An Act To Amend Sections 27-31-101 And 27-31-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Municipality Annexes An Area Already Containing An Enterprise Of A Kind Otherwise Eligible To Receive Discretionary Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions As A New Enterprise, Such Enterprise Shall Be Considered A "new Enterprise" For Purposes Of The Municipality's Authority To Grant The Discretionary Exemptions; To Provide That The Date From Which The Initial Period Of Exemption Begins Shall Be The Effective Date Of The Annexation Of The Area In Which The Enterprise Is Located; To Amend Sections 27-31-104, 27-31-105, 27-31-107 And 27-31-115 Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; 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 Statues, 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"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 75-75-101 Through 75-75-123, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Transfer The Powers And Responsibilities Of The Mississippi Athletic Commission To The Office Of The Secretary Of State; To Amend Section 39-35-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Transfer The Powers And Responsibilities Of The Mississippi Sesquicentennial Of The American Civil War Commission To The Office Of The Secretary Of State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-47-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Composition Of The Occupational Licensing Review Commission; To Require An Occupational Licensing Board To Submit To The Commission A Regulatory Impact Assessment Of A Proposed Occupational Regulation; To Require An Occupational Licensing Board To Request Authorization From The Commission Before Filing A Civil Action; And To And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The University Of Mississippi Medical Center For The Purpose Of Contracting With The City Of Jackson Fire Department For Providing Fire Protection For Fiscal Year 2023.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Declare Special Seasons, Within Or Outside The Established Open Seasons, For Collecting Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Samples; To Establish Air Guns, Air Bows And Pre-charged Pneumatic Weapons As Lawful Means Of Hunting Game; To Authorize The Commission To Define Air Guns, Air Bows And Pre-charged Pneumatic Weapons Suitable For Hunting Game; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Provide Teenage Tanf Recipients With Information And Referral To Programs That Provide Information About Birth Control, Prenatal Health Care, Abstinence Education, Marriage Education, Parenting Skills, Family Preservation And Fatherhood, And Require Those Tanf Recipients To Participate In Certain Educational Activities Emphasizing Abstinence Described In This Act; To Provide That After The Identity Of The Father Of A Child Of Any Of Those Tanf Recipients Has Been Legally Determined, The Father Shall Be Required To Participate In Those Programs; To Provide That Any Unspent Tanf Funds Remaining From The Prior Fiscal Year First Shall Be Expended To Pay For The Education-related Expenses Of Persons Who Are Enrolled In Nursing Education Courses As Part Of Workforce Training And Pay For The Child Care Expenses Of Those Persons While They Are Taking The Nursing Education Courses; To Require The Division Of Medicaid To Provide Teenage Medicaid Recipients With Information And Referral To Programs That Provide Information About Birth Control, Prenatal Health Care, Abstinence Education, Marriage Education, Parenting Skills, Family Preservation And Fatherhood, And Require Those Medicaid Recipients To Participate In Those Programs; To Provide That After The Identity Of The Father Of A Child Of Any Of Those Medicaid Recipients Has Been Legally Determined, The Father Shall Be Required To Participate In Those Programs; To Establish The Criteria Required For The Educational Activity Emphasizing Abstinence To Teenage Tanf Benefits; To Require The Educational Activity To Be Taught In A Manner That Is Age And Developmentally Appropriate; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A School Attendance Officer To File A Petition With The Youth Court After A Child's Third Unlawful Absence During A School Year; To Provide That The Youth Court May Order Such Child To Complete 16 Hours Of Community Service, Which Must Be Completed Within 30 Days Of The Child Being Adjudicated; To Amend Section 43-21-621, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The City Of Starkville, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Drainage Improvements And Other Related Improvements In The Rosedale Subdivision In The City Of Starkville; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Abolish Partisan Primaries; To Provide The Time For Holding General And Preferential Elections; To Provide That When Only One Person Has Qualified As A Candidate For An Office, Such Person's Name Shall Be Placed On The General Election Ballot; To Provide That A Preferential Election Shall Be Held Three Weeks Before The General Election And The Candidate Who Receives A Majority Of The Votes Cast For Such Office Shall Have Only His Or Her Name Placed On The General Election Ballot; To Provide That When No Candidate Receives A Majority Of The Votes Cast In The Preferential Election For An Office, That The Two Candidates Who Receive The Highest Number Of Votes In The Preferential Election Shall Have Their Names Placed On The General Election Ballot As Candidates For Such Office; To Provide The Procedure To Follow In Case Of Ties; To Provide The Manner For Qualifying As A Candidate For Public Office; To Provide For The Printing Of Necessary Ballots; To Amend Sections 21-7-7, 21-8-7, 21-9-15, 21-9-17, 21-15-1, 21-31-27, 23-15-11, 23-15-21, 23-15-31, 23-15-37, 23-15-153, 23-15-173, 23-15-197, 23-15-213, 23-15-239, 23-15-240, 23-15-266, 23-15-271, 23-15-313, 23-15-367, 23-15-375, 23-15-507, 23-15-511, 23-15-513, 23-15-523, 23-15-531.6, 23-15-557, 23-15-561, 23-15-573, 23-15-593, 23-15-595, 23-15-601, 23-15-605, 23-15-673, 23-15-687, 23-15-692, 23-15-713, 23-15-755, 23-15-771, 23-15-801, 23-15-807, 23-15-811, 23-15-833, 23-15-859, 23-15-873, 23-15-881, 23-15-885, 23-15-891, 23-15-911, 23-15-951, 23-15-961, 23-15-963, 23-15-1065, 23-15-1081, 23-15-1085, 23-15-1087, 23-15-1089, 23-15-1091, 23-15-1093, 23-15-1095, 23-15-1097, 25-4-3, 65-1-3, 79-19-21, 79-19-27, 95-1-5 And 97-13-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-575, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Repeal Section 23-15-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Dates Of Municipal Primary Elections; To Repeal Section 23-15-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Date Of State, District And County Primary Elections; To Repeal Sections 23-15-263, 23-15-265, 23-15-267, 23-15-291 Through 23-15-311, 23-15-317, 23-15-319, 23-15-331, 23-15-333 And 23-15-335, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Duties Of The State Executive Committee And County Executive Committees In Primary Elections, Provide For The Qualification Of Candidates For Party Primary Elections, And Provide For The Conduct Of Party Primary Elections; To Repeal Sections 23-15-359, 23-15-361 And 23-15-363, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Contents Of General Election Ballots; To Repeal Sections 23-15-597 And 23-15-599, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Canvass Of Returns And Announcement Of Vote By The County Executive Committees In Primary Elections And Require The State Executive Committee To Transmit To The Secretary Of State A Tabulated Statement Of The Party Vote For Certain Offices; To Repeal Sections 23-15-921 Through 23-15-941, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Procedures For Contests Of Primary Elections; To Repeal Section 23-15-1031, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Date Of Primary Elections For Congressmen And United States Senators; To Repeal Section 23-15-1063, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits Unregistered Political Parties From Conducting Primary Elections; To Repeal Section 23-15-1083, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires That Certain Congressional Primaries Be Held On The Same Day As The Presidential Preference Primary; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Package Retailer's Permits That May Be Owned By A Person Or In Which A Person May Have A Controlling Interest From One To Three; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Expungement For A Conviction Of Embezzlement By A State Officer Or County Officer, Or An Officer Of Any City, Town Or Village 14 Years After Completion Of All Terms For The Conviction Of Such Crime; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; To Provide That The Committee Shall Develop Recommendations For Ensuring Every Working Parent In Mississippi Can Access And Afford Child Care So They Can Participate In The Labor Force; To Provide That The Committee Shall Identify And Examine All Federal Revenue Received By The State And All State Funds Spent On Federal Matching Or Maintenance Of Effort Requirements That Can Allowably Be Spent, Allocated, Transferred, Granted Or Expended Directly To The Child Care Payment Program For Purposes Of Increasing The Number Of Eligible Parents And Children Served; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 37-6-11 And 37-6-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize School Board Members To Be Granted Excused Absences From Regular Board Meetings Due To Family Emergencies Resulting From The Illness Or Death Of An Immediate Family Member; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-3-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Department Of Health To Establish The Wisewoman And Wiseman Programs To Reduce The Incidences Of Certain Chronic Diseases Among Mississippians Through Education, Prevention And Early Screening And Detection; And For Related Purposes.