An Act To Amend Section 23-15-637, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Absentee Ballots Cast In Person At The Office Of The Registrar To Be Cast Using The Optical Mark Reading (omr) Equipment; To Require The Omr Equipment To Be Sealed At Night; To Require The Use Of Paper Ballots If The Omr Equipment Becomes Inoperable; To Amend Section 23-15-659, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise How The Absentee Ballot Applications And Elector's Certificates Are Printed For All Absentee Ballots That Are Cast In Person At The Office Of The Registrar; To Prescribe The Form For The Elector's Certificate For An In-person Absentee Ballot Application; To Amend Sections 23-15-639 And 23-15-645, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Form Of The Absentee Ballot Application; To Amend Section 23-15-633, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 23-15-625, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Registrar To Conspicuously Post A List Of Those Persons Voting In-person At The End Of Voting Each Day; To Amend Section 23-15-715, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Electors Voting By Absentee Ballot In-person To Feed Their Ballots Into The Omr Equipment; To Amend Section 23-15-719, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Sections 23-15-507 And 23-15-515, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Relating To Omr Equipment; To Amend Section 23-15-517, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Ballots To Be Processed On The Night Of An Election And Reported To The Tabulation Center Before The Ballot Box Is Sealed; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-523, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 23-15-525, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-505, 23-15-511, 23-15-513, 23-15-519, 23-15-521 And 23-15-581, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 23-15-591, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 23-15-595, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Tabulating Of All Returns And The Counting Of All Ballots To Be Finished On The Night Of The Election; To Amend Section 23-15-571, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Registrar In The List Of Persons Authorized To Challenge The Qualifications Of Persons Offering To Vote; To Amend Section 23-15-577, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Candidates To Have Poll Watchers Present At The Location Of The Election; To Amend Section 23-15-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Appropriate Election Officials To Consider Votes That Are Challenged; To Direct The Secretary Of State To Require The Office Of The Circuit Clerk To Cause A Daily Report Tabulating The Total Number Of In-person Absentee Ballots Cast That Day To Be Printed By The Omr Equipment At The Close Of Business And Made Available To The Public; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-2-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealers On The Mississippi Municipality And County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act Of 2022 And On The Exemption From The Approval Requirements Of The Public Procurement Review Board For Personal Or Professional Services Contracts Entered Into By The Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality Under The Act; To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act And To Extend The Date Of Other Exemptions In That Code Section Which Are Not Related To The Mississippi Municipality And County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act Of 2022 But Which Are Also Set To Expire In 2026; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Gulfport To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With The Winterization Of Homes In The Low-income Area In Central Gulfport Known As "the Quarter" For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Section 73-7-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Cosmetologist, Barber, Esthetician, Nail Technician Or Instructor Who Has At Least Ten Years' Experience Under Their License And Whose License Has Been Expired For Not More Than Five Years Shall Not Have To Take The Examination In Order To Renew Their License, But Shall Renew Their License Upon Payment Of The Required Renewal Fee, Any Adjudicated Fines, And A Delinquent Fee For Each Year That Their License Has Been Expired; 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 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; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Certain Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Retire And Continue In Elective Office, And Authorize Retired Members Of The Retirement System To Be Elected To Office, And Receive Their Retirement Allowance While Serving In Elective Office, In The Same Manner As Authorized For Persons In Elected County Or Municipal Offices; To Amend Sections 25-11-105, 25-11-305, 5-1-41, 5-1-47, 9-9-11, 25-3-3, 25-3-25, 25-3-31, 25-3-35 And 25-3-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Sections 57-117-1 Through 57-117-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; To Amend Section 57-117-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; To Amend Section 27-31-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Reverter On The Statute Authorizing Counties And Municipalities To Grant An Ad Valorem Tax Exemption To Health Care Industry Facilities; To Amend Section 27-31-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Reverter On The Statute Authorizing Counties And Municipalities To Grant A Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes To Qualified Businesses Under The Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act Which Meet Minimum Criteria Established By The Mississippi Development Authority; To Amend Section 27-65-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Provision Of Law That Exempts From Sales Taxation Sales Of Materials Used In The Construction Of, Or Addition Or Improvements To, A Health Care Industry Facility And Certain Sales Of Machinery And Equipment To Be Used In The Facility; 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 Repair, Renovation And Expansion Of And Upgrades And Improvements To The Historic Maples Methodist Church Building Necessary For The Purpose Of The City Using The Building As A Community Events Center And A Theater; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Be Known As The Medication Aide Act; To Provide For The Certification Of Medication Aides By The State Department Of Health; To Provide That A Medication Aide May Participate In Medication Administration When Certified Through A Medication Aide Certification Program In Accordance With This Act And Generally Managed By A Licensed Health Care Professional At A Nursing Facility; To Specify The Minimum Competencies For A Medication Aide; To Specify The Components Of A Medication Aide Certification Program, Which May Be Offered By Technical Or Community Colleges Or By A Licensed Health Care Professional Employed At A Nursing Facility; To Require Applicants To Complete Medication Aide Certification Training And Pass An Examination In Order To Be Certified; To Require Each Facility Operator Using Certified Medication Aides To Have A Written Policy Governing The Provision Of Medications By Certified Medication Aides; To Require Nursing Facilities To Disclose To Their Residents And Their Families That The Facility Employs And Uses Medication Aides; To Prescribe The Curriculum Standards For The Medication Aide Certification Program And The Required Information In The Program Instruction; To Provide That The Department Shall Have A Medication Aide Registry For Persons Who Have Been Certified As A Medication Aide; To Provide That The Department May Deny Registration Or Refuse Renewal Of Or Remove A Registration From The Medication Aide Registry For Failure To Meet The Standards And Competencies Or For Violation Of Any Provision Of This Act; 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 A Felony Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Suspended Upon Conviction And Shall Not Have His Or Her Right To Vote Restored Until 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 Provide That The Secretary Of State, Or The Circuit Clerk In The Case Of A County Election, Or The Municipal Clerk In The Case Of A Municipal Election, Shall Conduct, In A Method Different From The Original Count, A Recount Of All Votes Cast For Any Office Or Ballot Question In Any Election If Certain Differences Exist; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide For The Establishment Of Portable Benefit Accounts For Independent Contractors; To Authorize A Hiring Party To Contribute Funds To The Portable Benefit Account For An Independent Contractor; To Provide That A Hiring Party May Withhold A Percentage Of Funds From The Compensation Owed To An Independent Contractor If Both Parties Agree To The Withholding In Writing; To Bring Forward Sections 27-7-16, 27-7-17 And 71-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Department Of Education To Assign A Qualified Licensed Dyslexia Therapy Teacher Supervisor To Each County; To Prescribe The Responsibilities Of Such Dyslexia Therapy Teacher Supervisors; To Require The Department To Conduct A Program With Willing School Districts And/or Schools Which Focuses On The Use Of Dyslexia Data Coaches To Improve Reading And Literacy Among Students Diagnosed With Dyslexia; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Subject To Appropriation; To Provide That Individuals Assigned By The Department Serve In The Capacity As A County Dyslexia Therapy Teacher Supervisor Or Dyslexia Data Coach, Shall Be Employees Of The Department, And Shall Reside In The County Wherein He Or She Has Been Assigned To Serve In Said Capacity; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution To Amend House Rules To Create A New House Rule No. 104.1a To Require That The Agenda Of Any Committee Meeting Shall Be Made Public At Least 24 Hours Before The Scheduled Meeting.

An Act To Amend Sections 41-30-19, 41-30-27 And 41-32-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Thirty-day Minimum For Drug And Alcohol Treatment; To Amend Section 41-31-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulates Involuntary Commitment Of Alcoholics, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.