An Act Entitled The "second Amendment Preservation Act"; To Provide That The Mississippi Legislature Preempts The Law Of Firearms, Components, Ammunition And Firearm Supplies To The Complete Exclusion Of Any Order, Ordinance Or Regulation By Any Political Subdivision Or Municipality Of This State; To Provide That The Comprehensive Firearms Code Of The State Of Mississippi Is Interposed In Place Of Any Federal Law Confiscating Firearms Of Law-abiding Citizens; To Bring Forward Sections 45-9-51, 45-9-53 And 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Conditions On Carrying Concealed Weapons; To Bring Forward Sections 97-37-7 And 97-37-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Conditions And Penalties For Carrying Concealed Firearms And Deadly Weapons; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Airport Critical Needs Grant Program To Be Administered By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation; To Provide The Eligible Airports And Eligible Projects For The Program; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Funded From Monies Appropriated By The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 29-18-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "safer Act" To Regulate Governmental Buildings; To Create New Section 29-18-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legislative Findings For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Public Buildings To Have Exclusive Male And/or Female Restrooms Or Unisex Restrooms At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Changing Facilities To Be Exclusive Male And/or Female Or Unisex At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Public Student Housing For Single-sex Educational Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Single-sex Social Sororities And Fraternities To Comply With The Definitions Of This Act To Designate Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate How Persons Enter A Single-sex Restroom, Changing Facility Or Educational Housing Space; To Create New Section 29-18-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities To Establish Regulations With Disciplinary Procedures In Conformity With This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Willfully Enters A Space In Violation Of This Act Shall Be Committing The Offense Of Trespass; To Create New Section 29-18-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities To Provide A Report To The Speaker, Lieutenant Governor And Governor With Certain Information; To Create New Section 29-18-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Assertion Of A Violation Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Action Regarding The Provisions Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Disaggregation Of State Or Local Governmental Data; To Create New Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Female, Male And Certain Other Terms; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 23-15-557, 23-15-281 And 23-15-285, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Polling Place Is Located At Any Type Of Facility That Sells Any Type Of Alcoholic Beverage, That Facility Shall Stop Selling Any Alcoholic Beverage For The Thirty Days Immediately Preceding The Election; To Provide The Definitions For "facility" And "alcoholic Beverage"; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-283 And 23-15-259, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-3-616, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit School Bus Drivers From Stopping In A Location Of Limited Visibility Or Having An Obstructed View Upon Street Or Highway When Receiving Or Discharging School Children; To Clarify What A Location With Low Visibility Or An Obstructed View Means; To Provide School Bus Drivers With The Discretion To Receive Or Discharge A Child In His Or Her Driveway Upon A Determination By The School Bus Driver That Doing So On A Street Or Highway Presents A Safety Hazard For The Child; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 37-43-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement Procedures For The Approval, Adoption And Procurement Of Textbooks And Open Educational Resource Instructional Materials, Including Materials To Be Used By Early Childhood Learning Collaborative; To Designate The Office Of Instructional Materials Within The State Department Of Education To Administer The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-43-1, 37-43-19, 37-43-21, 37-43-23, 37-43-25, 37-43-31, 37-43-41, 37-43-43, 37-43-45, 37-43-51 And 37-43-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Provisions Of The State Textbook Procedures Law Employed By The State Department Of Education To Expand The Definition Of "textbook" To Include Open Educational Resource Instructional Materials, To Clarify The Component Of What Can Be Adopted As Parts Of Open Educational Resource Instructional Materials; To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop A Web-based Textbook Inventory Management System; To Revise The Composition And Appointing Authority For Members Of Textbook Rating Committees; To Include The Contract For Printed Instructional Material And Textbooks With The Regional Depository In Order To Allow District To Print Adopted Textbooks And Open Educational Resource Instructional Materials Without The Need For Additional Quotes; To Clarify What Materials Are Required By Publishers To Be House At The Instructional Materials Special Library; To Clarify The Process Of Transferring Instructional Materials And How New Edition Of The Instructional Material May Be Added To The State-approved Lists; To Revise The Name Of The State Textbook Fund To Reflect That The Funds Therein Shall Be Used For The Benefit Of Accredited Nonpublic School Textbook Allocation Accounts; To Specify How Local Educational Agencies Are To Manage Inventory Using The Textbook Inventory Management System; To Revise Language Related To Textbooks Submitted As Samples To Textbook Rating Committees; To Repeal Section 37-43-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Dissolved The State Textbook Procurement Commission And Transferred The Functions Pertaining Thereto To The State Board Of Education; To Repeal Section 37-43-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prescribed The Process For The Payment Of Textbooks Purchased By The State Superintendent Of Education And Public School Districts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 77-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Public Service Commission To Cancel A Municipality's Certificate To Provide Service Greater Than One Mile Outside Its Corporate Boundaries Upon A Finding That The Municipality Did Not Provide Reasonably Adequate Service; To Amend Section 77-3-22, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Municipally Owned Or Operated Electric Utilities Providing Service Greater Than One Mile Outside Of Municipal Boundaries; To Bring Forward Section 77-3-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize An Unemancipated Minor Child Under The Age Of Eighteen To Bring A Suit For Support Against The Child's Parent Or Parents In The Chancery Court Of The County In Which The Child Resides; To Authorize The Court To Enter An Order For Support And In Certain Cases, Require A Trustee To Be Named For Receiving Payments; To Specify When The Order For Support Terminates; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Administration Of Covid-19 Mrna Vaccinations Is Prohibited In Mississippi Until The State Department Of Health Analyzes Any Existing Data And Concludes That The Benefits Of Such Vaccine Outweigh The Risk; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Conduct A Study And Make Recommendations On The Benefits And Risks Of The Administration Of Covid-19 Mrna Vaccinations; To Provide That Only If The Department Determines That The Administration Of Covid-19 Mrna Vaccinations Are Safe May The Use Of Such Vaccine Continue; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That For All Absentee Ballots That Are Cast In Person At The Office Of The Registrar, The Absentee Ballot Application And Elector Certificates Shall Be Printed On The Absentee Ballot Envelope; To Provide That A Signature Mismatch Shall Not Be Grounds For Rejecting An Absentee Ballot That Was Cast In Person In The Registrar's Office; To Amend Sections 23-15-633, 23-15-635, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-715, 23-15-719 And 23-15-631, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Methods Of Notification To Be Asked On The Absentee Ballot Application; To Provide For People Who Work On-call And Those Who Are Incarcerated For A Nondisenfranchising Crime To Receive An Absentee Ballot; To Amend Sections 23-15-625, 23-15-713, 23-15-637 And 23-15-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-697, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Returning Mail-in Ballots Using Any Method Other Than By Mail Or Common Carrier; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi Student Freedom Act" For The Purpose Of Establishing Magnolia Scholarship Accounts (msa) For Parents Of Eligible Students On A Phased–in Basis; To Prescribe The Criteria For Determining Eligibility For Participation In The Program And Receipt Of Program Funds; To Provide For The Funding Of Each Student's Msa; To Stipulate The Obligations Of Parents Or Legal Guardians, Students, Schools And Service Providers To Become And Remain Eligible For Participation; To Prescribe The Duties Of The State Of Mississippi Department Of Treasury Regarding The Administration Of The Funds; To Require Peer To Prepare A Biannual Report On The Sufficiency Of Funding For Esas And Student Performance And Assessment Evaluation Beginning In 2026 And Every Two Years Thereafter; To Provide For The Administrative, Financial And Academic Accountability Standards To Be Adhered To By Participating Students And Parents; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of Voter Fraud, Bribery, Theft, Arson, Obtaining Money Or Goods Under False Pretense, Perjury, Forgery, Embezzlement, Bigamy Or Any Crime Interpreted As Disenfranchising In Later Attorney General Opinions Except For Murder And Rape Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Suspended Upon Conviction And Shall Not Have His Or Her Right To Vote Restored Until He Or She Has Satisfied All Of The Sentencing Requirements Of The Conviction Including Parole But Not Probation; To Amend Sections 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 And 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 97-39-3 And 99-19-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The State Of Mississippi Shall Not Be Required To Comply With Or Recognize Any Mandates, Orders, Laws, Decrees, Or Directives Handed Down By Any Entity That Is Not A State Or Federally Elected Official Or Body Or A United States Citizen Appointed By A State Or Federally Elected Official Or Body, With Limited Exceptions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Forgiven, Cancelled Or Discharged Federal Student Loan Debt Under The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program From The Definition Of "gross Income" For State Income Tax Purposes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Grant Program Under The Direction Of The Department Of Administration For The Purpose Of Providing Grants To Municipalities And Counties To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Repair And Renovation Of And Upgrades And Improvements To Veterans Parks Operated And/or Maintained By Municipalities And Counties; To Create The "municipalities And Counties Veterans Parks Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; And For Related Purposes.