A Resolution Mourning The Loss And Commending The Life, Legacy And Christian Service Of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Daniel And Expressing Deepest Sympathy To Her Family And Friends Upon Her Passing.

An Act To Create The Compassion Mississippi Act; To Authorize The Use Of Medical Cannabis By Certain Patients Who Have Debilitating Medical Conditions; To Require A Patient To Receive A Written Certification From A Qualified Practitioner To Qualify For A Registry Identification Card For The Use Of Medical Cannabis; To Authorize Practitioners To Specify The Dosage And Form Of Medical Cannabis That A Qualifying Patient May Use; To Provide For The Process By Which A Patient May Register As A Cardholder For The Use Of Medical Cannabis; To Provide Certain Protections To Patients, Caregivers, Medical Providers And Medical Cannabis Establishments For The Medical Use Of Cannabis; To Provide For The Allowable Amount Of Medical Cannabis By A Qualified Patient; To Provide That The State Department Of Health Will Issue Registry Identification Cards To Qualifying Patients And Designated Caregivers; To Provide For The Licensing And Regulation Of Cannabis Cultivation Facilities, Cannabis Processing Facilities, Cannabis Transportation Entities, Cannabis Disposal Entities, Cannabis Research Facilities, Cannabis Testing Facilities, Transportation Entities And Cannabis Dispensaries By The Department Of Health; To Provide For A Statewide Seed-to-sale Tracking System; To Provide For Deadlines For The Implementation Of The Program; To Provide For Certain Limitations Of The Application Of The Act; To Provide That The Act Does Not Authorize Any Individual To Engage In Or Prevent The Imposition Of Any Civil, Criminal Or Other Penalties For Certain Acts Related To The Use Of Medical Cannabis; To Provide That Certain Discriminatory Acts Against Medical Cannabis Cardholders Are Prohibited; To Provide A Process For The Addition Of Debilitating Medical Conditions By The Department Of Health; To Provide That Nothing In The Act Prohibits An Employer From Disciplining An Employee For Ingesting Medical Cannabis In The Workplace Or For Working While Under The Influence Of Medical Cannabis; To Provide That Nothing In The Act Requires A Government Medical Assistance Program Or Private Insurer To Reimburse A Person For Costs Associated With The Medical Use Of Medical Cannabis; To Require The Department Of Health To Provide Annual Reports To The Governor And Certain Members Of The Legislature; To Require The Department Of Health To Maintain A Confidential List Of Registry Identification Cards; To Require Certain Notifications From Qualifying Patients; To Provide For The Fees For Licenses Of Medical Cannabis Establishments; To Allow Municipalities And Counties To Enact Ordinances Or Regulations Not In Conflict With This Act; To Prohibit Medical Cannabis Establishments From Being Located Within 1,000 Feet Of The Nearest Boundary Line Of Any School, Church Or Child Care Facility Unless It Has Received A Waiver; To Provide Certain Requirements, Prohibitions And Penalties For Medical Cannabis Establishments; To Provide That No Medical Cannabis Establishment Shall Sell Cannabis Flower Or Trim That Has A Potency Of Greater Than 30% Total Thc; To Require All Medical Cannabis Products To Contain A Notice Of Harm Regarding The Use Of Medical Cannabis; To Provide For The Weekly And Monthly Allowable Amount Of Medical Cannabis And Provide The Possession Limit Of Medical Cannabis For Cardholders; To Require The Department Of Health To Establish And Promulgate Rules And Regulations Relating To The Program; To Establish Violations Related To The Use Of Medical Cannabis And The Program; To Provide For Fines, Suspensions And Revocations For Violations Of The Act; To Allow For A Deduction From Income Taxes For All Of The Ordinary And Necessary Expenses Paid Or Incurred During The Taxable Year In Carrying On A Business As A Medical Cannabis Establishment; To Require Dispensaries To Collect And Remit The Sales Tax Levied In Section 27-65-17(1)(a) From The Gross Proceeds Of Each Sale Of Medical Cannabis; To Allow The Governing Authorities Of Municipalities And Board Of Supervisors Of Counties To Opt Out Of Allowing The Processing, Sale And Distribution Of Medical Cannabis Within 90 Days After The Effective Date Of The Act; To Provide A Referendum Process For A Municipality Or County To Opt Into Allowing The Cultivation, Processing, Sale And Distribution Of Medical Cannabis In A Municipality Or County That Has Opted Out; To Provide For The Judicial Review For Those Aggrieved By A Final Decision Or Order Related To The Medical Cannabis Program; To Require All Fines And Fees Collected By The Department Of Health And Department Of Public Safety To Be Deposited Into The Medical Cannabis Opportunity Fund; To Create The Medical Cannabis Opportunity Fund In The State Treasury And Provide The Purposes For Which Monies In The Fund Shall Be Spent; To Establish A Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee; To Amend Section 25-53-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Temporarily Exempt From The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services Procurement Laws, Rules, And Regulations Acquisitions Of Information Technology Equipment And Services Made By The Department Of Health For The Purposes Of Implementing, Administering And Enforcing The Provisions Of The Compassion Mississippi Act; To Amend Section 27-104-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Grants, Contracts, Pass-through Funds, Project Fees Or Charges For Services Between The Department Of Health And Other State Agencies Or Entities For The Operation Of The Medical Marijuana Program Established Under This Act; To Amend Section 37-11-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Term Controlled Substance Shall Not Include The Possession Or Use Of Medical Cannabis That Is Lawful Under This Act; To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxes The Sales Of Medical Cannabis To Certain Qualifying Patients; To Amend Sections 27-7-17, 33-13-520, 41-29-125, 41-29-127, 41-29-136, 41-29-137, 41-29-139; 41-29-141, 41-29-143, 43-21-301, 43-21-303, 45-9-101, 59-23-7, 63-11-30, 71-3-7, 71-3-121, 73-15-29, 73-19-23, 73-21-127, 73-25-29 And 83-9-22, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 17-1-3, 19-5-9, 25-43-1.103, 25-43-2.101, 25-43-3.102, 25-43-3.103, 25-43-3.104, 25-43-3.105, 25-43-3.106, 25-43-3.107, 25-43-3.109, 25-43-3.110 And 25-43-3.113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Sections Of The Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law And The Provisions Relating To The Adoption Of Building Codes In Counties, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 25-43-3.108, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Some Minor Nonsubstantive Changes; To Bring Forward Section 41-3-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Powers And Duties Of The State Board Of Health, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-144-1 Through 37-144-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Entitled The "second Amendment Preservation Act"; To Provide That The Mississippi Legislature Preempts The Law Of Firearms, Components, Ammunition And Firearm Supplies To The Complete Exclusion Of Any Order, Ordinance Or Regulation By Any Political Subdivision Or Municipality Of This State; To Bring Forward Sections 45-9-51, 45-9-53 And 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Conditions On Carrying Concealed Weapons And To Bring Forward Sections 97-37-7 And 97-37-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Conditions On Carrying Deadly Weapons And Penalties; To Provide That The Comprehensive Firearms Code Of The State Of Mississippi Is Interposed In Place Of Any Federal Law Confiscating Firearms Of Law-abiding Citizens; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 49-1-29 And 49-7-58, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Powers Of The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks, And Chronic Wasting Disease Control, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi Minimum Wage Law"; To Establish The State Minimum Wage At $9.00 Per Hour; To Provide That Employers With Tipped Employees Are Exempt From The Requirement To Pay The State Minimum Wage; To Establish Guidelines For Employees Entitled To Overtime Pay; 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.

An Act To Create New Section 9-27-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Before A Chancery Court Alleged To Be In Need Of Mental Health Treatment Is Eligible For Participation In A Mental Health Court; To Amend Section 9-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Role Of Chancery Courts As Intervention Courts; To Amend Sections 9-27-3 And 9-27-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Mental Health Courts, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Bring Forward Section 9-27-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulates Alternative Sentencing For Mental Health Courts, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 41-21-63 And 41-21-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Participation In Mental Health Courts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prescribe Conditions Under Which Strict Criminal Liability Shall Be Imposed And For Which A Degree Of Mental Culpability Is Required For Commission Of An Offense; To Define Terms Related To Determining The Level Of Mental Culpability To Be Imposed For Criminal Offenses; To Provide That The Requirement For The Specification Of The Requisite Degree Of Culpability Shall Not Apply Retroactively To Criminal Offenses Established Before July 1, 2022; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Salary Of A President, Chancellor Or Provost Of A State Institution Of Higher Learning Under The Governing Authority Of The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Serving On The Effective Date Of This Act Shall Be Limited To His Or Her Current Rate Of Compensation; To Provide That The Salary Of Such Individuals Shall Not Be Increased Until The Institution At Which Such Individual Serves As President, Chancellor Or Provost Has Experienced Three Consecutive Years Of A Flat Cost Of Tuition And Fees Or Decreasing Tuition And Fees; To Prescribe The Conditions Under Which The Board Is Authorized To Revise The Contract Of A President, Chancellor Or Provost To Provide A Salary Increase; To Stipulate The Authority Of The Board To Establish The Salary Of Newly Selected Presidents, Chancellors Or Provosts Provided Certain Conditions Are Or Are Not Met; To Define The Term Salary; To Amend Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-45-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Conveyance Of Land That Is Sold For The Nonpayment Of Taxes To Be Subject To Any Easement Over Such Land Which Was Created And Recorded Before The Time The Taxes For Which The Land Was Sold Became Due And Payable; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-61-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Penalties For A Person Or Public Body Who Violates The Reporting Requirements Of The Mississippi Public Records Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize Any Person Who Is Qualified To Register To Vote In The State Of Mississippi To Register To Vote When That Person Applies For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Obtain Certain Information From A Person Who Desires To Register To Vote While Applying For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Provide An Opt-out Procedure For Persons Who Choose Not To Register To Vote While Applying For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Provide For The Forwarding Of Voter Registration Applications To The Person's County Of Residence; To Amend Sections 23-15-11, 23-15-33, 23-15-35, 23-15-39, 23-15-41, 23-15-79, 23-15-95 And 63-1-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sheriff And His Deputies In Any County, Upon A Majority Vote Of The Board Of Supervisors Of The County, To Use Radar Speed Detection Equipment Upon State Aid Roads Of The County; To Provide That The Fines Shall Be Remitted To The State Treasury And Deposited Into A Special Fund To Be Used By The Office Of State Aid Road Construction To Be Used In The County Where The Fine Originated; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop A Civics Curriculum To Be Taught In The Public Middle And High Schools; To Prescribe The Minimum Components Of The Curriculum; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-15-28, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Separate The Combination Seafood Dealer And Processor License Into Two Licenses; To Provide That Each License Shall Be One Hundred Dollars; To Provide That A Seafood Dealer Shall Not Operate As A Seafood Processor But That A Seafood Processor May Operate As A Seafood Dealer; To Provide Exemptions; And For Related Purposes.