An Act To Amend Section 25-9-131, Mississippi Code Of 1 972, To Create An Independent Review Panel Within The Employee Appeals Board To Hear Grievances Involving The Personnel Actions Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Ensure Fairness, Transparency And Consistency Of Personnel Actions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Workplace Safety Act; To Define Relevant Terms; To Prevent Inspectors Authorized Under The Occupational Safety And Health Administration Or Other Applicable Law To Select A Nonemployee Representative Except Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide Requirements For Hiring Acceptable Nonemployee Representatives; To Provide Relief For Aggrieved Employers; To Allow Employers To Assert Violations Of This Act In Judicial Or Administrative Proceedings; To Institute A Fine For A Knowing Violation Of This Act; To Prohibit Use Of Sovereign Immunity As An Affirmative Defense In Any Action Pursuant To This Act; To Note That This Act Is Severable; To Provide For Judicial Decisions Naming This Act Invalid, Unduly Burdensome, Or Unconstitutionally Vague; To Allow The Legislature And The Governor To Intervene As A Matter Of Right In Any Case Where The Constitutionality Of This Act Is Challenged; 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; An Act To Repeal Section 27-72-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide An Excise Tax On The Sale Of Kratom Products; To Repeal Section 75-103-1 Through 75-103-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Kratom Products; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide An Income Tax Credit For Certain Gaming Licensees Making Expenditures Of At Least $2,000,000.00 On Behalf Of Growth Capital Investment Projects Constructing Or Expanding Nongaming Facilities At Existing Casino Properties, For The Purpose Of Increasing Economic Activity At Such Properties; To Provide That The Credit Shall Be For An Amount Equal To 50% Of The Incremental Gaming Taxes Paid By The Entity; To Define Incremental Gaming Taxes As The Difference Between An Entity's Gaming Taxes Paid Annually For The First 10 Years After The Opening Of The Growth Capital Investment Project And The Annualized Average Of The Entity's Gaming Taxes Paid For The Three-year Period Before The Opening Of Such Project; To Provide That The Amount Of The Credit That May Be Utilized By An Entity In Any Tax Year Shall Be Not Greater Than The Total Income Tax Liability Of The Entity, And The Total Amount Of The Credit Claimed For Any Project May Not Exceed The Cost Of That Project; To Allow An Unused Credit To Be Carried Forward For Five Consecutive Years After The Credit Was Earned; To Provide That An Entity Shall Apply To The Mississippi Gaming Commission, Which Shall Determine The Eligibility Of An Expenditure To Qualify As A Growth Capital Investment Project For Purposes Of The Credit; To Provide That The Gaming Commission Shall Not Issue Certificates Of Eligibility Under This Act After December 31, 2030; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Felony Crime Of Sexual Misconduct By A Psychotherapist; To Prohibit Therapeutic Deception; To Provide Criminal Penalties; To Provide That Consent Is Not A Defense To Such Crimes; To Define Terms; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-22.15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Amount Of The Income Tax Credit Authorized For Approved Reforestation Practices; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Any County, Municipality, Tribe Or Other Political Subdivision Of The State That Is Wet Under The Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law To Authorize, By Local Ordinance, Permitted Package Retailers To Engage In Package Retail Sales On Sunday; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 21-45-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipalities To Enter Into Voluntary Taxpayer Agreements In Connection With Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Projects; To Provide For Optional Lien Security For Such Agreements; To Authorize Conduit Bond Financing Secured By Taxpayer Agreements; To Provide That Such Agreements Do Not Constitute Taxes, Public Debt Or Pledges Of Governmental Credit; To Amend Section 21-45-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "taxpayer Agreement" And Revise The Definition Of "redevelopment Project" For Purposes Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Motions For Post-conviction Collateral Relief To Be Filed In The Supreme Court; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-9-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Criminal Penalty For The Crime Of Tampering With A Witness To Be A Certain Percentage Of The Fine And Imprisonment Authorized In Law For The Subject Offense; To Define The Term "subject Offense"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The West Mississippi Incubator Grant Program In Cooperation With The Mississippi Department Of Finance And Administration's Office Of Surplus Property, Local Development Districts And County Governments In Humphreys, Madison, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington And Yazoo Counties; To Set Forth The Purpose Of The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-25-701, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Carbon Dioxide Within The Definition Of The Term "gas" For Purposes Of The Gas Severance Tax Laws; To Amend Section 27-25-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Section 27-25-703, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Purple Angels Law; To Create A Registry Of Persistent Domestic Violence Offenders Within The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety; To Define Terms; To Require The Court Of Conviction To Order Registration Upon Qualifying Convictions; To Require Clerks Of Court To Transmit Conviction Data; To Provide A Registration Fee Assessed Against Each Qualifying Offender; To Provide For The Distribution Of Funds To Support Domestic Violence Prevention And Intervention Services Through The State Department Of Health; To Establish Timeframes For Removal From The Registry; To Direct Codification Of The Act As A Chapter Within Title 45; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-9-133, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Agricultural And Livestock Theft Bureau Officers To Retain Their Personal Sidearm Upon Retirement; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 49-7-33 And 49-7-33.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Supplemental Feeding For Hunting, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.