An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Finance And Administration To Provide Funds To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A Hotel And Related Facilities, A Multi-purpose Arena, A Basketball Court And An Athletic Practice Facility At The City Plaza Project On Terry Road In The City Of Jackson For The Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Jackson, Mississippi, To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With The Acquisition, Demolition And/or Removal Of Blighted Properties In The City For The Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act To Establish The Small Business Bridge Loan Program In The Mississippi Department Of Banking And Consumer Finance To Provide Short Term Bridge Loans To Small Business Owners For The Purpose Of Providing Financial Assistance Until The Owners Are Able To Secure Other Financing; To Create A Special Fund To Be Known As The Small Business Bridge Loan Program Revolving Loan Fund, Which Shall Be Administered By The Department, And Expended For The Sole Purpose Of Providing Loans To Small Business Owners Under The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That The Department Shall Determine The Terms And Conditions Of The Loans And Specify Certain Requirements And Conditions For The Loans; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare September 11 Of Each Year To Be Patriot's Day In Remembrance Of The Victims Of The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase From Eighteen And One-half Percent To Twenty Percent The Amount Of State Sales Tax Revenue Collected In Municipalities That Is Diverted To Municipalities Within The State; To Provide That Twenty Percent Of The State Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Business Activities Outside The Municipalities In A County Shall Be Paid To The County; To Provide That Such Monies Paid To A County Shall Be Used For Repair, Maintenance And Reconstruction Of Roads, Streets And Bridges; To Amend Section 27-65-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Income And Resources Limits For Eligibility For Tanf Benefits; To Delete The Family Cap On The Receipt Of Tanf Benefits; To Delete The Mandatory Up-front Job Search For Tanf Applicants; To Delete The Requirement To Be In Compliance With The Drug Testing And Substance Use Disorder Treatment Requirements In Order To Receive Tanf Benefits; To Remove The Full Family Sanction For Refusal Of An Adult Or Caretaker Relative To Participate In Allowable Work Activity And Have The Sanction Apply Only To That Person; To Delete The Sanction For Permanent Disqualification For Tanf Benefits; To Provide That The Work Requirements For Tanf Recipients Shall Not Apply To Those Recipients Who Reside In Areas That Have An Unemployment Rate Or Do Not Have A Sufficient Number Of Jobs To Provide Employment, And Shall Not Apply To Any Tanf Recipients During A Formal State Or Federal Declaration Of A Natural Disaster Or State Of Emergency; To Amend Section 43-12-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Sanction Provisions To Those In The Preceding Section; To Repeal Section 43-12-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For A Family Cap On The Receipt Of Tanf Benefits; To Repeal Section 43-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Applicants For And Recipients Of Tanf Benefits To Be Screened And Tested For Certain Drugs And Receive Treatment For Substance Use Disorders; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education, Acting Jointly With The State Board Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services, To Establish A Professional School Counselors Pilot Program; To Require The State Department Of Education, The State Department Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To Determine The School Districts In Which The Pilot Program Will Be Implemented; To Require The State Department Of Education, The State Department Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of The Pilot Program; To Prohibit Any Effort To Counsel That Abortion Can Be Used To Prevent The Birth Of A Baby; To Require The State Department Of Education, With The Input Of The State Department Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services, To Submit A Report On The Pilot Program To The Chairmen Of Certain Legislative Committees Before January 1, 2029; To Amend Section 37-9-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-138, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Repeal The Provision Of Law That Prohibits Any Eligible Inmate, Whose Sentence Was Imposed After June 30, 1995, From Accruing Earned-time Allowance That Exceeds Fifteen Percent Of His Or Her Sentence; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Ten Percent Of The Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Business Activities Outside The Municipalities In A County Shall Be Paid To The County; To Amend Section 27-65-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 25-11-103, 25-11-105, 25-11-109, 25-11-111, 25-11-113 And 25-11-114, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Law Enforcement Officers And Firefighters Who Are Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Shall Vest In The System After Four Years Of Service Regardless Of When They Became Members Of The System; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Telehealth Services Provided By Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics And Community Mental Health Centers Are Considered To Be Billable At The Same Face-to-face Encounter Rate Used For All Other Medicaid Reimbursements To Those Centers Under The Prospective Payment System; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That Certain Agency, Department, Institution And Nonprofit Corporation Employees Who Are Terminated From Employment Shall Be Prohibited From Receiving Employment From Another Similar Agency, Department, Institution Or Nonprofit Corporation; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require That The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, The Mississippi Community College Board And The State Workforce Investment Board To Work Jointly To Develop A Plan To Be Known As The "career Pathways Initiative"; To Require The Initiative To Increase The Access Of Low-income Parents And Other Individuals To Education Credentials That Qualify Them For Higher-paying Jobs In Their Local Areas, Improve The Preparedness Of The Mississippi Workforce For High-skill And High-wage Jobs, Develop Training Courses And Educational Credentials After Consulting Local Employers And Local Workforce Boards To Identify Appropriate Job Opportunities And Needed Skills And Training To Meet Employers' Needs, Provide Resources On The Basis Of Performance Incentives, Including Participants Enrolling In Courses, Completing The Courses, Obtaining Jobs In The Targeted Job Categories, And Staying Employed In The Targeted Job Categories; To Require The Initiative To Use Available Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (tanf) Funds For Participants Who Have Custody Or Legal Responsibility For A Child Under Twenty-one Years Of Age And Whose Family Income Is Less Than Two Hundred Fifty Percent Of The Federal Poverty Level; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Contract For The Providing Of Education And Training That Will Result In Job Training Certificates Or Higher Education Degrees For Low-income Adults With State Agencies, Two-year Colleges, Local Governments Or Private Or Community Organizations; To Authorize Tanf Funds To Be Combined With Other Federal, State And Local Funds In Ways Consistent With Federal Laws And Regulations In Order To Provide More Funding For The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-13-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Fireworks Kept For Sale At Wholesale And Retail To Be Located Within A Permanent Structure; To Amend Section 45-13-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sale And Purchase Of Fireworks Year-round; To Amend Section 45-13-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Penalty For A Violation Of This Act From A Felony To A Misdemeanor; To Bring Forward Sections 45-13-1, 45-13-3, 45-13-11, 45-13-13, 45-13-101, 45-13-103, 45-13-105, 45-13-107, 45-13-109, 97-37-27 And 21-19-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Fireworks And Explosives, Municipalities, And Preserving Good Order And Peace, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Supervisors Of Copiah County For The Purpose Of Expanding Broadband Services To Unserved Areas Within The County, For The Fiscal Year 2025.