An Act To Allow Consumer Finance Licensees To Work From A Remote Location Under Certain Circumstances; To Authorize The Commissioner Of Banking And Consumer Finance To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Necessary For The Implementation Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 23-15-615, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Audit Election Procedures In The Counties Of This State; To Require The Registrar Of Each County To Submit Certain Totals To The Secretary Of State Within A Period Of Days After An Election; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Conduct An Audit If A Discrepancy In The Submitted Totals Meets Or Exceeds Enumerated Thresholds; To Require Random Audits; To Provide Certain Procedures For The Audit; To Create New Section 23-15-617, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Risk-limiting Audit For Elections That Occur After August 31, 2026; To Require The Election Commissioners In Conjunction With The Registrars To Conduct An Audit Upon The Selection Of The Secretary Of State; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Set Certain Risk-limiting Thresholds; To Require A Manual Recount Of An Election In The Event Of A Difference Between The Tabulation From The Manual Recount And The Tabulation Reported From A Voting System; To Provide Procedures For The Risk-limiting Audit; To Define The Term "auditable Voting System"; To Provide Which Record Is The Official Record Of The Vote Cast In The Event Of A Risk-limiting Audit; To Authorize A Pilot Program For At Least Five Counties Beginning With The Election Taking Place On November 8, 2022; To Amend Sections 23-15-153 And 23-15-603, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Section 23-15-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision That Requires Certain Election Officials To Report Residual Votes To The Secretary Of State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Local Government Control Of Public School Athletics Task Force For The Purpose Of Determining The Feasibility Of Separating Athletic Extracurricular Programs From Public Schools And Allowing Them To Be Administered By The Municipal Or County Governing Authority Under Whose Jurisdiction The School District Falls; To Prescribe The Composition Of The Task Force And Its Primary Objectives; To Provide For The Composition Of The Task Force; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-29-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Revised Composition Of The Boards Of Trustees For The Northeast Mississippi Community College District And The Coahoma Community College District To Represent The Boards' Make Up As It Existed Before July 1, 2019; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Governor May Restore The Right Of Suffrage To Certain Persons Disqualified By Reason Of Conviction Of A Disenfranchising Crime; To Provide That A Person Shall Be Enfranchised After Completing Any Sentence And Paying Any Fines Imposed By The Sentencing Court For Such Crime; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Corrections Or The Sentencing Court, Whichever Is Appropriate, To Issue A Written Report To The Governor On Persons Who Meet The Requisite Conditions For Restoration Of Suffrage Rights; To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Presents An Executive Order Restoring The Right Of Suffrage Shall Not Be Denied The Right To Register To Vote Based On A Conviction Of A Disenfranchising Crime; To Amend Section 23-15-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Circuit Clerk Shall Keep A File Of Certified Copies Of Executive Orders Restoring Suffrage Rights; To Amend Sections 23-15-125 And 23-15-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Voter Roll And Pollbooks Must Be Updated In A Manner Consistent With This Act; To Amend Sections 23-15-39 And 23-15-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Secretary Of State Will Adopt Voter Registration Applications Which State That A Person Restored The Right Of Suffrage By Executive Order Is Not Disqualified From Registering To Vote; To Amend Section 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Secretary Of State Will Update The Statewide Elections Management System In A Manner That Will Allow Local Election Officials To Verify Whether A Person Has Been Issued An Executive Order Restoring Suffrage Rights; To Amend Sections 47-7-41, 47-5-157 And 47-7-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Corrections To Investigate And Issue Regular Written Reports To The Governor On Those Persons Who Should Be Considered For Executive Pardon; To Create A Section Of Law To Provide That Any Person Granted An Executive Pardon Shall Be Entitled To Have His Or Her Record Expunged; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit Any Entity That Is Funded, Directly Or Indirectly, With State Or Federal Monies From Distinguishing Between Students In The Programs And Activities Under The Purview Of That Entity Based Upon The School In Which A Student Is Enrolled; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 57-10-501 Through 57-10-525, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Repurpose The Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act Into A Mississippi Small Business Recovery And Revitalization Program; To Authorize The Mississippi Development Authority To Contract With Private Entities To Provide Professional Services To Small Businesses Including Tax Preparation, Employee Payroll, Working Capital, Outstanding Business Expense And Adaptive Business Practices Needed To Remain Open During The Economic Downturn; To Increase The Amount That May Be Loaned To Individual Applicants Under The Program; To Increase The Authorized Bonded Indebtedness Which May Be Incurred By The Mississippi Development Authority To Fund This Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-11-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who, On July 1, 2022, Has Served As A Resident Trainee For Not Less Than Five (5) Years Under The Supervision Of A Person Licensed For The Practice Of Funeral Service In This State And In An Establishment Licensed In This State Shall Be Automatically Granted A License For The Practice Of Funeral Service; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 75-67-313 And 75-67-413, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Maximum Amount That Pawnbrokers And Title Pledge Lenders May Charge For Their Services Shall Not Exceed An Annual Percentage Rate Of 25% Per Annum On The Amount Of The Principal Amount Advanced In The Transaction That Remains Unpaid; To Amend Section 75-67-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Maximum Amount That Check Cashers May Charge For Cashing A Delayed Deposit Check Shall Not Exceed An Annual Percentage Rate Of 25% On The Face Amount Of The Check; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Supervisors Of Hinds County For The Purpose Of Funding The Construction Of A New County Jail For The Fiscal Year 2023.

An Act To Create In The State Treasury A Special Trust Fund Designated As The "mississippi Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund" To Be Used Upon Requisition To The State Treasurer By The Executive Director Of The Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board For The Administration And Maintenance Of The Mississippi Veterans Cemeteries; To Provide For Expenditures From The Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize And Require Local Governmental Entities To Transmit Land-use Plans And Proposals To The Mississippi Military Installation Located Within Its Jurisdiction For Review And Comment On The Effect Of The Proposal On Its Mission; To Provide That A Representative Of The Affected Military Installation Shall Serve As An Ex Officio Nonvoting Member Of The Appropriate Local Planning Or Zoning Board To Exchange Information In Order To Encourage Compatible Land Use, Prevent Incompatible Encroachment And Facilitate The Continued Presence Of Major Military Installations In This State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-357, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Certain Words Shall Be Printed On The Front Of All Paper Ballots Issued Under The Authority Of Title 23; To Amend Section 23-15-649, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Official Watermark On All Absentee Voter Ballots; To Require The Secretary Of State To Furnish The Official Watermark; To Amend Sections 23-15-333, 23-15-367, 23-15-639 And 23-15-649, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-359 And 23-15-361 For Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-19-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Imputation Of Income Shall Not Be Based Upon A Standard Amount In Lieu Of Fact-gathering; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-61-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Court To Award Attorney's Fees For A Third Party's Costs In Seeking Additional Protective Orders For Public Record Requests That Are The Subject Of Existing Protective Orders; And For Related Purposes.