedure" To Provide That A Security Procedure Agreed To By A Customer And A Receiving Bank May Impose An Obligation Therein; To Provide That A Security Procedure May Require The Use Of Symbols, Sounds, And Biometrics; To Provide That Requiring A Payment Order Be Sent From A Known Email Address, Ip Address, Or Telephone Number Is Not By Itself A Security Procedure; To Amend Section 75-4a-202, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which Payment Orders Received By Banks Are Effective As The Order Of A Customer; And For Related Purposes; To Amend Section 75-5-116, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That For Purposes Of Choice Of Law And Forum Regarding Letters Of Credit A Branch Of A Bank Is Considered To Be Located At The Address Indicated In A Branch's Undertaking Or If More Than One Address Is Indicated Then The Branch Is Considered To Be Located At The Address From Which The Undertaking Was Issued; To Amend Section 75-7-106, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify When A System Satisfies Certain Requirements And A Person Has Control Of An Electronic Document Of Title; To Specify When Certain Powers Are Or Are Not Exclusive; To Provide That A Person That Has Control Of An Electronic Document Of Title Does Not Need To Acknowledge That It Has Control On Behalf Of Another Person; To Specify That A Person Does Not Owe Any Duty To Another Person Under Certain Circumstances; To Revise The Applicability Of Definitions; To Amend Section 75-8-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That A Controllable Account, Controllable Electronic Record, Or Controllable Payment Intangible Is Not A Financial Asset Unless Certain Circumstances Apply; To Amend Section 75-8-106, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which Purchasers Have Control Of Security Entitlements; To Specify That A Person That Has Such Control Is Not Required To Acknowledge Such Control On Behalf Of A Purchaser; To Specify That Certain Persons Do Not Owe Any Duty To Purchasers And Are Not Required To Confirm Certain Acknowledgment Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 75-8-110, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare The Local Law Of The Issuer's Jurisdiction Or Securities Intermediary's Jurisdiction Governs A Transaction Or Matter Even If It Bears No Relation To That Jurisdiction; To Amend Section 75-8-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make A Minor, Nonsubstantive Change; To Amend Section 75-9-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Definitions Of The Terms "account," "account Debtor," "accounting," "chattel Paper," "general Intangible," "instrument," "payment Intangible" And "proposal"; To Define The Terms "assignee," "assignor," "chattel Paper," "controllable Account," "controllable Payment Intangible," "electronic Money" And "tangible Money"; To Delete The Terms "authenticate," "electronic Chattel Paper," "send" And "tangible Chattel Paper"; To Provide That The Definitions Of Certain Terms Within Other Articles Of The Uniform Commercial Code Apply To This Article; To Amend Section 75-9-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For A Secured Party To Obtain Control Of A Deposit Account By Acknowledgment Of Another Person In Control Of The Deposit Account; To Amend Section 75-9-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The General Rule For When A Purchaser Has Control Of An Authoritative Electronic Copy Of A Record Evidencing Chattel Paper; To Provide When Power Is Exclusive In Reference To Power Of A Purchaser To Control Authoritative Copy Of Chattel Paper; To Clarify When Power Of A Purchaser Is Not Shared With Another Person And Not Exclusive; To Provide A Purchaser May Control An Electronic Copy Of Chattel Paper Through Another By Virtue Of Acknowledgment; To Create New Section 75-9-105a, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify When A Person Has Control Of Electronic Money; To Specify When Power Of Such Control Is Or Is Not Exclusive; To Create New Section 75-9-107a, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Secured Party Has Control Of A Controllable Electronic Record As Provided Under Section 75-12-105; To Provide That A Secured Party Controls A Controllable Account Or Controllable Payment Intangible If The Secured Party Has Control Of The Controllable Electronic Record Evidencing The Controllable Account Or Controllable Payment Intangible; To Create New Section 75-9-107b, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Person Is Not Required To Acknowledge That It Has Control Of A Deposit Account, Electronic Copy Of Record Evidencing Chattel Paper, Or Electronic Money; To Clarify That A Person Does Not Owe Any Duty And Is Not Required To Confirm Acknowledgment Of Control To Any Other Person Unless Agreed To Or Law Other Than This Chapter Applies; To Amend Section 75-9-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which A Security Interest Is Enforceable Against A Debtor And Third Parties; To Amend Section 75-9-204, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which A Security Interest Does Not Attach Under A Term Constituting An After-acquired Property Clause; To Amend Section 75-9-208, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Duties Relating To Secured Parties Having Control Of Collateral; To Amend Section 75-9-304, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That The Local Law Related To Jurisdiction Of A Bank Governs Even If A Transaction Does Not Bear Any Relation To The Jurisdiction Of The Bank; To Amend Section 75-9-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Local Law Of The Jurisdiction Shall Apply To Security Interests In Investment Property Even If The Transaction Does Not Bear Any Relation To The Jurisdiction; To Create New Section 75-9-306a, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify Which Laws Govern The Perfection And Priority Of Security Interests In Chattel Paper; To Create New Section 75-9-306b, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify Which Laws Govern The Perfection And Priority Of Security Interests In Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, And Controllable Payment Intangibles; To Amend Section 75-9-312, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Requirements For Perfecting A Security Interest In Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, And Controllable Payment Intangibles; To Create New Section 75-9-314a, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Requirements For Perfecting A Security Interest In Chattel Paper By Possession And Control; To Amend Section 75-9-317, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which Persons Take Free Of A Security Interest Or Agricultural Lien; To Amend Section 75-9-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Which Buyers Or Lessees Of Goods Take Free Of A Security Interest Or Leasehold Under Certain Circumstances; To Create New Section 75-9-326a, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That Certain Security Interests In Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, Or Controllable Payment Intangibles Have Priority Over Conflicting Security Interests; To Amend Section 75-9-330, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which Purchasers Of Chattel Paper Have Priority Over Certain Security Interests In The Chattel Paper; To Revise Applicability; To Amend Section 75-9-332, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances Under Which A Transferee Takes Money Or Funds Free Of A Security Interest; To Amend Section 75-9-406, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "promissory Note"; To Provide That Certain Provisions Do Not Apply To A Controllable Account Or Controllable Payment Intangible; To Modify The Anti-assignment Override Provisions, Excluding Security Interests In Ownership Interests Of General Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, Or Limited Liability Companies From The Override Provisions; To Amend Section 75-9-408, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "promissory Note"; To Provide That This Section Does Not Apply To Security Interests In Ownership Interests Of General Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, Or Limited Liability Companies; To Amend Section 75-9-605, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify When A Secured Party Owes A Duty To A Person Based On The Status Of The Party As A Secured Party; To Amend Section 75-9-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Form For Notification Of The Disposition Of Collateral; To Provide Requirements Relating To The Form; To Amend Section 75-9-614, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Form Requirements For Notice Of A Plan To Sell Property; To Provide Requirements Relating To The Form; To Amend Section 75-9-628, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception To The Limitation Of Liability Of A Secured Party Who Obtains Control Of Collateral That Is A Controllable Account, Controllable Electronic Record, Or Controllable Payment Intangible; To Create A New Article 12 Within Chapter 12 Of Title 75; To Create New Section 75-12-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Short Title For A New Article Of The Uniform Commercial Code; To Create New Section 75-12-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Terms; To Create New Section 75-12-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If There Is A Conflict Between Article 9 And Article 12 Then Article 9 Shall Govern; To Provide That A Transaction Subject To Article 12 Is Subject To Any Applicable Law That Establishes A Different Rule For Consumers As Well As Any Other Statute Or Regulation That Regulates The Rates, Charges, Agreements, And Practices For Loans, Credit Sales, Or Other Extensions Of Credit And Any Consumer-protection Statute Or Regulation; To Create New Section 75-12-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Applicability; To Specify When A Purchaser Of A Controllable Account Or Controllable Payment Intangible Is A Qualifying Purchaser; To Specify Rights Acquired Relating To Controllable Electronic Records; To Prohibit Actions From Being Asserted Against Qualifying Purchasers Under Certain Circumstances; To Specify That Filing A Certain Financing Statement Is Not Notice Of A Claim Of A Property Right In A Controllable Electronic Record; To Create New Section 75-12-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify When A Person Has Control Of A Controllable Electronic Record; To Provide When A Power Of A Person Relating To Controllable Electronic Records Is Or Is Not Exclusive; To Provide That A Person Who Has Control Of A Controllable Electronic Record Is Not Required To Acknowledge Such Control; To Specify That A Person That Acknowledges Control Of A Controllable Electronic Record Does Not Owe Any Duty To The Other Person And Is Not Required To Confirm The Acknowledgment To Any Other Person; To Create New Section 75-12-106, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Account Debtors On A Controllable Account Or Controllable Payment Intangible To Discharge Obligations Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide Requirements For Such Discharge; To Prohibit Account Debtors From Waiving Or Varying Certain Rights And Options; To Provide That This Section Is Subject To Law Other Than This Article Under Certain Circumstances; To Create New Section 75-12-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify The Governing Laws And Jurisdictions Relating To Controllable Electronic Records; To Create A New Article 12a Within Chapter 12 Of Title 75; To Create New Sections 75-12a-101, 75-12a-102, 75-12a-201, 75-12a-301, 75-12a-302, 75-12a-303, 75-12a-304, 75-12a-305 And 75-12a-306, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Transitional Provisions For The 2022 Amendments To The Uniform Commercial Code, Including Saving Clauses And Provisions On The Perfection Of Security Interests, Actions Taken Before The Effective Date Of This Act And Priority Of Interests; To Amend Sections 75-1-101, 75-1-306, 75-2-201, 75-2-202, 75-2-203, 75-2-205, 75-2-209, 75-2a-107, 75-2a-201, 75-2a-202, 75-2a-203, 75-2a-205, 75-2a-208, 75-3-401, 75-4a-103, 75-4a-203, 75-4a-207, 75-4a-208, 75-4a-210, 75-4a-211, 75-4a-305, 75-5-104, 75-7-102, 75-8-102, 75-9-207, 75-9-209, 75-9-210, 75-9-301, 75-9-310, 75-9-313, 75-9-314, 75-9-316, 75-9-324, 75-9-331, 75-9-334, 75-9-341, 75-9-404, 75-9-509, 75-9-513, 75-9-601, 75-9-608, 75-9-611, 75-9-615, 75-9-616, 75-9-619, 75-9-620, 75-9-621 And 75-9-624, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Sections 79-13-505 And 79-29-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Provisions Of Law That Affect The Enforceability Of Limitations On Assignments Of Partnership Interests And Financial Interests In Domestic Limited Liability Companies; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution To Authorize And Direct The Senate Rules Committee To Contract With The Department Of Finance And Administration And The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History For The Reconstruction And Replacement Of The Four Ornate Electric Globe Light Fixtures That Were Originally Located In The Front Of The Senate Chamber On Each End Of The Presiding Officer/reading Clerk Platform And To Apply For Appropriate Funding For This Restoration.

An Act To Be Known As The "trust In Law Enforcement Act"; To Require The Office Of Standards And Training Within The Division Of Public Safety Planning In The Department Of Public Safety To Create A Searchable Database That Allows The Public To Access Information Regarding Law Enforcement Officers' Job Performance; To Require The Database To Be Published On The Website Of The Department Of Public Safety By January 1, 2027; To Specify Certain Information Relating To A Law Enforcement Officer's Conduct And Performance Which Must Be Included In The Database; To Authorize A Law Enforcement Officer To Request A Review Of Database Information Relating To The Officer; To Require Information In The Database To Be Accurate And Updated At Least Monthly; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 13-5-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Qualified Elector Must Be Designated As An Active Voter In The Statewide Elections Management System To Be A Competent Juror; To Delete The Competency Requirement That A Juror Is Not A Common Gambler Or Habitual Drunkard; To Provide That A Competent Juror Is A Juror Who Does Not Have A Substance Use Disorder; And For Related Purposes.