An Act To Prohibit A State Agency Or Political Subdivision To Enter Into Any Contract That Discriminates Against Certain Entities Or Trade Associations; To Amend Section 45-9-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A County Or Municipality From Entering Into Any Contract Or Rental Agreement That Restricts The Possession, Carrying, Transportation, Sale, Transfer Or Ownership Of Knives; To Provide That State Agencies May Not Interfere With The Right Of Citizens To Possess Knives; To Create A Civil Cause Of Action To Challenge Ordinances And Regulations In Violation Of That Right; To Exempt State Law Enforcement Agencies From Regulating Law Enforcement Officers In The Course Of Their Official Duties; To Amend Section 45-9-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Control, Regulate And Manage The Taking Of All Black Bears; To Require The Department To Create, Set And Regulate A Black Bear Season, Beginning With The 2027-2028 Hunting Season; To Establish Requirements For Residents And Nonresidents To Hunt Or Kill Black Bears; To Direct The Department To Establish A Black Bear Harvest Tag To Hunt Or Kill Black Bears, And To Base The Number Of Such Tags Authorized Each Year On The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks' Black Bear Population Data; To Require The Department To Establish A Lottery System For Issuance Of Black Bear Harvest Tags And To Reserve One Harvest Tag For Each Hunting Season To Be Reserved As The "governor's Tag"; To Prohibit The Department From Donating Any Harvest Tag(s) Other Than The Governor's Tag Or From Designating Any Number Of Harvest Tags For Any Nonprofit Or For-profit Entity; To Direct The Department To Offer Black Bear Harvest Tags For Residents Beginning With The 2027-2028 Hunting Season; To Authorize The Department To Offer A Certain Number Of Harvest Tags For Nonresidents Beginning With The 2032-2033 Hunting Season; To Set The Penalty For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-4-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Department Of Mental Health Shall Develop And Promulgate A Rating Scale With Performance Standards To Use In Performance Audits Of Community Mental Health Centers; To Require The Department To Develop And Promulgate The Performance Standards By June 30, 2027; To Provide That The Department Shall Begin Conducting Performance Audits During Fiscal Year 2028; To Require The Department To Perform A Performance Audit Of Each Community Mental Health Center At Least Once Every Two Years; To Provide That The Department Shall Place On A Six-month Probationary Period Regional Commissions Or Community Mental Health Centers That Do Not Achieve A Passing Score On A Performance Audit; To Provide That If The Community Mental Health Center Does Not Achieve A Passing Score On The Performance Audit After The Probationary Period, The Regional Commission Shall Replace The Community Mental Health Center's Executive Director And Any Other Officers Identified By The Department With Contractors; To Provide Due Process Rights For Community Mental Health Centers Found To Be In Noncompliance; To Provide That The Contractor Or Contractors Shall Remain In Place Until The Department Determines That The Community Mental Health Center Has Attained Sustained Compliance With The Performance Standards; To Provide That No Rules, Regulations, Operational Standards, Performance Standards Or Other Standards Promulgated By The Board Of Mental Health Or The Department Shall Be Construed To Create A Cause Of Action; To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From The Public Procurement Review Board Approval Of Any Personal Or Professional Services Contract Entered Into By The Department Of Mental Health In Carrying Out Its Responsibilities Set Forth In Section 41-4-7(mm); To Repeal Sections 41-20-1, 41-20-3, 41-20-5, 41-20-7, 41-20-9 And 41-20-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create Within The Department Of Finance And Administration A Position Known As The Coordinator Of Mental Health Accessibility; Provide For Appointment, Qualifications, Expenses And Salary For The Position; Establish Powers, Duties And Discretionary Responsibilities Of The Position; Require Inter-agency Cooperation With The Coordinator Of Mental Health Accessibility In Performing His Or Her Duties; Set Forth Definitions And Related Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "state Treasury Efficiency And Transparency Act"; To Amend Section 27-105-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "pooled Investment Vehicle," "state Agency" And "state Fiscal Officer"; To Create New Section 27-105-32, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Treasurer To Annually Review Each Public Fund, Account Or Trust That Receives Interest Allocation From A Pooled Investment Vehicle To Determine If The Fund, Account Or Trust That Receives Interest Had No Transactional Activity, Other Than The Receipt Of Interest Within The Prior Fiscal Year; To Authorize The State Treasurer To Preclude Certain Funds, Accounts Or Trusts From Received Interest; To Direct Certain Funds To Be Closed Or Consolidated Within The State Treasury; To Amend Section 27-105-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Exception To The Investment Requirements Of This Chapter Upon A Demonstration Of Sufficient Justification; To Create New Section 27-105-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Each State Agency To Review Its Funds, Accounts And Trusts Within And Outside Of The State Treasury And Report Certain Information To The Treasurer; To Require The Treasurer To Report Certain Compiled Information To The Legislative Budget Office And The Senate And House Legislative Services Office; To Amend Section 27-105-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 43-27-2, 43-27-8, 43-27-10, 43-27-12, 43-27-14, 43-27-16, 43-27-17, 43-27-18, 43-27-19, 43-27-20, 43-27-22, 43-27-23, 43-27-25, 43-27-27, 43-27-29, 43-27-33, 43-27-37 And 43-27-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Department Of Youth Services, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 43-27-11 And 43-27-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Technical Nonsubstantive Aendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Public Procurement Review Board Approval Contracts Entered Into By The Office Of State Aid Road Construction (osarc) For Personal Service Contracts; To Amend Section 65-9-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Passenger Automobiles The Osarc May Own And Operate From Seven To 13; To Amend Section 65-9-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Whenever A County Fails To Expend The Monies Allocated To It To Repair And Replace Deficient State Aid System Bridges In Its County Under The State Aid Road Fund For An Uninterrupted Period Of Two Successive Fiscal Years, The County Shall Forfeit And No Longer Be Entitled To The Outstanding Cumulative Balance On Hand Of The Monies That Were Allocated To It Under The Fund Before That Period Of Time; To Require That Such Forfeited Monies Be Reallocated Annually Among Only Those Counties That Are Determined By The State Aid Engineer To Have State Aid Road Fund Projects For Deficient Bridges That Are Ready For Construction But Are Not Being Undertaken Due To Lack Of Funds; To Amend Section 65-37-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enable Reallocation Of Certain Forfeited Monies To Counties That Are Determined By The State Aid Engineer To Have Local System Bridge Replacement And Rehabilitation Program Projects Or Other Deficient Bridge Projects That Are Ready For Construction But Are Not Being Undertaken Due To Lack Of Funds; To Amend Section 65-37-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modify Approved Expenditures For Monies In The Local System Bridge Replacement And Rehabilitation Fund That Are Allocated To A Particular County; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-1-98, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That All Agencies Under The Purview Of The State Personnel Board Shall Report To The Board Information About The Individuals Who Perform Remote Work For Their Agencies; To Prohibit The State Personnel Board, Absent Emergency Circumstances, From Processing Any Personnel Actions Within The System Of Record Otherwise Allowable For Agencies Under Its Purview Unless And Until Such Agency Is In Compliance With This Act; To Require That The State Personnel Board Promulgate Rules For The Administration Of This Act; To Reenact Subsections (2) Through (6) And Remove The Date Of Repeal; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-7-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Fee A Court Reporter May Receive Preparing Transcripts And Other Papers; To Provide That Court Reporters Shall Format Transcribed Documents To Reasonably Minimize The Number Of Printed Pages; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define State Jurisdiction Over Public Trust Tidelands And The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Approve Leases Located On Public Trust Tidelands; To Amend Sections 7-11-11, 29-1-107, 29-15-1, 29-15-3, 29-15-5, 29-15-9, 29-15-10 And 29-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And To Codify Section 29-15-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare Legislative Intent Relative To Public Trust Tidelands, To Clarify The Requirement Of A Separate Lease From The Secretary Of State To Rent Land On Public Trust Tidelands Property, To Clarify That The Lease Needed To Move On Shore Is One With The State Or The State Port At Gulfport, To Revise Definitions, To Provide That State-held Tidelands Subject To Public Trust Are Prescribed In Tidelands Maps And Boundary Agreements And Court Orders Confirming The Maps, To Confirm All Authority Over Tidelands In The State Unless Specifically Severed Or Given To A Specific State Agency Or Political Subdivision, To Confirm Authority, Management And Administrative Control Over Tidelands In The Secretary Of State, To Clarify That Only Specific Action By The Legislature Can Divest The Secretary Of State Of Such Management And Control; To Amend Sections 59-7-405 And 59-15-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Local Governing Authority Shall Not Lease, Sublease, Rent Or Provide Access For Any Gaming Purposes Under This Authority; To Amend Sections 75-76-67, 87-1-5, 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-17, 97-33-25 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define And Clarify The Authority Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission In Determining Legal Gaming Sites And Preliminary Site Approval And To Clarify Areas Authorized For Gaming Casino Operations And The Authority Of The Commission To Regulate Minimum Size, Minimum Improvements And Other Project Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-137-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "qualifying Patient" To Include A Person For Whom A Practitioner Has Determined, After Conventional Treatment Options Have Proven Ineffective, That The Patient May Benefit From Medical Cannabis; To Amend Section 41-137-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Medical Cannabis Use By A Person Diagnosed By A Practitioner, With Whom The Person Has A Bona Fide Practitioner-patient Relationship Within His Or Her Scope Of Practice, As A Patient For Whom Other Conventional Treatment Options Have Proven Ineffective; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Season On Deer, When It Ends On A Saturday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; To Amend Section 49-7-31.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Seasons On Bobwhite Quail And Wild Turkey, When They End On Saturday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; To Amend Section 49-7-31.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Seasons On Squirrel And Rabbits, When They End On Saturday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; To Amend Section 49-7-31.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Open Season On Fur-bearing Animals, Including Any Additional Open Season On Raccoon, When It Ends On A Saturday, To 30 Minutes After Sunset On The Following Sunday; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-34-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Commissions For Persons Who Are Residents Of Another State Who Reside Within Fifteen Miles Of The Border Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize State Agencies And Divisions Thereof To Enter Into Intergovernmental Support Agreements With Military Branches; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Rare Disease Task Force Within The Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council; To Provide That The Purpose Of The Task Force Is To Identify Gaps In Care, Evaluate Funding And Insurance Coverage Practices, Advise Policymakers On Evidence-based Solutions, And Ensure Fair, Timely, And Equitable Access To Rare Disease Therapies In This State; To Provide For The Membership, Powers And Duties Of The Task Force; To Require The Task Force To Make An Annual Report To Certain Public Officials; To Amend Section 1 Of House Bill No. 1622, 2026 Regular Session, To Replace Certain Instances Of The Term "license" With "exemption" For The Sake Of Administrative Efficiency; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 19-5-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Stipulate That The Commissioners Of The Tishomingo County Water District Shall Be Compensated For Their Services At A Rate Up To $84.00 Per Day Under Certain Conditions; And For Related Purposes.