An Act To Amend Section 37-173-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Parent Or Legal Guardian Of A Student To Choose To Enroll A Student In And Transport The Student To A Public School In An Adjacent School District Which Has Available Space And Has A Program With Services That Provide Daily Dyslexia Therapy Sessions Delivered By A Certified Academic Language Therapist; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-21-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend Certain Definitions Of The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Delete Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliate From The Definitions; To Amend Section 73-21-155, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Or Third-party Payer Shall Not Charge A Patient A Copayment In Excess Of The Amount Reimbursed To The Pharmacy For The Claim; To Set Certain Prohibitions On Pharmacy Benefit Managers; To Amend Section 73-21-156, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Pharmacy To Coordinate Audits Of Appeals To Pharmacy Benefit Managers Inclusive Of All Related Evidence; To Prohibit A Pharmacy Benefit Manager From Retaliating Against A Pharmacy Or Pharmacy Based On The Pharmacist's Or Pharmacy's Exercise Of Any Right Or Remedy Under The Chapter; To Include Certain Exemptions From What Is Considered As Retaliation; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Pharmacy Or Pharmacy Benefit Manager Shall Be Prohibited From Interfering With The Patient's Right To Choose The Patient's Pharmacy Or Provider Of Choice; To Amend Section 73-21-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-3-92, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize State Agencies To Grant Up To Six Days Of Administrative Leave With Pay Within A Six-month Period To Employees Who Are Qualified Members Of The Mississippi Wing Of The Civil Air Patrol Participating In Official Emergency Services Missions; To Provide That Employees Of Any Public Or Private Business Or Industry, Who Are Active Members Of The Mississippi Wing Of The Civil Air Patrol, May, In The Discretion Of An Employee's Employer, Be Entitled To A Leave Of Absence From Their Respective Duties On All Days During Which They Participate In An Official Operational Emergency Services Mission For The Civil Air Patrol In This State Or In A State Contiguous To This State When The Civil Air Patrol Requests The Employee's Participation; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Reverse Auctions Shall Only Be Required By Individual State Public Schools, Charter Schools And School Districts When Purchasing Products Typically Resold By Multiple Vendors; To Allow Local School Boards To Authorize A Purchasing Entity In Its Jurisdiction To Solicit Bids With An Alternative Method For Products Not Typically Resold; To Require Such Schools Or Districts To Submit The Alternative Method Of Competitive Open Procurement To Its Local School Board For Approval Which Meets The Requirements Of The Office Of Purchasing And Travel; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-21-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Requirements For Transferring A Motor Vehicle To Be Scrapped, Dismantled Or Destroyed When The Owner Or Authorized Agent Of The Owner Does Not Have The Motor Vehicle Titled In His Or Her Name; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 53-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Legislative Findings Regarding Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide; To Amend Section 53-11-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Reservoir; To Amend Section 53-11-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The State Oil And Gas Board's Authority When Entering An Order Approving A Geologic Sequestration Facility; To Provide For A Method For The Board To Enter A Preliminary Technical Order Approving Any Proposed Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide When A Majority Interest Has Not Consented; To Amend Section 53-11-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Time Period During Which A Majority Interest Must Have Approved In Writing Or The Order Requiring Unit Operation Is Automatically Revoked; To Amend Section 53-11-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Interested Person Regarding Appeals To Chancery Court; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reconstitute The Charter School Authorizer Board For The Purposes Of Establishing Terms Of Office That Minimize The Impact Of The Board's Ability To Operate When A Term Concludes; To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For An Annual General Fund Appropriation Of Funds And Pins To The Charter School Authorizer Board In Order To Support Its Operation; To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Charter School Authorizer Board And The State Department Of Education To Constitute A Funding Formula For Charter Schools Which Requires Local Ad Valorem Contributions Be Reconciled Each Year In The Same Manner As The Mississippi Adequate Education Program Payments; To Make The Pro Rata Distribution Of Ad Valorem Funds Equitable Between School Districts And Charter Schools Located Within The School Districts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 33-7-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Whenever Any Federally Recognized Officer Or Enlisted Member Of The Mississippi National Guard Is Unable To Maintain Federal Recognition, He Shall Be Placed On The Retired List Of The Mississippi National Guard; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 63-11-5 And 63-11-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise License Suspension Requirements For Test Refusal If The Licensee Subsequently Pleads Guilty; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "gross Income" Under The State Income Tax Law To Exclude Compensation Of Any Kind Received By A Person Who Is Retired From Active Service As A Member Of The Armed Forces Of The United States And Receiving A Retirement Allowance For Such Retirement; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-15-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Any Person, Firm Or Corporation To Use Or Attempt To Use A Purse Seine For The Taking Of Fish Or To Have Such Seine In The Water Within One Mile Of The Shoreline Of Cat Island And Within One Mile Of The Shoreline Of Jackson County, Mississippi; To Repeal Section 49-15-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That The Commission May Adopt Ordinances Prohibiting The Taking And Catching Of Menhaden Within Certain Limits; To Bring Forward Section 49-15-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Regulations For The Taking Of Redfish, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 49-15-78, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Use Of A Gill Net, Trammel Net, Entanglement Net, Or Like Contrivances, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Jackson For The Purpose Of Paying The Cost Of The Demolition And Removal Of A Certain Structure In The Farish Street Historic District Which Constitutes A Nuisance To Public Health, Safety And Welfare For The Fiscal Year 2023.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Fees To Be Charged For Copies Of Statewide, District, County Or Municipal Voter Registration Files When Those Files Are Requested By Candidates For Elective Office, Registered Political Parties And Individuals Requesting Voter Registration Files Other Than Their Own; To Amend Section 23-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Monies That Are Deposited Into The Elections Support Fund; To Revise How The Monies In The Elections Support Fund Are Distributed And For What Purposes They Are Spent; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "comprehensive Career And Technical Education Reform Act"; To Require The Office Of Workforce Development, Subject To Appropriation By The Legislature, To Pilot A Career Coaching Program To Support Middle Schools And High Schools As Students Are Exposed, Prepared And Connected To Career Avenues Within And Beyond The Classroom Setting; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Education To Work In Conjunction With The Mississippi Community College Board To Ensure Alignment Of Career And Technical Education Courses Across The Public School System And Community College System; To Require The State Workforce Investment Board To Create A Single List Of Nationally Recognized Industry Certifications For Use In The Mississippi Accreditation System, In Diploma Endorsement Requirements And For Certain Reimbursements; To Amend Section 37-153-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "qualifying Industry Certification"; To Require The Office Of Workforce Development To Work In Partnership With The Mississippi Department Of Education And The Mississippi Community College Board To Complete A Program Inventory And Return On Investment Analysis Of Workforce Development Programs In The State; To Require The Office Of Workforce Development To Develop Cross-sector Partnerships Among K-12 Education, Employers And Industry And Postsecondary Education To Complete Certain Objectives; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Accreditation System Shall Include Student Performance On The Administration Of A Career-readiness Assessment, Such As, But Not Limited To, The Act Workkeys Assessment, Deemed Appropriate By The Mississippi Department Of Education Working In Coordination With The Office Of Workforce Development; To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Commission On Teacher And Administrator Education, Certification And Licensure And Development Within The Department Of Education Shall Have The Duty Of Establishing Certain Standards, Subject To The Approval Of The State Board Of Education, For Supplemental Endorsements To The Licenses And Certifications Of Teachers And Administrators; To Provide That Local Business Or Other Professional Personnel Shall Not Be Required To Hold An Associate Or Bachelor's Degree In Order To Be Granted An Expert Citizen-teacher License; To Expand The Expert Citizen-teacher License From One Year To Five Years; To Require The Department Of Education To Grant And Renew All Licenses And Certifications Of Teachers And Administrators Within 21 Days From The Date Of A Completed Application If The Applicant Has Otherwise Met All Established Requirements For The License Or Certification; To Amend Section 37-16-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Uniform Statewide Testing Program Shall Provide For The Administration Of A Career-readiness Assessment, Such As, But Not Limited To, The Act Workkeys Assessment, Deemed Appropriate By The Mississippi Department Of Education Working In Coordination With The Office Of Workforce Development, To Any Students Electing To Take The Assessment; To Provide That Each Individual School District Shall Determine Whether The Assessment Is Administered In The Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Or Twelfth Grade; To Amend Section 37-16-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Terminology Used For Career Education From "track" To "career Technical Education Pathways"; To Provide The Curriculum That May Be Included In Career Technical Education Pathways; To Provide That The Career Technical Education Pathways Courses May Be Tailored To The Individual Needs Of Each School District; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Repeal Section 97-3-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Persons Physically Injured By Reason Of Metallic Pieces Placed In Timber; To Repeal Section 97-3-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Death Of Any Person Caused By Reason Of Explosive Substances In Timber; To Repeal Section 97-7-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Conspiring With An Officer To Cease To Do Business; To Repeal Section 97-7-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Making False Statement To Officials; To Repeal Section 97-7-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Crime And Penalties For Making False Sworn Statements To Federal Officials; To Repeal Section 97-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Altering Bills Or Resolutions Before Passage To The Legislature; To Repeal Section 97-7-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Destruction Of Enrolled Bills; To Repeal Section 97-9-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Champerty And Maintenance; To Repeal Section 97-9-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For An Affidavit For Champerty; To Repeal Section 97-9-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Champerty And Maintenance; To Repeal Section 97-9-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Champerty And Maintenance Affidavit Of Party; To Repeal Section 97-9-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Penalty For Champerty And Maintenance; To Repeal Section 97-9-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Witness Immunity For Champerty And Maintenance; To Repeal Section 97-9-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Champerty And Maintenance Legislative Intent; To Repeal Section 97-17-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Intent To Defraud A Cotenant; To Repeal Section 97-25-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties Of Stealing Animals Wounded Or Killed By Railroads; To Repeal Section 97-17-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which For The Crime Of Cutting Boxes In Pine Trees; To Repeal Section 97-17-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalty For Willful Injury To A Shade Tree; To Repeal Section 97-19-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Fraudulent Presentation Of A Child; To Repeal Section 97-19-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalty For Substituting A Child Under Six Years Old; To Repeal Section 97-21-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime Of Counterfeit Foreign Currency; To Repeal Section 97-21-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalty For Making A Counterfeit Railroad Passenger Ticket; To Repeal Section 97-21-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime Of Selling A Forged Railroad Passenger Ticket; To Repeal Section 97-25-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Crime And Penalties For Embezzlement By A Railroad Company Of Passenger Tickets; And For Related Purposes.