An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The City Of Baldwyn, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Overlaying Cox Street, Brickyard Street, Bluebell Street And Thomas Street; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide For The Sale, Issuance And Renewal Of Pet Insurance Policies; To Provide For The Purpose Of The Act; To Provide Relevant Definitions; To Require Pet Insurance Providers To Disclose Certain Policy Exclusions And Limitations To Consumers; To Allow Any Person Authorized In A Major Line Of Authority And Appointed By A Pet Insurer To Sell, Solicit Or Negotiate A Pet Insurance Product; To Provide That The Commissioner Of Insurance May Establish Training Requirements For Insurance Providers Selling Pet Insurance; To Provide That The Commissioner May Issue Rules And Regulations To Implement And Administer The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-181-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To The State Department Of Education To Fund As Many Education Scholarship Accounts To The Fullest Extent Possible; To Amend Section 37-181-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department To Establish A Portal For The Electronic Transfer Of Information Between The Department, Parents And Institutions; To Require Schools To Submit Documentation Of Pre- And Post-student Assessments On Esa Recipients; To Amend Section 37-181-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department To Annually Audit Esa Program Activities To Ensure Compliance With Department Policies And State Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Suppressor Freedom Act; To Define Terms; To State Legislative Findings; To Provide That A Firearm Suppressor Shall Be Considered To Be Manufactured In This State If It Is Manufactured In This State Without Regard To Whether A Firearm Imported Into This State From Another State Is Attached To Or Used In Conjunction With The Firearm Suppressor; To Require Certain Markings On A Firearm Suppressor Manufactured And Sold In This State; To Require The Attorney General To Seek A Declaratory Judgment From A Federal District Court In This State That This Act Is Consistent With The Provisions Of The United States Constitution Upon The Receipt Of Written Notification Of A Person's Intent To Manufacture A Firearm Suppressor Under The Authority Of This Act; To Prohibit The State, Its Political Subdivision Or A Governmental Entity From Adopting A Rule, Order, Ordinance, Or Policy Under Which The Entity Enforces, Or By Consistent Action Allowing The Enforcement Of, A Federal Statute, Order, Rule, Or Regulation That Purports To Regulate A Firearm Suppressor If The Statute, Order, Rule, Or Regulation Imposes A Prohibition, Restriction, Or Other Regulation That Does Not Exist Under The Laws Of This State; To Provide A Remedy Against Certain Governmental Entities; To Repeal Section 97-37-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Criminalizes The Manufacture Of Silencers On Firearms Without Authorization Under Federal Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 43-21-151, 43-21-157 And 43-21-159, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Circumstances Under Which A Child May Be Tried For A Criminal Offense In Circuit Court; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That Certain Noncompliant Motorists For Automobile Liability Insurance Waive A Cause Of Action, And Otherwise May Not Collect, For Economic Or Noneconomic Loss Against A Person Who Is In Compliance With The Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety-responsibility Law Due To A Motor Vehicle Accident In Which The Driver Compliant For Automobile Liability Insurance Is Alleged To Be At Fault; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Office Of Independent State Hearing Officers To Provide Hearing Officers To Conduct Hearings, Compile Evidence And Render Decisions On Matters For Persons Or Entities That Have Issues Before State Agencies; To Provide That The Office Shall Be Headed By A Director Who Is Appointed By The Governor For A Term Of Four Years And Who May Be Removed From Office Only For Cause; To Provide That The Office Shall Be Housed At The Department Of Finance And Administration And Shall Be Funded From Funds That Are Specifically Appropriated To The Department For That Purpose; To Provide That The Director Shall Contract With At Least Five Persons To Serve As Hearing Officers; To Provide That When A Person Or Entity Has An Issue Before A State Agency And The State Agency Has Its Own Hearing Officer, The Person Or Entity May Elect At Its Option To Have A Hearing Officer From The Office Of Independent State Hearing Officers Hear And Decide The Matters At Issue, As An Alternative To Having A Hearing Officer Of The State Agency; To Provide That If A Person Or Entity Elects To Have A Hearing Officer From The Office, The Director Of The Office Shall Assign One Of The Hearing Officers On A Rotating Basis To Hear And Decide The Matters At Issue; To Provide That A Person Or Entity Or State Agency May Appeal The Decision Of A Hearing Officer To A Panel Of Three Hearing Officers Of The Office Who Were Not Involved In The Hearing And Decision; To Provide That Any Person Or Entity Or State Agency Aggrieved By A Final Decision Of The Appeals Panel Shall Be Entitled To Judicial Review Of The Decision; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Election Commissioners Shall Be Considered An "employee" For Purposes Of The State Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan; To Amend Section 25-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Shall Provide Annually, By Line Item In The Secretary Of State Appropriation Bill, Such Funds To Pay The Cost Of Health Insurance For The County And Municipal Election Commissioners Under The State And School Employees Health Insurance Plan; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Foster Parents' Bill Of Rights And Responsibilities; To Create A New Section Within Title 43, Chapter 21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Court To Notify The Attorney General's Office When A Permanency Plan Changes To Termination Of Parental Rights Or Adoption; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Violent Habitual Offender Sentencing; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The "families' Rights And Responsibilities Act Of 2023"; To Define Terminology Used Herein; To Establish That A Parent's Liberty To Direct The Upbringing, Education, Health Care And Mental Health Of His Or Her Child Is A Fundamental Right; To Prohibit The State Or Any Political Subdivision Thereof From Substantially Burdening A Parent's Fundamental Right Without Demonstrating That The Burden Is Required By A Compelling Governmental Interest; To Provide That All Parental Rights Are Exclusively Reserved To A Parent Of A Child Without Obstruction By Or Interference From The State Or Any Political Subdivision Thereof; To Provide That Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child By A Parent Or The Action Or Decision Of A Parent That Would End Life Are Not Authorized By This Act; To Prohibit Employees Of This State And Any Political Subdivision Thereof, Except For Law Enforcement Personnel, From Encouraging Or Coercing A Child To Withhold Information From The Child's Parent; To Further Prohibit Such Employees From Withholding Information That Is Relevant To A Child's Physical, Emotional Or Mental Health From A Child's Parent; To Require The Board Of Education Of A School District To Develop And Adopt A Policy To Promote The Involvement Of Parents Of Children Enrolled In The District's Schools; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirement Procedures To Be Addressed By The Policy; To Provide The Board Of Education Of A School District With The Discretion To Adopt A Policy To Provide To Parents The Information In An Electronic Form; To Require Parents To Submit A Written Or Electronic Request For The Child's Information To The School Principal Or The Superintendent Of The School District; To Require The School Principal Or Superintendent To Provide The Requested Information To The Parents Within Ten Days Of Receiving The Request, Or Submit To The Parent A Written Explanation Of The Reasons For The Denial Of The Requested Information; To Prescribe The Process By Which A Parent May Submit A Formal Consideration Of The Request Of Information With The School Board If The Requested Information Is Not Received 15 Days After Submitting The Initial Request; To Stipulate The Limitations Placed Upon Persons, Corporations, Associations, Organizations, State Supported Institutions Or Individuals Employed By Any Of These Entities To Provide Any Medical Or Mental Health Service Or Procedure On A Child Without First Obtaining The Consent Of The Child's Parent, Except As Otherwise Provided By Law Or Court Order; To Prescribe Exceptions To The Limitation When Parental Consent Is Not Capable Of Being Given Or In Emergency Situations When Imminent Bodily Harm Or Death Could Result; To Specify The Manner By Which Parental Consent Must Be Verified If Telemedicine Is Provided; To Establish A Cause Of Action For Violation Of This Act; To Provide That This Act Shall Serve As A Defense To Any Cause Of Action That Is Raised As A Result Of A Violation Thereof; To Provide That The Rules Of Construction Shall Provide Broad Protection Of A Parent's Fundamental Rights As Inalienable Unless Those Rights Have Been Legally Waived Or Legally Terminated; To Amend Section 37-3-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Parent Of Each Public School Student With The Right To Receive Effective Communication From The School Principal As To The Manner In Which Instructional Materials Are Used To Implement The School's Curricular Objectives; To Amend Section 37-13-173, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Parents The Authority To Opt Their Children Out Of Any Instruction Of The School District's Comprehensive Health Education Relating To Sex Education Upon Submitting A Written Request To The School Principal; To Amend Section 37-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Student And Parental Rights To Education Records Created, Maintained, Or Used By Public Educational Institutions And Agencies Shall Be Protected; To Stipulate That Students And Their Parents Maintain The Right To Access The Student's Educational Records, Waive Access To Such Records, Challenge The Content Of Such Records, Privacy Of Such Records And To Receive Annual Notice Of The Rights To Such Records; To Bring Forward Sections 37-7-301, 37-13-171 And 43-21-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Retired Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Be Employed As A Teacher In A Public School District And Draw The Full Amount Of His Or Her Retirement Allowance For A Period Not Exceeding Two Years, During Which Time The Retiree May Work The Full Number Of Normal Working Days For The Position And Receive The Full Amount Of The Salary In Effect For The Position At The Time Of Employment; To Amend Section 25-15-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Public School Districts To Pay With Local Funds, The Full Cost Of The Health Insurance Premiums For All Retired Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Are Employed As Teachers By The School Districts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Design Professionals Act; To Make Contract Terms That Require Design Professionals To Indemnify Or Hold Harmless Persons Or Entities For Any Damages Other Than Damages They Actually Caused Through Negligent Or Intentional Actions, Requires Design Professionals To Defend Another Person Or Entity Against Claims Arising From Issues Related To Rendered Or Not Rendered Professional Services, Requires Design Professionals To Name Another Person Or Entity As An Additional Insured Party On Their Professional Liability Insurance Policy, Or Subjects Design Professionals To A Standard Of Care Different Than The Professional Standard, To All Be Void And Unenforceable; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Formally Requesting The Joint Committee On The Library Of Congress To Approve The Replacement Of The Statues Of James Zachariah George And Jefferson Davis That Are Displayed In Statuary Hall In The United States Capitol With A Statue Of Both Civil Rights Icon, Fannie Lou Hamer, And Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, The First African American To Serve As A United States Senator.

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Calculation To Determine Whether An Offender Should Be Sentenced As An Habitual Offender; And For Related Purposes.