An Act Making An Appropriation Of General Funds To The Town Of Tchula To Defray Expenses Associated With Repairs, Resurfacing And Making Other Improvements To Its Streets For Fiscal Year 2024; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of General Funds To The Lee County Board Of Supervisors To Defray Expenses Associated With The Acquisition Of Real Property Adjacent To Turner Industrial Park For The Purpose Of Site Expansion And For Rail Spur Improvements For Fiscal Year 2024; To Provide That Any Monies In Excess Of The Amount Needed For The Above Purpose May Be Used To Defray Expenses Associated With Road And Stormwater Improvements Within The Existing Industrial Site Or The Newly Acquired Site Area.

A Concurrent Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Brookhaven Academy "lady Cougars" Softball Team And Coach Lisa Covington For Winning Their Second Consecutive Mississippi Association Of Independent Schools (mais) 5a State Championship.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Jackson Revival Center's Little Ambassadors Developmental Learning Center For Exceptional Children To Assist The Center For The Fiscal Year 2024.

An Act To Amend Section 1, Chapter 109, Laws Of 2022, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Mississippi Development Authority (mda) To Increase The Amount Of Funds Appropriated From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund (gcrf) To Assist The Hancock County Port And Harbor Commission With The Technology Park At Stennis Airport Phase I By The Total Amount Of Funds Removed From Other Mda Appropriations As Provided In This Act; To Amend Section 2, Chapter 109, Laws Of 2022, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Mississippi Development Authority To Remove The Funds Reappropriated From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund To Assist The Hancock County Port And Harbor Commission With The Assault Landing Strip; To Amend Section 3, Chapter 109, Laws Of 2022, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation To The Mississippi Development Authority To Remove The Funds Reappropriated From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund To Assist The Hancock County Port And Harbor Commission With The Multiuser Aero Strip At Stennis Airport; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require A Court Of Original Jurisdiction To Issue An Injunction When A Plaintiff Demonstrates The Violation Of A Social Media Company's Community Standards Or Policies By A Defendant's Communications On The Social Media Company's Platform; To Authorize The Court Of Original Jurisdiction To Enjoin The Defendant, Any Social Media Company That Distributes, Hosts Or Disseminates The Defendant's Communication, Or Any Corporate Sponsor Of The Defendant; To Authorize The Court Of Original Jurisdiction To Consider Filing Criminal Charges Related To The Communications To Be Enjoined As A Factor In Determining Whether The Defendant Has Violated A Social Media Company's Community Standards Or Policies; To Provide That A Criminal Conviction Related To The Communications That Are The Subject Of The Petition Shall Be Sufficient Evidence To Merit The Issuance Of A Permanent Injunction Under This Section; To Amend Section 97-45-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "harass"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Persons Who Are Receiving A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Are Elected As A Member Of The Legislature After Retirement, And Certain Members Of The Legislature Who Are Eligible To Receive A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System While Serving As A Member Of The Legislature, May Receive A Retirement Allowance From The System While Serving As A Member Of The Legislature; To Provide That Those Persons Shall Receive 50% Of The Amount Of The Compensation Provided For Each Regular Session And Each Extraordinary Session, Provided That The Person Serves As A Member Of The Legislature For A Period Of Time Not To Exceed One-half Of The Normal Working Days For The Position In Any Fiscal Year, Or Shall Receive Compensation For Serving As A Member Of The Legislature In An Amount Not To Exceed 25% Of The Person's Average Compensation, Without Any Limitation On The Period Of Time That The Person Serves As A Member Of The Legislature In A Fiscal Year; To Provide That Those Persons Shall Not Be Active Members Of The Retirement System Or The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan And Shall Not Receive Any Creditable Service For The Period During Which They Receive A Retirement Allowance While Serving As A Member Of The Legislature; To Amend Sections 25-11-105, 25-11-127, 25-11-305, 5-1-41 And 5-1-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate To Accomplished Writer, Poet And Educator Dr. Ann Fisher-wirth As The Recipient Of The 2023 Governor's Arts Award For Excellence In Literature And Poetry.

A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate To Tupelo Multimedia Artist Ke Francis As The Recipient Of The 2023 Governor's Arts Award For Excellence In Visual Arts.

A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate For The Outstanding Artistic Leadership Of Longtime Executive Director Of The Mississippi Arts Commission And The Mississippi Museum Of Art Betsy Bradley As Recipient Of The 2023 Governor's Arts Award For Leadership In Visual Arts And Community.

A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate To Internationally Renowned Artist Ed Mcgowin As The Recipient Of The 2023 Governor's Arts Award For Lifetime Achievement.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of General Funds To Holmes County To Defray Expenses Associated With The Purchase Of A Fire Truck For The Unincorporated Community Of Ebenezer For Fiscal Year 2024; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Phase In An Exemption From Ad Valorem Taxes On Commodities, Raw Materials, Works-in-process, Products, Goods, Wares And Merchandise Held For Resale By Any Manufacturer, Distributor, Wholesale Or Retail Merchant; To Repeal Section 27-7-22.5, Which Authorizes An Income Tax Credit In Certain Amounts For Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesale Or Retail Merchants For Ad Valorem Taxes Paid On Commodities, Raw Materials, Works-in-process, Products, Goods, Wares And Merchandise Held For Resale By Any Manufacturer, Distributor, Wholesale Or Retail Merchant; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 41-7-173 And 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Psychiatric Hospitals, Chemical Dependency Hospitals, Intermediate Care Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities For The Mentally Retarded, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Psychiatric Services And Chemical Dependency Services From The Health Care Certificate Of Need Law; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate To Widely Published And Lauded Mississippi Author And Journalist Ralph Eubanks From Mount Olive As The Recipient Of The 2023 Governor's Arts Award For Excellence In Literature And Cultural Ambassador.