An Act To Amend Section 49-1-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Conservation Officer May Perform Certain Searches Without A Warrant Only Within State Wildlife Management Areas Or State Wildlife Refuges; To Provide That A Conservation Officer Must Have Probable Cause And A Warrant To Conduct Certain Searches In Areas Other Than State Wildlife Management Areas Or State Wildlife Refuges; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "occupational Licensure Boards Consolidation Study Committee" Created To Examine The Possibility And Effectiveness Of Consolidating State Licensure Boards Into The Department Of Occupational Licensure; To Require The Study Committee To Develop Recommendations To The Legislature Regarding The Benefits Of Consolidating, Which, If Any, Boards Could Feasibly Consolidate Within A Shared Department, A Timeline With Steps Needed For A Smooth And Successful Consolidation, Location Recommendations For The New Department And Anything Else The Committee Deems Necessary And Relevant To Create The Department Of Occupational Licensure; To Set The Membership Of The Study Committee; To Provide For Other Provisions Related Thereto, Including Per Diem And Voting; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Joint Legislative Committee On Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer), Under Certain Circumstances, To Contract With A Certified Public Accounting Firm To Perform Certain Audits Related To The Correctional System Of The State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sheriff And His Deputies In Any County To Use Radar Speed Detection Equipment Units Upon The Public Streets, Roads And Highways Where A Work Zone Or School Zone Is Designated; To Define The Terms "work Zone" And "school Zone"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Codify Section 27-115-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A "veterans' Assistance Lottery" To Be Administered By The Mississippi Lottery Corporation; To Prescribe The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Corporation To Market And Advertise The Veterans' Lottery To Ensure That The Game Remains Competitive; To Provide For Sales Agents; To Create The Fund For Veterans' Assistance As A Special Fund In The State Treasury Which Shall Receive Proceeds From The Veterans' Lottery Which Shall Be Appropriated To The Mississippi Veterans' Affairs Board For The Support Of Veterans' Programs In Mississippi; To Amend Section 27-115-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Deposit Of Monies Received From The Sale Of Veterans' Lottery Tickets Into The Fund For Veterans' Assistance; To Amend Sections 27-115-5, 27-115-17 And 27-115-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Desoto County Regional Forensics Laboratory As A Regional Facility In The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory System; To Bring Forward Section 45-1-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Be Known As The Creating Logic For Efficiency And Accountability Reform (clear) Act; To Create New Section 5-3-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Peer Committee To Establish A Program Of Reviewing Selected Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules; To Provide That Such Reviews Shall Produce A Report To The Legislature On Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules And Their Conformity To The Intent Of The Law Authorizing Them, As Well As Any Other Matter The Committee Considers Appropriate; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Peer Committee Shall Conduct A Performance Evaluation Of The Medicaid Nonemergency Transportation Program Once Every Three Years To Evaluate The Administration Of The Program And The Providers Of Transportation Services To Determine The Most Cost-effective Ways Of Providing Nonemergency Transportation Services To The Patients Served Under The Program; To Create The State Board Of Health Professions; To Provide That The Members Of The Board Shall Be One Member From The Boards Of Medical Licensure, Pharmacy, Nursing, Chiropractic Examiners, Dental Examiners And Optometry, And Five Additional Members; To Provide That The Board Shall Evaluate The Need For Coordination Among The Health Regulatory Boards And Their Staffs, Evaluate All Health Care Professions And Occupations In The State And Consider Whether Each Such Profession Or Occupation Should Be Regulated And The Degree Of Regulation To Be Imposed, Serve As A Forum For Resolving Conflicts Among The Health Regulatory Boards, Advise The Governor And The Legislature On Matters Relating To The Regulation Or Deregulation Of Health Care Professions And Occupations, And Examine Scope Of Practice Conflicts Involving Regulated And Unregulated Health Care Professions And Occupations And Advise The Health Regulatory Boards And The Legislature Of The Nature And Degree Of Such Conflicts; To Provide That The State Department Of Health Shall Annually Request A Budget For The State Board Of Health Professions And Shall Provide A Meeting Space And Administrative Support For The Board's Operations; To Amend Section 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That All Program Withholdings From Participants Of The Prison Industries Corporation's Work Initiative Program Shall Be Calculated Based Upon Participant Wages After Mandatory Deductions; To Require Accounting Of Any Dependent Support Payments, Fines, Restitutions, Fees Or Costs, As Ordered By The Court, Be Reported For Each Work Initiative Participant; To Require That The Remaining Sentence Length Of Such Participant Be Collected, Maintained And Reported; To Require That A Financial Account Creation Date Be Collected, Maintained And Reported For Each Participant; To Amend Section 5-3-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Criminal Penalties For Persons Who Fail To Comply With Subpoenas From The Peer Committee; To Create New Section 5-3-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Civil Enforcement Of Peer Committee Subpoenas; To Amend Sections 5-1-23 And 5-1-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That These Provisions Relating To Witnesses Before Legislative Committees Are Not Applicable To Subpoenas Issued By The Peer Committee; To Amend Section 5-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Sergeant-at-arms Of The Senate Shall Serve Peer Committee Subpoenas Upon Request; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Grant And Subgrant Administration Transparency And Accountability Of Non-governmental Organizations Act Of 2026; To Establish That This Act Shall Be Created To Establish Requirements That Enhance Oversight, Accountability And Transparency In Grant Administration Of State And Federal Funds; To Define Relevant Terms; To Establish Grant Program Performance Metrics And Requirements; To Establish Grant Administration, Financial Reporting And Leadership Disclosure Requirements; To Clarify What Constitutes Prohibited Activities For The Usage Of Grant Funds; To Provide Information That Shall Be Subject To Audits Of Non-governmental Organizations And Quasi-public Entities; To Require That Reports Required By This Act Shall Be Filed Within 180 Days After Fiscal Year End Of Year Osa Preforms Or Directs A Compliance Audit; To Authorize Dfa To Enforce The Policies And Procedures Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Entitled The "preserving Lawful Utilization Of Services For Veterans Act Of 2026 (plus Act)"; To Provide Definitions; To Provide That No Person May Receive Any Compensation For Services Rendered In Connection With Any Veteran's Claim Unless The Veteran Signs A Waiver That They Are Within The Allowable Time Period And Are Choosing To Deny Free Services Available; To Provide That Any Person Assisting On Veterans' Benefits Matters For Compensation Shall Provide Certain Disclosures At The Beginning Of The Business Relationship; To Prohibit Certain Practices By Businesses Assisting Veterans Benefits Matters For Compensation; To Provide Civil Penalties; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact A Minimum Wage Law For The State Of Mississippi, With Annual Incremental Increases Over A Four-year Period; To Define Employers And Employees Subject To The Minimum Wage Law; To Empower The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, Office Of The Governor, To Enforce And Administer The Provisions Of The Minimum Wage Law; To Provide Criminal Penalties And A Civil Cause Of Action Against Employers For Violations Of The Minimum Wage Law; To Amend Section 17-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipal And County Governing Authorities, In Their Discretion, To Mandate A Wage That Is More Than The State Minimum Wage; To Amend Section 25-3-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Sections 85-3-4 And 97-3-54.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Technical, Nonsubstantive Amendments; To Bring Forward Sections 7-7-204, 23-15-239, 37-7-307, 37-33-175, 57-34-5 And 99-19-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi It Optimization Act; To Define Terms; To Establish The Statewide Information Technology Optimization Program Which Shall Provide For The Coordinated Planning, Development, Implementation And Oversight Of The Enterprise Information Technology Architecture; To Provide For The Responsibilities Of The Department Of Information Technology In Effectuating The Program; To Require Each Agency's Executive Director Or Agency Head To Comply With This Act In Certain Ways; To Provide That The Technology Optimization Program Shall Be Managed By Its And Externally Supported By The Cio Council; To Provide That Sensitive Information, Records And Documentation Shall Be Exempt From The Requirements Of The Mississippi Public Records Act And The Open Meetings Act; To Provide That The Provisions Of This Act Shall Be Implemented By Phase; To Grant Permission To Certain Parties To Use Acquisitions Made On Behalf Of Or By Its For Purposes Of Shared Use; To Authorize Its To Receive Donations, Grants And Other Funding; To Authorize Its To Develop And Implement An Internship, Fellowship Or Other Related Program; To Provide For Funds Designated By Agencies For Procurement Of Information Technology; To Authorize Its To Exercise All Powers Necessary To Effectuate The Purposes Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Declare Certain Legislative Findings Relating To Geoengineering; To Amend Section 49-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "geoengineering" Within The Mississippi Air And Water Pollution Control Law; To Amend Section 49-17-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Give The Mississippi Air And Water Pollution Control Commission Authority To Issue, Modify Or Revoke Orders Related To Geoengineering; To Amend Section 49-17-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Geoengineering In Mississippi And To Create Penalties For Violations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-58.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be No Registration Fee For Any Enclosure Containing White-tailed Deer That Prevents The Free Egress Of The Deer From The Enclosed Area; To Delete Requirements For Testing Deer Within The Enclosure For Chronic Wasting Disease; To Amend Section 49-7-58.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Provisions Regarding Sampling Deer Harvested Or Dying From Nonhunting Related Causes Within An Enclosure; To Repeal Section 49-7-58.6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision Of Law That Requires White-tailed Deer Harvested Within Any Enclosure To Be Tested For Chronic Wasting Disease, Is Repealed; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Cap The Fees Homeowners Associations And Their Management Companies May Charge For Verifying Paid Assessments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 69-5-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Greater Flexibility Regarding Where The Northeast District Livestock Show May Be Held; And For Related Purposes.