An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Petal School District In Paying Costs Associated With Construction And Improvements To And Widening Of Herrington Road Near The Site Of The Proposed New Petal Elementary School In The City Of Petal; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop Curricula And Courses Of Study To Promote Vocational And Technical Education, Home Economics And Character Education Objectives For All Middle And High School Students And Students Assigned To An Alternative School Program; To Prescribe The Minimum Components To Be Included In The Curriculum; To Amend Sections 37-13-92, 37-13-151, 37-13-181 And 37-31-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-31-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize Any County Or Municipality To Contract With Other States For The Housing And Care Of Children Who Have Committed Delinquent Acts Whenever Juvenile Detention Facilities Within This State Have Reached Their Operational Capacity Limit; To Bring Forward Section 43-25-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Interstate Compact For Juveniles; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Section 83-9-8.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits A Health Benefit Plan From Requiring Step Therapy Or Fail-first Protocols Before The Plan Provides Coverage Of Certain Prescription Drugs To Treat Advanced, Metastatic Cancer And Associated Conditions; To Reenact Section 83-9-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prescribes The Process By Which A Prescribing Practitioner May Request An Override Of An Insurer's Restriction On Medication For Use By A Step Therapy Or Fail-first Protocol; To Amend Reenacted Sections 83-9-8.1 And 83-9-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Codify And Extend The Date Of The Repealer On Those Sections Which Was Originally Enacted In The Effective Date Section Of The Enabling Legislation; To Amend Section 3, Chapter 379, Laws Of 2024, To Delete The Repealer On Sections 83-9-8.1 And 83-9-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, From The Effective Date Section Of That Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Insurance Department Fraud Detection Trust Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Amend Sections 83-2-33 And 83-5-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rename The Insurance Department Fund As The "insurance Department Fraud Detection Trust Fund"; To Increase The Maximum Contributions From Property And Casualty Insurance Companies, Life, Health And Accident Insurance Companies, And Health Maintenance Organizations Which May Be Deposited Into The Special Fund; To Delete The Requirement That Monies Collected From These Companies Be Deposited Into The State General Fund And That Expenses Of The Department Of Insurance Be Defrayed By State General Fund Appropriations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-3-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Increase Food Establishment Annual Permit Fees, Private Water Supply Approval Fees, And Onsite Wastewater Program Fees By A Certain Percentage During The Next Three Fiscal Years Up To A Maximum Amount; To Amend Sections 41-3-18, 41-67-12 And 41-67-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 17-23-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Additional Round Of Fire Trucks For Counties And Municipalities Under The Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; To Remove The Requirement That A County Has Received Funding For No More Than Eight Rounds From The Rural Truck Acquisition Assistance Program In Order To Receive Additional Matching Assistance Under The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The City Of Olive Branch, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With The City's Sylvan Lake Outflow Weir Project; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Autism Scholarship Program For Students Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Provide For Student Eligibility Requirements For Receipt Of A Scholarship And Restricting Eligibility Therefor; To Provide For The Term Of The Scholarship; To Stipulate The Obligations Of Parents Or Legal Guardians, Students And Schools And School Districts; To Prescribe The Duties Of The Department Of Education And The State Board Of Education Regarding The Administration Of The Scholarship Program; To Provide The Department Of Education With The Authority To Verify The Eligibility Of Nonpublic Schools And To Establish The Process For Notifications Of Violations; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Deny, Suspend Or Revoke A School's Participation In The Scholarship Program And The Procedures Taken With Respect Therefor; To Require That All Compulsory–school–age Children Be Screened For Autism Spectrum Disorder During The Period Between The Spring Of Kindergarten And The Fall Of Grade 1 And Other Appropriate Times As Deemed Necessary In The Public Schools Of This State; To Establish The Procedures To Be Followed In Screening And Evaluation Of Students For Autism Spectrum Disorder And Related Disorders And Prescribing Who Shall Administer The Screening And Evaluation; To Require That School Diagnosticians Receive Additional Training In The Evaluation And Diagnosis Of Autism Spectrum Disorder; To Require The Department Of Education To Submit An Annual Report To The Legislature Summarizing Student Performance, Student Assessments, Funding And Any Recommended Changes; To Prescribe Appropriate Qualifications For Administrative And Instructional Personnel; To Require The State Department Of Education To Serve As The Local Educational Agency For Those Schools; To Require The State To Pay Directly To The School Any Federal Or State Aid Attributable To A Student With A Disability Attending The School; To Require The School To Comply With The Annual Audit And Budget Submission Requirements Prescribed By Law In Title 37, Mississippi Code Of 1972; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Repeal Section 41-41-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits Abortion Except For The Preservation Of The Mother's Life Or Where The Pregnancy Is Caused By Rape; To Repeal Section 97-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates A Felony Crime For Any Person Who Willfully And Knowingly Causes Any Pregnant Woman To Abort Or Miscarry A Child; To Repeal Section 97-3-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates A Felony Crime For Allowing A Child Delivered In Failed Abortion To Die; To Repeal Section 97-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates A Misdemeanor Crime For Any Person Who Provides An Instrument Or Medicine To Assist A Woman In Obtaining An Abortion; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit False Or Secret Compartments In Vehicles; To Establish Criminal Penalties For Persons Owning Or Operating A Vehicle Containing A False Or Secret Compartment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Health Care Facility Right To Visit Act To Prevent All Health Care Facilities That Are Licensed By Or Have Received A Certificate Of Need From The Department Of Health From Instituting Any Policy That Limits Patients' Abilities To Be Visited By Designated Family Members Or Friends During Any Hospitalization Or Treatment; To Allow The Facilities To Impose Reasonable Safety Requirements; To Provide That No Facility Shall Be Held Liable For Damages In An Action Involving A Liability Claim Against Such Facility Arising From The Facility's Compliance With The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Paid Family And Medical Leave Act; To Provide Certain Applicable Definitions; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Establish And Administer A Family And Medical Leave Insurance Program; To Provide Covered Individuals With The Right To Paid Family And Medical Leave; To Determine The Amount Of Family And Medical Leave Insurance Benefits For Covered Individuals; To Create The Family And Medical Leave Insurance Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide For The Determination Of Insurance Premiums By The State Treasurer; To Protect The Employment Of Covered Individuals While They Are On Leave; To Prohibit Employers From Violating Rights Protected In This Act; To Require The Director Of The Department To Hold Violating Employers Liable; To Provide That This Act Is To Be Construed Alongside Similar Provisions In The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act; To Require That Claims Be Made In Accordance With Rules Prescribed By The Director Of The Department; To Disqualify Covered Individuals From Coverage For Fraud, Misrepresentation, Or Erroneous Payment; To Allow Covered Individuals To Elect For Initial Coverage Or Subsequent Coverage; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For The Formation And Administration Of The Family And Medical Leave Insurance Program; To Require Certain Actions By The Department If The Insurance Benefits In This Act Are Subject To Federal Income Tax; To Allow For Intermittent Or Reduced Leave; To Require The Department To Make An Annual Report To The Legislature; To Require The Department To Conduct A Public Education Campaign About The Program; To Encourage The Department To Collect Data For The Purpose Of Limiting The Cost Of The Program; To Require Employers To Provide Written Notice Of The Program To Employees Upon Hiring And Annually Thereafter; To Amend Section 25-3-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 25-3-91, 25-3-92, 25-3-93 And 25-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For Administrative, Personal And Major Medical Leave For State Employees, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 51-5-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Commission On Environmental Quality To Exempt Persons 65 Or Older And Persons With At Least 20 Years Of Experience From The Continuing Education Requirements For License Renewal As A Water Well Contractor; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Mississippi Community College Board To Establish And Administer A 21st Century Employment Grant Program For The Purpose Of Expanding Partnerships Between Community And Junior Colleges And Workforce Development Organizations; To Stipulate The Criteria For Grant Qualifications; To Provide For The Establishment Of An Advisory Board, Which Shall Be Responsible For Reviewing The Progress Of Grant Recipients, Prescribe Guidelines For The Types Of Certificates To Be Pursued By Community Or Junior Colleges That Would Benefit Current Employer And Future Employers Looking To Locate In The State; And For Related Purposes.