An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Provide Additional Funding To Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service For The Purpose Of Assisting With Costs Associated With Administering The Mississippi Youth Preparedness Initiative For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Sections 63-2-7 And 63-7-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Fines For Seatbelt And Child Safety Restraint Violations To $100.00 For Each Violation; To Provide For The Equal Distribution Of Fines Collected For Such Violation Between The State Department Of Education And The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety For Purposes Of Funding Driver's Education And Training; To Bring Forward Sections 63-2-1 And 63-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Within The State Department Of Health Under The Direction Of The State Health Officer; To Provide That The State Health Officer Shall Establish And Appoint The Members Of The Mississippi Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee To Assist In The Development And Implementation Of The Registry, Determine What Data Will Be Collected, And Advise The Department; To Direct The State Board Of Health To Promulgate Rules, In Consultation With The Advisory Committee, To Designate Parkinson's Disease And Identified Parkinsonisms As Diseases That Are Required To Be Reported To The Department; To Require The Department To Receive And Collect Data For The Registry On The Incidence And Prevalence Of Parkinson's Disease And Parkinsonisms In Mississippi And Related Epidemiological Data; To Require, Beginning January 1, 2027, Each Movement Disorder Center That Treats A Patient With Parkinson's Disease And Each Movement Disorder Health Care Provider Who Treats Or Diagnoses Parkinson's Disease Or Parkinsonisms For A Patient To Submit A Parkinson's Disease Report To The Department; To Provide That A Patient Who Does Not Wish To Participate In The Collection Of Data For The Purposes Of Research In The Registry May Opt Out After An Opportunity To Review The Documents And Ask Questions; To Authorize The Department To Make Data From The Registry, With Or Without Identifiers, Available To Researchers That Have The Approval Of An Institutional Review Board In Accordance With Requirements Of Federal Regulations; To Provide That All Information Collected Pursuant To This Act Is Confidential; To Require The Department To Maintain An Accurate Record Of All Persons Who Are Given Access To Information Collected By The Department Pursuant To This Act; To Require The Department To Provide Notice Of The Mandatory Reporting Required Under This Act On Its Website And To Professional Associations Representing Movement Disorder Centers And Movement Disorder Health Care Providers; To Require The Department To Submit To The Chairmen Of The House And Senate Public Health Committees A Yearly Program Summary Update; To Require The Department, By October 1, 2028, To Create, And Update Annually Thereafter, The Mississippi Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Website Where The Public Can Find Information Related To Parkinson's Disease And The Registry, The Yearly Program Summary Update, And Any Other Information Deemed Relevant By The Advisory Committee; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Defense Research And Development Program For The Purpose Of Making Assistance In The Form Of Loans Available For Seed And Early Stage Capital To Small And Medium Sized Mississippi Businesses With High Growth Potential That Are Engaged In Research And Development Activities With The Mississippi Military Department, The Mississippi National Guard, And/or A Mississippi University, College, Community College And/or Junior College; To Create The "defense Research And Development Program Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-33-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Housing Authorities Law By Adding And Defining The Term "mixed-finance Project" To Such Law; To Provide That Mixed-finance Project Means A Project That Is Financially Assisted By Private Resources Which May Include Low Income Housing Tax Credits In Addition To An Amount Provided Under Any State Or Federal Program; To Amend Section 43-33-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Housing Authorities To Own, Operate, Assist Or Otherwise Participate In One Or More Mixed-finance Projects; To Amend Section 43-33-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Certain Self Insurance Agreement May Be Formed When One Or More Housing Authorities Have Formed Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies Or Entities In Which An Authority Or An Entity Affiliated With An Authority Is A General Partner, Managing Member Or Otherwise Participates In The Activities Of The Entity When Undertaking A Mixed-finance Project; To Amend Section 43-33-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any Two Or More Housing Authorities To Cooperate When Undertaking A Mixed-finance Project; To Create New Section 43-33-52, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Certain Immunity To Individual Commissioners, Directors, Supervisory Employees, And Supervisory Agents Of A Housing Authority With Respect To A Mixed-finance Project If Such Individuals While Acting In The Scope Of Their Duties As They Relate To Such Projects; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-11-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For A First Responders Retirement Incentive Under Which Law Enforcement Officers And Firefighters Who Became Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System On Or After July 1, 2011, And Who Have At Least Four Years Of Membership Service Credit Shall Be Entitled To Receive One Additional Year Of Creditable Service For Every Five Years Of Service As A First Responder In The State Of Mississippi, At No Cost To The Member; To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Retired Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Be Employed As A Law Enforcement Officer With A Law Enforcement Department That Has A Critical Need For Or Shortage Of Law Enforcement Officers And Draw The Full Amount Of The Retirement Allowance, During Which Time The Retiree May Work The Full Number Of Normal Working Days For The Position And Receive The Full Amount Of The Salary In Effect For The Position At The Time Of Employment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Kratom To Schedule I Of The Uniform Controlled Substances Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Olive Branch To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Land Acquisition And Engineering Services For Making Improvements To Mississippi Highway 305 For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Section 73-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Funeral Director Assistants To Perform All Of The Activities That A Funeral Director May Perform Except For Making Funeral Arrangements; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-181-1, 37-181-7, 37-181-9, 37-181-11, 37-181-13, 37-181-15, 37-181-17, 37-181-19, And 37-181-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Comprise "the Equal Opportunity For Students With Special Needs Act," For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 37-181-3 And 37-181-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Diagnosis Of Dyslexia Shall Be A Criteria Used To Qualify A Student For Eligibility To Participate In The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 89-2-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Immunity For Landowners Who Allow Recreational Use Of Their Property; To Amend Section 89-2-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Off-road Vehicles And All-terrain Vehicles As Recreational Activities; To Amend Sections 89-2-5 And 89-2-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To Best Of The Best Youth Sports To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Making Improvements To Its Youth Recreational Park For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Create The One Fair Wage Act; To Provide Definitions; To Establish A State Minimum Wage; To Provide For Increases In The Minimum Wage; To Provide The Minimum Wage For Tipped Employees; To Provide That This Law Shall Not Conflict With Any Federal Law; To Provide A Severability Clause; To Provide That This Act Shall Be Prospective Only; To Bring Forward Sections 7-7-204, 17-1-51, 23-15-239, 25-3-40, 37-7-307, 57-34-5, 85-3-4, 97-3-54.4 And 99-19-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 241, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of Voter Fraud, Bribery, Theft, Arson, Obtaining Money Or Goods Under False Pretense, Perjury, Forgery, Embezzlement, Bigamy Or Any Crime Interpreted As Disenfranchising In Later Attorney General Opinions Except For Murder And Rape Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Suspended Upon Conviction And Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Restored Once He Or She Has Satisfied All Of The Sentencing Requirements Of The Conviction; And Proposing The Repeal Of Section 253, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, Which Provides That The Legislature May, By A Two-thirds Vote Of Both Houses, Of All Members Elected, Restore The Right Of Suffrage To Any Person Disqualified By Reason Of Crime.

An Act To Amend Section 97-27-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Crime Of Causing Exposure To Certain Contagious Diseases To Intentional Transmission Of Infectious Diseases; To Establish Defenses To Prosecution; To Revise The Penalties For Persons Guilty Of Committing The Crimes Of Intentional Transmission Of Infectious Diseases And Endangerment By Bodily Substance; And For Related Purposes.