An Act To Amend Section 41-21-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Conditions Tested For In The Comprehensive Newborn Screening Program To Include Those Conditions That Are Listed On The Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (rusp); To Require The State Board Of Health To Ensure That Each Condition Listed On The Rusp Is Included In The Newborn Screening Program Within Three Years After Being Added To The Rusp; To Provide That If The Department Does Not Include A Rusp-listed Condition In The Newborn Screening Program Within Three Years, The Department Shall Provide A Report On The Status And Reasons For The Delay To The House And Senate Public Health Committees Once A Year After The Three-year Period; To Amend Section 41-21-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Secretary Of State Shall Promulgate Rules And Regulations For The Verification By The Registrar Of A Person's Eligibility To Be An Elector; To Provide That Those Rules And Regulations Shall Also Prescribe The Procedure For Verifying A Person's Citizenship In The United States; To Amend Sections 23-15-33 And 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Implement Uniform Reporting Standards For Jail Census Data By County Sheriff's Departments And To Create And Maintain A Centralized Database For Storing This Data; To Amend Sections 19-25-63 And 47-1-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Jail Dockets Kept By County Sheriffs Comply With Uniform Reporting Standards In Order To Promote Compliance With Rule 8 Of The Mississippi Rules Of Criminal Procedure; To Authorize The Creation Of An Advisory Committee To Promote Transparency By Facilitating The Availability Of Comparable And Uniform County Jail Census Data; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create A Study Committee To Study The Challenges Of Monitoring Formerly Incarcerated Individuals To Reduce Recidivism Through Targeted Support, Supervision And Skills Attainment, And To Recommend Solutions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-69-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Excise Tax On All Tobacco Products Except Cigarettes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 23-15-563 And 23-15-573, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Length Of Time After The Election Within Which A Voter Who Is Unable To Present Acceptable Photographic Identification Must Return To The Circuit Or Municipal Clerk's Office To Present Photographic Identification Or Execute A Religious Exemption Affidavit; To Provide That Such Voters Must Return To The Circuit Or Municipal Clerk's Office Within Three Rather Than Five Days To Ensure That His Or Her Ballot Is Counted; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Codify Article 3, Section 17a, Of The Mississippi Constitution In The Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Provide That No Property Acquired By The Exercise Of The Power Of Eminent Domain Under The Laws Of The State Of Mississippi Shall, For A Period Of Ten Years After Its Acquisition, Be Transferred Or Any Interest Therein Transferred To Any Person, Non-governmental Entity, Public-private Partnership, Corporation, Or Other Business Entity; To Provide Certain Exceptions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 75-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enact A Definition Of Virtual Currency; To Amend Section 75-15-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Virtual Currencies From The Mississippi Money Transmitters Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 35-1-3, 35-1-13 And -15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Executive Director Of The State Veterans Affairs Board Shall Be Nominated By The Board To The Governor Who Shall Appoint The Director To A Four-year Term Subject To Confirmation By The Senate; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "home-based Opportunity Freedom Act Of 2022"; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Prohibit Any Local Unit Of Government From Adopting Or Enforcing An Ordinance Or Regulation That Restricts A Particular Home-based Occupation Or Activity Or Imposes A Burden On Home-based Work; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 19-25-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any County Sheriff May Appoint A Deputy Who Is Employed As A Tribal Law Enforcement Officer By A Certain Federally Recognized Indian Tribe, If There Is A Written Instrument Authorizing The Individual To Enforce The Laws Of This State; To Amend Section 45-6-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Such An Individual Who Is Employed As A Tribal Enforcement Officer Shall Be Considered To Be Qualified To Be Deputized By The County Sheriff To Exercise The Laws Of That Jurisdiction Where He Or She Is Qualified For Such Deputization; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 75-76-58, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Gaming Commission To Coordinate With The Department Of Human Services To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Providing For The Withholding Of Payments Of Progressive Slot Machine Annuities And Cash Gaming Winnings Of Persons Who Have Outstanding Child-support Arrearages As Reported To The Gaming Commission, For Any And All Payments For Which An Entity Licensed Or Permitted Under The Gaming Control Act Is Required To File Form W2-g, Or A Substantially Equivalent Form, With The United States Internal Revenue Service; To Authorize Any Licensed Or Permitted Gaming Entity To Deduct An Administrative Fee From Each Payment Of A Progressive Slot Machine Annuity, Beginning With The Second Annuity Payment, Or Cash Gaming Winnings Of Persons Who Have Outstanding Child-support Arrearages Or Owe Child-support Overpayments Per Singular Or Periodic Payment, Not To Exceed $35.00; To Require The Gaming Commission To Adopt Procedures Designed To Prevent Employees From Willfully Failing To Withhold Payments Of Progressive Slot Machine Annuities Or Cash Gaming Winnings From Persons Who Have Outstanding Child-support Arrearages Or Child-support Overpayments, Based Upon The Information Provided By The Department Of Human Services That Allows The Licensee To Identify Such Persons; To Require The Gaming Commission And The Department Of Human Services To Institute Procedures For Exchanging Information For Effectuating The Purposes Of This Act; To Amend Section 75-76-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add A Statement Of Legislative Intent In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Ensure That Diagnostic Screeners Are Available To Test All Compulsory-school-age Children Enrolled In Each Public School District For Irlen Syndrome; To Provide That Upon A Student's Diagnosis Of Irlen Syndrome, School Districts And Educators Provide Reasonable Accommodations In Compliance With The Provisions Of The Federal Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990; To Require Teachers Who Recognize Symptoms Of Irlen Syndrome In A Student To Recommend To The Parents Or Guardian That The Student Be Tested For Irlen Syndrome; To Require The Screening Test To Be Conducted By A Screener Approved By The State Department Of Education Upon Receipt Of Written Consent From The Parent Or Guardian Of A Student; To Require The Department To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Establishing Criteria, Standards And Policies Governing Screeners And Screening Procedures; To Provide That Upon A Determination That A Student Has Or May Have Irlen Syndrome, The Screener Must Advise The Parent Or Guardian And Indicate What Corrective Measures May Be Undertaken And If Additional Testing Is Required; To Require Teachers To Use Accessible Teaching Materials When Instructing Students Diagnosed With Irlen Syndrome; To Bring Forward Sections 37-7-342 And 37-23-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase Littering Fines And Allocate Collected Fines To Local Police, Sheriff And Fire Departments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Establish A Secure Website To Enable Student Voters To Submit Electronic Absentee Ballot Applications; To Establish The Documents Which Must Be Submitted By The Student To Approve Such Applications; To Provide That Upon Approval, Student Absentee Voters May Be Automatically Mailed Absentee Ballots For All Elections That Occur For A Certain Period Of Time; To Amend Sections 23-15-627, 23-15-631, 23-15-715 And 23-15-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.