An Act To Provide That The Mississippi Department Of Transportation, A Political Subdivision Of The State Or A Municipality Of The State May Form A Public-private Partnership For A Highway, Road, Bridge Or Other Asset Improvement By Which The Department, Political Subdivision Or Municipality May Negotiate For Private Funding Assistance Toward A Highway, Road, Bridge Or Other Asset Improvement In Exchange For Naming Rights Of The Section Of Highway, Road, Bridge Or Other Asset For Which The Private Funding Assistance Was Provided; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Relating To The Seizure And Forfeiture Of Property In Certain Criminal Actions; To Define Certain Terms; To State Certain Declarations By The Legislature And To Pronounce The Purpose Of This Act; To Authorize A Court To Issue An Ex Parte Preliminary Order For The Seizure Of Personal Property For Which Forfeiture Is Sought; To Authorize Personal Property To Be Seized Without A Court Order Or Warrant Under Certain Conditions; To Require A Court Order For The Seizure Or Restraint Of Real Property; To Exempt Homestead Property And Other Specified Property Having A Certain Value From Seizure And Forfeiture; To Declare That Contraband Is Subject To Seizure; To Prohibit The Waiver Of A Person's Interest In Seized Property; To Require Law Enforcement To Issue A Receipt For Seized Property; To Authorize A Court To Order The Forfeiture Of Property When A Person Is Convicted Of An Offense Authorizing Forfeiture; To Prohibit Civil Forfeiture Of Property Under This Act; To Limit Forfeiture Of Property To Cases Where There Is A Conviction Of A State Criminal Statute That Authorizes Forfeiture Of Property; To Establish The Procedure For Filing A Criminal Complaint For The Forfeiture Of Property; To Authorize A Prosecuting Attorney To File An Indictment When The State Seeks Forfeiture Of Property Other Than Through A Complaint; To State When Title To Forfeited Property Vests With The State; To Authorize A Pretrial Hearing To Determine The Validity Of A Seizure And To Require The Issuance Of A Writ Of Replevin If Certain Findings Are Made; To Declare That Discovery In Seizure And Forfeiture Cases Is Subject To The Mississippi Rules Of Civil Procedure; To Establish Jurisdiction Over Forfeiture Proceedings In The Court That Has Jurisdiction Over The Related Criminal Matter; To Authorize A Defendant, During A Hearing Relating To The Seizure And Forfeiture Of Property, To Petition The Court For A Determination On Whether The Forfeiture Is Unconstitutionally Excessive; To Prohibit The Forfeiture Of Property Encumbered By A Bona Fide Security Interest; To Authorize An Innocent Owner Of Property Subject To Forfeiture To Petition The Court For A Hearing On The Person's Alleged Interest In The Property; To Require The Court To Either Dismiss The Forfeiture Proceeding Or Order Forfeiture Of The Property After A Hearing On The Matter Or Pursuant To A Plea Agreement; To Authorize The Court To Order Forfeiture Of Substitute Property Whenever The Property Subject To Forfeiture Is Unreachable; To Prohibit The State From Seeking Personal Money Judgments Related To The Forfeiture Of Property Other Than Provided For In This Act; To Prohibit A Court From Holding Defendants Jointly And Severally Liable For Forfeiture Awards; To Authorize An Appeal Of A Court's Decision In Forfeiture Litigation; To Require A Seizing Agency To Pay Attorney Fees Whenever A Property Owner Prevails On A Claim; To Require A Law Enforcement Agency To Return Property When So Ordered By The Court; To Require The Destruction Of Contraband No Longer Needed For Evidentiary Purposes; To Require Abandoned Property No Longer Needed For Evidentiary Purposes To Be Delivered To The State Treasurer; To Prohibit A Law Enforcement Agency From Retaining Forfeited Or Abandoned Property For Its Own Use; To Prohibit A Law Enforcement Agency From Relinquishing Seized Property To A Federal Agency For The Purpose Of The Property's Forfeiture Under The Controlled Substances Act; To Establish Certain Requirements Relating To Property Seized Through A Multijurisdictional Collaboration With The Federal Government; To Declare That This Act Preempts Any Local Governmental Law That Regulates Civil And Criminal Forfeiture; To Amend Sections 49-1-43, 49-5-115, 49-7-81 And 49-7-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Protection Of Game And Fish And Hunting And Fishing, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act; To Repeal Sections 49-7-103 And 49-7-251 Through 49-7-257, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorize The Seizure And Confiscation Of Property Used In Illegal Hunting Or Fishing; To Repeal Section 59-21-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Seizure And Forfeiture Of Boats And Trailers With Altered Identification Numbers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Formula To Be Used For The Purpose Of Allocating State Funds For The Employment Of School Attendance Officers Based On The Assignment Of One School Attendance Officer For Every 2,000 Compulsory-school-age Children Or A Major Fraction Thereof Enrolled In The Public Schools Of The Entire County; To Increase The Minimum Base Salary For School Attendance Officers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That If An Employee Was Legally Entitled To A Pay Increase When Sec2 Was Implemented By The Mississippi State Personnel Board On January 1, 2022, And Funded By The Mississippi Legislature Effective July 1, 2022, But That Employee's Agency Did Not Submit The Required Documentation To The Mspb For The Employee's Pay Increase To Take Effect On July 1, 2022, Or That Agency Sent A Letter To The Employee With Incorrect Information That Stated The Employee Was Legally Entitled To More Money Than What He Or She Was Actually Entitled, Then That Employee Shall Be Entitled To Receive The Amount They Would Have Received If The Agency Had Submitted The Documentation To The Mspb In A Timely Manner Or The Amount That They Were Told They Would Receive From The Agency; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-7-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Headlights Of Vehicles Shall Be Operated Whenever Conditions Necessitate The Use Of Windshield Wipers; To Prohibit The Use Of Only The Parking Lights Of Vehicles During Times When The Use Of Headlights Is Required; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 41-37-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Be Known As "jenna's Law," To Require All Autopsies Conducted In This State To Include An Inquiry To Determine Whether The Death Was A Direct Result Of A Seizure Or Epilepsy; To Provide That If The Findings In An Autopsy Are Consistent With Known Or Suspected Sudden Unexpected Death In Epilepsy (sudep), Then The Medical Examiner, Examining Physician Or Coroner Must Cause To Be Indicated On The Death Certificate That Sudep Is The Cause Or Suspected Cause Of Death And Forward A Copy Of The Death Certificate To The North American Sudep Registry Within Thirty Days; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Law Enforcement Agencies To Contact The Mississippi Bureau Of Investigation When There Is An Officer-involved Death, Involving One Of Its Officers; To Require The Bureau Of Investigation To Investigate Such Officer-involved Deaths; To Require The Bureau Of Investigation To Provide The Results Of Such Investigation To The Attorney General; To Require The Attorney General To Determine Whether The Results Of The Investigation Should Be Presented To The Grand Jury; To Require The Attorney General, If Results Require Presentation Before The Grand Jury, To Appoint A District Attorney As A Special Prosecutor To Present The Evidence To The Grand Jury; To Bring Forward Sections 45-1-6 And 99-19-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Certain Duties Of The Bureau Of Investigation; To Bring Forward Section 45-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Powers And Duties Of The Highway Safety Patrol; To Bring Forward Section 25-31-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Impaneling Of The Grand Jury, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop A Civics Curriculum To Be Taught In The Public Middle And High Schools; To Prescribe The Minimum Components Of The Curriculum; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-41-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Court May Void Any Action Taken By A Public Body In Violation Of The Open Meetings Law If The Court Determines That The Public Interest So Requires; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 51-15-118, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By Senate Bill No. 2526, 2023 Regular Session, To Provide That For Any Participating County In The Pat Harrison Waterway District That Is Withdrawing From The District, Such Withdrawal Shall Not Become Effective Until The Close Of The Fiscal Year In Which The County Has Satisfied Certain Obligations With The District; To Amend Section 51-15-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By Senate Bill No. 2526, 2023 Regular Session, To Require The Board Of Directors Of The District To Provide To The Chairmen Of The House And Senate Appropriations Committees Certain Annual Plans Concerning The District; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate June Nineteen, Juneteenth, As A Legal Holiday In The State Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 23-15-823, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Social Media Company That Restricts A Candidate Or Elected Official To File A Report With The Secretary Of State; To Define Terms; To Require The Mississippi Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Provide For The Preservation And Public Inspections Of Any Reports As Well As A Procedure For An Elected Official To Allege A Violation Of This Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide A Process For Any Person To File A Dangerous Dog Complaint With Municipal Or County Law Enforcement When A Dog Bites, Causes Physical Injury Or Death To Any Person; To Amend Section 97-41-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Humane Euthanasia For Dogs Declared Dangerous; To Amend Section 41-53-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Fine For Dogs Found Running At Large; To Amend Section 21-19-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Authority Of Municipalities To Regulate Dangerous Dogs; To Amend Section 97-3-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Provision Of Law That Provides For Animals That Kill Human Beings; To Bring Forward Section 19-5-50, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Certain Powers To Certain Municipalities Regarding Dangerous Dogs; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 9-23-1 And 9-23-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Standardize References To Drug Intervention Courts; To Amend Section 9-23-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions Relating To Various Types Of Intervention Courts; To Amend Section 9-23-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee To Promulgate Rules And Regulations That Allow The Administrative Office Of Courts To Provide Additional Funding To Intervention Courts Based On The Financial Needs Of The Court; To Amend Section 9-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Collection Of Data By The Administrative Office Of Courts On Participants In Intervention Programs; To Revise The Minimum Certification Standards For Operation Of An Intervention Court Or Problem Solving Court By Requiring The Provision Of Mental Health Services; To Amend Sections 9-23-13 And 9-23-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Standardize References To Drug Intervention Courts; To Amend Section 9-23-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Evaluation Standards; To Amend Sections 9-23-19, 9-23-21, 9-23-23, 9-23-51, 9-25-1, 9-27-1, 9-27-3, 9-27-5, 9-27-7, 9-27-9 And 9-27-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Standardize References To Various Types Of Intervention Courts; To Amend Sections 9-27-15, 9-27-17 And 9-27-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Standardize References To Mental Health Intervention Courts; To Amend Section 41-113-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Drug Abuse In The Legislative Intent For The Tobacco Education, Prevention And Cessation Program; To Amend Section 41-113-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties Of The Office Of Tobacco Control By Adding Fentanyl And Drug Abuse Prevention Education; To Amend Section 41-113-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties Of The Director Of The Office Of Tobacco Control To Include Implementation Of A Fentanyl Drug Abuse Education, Prevention And Cessation Program; To Amend Section 41-113-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties Of The Office Of Tobacco Control By Adding Fentanyl And Drug Abuse Prevention Education; To Amend Section 41-114-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Vaporizing Devices In The Definition Of "smoke" Or "smoking" For The Provisions Of Law That Restrict Tobacco Use In Public Facilities; To Bring Forward Sections 41-113-9 And 41-113-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Council And The Tobacco Control Program Fund, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "ban-the-box Act"; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Prohibit Certain Public Employers From Using Criminal History Information As A Preliminary Bar To Employment; To Provide For Jurisdiction Over Complaints For Violation Of The Terms Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.