A Concurrent Resolution Recognizing And Commending The National Conference Of State Legislatures (ncsl) On Its 50th Anniversary In 2025.

An Act To Amend Section 27-105-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Limit On The Maximum Amount Of Excess General And Special Funds Of The State That May Be Invested In Bonds Issued, Assumed Or Guaranteed By The Country Of Israel; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-173-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That School Districts Providing Comprehensive Dyslexia Evaluations And Parents Exercising The Option To Have Subsequent Comprehensive Psycho-educational Evaluations Are Entitled To Reimbursement Of The Cost Of Such An Evaluation Which Results In A Diagnosis Of Dyslexia, In An Amount Not To Exceed $800.00; To Fine Schools And School Districts Which Fail To Accept The Results Of A Subsequent Comprehensive Pyscho-educational Evaluation That Determine A Diagnosis Of Dyslexia; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "community Organization" And "high-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint" For The Purpose Of The Emergency Response And Overdose Prevention Act; To Authorize A Practitioner Acting In Good Faith To Directly, Or By Standing Order, Prescribe An Opioid Antagonist To A Community Organization; To Authorize A Person Acting In Good Faith And With Reasonable Care To Administer An Opioid Antagonist That Was Distributed By A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint To Another Person Whom He Or She Believes To Be Experiencing An Opioid-related Overdose; To Authorize A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint To Store And Distribute An Opioid Antagonist; To Authorize A Member Of A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint To Administer An Opioid Antagonist To Another Person; To Authorize The Department Of Health To Distribute An Opioid Antagonist To Any Member Of A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint Upon A Request Made In Writing By The Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint; To Authorize A Person To Store An Opioid Antagonist That Is Distributed By A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint; To Provide Certain Criminal And Civil Liability Protection To A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint And Members And Personnel Of Such Organization; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Governing Authority Of Any Municipality To Waive Liens, Under Certain Circumstances, That Are Imposed On Real Property For Costs And/or Penalties Associated With A Municipality's Cleaning Of Real Property That Has Been Deemed A Menace; To Provide That An Application For The Waiver Be Submitted For Consideration Of Such Waiver; To Prohibit The Property Owner Who Caused The Property To Be Deemed A Menace By The Municipality From Submitting Such Application; To Amend Section 21-19-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Sections 41-121-1 Through 41-121-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Patient's Right To Informed Health Care Choices Act; To Amend Reenacted Section 41-121-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make A Minor, Nonsubstantive Change; To Amend Reenacted Section 41-121-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "advertisement" And Define "collaborating Physician;" To Amend Reenacted Section 41-121-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Nonphysician Health Care Practitioners That Practice Under A Collaborative Agreement With A Collaborating Physician To Disclose And Display In Their Office A Writing That Clearly Identifies The Name And License Number Of The Collaborating Physician As Well As The Collaborating Physician's Practice Address And Contact Phone Number So As To Be Visible And Apparent To All Current And Prospective Patients; To Amend Section 41-121-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Phasedown The Operation Of The State Penitentiary At Parchman In Sunflower And Quitman Counties Over A Four-year Period And Transfer Its Inmates, Employees And Programs To Other State And Regional Facilities Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Authorize And Direct The Commissioner Of Corrections To Develop And Submit To The Legislature A Plan To Implement This Phasedown Under Certain Conditions And To Promulgate Regulations Necessary To Implement The Plan; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Hold The Land At Parchman In Trust And To Lease The Grounds And Buildings For Agricultural, Industrial, Commercial, Residential Recreational Or Other Uses For A Ground Rental Under Certain Conditions; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Designate An Existing Building At Parchman For The Delivery Of Mental Health Services To Inmates With Mental Illness Incarcerated In Any State Or Regional Correctional Facility To Be Known As The "northwest Mississippi Facility For The Treatment And Care Of Inmates With Mental Illness," And To Prescribe Standards For The Operation Of Said Mental Health Treatment Facility; To Provide That Any Buildings Or Other Facilities Remaining At Parchman Shall Be Renamed "northwest Mississippi Correctional Facility"; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-5-3, 47-5-5, 47-5-6, 47-5-10, 47-5-20, 47-5-28, 47-5-30, 47-5-64 And 47-5-66, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Correctional Infrastructure And Inmate Housing Fund And In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 47-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Correctional Auditor; To Amend Sections 47-5-539 And 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Expand The Pilot Work Initiative Under The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility To Any State, Regional And Private Correctional Facility In The State Of Mississippi Which House Inmates Under The Jurisdiction Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Prescribe Certain Conditions For The Operation Of The Mississippi Prison Industries Program; To Delete The Automatic Repealer On The Prison Industries Program; To Delete The Automatic Repealer On The Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act Of 2021; To Bring Forward Section 1 Of Chapter 479, Laws Of 2021; To Amend Sections 47-7-3 And 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And Bring Forward Sections 47-7-3.1, 47-7-3.2, 47-7-15, 47-7-17 And 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Sections 47-5-473, 47-5-577, 47-5-911 And 47-5-1251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Automatic Repealers On The Correctional System Pilot Work Release Program, The Correctional System Mississippi Prison Industries Act Of 1990, The Correctional System Prison Industries Pilot Work Initiative At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, The Correctional System Provisions For State Offenders Serving Sentences In County Jails, The Correctional System Prison Industry Enhancement Program And The Correctional System Probation And Parole Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 35-1-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Appointments To The State Veterans Affairs Board To Reflect The Congressional Districts Existing At The Time Of The Appointments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Mitragynine And 7-hydroxymitragynine As A Schedule Iii Controlled Substance; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department Of Human Services To Provide Payments To A Qualifying Grandparent Who Has Assumed The Primary Care Of His Or Her Grandchild; To Create New Section 27-7-22.45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Tax Credit To Be Claimed For Qualified Expenses Paid Or Incurred For Each Grandchild Legally Cared For Or Provided For By A Taxpayer Under The Laws Of This State During Calendar Year 2024 Or During Any Calendar Year Thereafter; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Mississippi Transportation Commission, Acting On Behalf Of The Mississippi Department Of Transportation, To Transfer And Convey To The Board Of Supervisors Of Greene County, Mississippi, A Certain Parcel Of Land Situated In Greene County, Mississippi, Which Is Adjacent To The Old Highway 63 Chickasawhay River Bridge; To Authorize The Mississippi Transportation Commission, Acting On Behalf Of The Mississippi Department Of Transportation, To Sell To The City Of Marks, Mississippi, For Fair Market Value, Its Interest In A Certain Parcel Of Land Situated In Marks, Mississippi, Which Is The Southwest Quadrant Of The Intersection Of State Highways 3 And 6; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Concealed-carry License For Veterans Act To Provide A Reduced Fee For Eligible Military Veterans Who Apply For A Concealed-carry License; To Define Terms; To Provide Eligibility Requirements; To Set A Fee For An Eligible Veteran Who Applies For A Concealed-carry License; To Amend Section 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit Retail Food Establishments From Imposing Cost-plus Pricing Formulas Without Publicly Posting Notice Of The Cost-plus Pricing Formula; To Provide A Penalty For The Crime; To Provide That A Violation Of The Section Shall Constitute An Unlawful Trade Practice; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Mississippi Department Of Labor; To Set Forth And Prescribe The Functions Of Administrative Offices In The Department; To Provide For The Election Of The Commissioner Of Labor; To Amend Section 71-5-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Abolish The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security And Transfer The Duties, Powers And Funds Of The Department To The Office Of Employment Security In The Mississippi Department Of Labor; To Repeal Section 71-5-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Appointment Of The Executive Director Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; To Empower The Department Of Labor To Administer And Coordinate Certain Federal And State-funded Job Training And Employment-related Education Programs; To Prescribe The Responsibilities Of The Office Of Industry Service And Industry Start-up Training, The Office Of Employee Relations And Job Discrimination And The Office Of Disabled Employee Assistance In The Department; To Amend Sections 7-1-351, 7-1-355, 7-1-357, 7-1-361, 7-1-363 And 7-1-365, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set The Annual Salary Of The Commissioner Of Labor; To Amend Sections 23-15-193 And 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add The Commissioner Of Labor To The List Of Elected Officials; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modify The Formula For Calculating The Amount Of Pro Rata Ad Valorem Funds To Be Paid To Charter Schools By Local School Districts To Ensure Equitable Funding Between Each School; And For Related Purposes.