An Act To Create The "mississippi Patient Protection Act Of 2026"; To Declare Legislative Intent; To Define Certain Terms Used In The Act; To Provide That A Health Insurer Shall Not Discriminate Against Any Provider Who Is Located Within The Geographic Coverage Area Of A Health Benefit Plan And Who Is Willing To Meet The Terms And Conditions For Participation Established By The Health Insurer; To Prohibit A Health Insurer From Imposing A Monetary Advantage Or Penalty That Would Affect A Beneficiary's Choice Among Those Health Care Providers Who Participate In The Health Benefit Plan; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Enforce The State's Any Willing Provider Laws; To Provide Injunctive Relief For Violations Of This Act; To Authorize The Commissioner Of Insurance To Adopt Regulations To Implement The Act; To Amend Section 83-41-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-11-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Nonadjudication Or Expunction Of Certain Offenses Under This Section For The Holder Of A Commercial Driver's License Or Commercial Learning Permit Who Was Not Operating A Vehicle That Required The Possession Of Such A License Or Permit At The Time Of The Offense; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Mississippi Commissioner Of Insurance To Adopt Reasonable Rules And Regulations To Establish A Statewide Insurance Enrollment Assistance Program (sieap) Within The Mississippi Department Of Insurance To Offer Free, Unbiased Assistance With Health Insurance Choices, Applications, Benefits And Comparing Plans To Ensure Access To Necessary Care Through Personalized Guidance; To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Simplify Renewal And Verification Procedures; To Direct The Mississippi Department Of Insurance To Develop A County-by-county Uninsured Data Report To Identify Areas With The Greatest Health Insurance Need; To Direct The Mississippi Department Of Insurance To Develop A Program To Encourage Mississippi Employers To Participate In Existing Insurance Programs Through Incentives; To Amend Section 43-13-116, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-19-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase From $40.00 To $100.00 The Service Charge For The Making, Drawing, Issuing, Uttering, Delivering, Or Initiation Of A Check, Draft, Order, Electronically Converted Check, Or Electronic Commercial Debit Payment Of Which Is Refused By The Drawee Due To Insufficient Funds In Or On Deposit With Such Bank, Corporation, Firm Or Person; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 7-7-42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Fiscal Officer Shall Transfer Funds And Report Associated Payee Records For Any Cancelled Warrant To The Abandoned Property Fund Of The Unclaimed Property Division Of The State Treasury; To Delete The Requirement That Such Funds Shall Remain In Such Fund For Five Years; To Amend Section 89-12-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "last-known Address," "lawful Charges" And "tangible Personal Property," And To Revise Certain Terms; To Amend Section 89-12-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Related To Abandoned Property; To Amend Section 89-12-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Tangible Personal Property Shall Be Presumed Abandoned If Conditions For A Presumption Of Abandonment Exist; To Create New Section 81-5-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Safe Deposit Box Escheatment Process; To Create New Section 81-5-60.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Reporting Requirements For Removal Of Safe Deposit Contents Prior To The Effective Date Of This Act; To Amend Section 89-12-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Circumstances In Which A Security Shall Be Presumed Abandoned; To Create New Section 89-12-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Forth Conditions Under Which Property Held In A Safe Deposit Box May Be Presumed Abandoned And Subject To Reporting And Remittance In Accordance With Section 89-12-28; To Amend Section 89-12-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Treasurer To Offer For Sale Tangible Property Delivered Under Section 89-12-28; To Amend Section 89-12-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Protection From Liability To The State Treasurer And The State For Certain Damages; To Create New Section 89-12-44, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Retention Of Certain Records For Five Years; To Create New Section 89-12-28, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct Delivery Of A Report And Of Certain Property To The State Treasurer; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define The Terms "adult Performance," "performance Harmful To Minors," And "obscenity"; To Prohibit The Performance In Or Exhibition Of An Adult Performance On Public Property Or In A Location Where The Adult Performance Could Be Viewed By A Minor; To Prohibit A State Agency Or Political Subdivision From Exhibiting Or Funding, In Whole Or In Part With Public Funds, An Adult Performance; To Create A Civil Cause Of Action As A Remedy For Violation Of This Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Placement Of A Child In A Baby Safety Device Is A Termination Of Parental Rights And To Remove The Reference To A Person Designated By The Parent; To Amend Section 43-15-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Youth Court In The County Where A Baby Safety Device Is Located To Hold A Shelter Hearing Within 48 Hours Of The Department Of Child Protection Services Assuming The Care, Control And Custody Of The Child; To Amend Section 43-21-551, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include A Child That Has Been Surrendered To A Baby Safety Device To The Language Requiring An Adjudicatory Hearing To Be Held Within 90 Days After The Filing Of The Petition; To Amend Section 43-21-603, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Reasonable Efforts To Maintain A Child Within A Home Shall Not Be Required When A Child Has Been Surrendered To A Baby Safety Device; To Amend Section 43-21-451, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Proceedings When A Child Has Been Surrendered To A Baby Safety Device Shall Be Initiated By The Filing Of A Petition In Youth Court; To Amend Section 93-15-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Parent To Surrender A Child By Placing The Baby In A Baby Safety Device; To Amend Section 43-15-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Any Consumer Reporting Agency Transacting Business Within This State To Place, Free Of Charge, A Security Freeze On The Consumer Credit Report Of A Child Upon Receiving Such A Request From The Bureau Of Vital Statistics; To Amend Section 41-57-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Health To Promulgate Rules And Regulations For Parents In This State To Authorize The Bureau Of Vital Statistics To Request A Security Freeze For A Child Within Ten (10) Days Of The Birth Of The Child; To Direct The Provision Of A Form To Be Given To The Parent Or Parents Of A Child Born Within A Health Care Facility Before The Discharge Of The Child; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Deed Fraud Prevention Act; To Authorize A Clerk To Refuse To Record A Suspicious Document, To Notify The Appropriate Law Enforcement Agency And To Notify A Notarial Officer; To Authorize A Person To Seek Declaratory Or Injunctive Relief Against A Chancery Clerk For The Refusal To Record A Document Under This Section; To Require Each Chancery Clerk In The State To Establish A Property Alert Notification System That Allows A Person To Enroll Real Property Owned By The Person In The System; To Authorize A Chancery Clerk To Establish A Document Alert Notification System That Allows A Notary Public To Enroll In The System; To Authorize A Chancery Clerk To Index Or By Other Means Create A Searchable Log That Includes The Certain Information For Each Document Recorded In The Chancery Clerk's Land Records; To Require The Mississippi Real Estate Commission To Consider Including Courses On Fraud And Cyber Security To Be Taken By Those Licensees Whose Practices May Require Knowledge In Combating Real Estate Related Fraud, Including Deed Fraud, Wire Fraud And Cyber Security; To Provide Causes Of Action For A Party Alleging Damages Arising From The Recording Of A Forged Deed Or Mortgage Against Certain Persons; To Authorize Certain Damages; To Bring Forward Sections 97-17-41 And 97-17-70, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-57-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Upon The Birth Of A Child, The Hospital, Birthing Center, Midwife Or Other Birth Attendant Shall Provide An Opportunity For The Child's Mother To Complete An Acknowledgement Of Matrimony And Paternity, Stating Whether She Is Married To The Child's Natural Father, Married To Someone Other Than The Child's Natural Father Or Unmarried; To Provide That If At The Time Of The Birth, The Child's Mother Acknowledges That The Child Is Born Out Of Lawful Matrimony Or If The Results Of Scientific Tests Indicate That The Husband Of The Child's Mother, If She Is Married, Is Not The Biological Father Of The Child, That The Child's Mother And Natural Father, If Present And Identifiable, Shall Be Provided An Opportunity To Complete An Acknowledgment Of Paternity As Specified In Section 93-9-28(4); To Amend Section 41-57-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Mirror Existing Statutory Language Regarding A Child Born Out Of Lawful Matrimony; To Amend Section 93-9-28, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 93-9-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete A Necessary Finding To Be Granted Relief In A Petition For Disestablishment Of Paternity That The Child Was Not Conceived By Artificial Insemination While The Legal Father Ordered To Pay Support And The Child's Mother Were Married; To Create New Section 1-3-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "mother," "father" And "parent"; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Issue Rules; To Provide That The Liberty Of A Parent To Direct The Upbringing, Education, Health Care And Mental Health Of That Parent's Child Is A Fundamental Right And That Neither This State, Any Political Subdivision Of This State Nor Any Other Governmental Entity May Substantially Burden Such Right Without Demonstrating That The Burden Is Required By A Compelling Governmental Interest Of The Highest Order And Is The Least Restrictive Means Of Furthering That Compelling Governmental Interest; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For First Responders, Regardless Of Whether Notice Was Received, If No Payment Of Compensation Is Made And No Application For Benefits Filed With The Commission Within Five Years From The Date Of The Injury Or Death, The Right To Compensation Therefor Shall Be Barred; To Amend Section 71-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "first Responder," "firefighter" And "law Enforcement Officer"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 11-55-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Any Action In Which Attorney Fees Are Awarded, There Is A Strong Presumption That A Lodestar Fee Is Sufficient And Reasonable; To Describe Circumstances In Which Such Presumption May Be Overcome; To Provide Certain Rules Of Procedure For Summary Proceedings Authorized In Law; To Provide That Either Party Is Entitled To The Summary Procedure Created In Section 2 Of This Act In Actions Brought For Declaratory Relief In State Or Federal Court To Determine Insurance Coverage After An Insurer Has Made A Total Coverage Denial; To Provide For Awards Of Reasonable Attorney Fees; To Require That Certain Actions Founded On Negligence Shall Commence Within Two Years Next After The Cause Of Action Accrued; To Provide That In Such Actions Involving Latent Injury Or Disease, The Cause Of Action Does Not Accrue Until The Plaintiff Has Discovered Or Reasonably Should Have Discovered The Injury; To Create Provisions Concerning Actions For Bad Faith Involving Liability Insurances Claims; To Provide For Failure To Tender The Lesser Of The Policy Limits Or The Amount Demanded By The Claimant; To Create Provisions Concerning Two Or More Third-party Competing Claims Arising Out Of A Single Occurrence; To Define Terms; To Allow Certain Evidence Offered To Prove The Amount Of Damages For Medical Treatment Or Services In Personal Injury Or Wrongful Death Actions; To Stipulate That There Is No Affirmative Duty To Seek A Reduction In Billed Charges To Which The Party Is Not Contractually Entitled; To Protect Individual Contracts Between Providers And Authorized Commercial Insurers From Discovery, Disclosure And Admission Into Evidence; To Require Claimants To Disclose Certain Information As A Condition Precedent To Asserting A Claim For Medical Expenses Rendered Under A Letter Of Protection In A Personal Injury Or Wrongful Death Action; To Create Provisions Concerning The Amount Of Damages That May Be Recovered By A Claimant In A Personal Injury Or Wrongful Death Action For The Reasonable And Necessary Cost Or Value Of Medical Care Rendered; To Define Terms; To Provide That Certain Owners Or Principal Operators Of A Multifamily Residential Property Have A Presumption Against Liability In Connection With Criminal Acts That Occur On The Premises Against Third Parties Who Are Not Employees Or Agents Of The Owner Or Operator; To Require Owners And Operators Of Multifamily Residential Property To Provide Proper Crime Deterrence And Safety Training To Its Employees; To Require Owners And Operators To Meet A Burden Of Proof In Order To Establish A Presumption Against Liability; To Amend Section 11-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In A Negligence Action Other Than An Action Brough For Personal Injuries, Or Where Such Injuries Have Resulted In Death, Any Party Found To Be Greater Than 50% At Fault May Not Recover Damages; To Provide That This Act Shall Not Impair Any Right Under An Insurance Contract In Effect On Or Before The Effective Date Of This Act; To Provide That This Act Applies To An Insurance Contract Issued Or Renewed After The Effective Date Of This Act; To Provide That This Act Shall Apply To Causes Of Action Filed After The Effective Date Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 93-5-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Rebuttable Presumption In Favor Of Joint Custody With Equal Parenting Time In All Custody Matters; To Provide That The Presumption Shall Be Rebuttable By A Preponderance Of The Evidence; To Provide That A Court Shall Consider The Safety And Well-being Of The Parties And Children; To Provide That The Presumption That Joint Custody And Equally Shared Parenting Time Is In The Best Interest Of The Child Shall Not Apply If A Domestic Abuse Protection Order Is Being Or Has Been Entered Against A Party By Another Party Or On Behalf Of A Child At Issue In The Custody Hearing; To Require A Court To Document The Reasons From Deviating From The Presumption Unless Both Parents Petition For A Deviation; To Clarify That This Section Shall Apply To All Custody Determinations; To Provide For The Calculation Of Child Support Where The Court Awards Joint Custody With Equally Shared Parenting Time; To Amend Section 43-19-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Freedom Boater Law; To Provide That No Enforcement Officer Or Any Agent Of The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks Or The Department Of Marine Resources Shall Perform A Vessel Stop Or Board A Vessel For The Sole Purpose Of Performing A Safety Inspection; To Provide That A Violation Based On The Safety Equipment Carriage And Use Requirements Of A Vessel Is A Secondary Offense; To Provide That No Enforcement Officer Or Any Agent Of The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks Or The Department Of Marine Resources Shall Board Any Vessel Or Perform A Vessel Stop In This State Unless The Officer Or Agent Has Probable Cause That A Primary Offense Or Criminal Offense Has Occurred Or Is Occurring; To Require The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Create A "mississippi Freedom Boater" Safety Inspection Decal For Issue At Time Of Registration Or Renewal, Signifying That The Vessel Is Deemed To Have Met Safety Equipment Carriage And Use Requirements; To Amend Section 59-21-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Keeping Kids Safe Online Act; To Define Terms; To Prohibit Interactive Computer Service Providers From Attempting To Enter Into Any Contractual Agreement With A User Who Is A Minor Without The Prior Express Consent Of The Minor's Parent Or Legal Guardian; To Provide That If An Interactive Computer Service Provider Knowingly And Intentionally Commits Certain Acts, It Shall Be Liable For The Civil Penalties And Other Remedies Provided In This Act; To Provide Certain Exceptions; To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring An Action To Enjoin Violation Of This Chapter And Recover Civil Penalties; To Authorize The Attorney General To Recover Reasonable Attorney's Fees, Costs, And Reasonable Expenses Of Litigation Incurred In An Action Under This Chapter; To Direct Codification; And For Related Purposes.