An Act To Establish The Mississippi Smoke-free Air Act; To Define Certain Terms; To Prohibit Smoking In Enclosed Public Places And Places Of Employment, Private Clubs, Enclosed Residential Facilities And In Certain Outdoor Public Places And Places Of Employment; To Require Persons In Control Of Certain Areas To Post "no Smoking" Signs At All Entrances To Areas Where Smoking Is Prohibited; To Provide For Enforcement Of This Act; To Require Notice Of The Provisions Of This Act To Be Given To All Applicants For A Business License In The State Of Mississippi; To Authorize An Employee Or Private Citizen To Bring Legal Action To Enforce This Act; To Require Any Department Or Official Of The State Of Mississippi To Inspect For Compliance With This Act While An Establishment Is Undergoing Otherwise Mandated Inspections; To Provide Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Direct The Department Of Health To Engage In A Continuing Program To Explain And Clarify The Requirements Of This Act To Citizens Affected By It, And To Guide Owners, Operators, And Managers In Their Compliance With It; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer Funds Out Of The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Special Fund Created By This Act; To Create The "mississippi Tourism Recovery Fund - Round 2" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Administered By The Department Of Finance And Administration For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To Destination Marketing Organizations To Assist In Paying Costs Of Certain Marketing Activities; To Define The Terms "destination Marketing Organizations" And "marketing Activities" For The Purposes Of This Act; To Provide For The Manner In Which The Department Of Finance And Administration Shall Distribute Funds To Destination Marketing Organizations Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Codify Section 47-5-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Office Of The Department Of Corrections Ombudsman And Prescribe Its Powers And Duties; To Provide For A Corrections Oversight Committee; To Provide Inspection Authority For The Office Of Ombudsman; To Provide Complaint Investigation Authority; To Provide For An Annual Report; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 75-24-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Any Business That Has Experienced A Breach Of Security Of The Personal Information Of 100 Or More Affected Individuals To Provide Written Notice To The Attorney General As Expeditiously As Possible And Without Unreasonable Delay; To Provide That The Attorney General Is Empowered To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Necessary To Enforce And Effectuate The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "reentry Court Act Of 2022"; To Define Terms; To Authorize Pilot Reentry Courts In Certain Counties; To Grant The Necessary Jurisdiction To Reentry Courts To Effectuate The Purposes Of This Act; To Establish A Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program At The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Require Reentry Courts To Work In Conjunction With The Mississippi Department Of Corrections And The Mississippi Intervention Court Commission To Establish Best Practices; To Require The Reentry Court To Ensure That A Defendant Consents To Be Sentenced To The Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program After Certain Disclosures To The Defendant; To Authorize The Reentry Court At The Time Of Initial Sentencing Of Any Second Or Subsequent Offender To Sentence The Defendant To The Custody Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections Subject To Participation In The Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program; To Provide That Upon Successful Completion Of The Program And Any Other Terms Required By The Reentry Court, The Reentry Court Shall Suspend The Remainder Of The Defendant's Sentence And Place The Defendant On Intensive Supervision Of The Reentry Court; To Provide That In The Event Of A Defendant Failing To Complete The Program, The Reentry Court Shall Order The Defendant To Serve All Or Part Of The Remainder Of The Sentence For The Original Charge; To Provide Punishments For The Violation Of Probation; To Prohibit Law Enforcement Officers From Mentioning Or Offering Participation In The Program As An Inducement To Any Person Accused Of A Crime; To Require Peer To File A Report With The Legislature; To Provide That The Act Shall Repeal On A Date Certain; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Adopt And Enter Into The "solemn Covenant Of The States To Award Prizes For Curing Diseases Compact"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide For The Establishment Of The Solemn Covenant Of States Commission Upon Enactment Of The Compact By Six States; To Prescribe The Commission's Powers And Duties; To Authorize The Commission To Award Prizes For Treatments And Therapeutic Protocols That Meet The Commission's Standards For A Successful Cure Or Treatment; To Authorize The Commission To Arrange For The Transfer Of Intellectual Property Necessary To Manufacture And Distribute A Cure Treatment Or Therapeutic Protocol That Has Been Awarded A Prize; To Prescribe Meeting And Voting Requirements For The Commission; To Require The Commission To Adopt Bylaws And Certain Rules; To Authorize The Commission To Establish A Management Committee And Advisory Committees; To Require The Commission To Adopt An Annual Budget And To Provide For The Audit Of Financial Accounts; To Exempt Records Of The Commission From The Compacting States' Public Records Laws; To Grant Commission Members And Employees Immunity From Alleged Liability Stemming From Acts Of The Commission; To Require At Least Two States To Adopt The Compact In Order For It To Become Effective; To Provide For The Withdrawal And Expulsion From The Compact Of Member States; To Provide That Lawful Actions Of The Commission Are Binding Upon Compacting States; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit Any Municipality, County Or Any Other Political Subdivision From Adopting An Ordinance, Resolution, Rule Or Regulation That Imposes A Civil Penalty Or Fine On A Business Engaged In The Security Business If Such Business Receives A False Security Alarm Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Sections 19-3-40 And 21-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 63-5-19 And 63-7-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Provisions Regarding Illumination Of Loads Extending Beyond The Rear Of Vehicles; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 8, Chapter 46, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The State Treasurer's Office To Change The Amount That Is Available In The Support Programs Budget; To Amend Section 2, Chapter 51, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Department Of Agriculture And Commerce To Correct The Name Of An Event For Which The Department May Provide Financial Support; To Amend Section 11, Chapter 82, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Mississippi National Guard To Authorize The Mississippi Adjutant General To Transfer Capital Expense Funds Within The Military Department To Facilitate Federal Grant Matching Requirements; To Amend Section 20, Chapter 100, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Mississippi Development Authority To Clarify The Name Of A Recipient Of Project Funds From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; To Amend Section 29, Chapter 102, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Department Of Finance And Administration To Clarify And Correct The Names And Purposes Of Several Projects Funded From The Capital Expense Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 55-15-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Provisions Of The Statutory Prohibition Against The Alteration Of Historical Monuments And Memorials Located On Public Property; To Prohibit The Renaming Or Rededication Of Certain Statutes, Monuments, Schools, Streets, Parks Or Similar Structures Named In Honor Of Certain Military Units, Figures Or Events; To Provide Criminal Sanctions For Violation Of This Statute; To Provide That This Section Shall Be Known As The "mississippi Heritage Protection Act Of 2022"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act To Be Administered By The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Entitlement Requirements And Conditions For Paid Leave; To Authorize Intermittent Or Reduced Leave; To Provide That This Act Is To Be Construed With Similar Provisions In The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Criminalize The Discharge Of A Firearm Within Or Into The Limits Of Any Municipality; To Provide That A Person Convicted Of Discharging A Firearm Within Or Into The Limits Of Any Municipality May Be Sentenced For A Misdemeanor Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide Exceptions To The Crime; To Define Terms; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "hospital Right To Visit Act"; To Prohibit The Issuance Or Renewal Of A License To Any Hospital That Maintains A Policy Limiting Visitation With Patients Who Are Hospitalized For Greater Than 24 Hours; To Prohibit The Issuance Or Renewal Of A License To Any Institution For The Aged Or Infirm That Maintains A Policy Restricting Visitation With Residents; To Authorize Hospitals And Institutions For The Aged Or Infirm To Impose Certain Reasonable Safety Requirements Relating To Visitations; To Grant Immunity To Hospitals And Institutions For The Aged Or Infirm For Claims Arising Due To A Hospital Or Institution's Compliance With This Act; To Require The State Department Of Health To Adopt Rules And Regulations For The Enforcement Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who Has Committed A Felony That Is Not Defined As A Crime Of Violence May Have His Or Her Record Expunged Five Years After Completion Of All Terms And Conditions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 63-1-13 And 63-1-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Additional Training Of Driver's License Personnel; To Amend Section 63-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Requirement That An Applicant For A Driver's License Present Their Social Security Number To The Department Of Public Safety Shall Not Be Applicable To A Person Who Files An Affidavit With The Department Affirming That They Have Never Been Issued A Social Security Number; To Amend Section 63-1-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Types Of Documents That An Applicant For A Mississippi Driver's License May Provide To The Driver's License Examiner In Order To Show Proof Of Residence; To Create New Section 63-1-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Certificate For Driving; And For Related Purposes.