An Act To Prohibit Any Privately Operated Correctional Facility From Increasing Its Housing Capacity If The Facility Is Utilized By The State To House State Offenders; To Prohibit The State From Entering Into Any New Contractual Agreement With Any Private Entity For The Housing Of State Offenders; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-4-3, 47-4-5, 47-4-11, 47-5-1105, 47-5-1109, 47-5-1115, 47-5-1207, 47-5-1211, 47-5-1213 And 47-5-1219, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase From 13 To 18 Years Of Age The Threshold For The Reduced Issuance Rate For Lifetime Sportsman Hunting And Fishing Licenses; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-26-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi Department Of Child Protection Services Shall Have The Power To Enter Into Contracts With Licensed Private Child Placement Agencies To Assist The Department With Adoption Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Kratom To Schedule Iii Of The Uniform Controlled Substances Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Designate A Segment Of Mississippi Highway 32 Located In Calhoun County, Mississippi, As The "joe Tunnel Memorial Highway"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define The Term "artificial Intelligence"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That Advance Notice Be Provided To The Commissioner Of The Department Of Corrections When Certain Officials Seek To Visit State Correctional Facilities For Certain Purposes; 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 Of The County Lying Outside Of The Limits Of Any Municipality, Village Or Hamlet; To Prioritize Usage In Certain Areas; To Limit The Number Of Radar Speed Detection Equipment Units In A County Based On Population; To Define And Prohibit Speed Traps; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create Sections 31-11-37 And 31-11-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Terms Used Herein; To Prohibit The Design, Bidding, Permitting, Contracting For Or Construction Of Flat Or Low-slope Roof Systems In The New Construction Of Covered Public Facilities Funded In Whole Or In Part With Governmental Funds; To Establish A Minimum Roof Slope Standard Of Three-to-twelve For Primary Roof Planes; To Authorize Limited, Clearly Defined Exceptions For Incidental Roof Areas And Documented Engineering Constraints; To Require Certification Of Compliance As A Condition Precedent To Plan Approval, Contract Award, Funding, Reimbursement And Disbursement; To Authorize Suspension Or Recovery Of Funds For Noncompliance; To Authorize Rulemaking By The Department Of Finance And Administration For Implementation And Compliance Review; To Amend Section 31-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Condition The Department Of Finance And Administration's Approval, Supervision, And Expenditure Of Funds For Public Construction Projects On Compliance With The Roof Slope Prohibition And Certification Requirements; To Amend Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Condition Capital Project Approvals And Construction Authority Of The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning On Compliance With The Roof Slope Prohibition; To Amend Section 57-1-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Condition Grants, Loans, Bond-funded Assistance, Reimbursements, Matches And Other Financial Assistance Administered By The Mississippi Development Authority On Compliance With The Roof Slope Prohibition; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 253, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Create A State Suffrage Restoration Panel To Provide An Alternate Method For The Right To Vote To Be Restored To Eligible Persons Convicted Of A Nonviolent Disenfranchising Crime, And To Section 241, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Include Human Trafficking, Attempted Murder And Sexual Battery In The List Of Disenfranchising Crimes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create A Study Committee To Study Prevention Strategies On Financial Fraud And Other Related Scams, Improve Investor Education, And Recommend Certain Solutions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Rural Attorney Program Act; To Define Terms; To Establish The Mississippi Rural Attorneys Program Within The Mississippi Bar For The Purpose Of Identifying And Recruiting Qualified Attorneys To Practice Law In Rural And Underserved Areas; To Establish The Mississippi Rural Attorneys Commission Within The Mississippi Bar; To Provide That The Commission Shall Be Directed By A Board; To Provide For The Composition And Procedures Of The Board; To Set Forth The Powers And Duties Of The Board; To Direct The Commission, Through The Use Of Generally Applicable Definitions, To Designate Areas Of The State As Rural And Underserved; To Provide An Application Procedure For Admission Into The Program; To Provide For A Minimum Number Of Admissions To The Program Each Year; To Provide That A Participant Admitted To The Program Shall Receive A Stipend From The Commission For The Purposes Of Establishing A Law Firm In A Rural And Underserved Area Of Mississippi; To Provide That When A Participant Practices Law In A Rural And Underserved Area Of Mississippi For Five Years The Stipend Shall Be Forgiven; To Require The Commission To Make Every Effort To Establish A Practice Support System And Mentorships For Participants In The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi Land Bank Act" To Promote Returning Blighted Or Abandoned Properties To Commerce Through The Creation Of Land Banks By Local Governments, Acting Individually Or Cooperatively With Other Local Governments; To Provide For The Powers And Duties Of Land Banks; To Authorize Land Banks To Acquire, Develop, And Dispose Of Property; To Authorize Land Banks To Perform Related Functions, Such As Managing Property Owned By The Land Bank, Quieting And Confirming Title To Property, Establishing Redevelopment And Financing Structures (including Those To Facilitate Tax Credits And Subsidiary Entities), Financing Redevelopment, Issuing Bonds, And Accepting Tax Forfeited Properties From The Secretary Of State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Board Of Supervisors Of Desoto County, Mississippi, To Purchase Radar Speed Detection Equipment For Use By The Sheriff's Department Of The County In The Enforcement Of School Zone Speed Limits On The Roads And State Highways Of The County Outside The Corporate Limits Of Any Incorporated Municipality; To Provide That Any Funds Received Through Use Of Such Equipment Shall Be Used To Fund Resource Officers In The Desoto County Public Schools; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Division May Exempt Medicare-certified Long-term Acute Care Hospitals From The Hospital Assessment Used For Funding The Medicaid Program If Such Exemption Is Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services (cms) And Does Not Result In The State Receiving A Lower Federal Financial Participation Rate For Any Authorized Supplemental Payment Program; And For Related Purposes.