An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Department Of Rehabilitation Services For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Approving The Expenditure Of Special Funds For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The State Board Of Registration For Professional Engineers And Land Surveyors For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of Special Funds To Defray The Expenses Of The State Board Of Architecture And Landscape Architecture Advisory Committee For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation To Defray The Expenses Of The Department Of Mental Health For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning For The Support And Maintenance Of Financial Aid Scholarship, Loan And Grant Programs And The Mississippi Office Of Student Financial Aid, For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of Special Funds To Defray The Expenses Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation For The Support And Maintenance Of The Office Of State Aid Road Construction Of The Mississippi Department Of Transportation For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Commission On Judicial Performance Of The State Of Mississippi For The Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation For The Support And Maintenance Of The Alcorn State University Agricultural Research, Extension And Land-grant Programs For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act Making An Appropriation For The Support And Maintenance Of The Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act To Create A Study Committee To Study Moving Parole And Probation Officers And Associated Support Staff From The Community Corrections Division Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Extend The Automatic Repealer On The Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act Of 2021; To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Parole Eligibility For Certain Juvenile Homicide Offenders In Compliance With The United States Supreme Court Holding In The Case Of Miller V. Alabama To Bring Forward Section 1 Of Chapter 479, Laws Of 2021, To Amend Section 47-7-5 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; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-801, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Campaign Committee And Independent Expenditure-only Committee; To Amend Section 23-15-803, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Candidates And Political Committees To File A Statement Of Organization Prior To Receiving Contributions And Making Expenditures; To Amend Section 23-15-805, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Candidate Committees To File Reports And Amend The Political Committee Filing Process; To Amend Section 23-15-807, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Candidate Committee To File A Termination Report To Terminate Obligations To Submit Required Reports; To Amend Section 23-15-809, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Penalize Independent Expenditure-only Committees Who Receive Prohibited Contributions; To Amend Section 23-15-811, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand Penalties For Failing To File All Required Reports With The Secretary Of State's Office; To Amend Section 23-15-813, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Transfer Certain Assessment Responsibilities Of The Mississippi Ethics Commission To The Secretary Of State; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-815, 23-15-817 And 23-15-819, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 23-15-821, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Contribution Exemption For Contributions Made Prior To January 1, 2018; To Create New Section 23-15-821.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create Corporation Contribution Limits; To Create New Section 23-15-823, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Prohibitions On Campaign Finance Activities; To Create New Section 23-15-825, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Additional Procedure For Auditing Campaign Finance Accounts; To Amend Section 23-15-897, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Fine For Failure To Comply With The Campaign Materials Provisions Of This Section; To Create New Section 97-13-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create Criminal Penalties For The Wrongful Dissemination Of Deepfakes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Discontinuation Of End-of-course Subject Area Testing In Public High Schools For 11th And 12th Grades; To Require The Department To Secure Approval From The United States Department Of Education To Allow Nationally Recognized College-readiness And Career-readiness Exams, Such As, But Not Limited To, The Act And Act Workkeys Assessment, To Serve As Compliance With Any Federal Testing Requirements; To Require All High School Students To Take A Nationally Recognized College-readiness And Career-readiness Tests, Such As The Act And Act Workkeys Assessments; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Related To The State's Permanent Performance-based Accreditation System For Schools; To Amend Sections 37-16-3, 37-16-7, 37-16-17, 37-3-49, 37-15-38 And 37-35-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provision Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-25-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The School Board Of Any School District Maintaining A Secondary School Shall Establish And Maintain Driver Education And Training Programs For Pupils Enrolled In The Secondary Schools In That District; To Amend Section 37-25-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Superintendent Of Education And The Commissioner Of Public Safety Shall Jointly Prepare And Recommend To The State Board Of Education, The Scope Of Driver Education And Training Programs In Secondary Schools; To Provide That On Or Before July 1, 2025, The State Superintendent Of Education And The Commissioner Of Public Safety Shall Jointly Prepare An Estimated Budget And Fiscal Report Of The Additional Expenses And Costs Related To The Implementation Of Mandatory Driver Education Programs And Present The Same To The Legislature; To Amend Section 37-25-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Driver's Education Student Shall Not Be Required To Possess A Learner's Permit Or Driver's License While The Student Is Under The Direct Supervision Or An Instructor; To Delete Certain Fees That The Department Of Public Safety Could Charge For A Learner's Permit; To Create New Section 37-25-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Upon Satisfactory Completion Of A Driver Education And Training Program, A Driver's Education Student Shall Be Issued A Certificate Of Completion And Copy Of Said Certificate Shall Be Delivered To The Driver Service Bureau Of The Department Of Public Safety; To Create New Section 37-25-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Department Of Public Safety Shall Report To The Department Of Education Annual Statistics Regarding Crash And Fatality Data For The State Of Mississippi And Nationally, Including, But Not Limited To, Statistics Involving Teenage Drivers; To Amend Section 63-1-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Certain Provisions Related To Driver's License Training Programs; To Provide That The Commissioner May Establish Rules, Regulations And Restrictions For The Operation Of A Motor Vehicle During The First 12 Months That An Individual Under The Age Of 18 Possesses A License; To Provide That Beginning July 1, 2026, The Department Of Public Safety Shall Establish A Driver Education Program To Be Taught Throughout The State And Made Available For Home School Students And Adults Who Have Not Otherwise Taken A Driver's Education Course; And For Related Purposes.