A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Reverend Dr. Lisa Allen-mclaurin For Her Appointment As The Music Scholar-in-residence And Interim Choral Director At The American Church In Paris, France.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Finance And Administration For The Purpose Of Acquiring A New Facility For The Mississippi Federation Of Women's Clubs To Be Conveyed To The Federation In Exchange For The Lease Of The Current Federation Headquarters Building In The City Of Jackson To The Federation, For The Fiscal Year 2024.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of General Funds To Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs To Defray Expenses To Strengthen Support Of Poultry Science Research, Extension And Academic Programs For Fiscal Year 2024.

An Act To Create The "ban-the-box Act"; To Enact Definitions; To Prohibit Certain Public Employers And Private 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.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "qualified Resort Area" Under The Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; To Bring Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 273, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Provide That To Qualify An Initiative Petition For Placement Upon The Ballot, Signatures Of The Qualified Electors From Any Congressional District Shall Not Exceed A Certain Fractional Portion Of The Total Number Of Signatures Required.

An Act To Require The Gaming Commission And The Department Of Human Services To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Providing For The Withholding Of Gaming Prizes Of Persons Who Have Outstanding Child Support Arrearages; To State Legislative Findings And Intent; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Louisville High School "wildcats" Football Team And Head Coach Tyrone Shorter For Winning The 2022 Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 4a State Championship.

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who Has Committed A Felony That Is Not Defined As A Crime Of Violence May Have His Or Her Record Expunged Five Years After Completion Of All Terms And Conditions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Relating To The Regulation Of Seafood And Oysters By The Mississippi Department Of Marine Resources; To Amend Sections 49-15-3, 49-15-5, 49-15-7, 49-15-9, 49-15-16, 49-15-17, 49-15-18, 49-15-23, 49-15-27, 49-15-29, 49-15-30, 49-15-31, 49-15-34, 49-15-35, 49-15-36, 49-15-37, 49-15-38, 49-15-40, 49-15-44, 49-15-45, 49-15-46 And 49-15-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Authority Of The Mississippi Department Of Marine Resources To Lease Reefs And Bottom Land For Oyster Growing/harvesting And To Clarify The Authority Of The Department To Regulate The Taking Of Oysters And The Establishment Of New Oyster Beds; To Require All Lessees To Be Residents Of The State; To Establish The "oyster Production Preserve Account" Within The Department's Seafood Fund, Which Is Earmarked For Oyster Production Management And To Require Annual Reports On Expenditures; To Clarify The First Right Of Renewal Of Existing Lessees; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For The Initial Application For Lease; To Provide For Penalties And Procedures In The Event Of Default In Payment Of Rent; To Provide For Cancellation And For Forfeitures; To Provide A Right Of Appeal; To Delete Certain Provisions Relating To Depuration Technology; To Delete Certain Provisions Relating To Restricted Seed Areas; To Provide Reciprocity For Certain Nonresident Vessel Oyster Dredging And Tonging Fees; To Delete The Authority Of Local Governing Authorities To Assist The Department In Planting Oyster Shells; To Delete The Provisions That All Reefs Are Public; To Prescribe Certain Conditions For State-owned Reefs; To Delete The Authority Of The Department To Exercise Eminent Domain In Constructing Canals; To Clarify The Authority Of Municipalities Relative To The Waters Of The Mississippi Sound; To Repeal Section 49-15-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulates Tonging Reefs And Prescribes Certain Criminal Penalties Related To Tonging Reefs And To Repeal Section 49-15-40.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Mississippi Department Of Marine Resources To Conduct A Pilot Program For Bottom Land Leasing For Oyster Production In Waters Adjacent To Hancock County; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 49-1-29, 49-7-37, 49-7-58, 49-7-58.1, 49-7-58.2, 49-7-58.6, 69-15-9 And 69-15-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Concern Chronic Wasting Disease (cwd), For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 51-15-103, 51-15-107, 51-15-109, 51-15-113, 51-15-115, 51-15-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipalities Located In Counties That Are Not Members Of The Pat Harrison Waterway District To Join The District; To Amend Section 51-15-118, To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of A Member Municipality To Withdraw The Municipality From The District; To Amend Sections 51-15-119, 51-15-131, 51-15-133, 51-15-136, 51-15-139 And 51-15-158, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Above; To Bring Forward Sections 51-15-105 And 51-15-129, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 41-3-15 And 41-23-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Orders Issued By The State Health Officer To Direct And Control Sanitary And Quarantine Measures For Dealing With All Diseases Within The State Possible To Suppress Same And Prevent Their Spread Must Be Approved By The Governor Before They Are Released To The Public; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Title Ix Preservation Act; To Provide Interpretation And Clarification Of Certain Terms Relating To Title Ix Of The Federal Code; To State Legislative Intent; To Clarify Terms For The Purposes Of State Law; To Provide That Policies And Laws That Distinguish Between The Sexes Are Subject To Intermediate Constitutional Scrutiny; To Require Any Public School, School District, State Or Local Agency, Department Or Office That Collects Vital Statistics For The Purpose Of Complying With Anti-discrimination Laws Or For The Purpose Of Gathering Accurate Public Health, Crime, Economic Or Other Data To Identify Each Individual Who Is Part Of The Collected Data Set As Either Male Or Female At Birth; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 29-1-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Chancery Clerk Or Municipal Clerk Notifies The Secretary Of State Of A Hazardous Tree On Certified Tax Forfeited Property And Such Tree Is Removed, Then The Cost Of The Removal May Be Submitted To The Secretary Of State For Reimbursement; To Provide That The Maintenance Costs Shall Be Paid With Proceeds From The Sales Of Tax Forfeited Properties From The Preceding Year Rather Than From Funds Deposited Into The Land Records Maintenance Fund; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Withhold A Certain Percentage Of Its Proceeds From The Sales Of Tax Forfeited Land To Pay For The Removal; And For Related Purposes.