An Act To Bring Forward Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Certain Provider Assessments That Are Used For Funding The Medicaid Program; For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Be Known As The No Patient Left Alone Act; To Provide That Minor And Adult Patients In Hospitals May Have Or May Designate A Visitor Who May Be Physically Present While The Patient Is Receiving Hospital Care; To Authorize Hospitals To Establish Policies That Limit Or Restrict Visitation Under Certain Circumstances; To Authorize Hospitals To Mandate Certain Safety Protocols And Rules Of Conduct For Visitors And Revoke Their Visitation Rights For Failure To Comply With The Protocols Or Rules; To Prohibit The Termination, Suspension Or Waiver Of Visitation Rights By The Hospital Or Any Governmental Entity; To Prohibit Hospitals From Requiring Patients To Waive The Visitation Rights Provided Under This Act; To Require Hospitals To Post Certain Informational Materials Explaining The Visitation Rights Provided Under This Act; To Require The State Department Of Health To Develop Such Informational Materials And Provide Them To Hospitals; To Prohibit State Agencies From Taking Action Against Hospitals For Certain Acts Or Omissions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 23-15-309, 23-15-171 And 23-15-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If After The Deadline To Qualify As A Candidate For An Office, Only One Person Has Duly Qualified To Be A Candidate For An Office In The Municipal Primary Election, The Proper Municipal Executive Committee Shall Place The Name Of That Person On The Municipal Primary Election Ballot; To Provide That If Not More Than One Person Has Duly Qualified To Be A Candidate For Each Office On The Primary Election Ballot, The Election For All Offices On The Ballot Shall Be Dispensed With And The Municipal Executive Committee Shall Declare Each Candidate As The Party Nominee If The Candidate Meets All The Qualifications To Hold The Office; To Provide That After The Municipal Primary Election, The Proper Municipal Executive Committee Shall Declare The Unopposed Person To Be The Party Nominee For That Office; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-361 And 23-15-857, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-19-56.93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Language Designating The Organization Receiving The Major Portion Of The Additional Fee For The Special Breast Cancer Awareness License Tag; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From The State Sales Tax Sales Of Food And Beverages, Other Than Beer, Light Wine And Light Spirit Products In Supermarkets, Grocery Stores, Convenience Stores, Dollar Stores, Drugstores And Farmers' Markets; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Prohibiting The Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Of Mississippi Residents By The State, Political Subdivisions Or As A Condition Of Employment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By Senate Bill No. 2806 And Senate Bill No. 2818, 2022 Regular Session, To Increase The Threshold For Bid Requirement Under The Public Purchasing Law; To Provide That Reverse Auctions Shall Only Be Required For Individual Public Schools, Charter Schools And School Districts, When Purchasing Copyrighted Educational Supplemental Materials And Software As A Service Product; To Allow Local School Boards To Authorize A Purchasing Entity In Its Jurisdiction To Use A Request For Qualifications Which Promotes Open Competition And Meets The Requirements Of The Office Of Purchasing And Travel For Such Purchases; To Clarify That A Purchasing Entity May, In Its Discretion, Use Reverse Auction For Term Contract Purchases; To Clarify Under The Public Purchasing Law That Reverse Auction Shall Not Be Used For The Improvement, Repair Or Remodeling Of Any Public Facilities, Including The Purchase Of Materials, Supplies, Equipment Or Goods For Same; To Provide That Certain Purchases Made By The Department Of Health And/or The Department Of Revenue Solely For The Purpose Of Fulfilling Their Respective Responsibilities Under The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act To Be Exempt From Certain Bidding Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-13-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Provision Requiring The Governor To Make His Appointments To The Board Of Licensure For Professional Engineers And Surveyors From Nominees Recommended By Certain Organizations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of State General Funds To The Clay County To Defray Expenses For Improvements To Pruitt Road And Mhoon Valley Road In Clay County Supervisor District 3 For Fiscal Year 2023; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Denial Of An Application For Teacher Or Administrator Licensure, Or The Revocation Of An Existing Teacher Or Administrator License, Of A Person Who Has Physically Abused A Student; To Bring Forward Sections 97-3-95, 97-5-23, 97-5-24 And 97-29-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-59-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Appropriate State Officials To Make Appointments To Fill All Of The Vacancies On The Mississippi Commission On The Status Of Women Not Later Than June 1, 2022; To Provide That The Governor Shall Call A Meeting Of The Full Commission Before July 1, 2022; To Provide That Any Member Of The Commission Who Does Not Attend Three Consecutive Regular Meetings Of The Commission For Any Reason Other Than Illness Shall Be Removed From The Commission By A Majority Vote Of The Board Members Or By The Original Appointing Officer Of The Member; To Require The Chairman Of The Commission To Notify The Original Appointing Officer Of A Member When The Member Has Failed To Attend Three Consecutive Regular Meetings; To Authorize The Lieutenant Governor And The Speaker To Each Designate Two Legislators To Attend Any Meeting Of The Commission; To Provide That The Commission Shall Be Assigned To The Department Of Finance And Administration For Administrative Purposes Only; To Provide That The Department Shall Provide The Commission With A Location Where The Commission May Have Its Meetings; To Amend Section 43-59-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Commission, In Furtherance Of Its Educational Mission, To Conduct An Annual Statewide Forum On Issues Affecting The Status Of Women And Women's Educational, Employment And Other Related Needs And Recognizing The Achievements Of Women; To Provide That The Commission Shall Conduct Events At Other Times During The Year That Recognize The Achievements Of Women; To Bring Forward Sections 43-59-1, 43-59-5, 43-59-9, 43-59-11 And 43-59-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Commission On The Status Of Women, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-59-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Appropriate State Officials To Make Appointments To Fill All Of The Vacancies On The Mississippi Commission On The Status Of Women Not Later Than June 1, 2022; To Provide That The Governor Shall Call A Meeting Of The Full Commission Before July 1, 2022; To Provide That Any Member Of The Commission Who Does Not Attend Three Consecutive Regular Meetings Of The Commission For Any Reason Other Than Illness Shall Be Removed From The Commission By A Majority Vote Of The Board Members Or By The Original Appointing Officer Of The Member; To Require The Chair Of The Commission To Notify The Original Appointing Officer Of A Member When The Member Has Failed To Attend Three Consecutive Regular Meetings; To Authorize The Lieutenant Governor And The Speaker To Each Designate Two Legislators To Attend Any Meeting Of The Commission; To Provide That The Commission Shall Be Assigned To The Department Of Finance And Administration For Administrative Purposes Only; To Provide That The Department Shall Provide The Commission With A Location Where The Commission May Have Its Meetings; To Amend Section 43-59-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Commission, In Furtherance Of Its Educational Mission, To Conduct An Annual Statewide Forum On Issues Affecting The Status Of Women And Women's Educational, Employment And Other Related Needs And Recognizing The Achievements Of Women; To Provide That The Commission Shall Conduct Events At Other Times During The Year That Recognize The Achievements Of Women; To Bring Forward Sections 43-59-1, 43-59-5, 43-59-9, 43-59-11 And 43-59-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Commission On The Status Of Women, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Marijuana From The List Of Schedule I Controlled Substances; To Amend Section 41-29-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Penalty For Possession Of Controlled Substances Other Than Marijuana; To Amend Section 41-29-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Definitions For The Uniform Controlled Substances Act; To Amend Section 41-29-136, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform And To Extend The Repealer; To Amend Sections 33-13-520, 41-29-147, 41-29-149.1 And 41-29-150, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds To The Central Yazoo Water Association In Yazoo County To Defray Expenses For The Association's Water System For Fiscal Year 2023; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Mississippi Gospel Music Commission To Develop A Plan To Promote Authentic Mississippi "gospel" Music And "gospel Music Culture" For Purposes Of Economic Development; To Prescribe The Functions And Duties Of The Commission; To Empower The Commission To Accept And Expend Grant Funds; To Provide For Interdepartmental Cooperation; To Authorize And Direct The Division Of Tourism Of The Mississippi Development Authority To Establish A Statewide Mississippi "gospel Music Trail" Infrastructure To Offer To Tourists And Targeted Groups A Structured Tour Of Mississippi Gospel Music Historical Sites And Performance Venues; To Authorize The Division To Designate And Erect Appropriate "mississippi Gospel Music Trail" Historical Markers; And For Related Purposes.