An Act To Provide That No Later Than August 1, 2024, Every Manufacturer Of An Ends Product That Is Sold For Retail Sale In Mississippi Shall Execute And Deliver To The Department Of Revenue A Certification That The Manufacturer Is Compliant With This Act; To Define Certain Terms Relating To This Act; To Provide That The Information Submitted By The Manufacturer Is Considered Confidential Commercial Or Financial Information For Purposes Of The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Provide That Beginning On October 1, 2024, The Department Of Revenue Shall Maintain And Make Publicly Available On The Department Of Revenue's Official Website A Directory That Lists All Ends Product Manufacturers, Brand Names, Categories, Product Names, And Flavors For Which Certification Forms Have Been Submitted And Approved By The Department Of Revenue And Shall Update The Directory At Least Monthly To Ensure Accuracy; To Require The Department Of Revenue To Establish A Process To Provide Licensed Retailers, Distributors, And Wholesalers Notice Of The Initial Publication Of The Directory And Changes Made To The Directory In The Prior Month; To Provide That Neither A Manufacturer Nor Its Ends Products Shall Be Included Or Retained In The Directory If The Department Of Revenue Determines That The Manufacturer Failed To Provide A Complete And Accurate Certification And Provide Payment; To Provide That After Thirty Calendar Days Following Removal From The Directory, The Ends Product Of A Manufacturer Identified In The Notice Of Removal And Intended For Sale In Mississippi Are Subject To Seizure, Forfeiture, And Destruction, And Shall Not Be Purchased Or Sold For Retail Sale In Mississippi; Beginning On October 1, 2024, Or On The Date That The Department Of Revenue First Makes The Directory Available For Public Inspection On Its Official Website, Whichever Is Later, Ends Products Not Included In The Directory, Shall Not Be Sold For Retail Sale In Mississippi, Either Directly Or Through An Importer, Distributor, Wholesaler, Retailer, Or Similar Intermediary Or Intermediaries; To Provide That Each Retailer Shall Have Sixty Days From The Date That The Department Of Revenue First Makes The Directory Available For Inspection On Its Public Website To Sell Products That Were In Its Inventory And Not Included In The Directory Or Remove Those Products From Inventory; To Provide That After Sixty Calendar Days Following Publication Of The Directory, Ends Products Not Listed In The Directory And Intended For Retail Sale In Mississippi Are Subject To Seizure, Forfeiture, And Destruction, And May Not Be Purchased Or Sold For Retail Sale In Mississippi Except As Otherwise Provided In This Act; To Provide That A Retailer, Distributor, Wholesaler, Or Importer Who Sells Or Offers For Sale An Ends Product For Retail Sale In Mississippi That Is Not Included In The Directory Shall Be Subject To A Civil Penalty Of Not More Than Five Hundred Dollars For Each Individual Ends Product Offered For Sale In Violation Of This Act; To Provide That A Manufacturer Whose Ends Products Are Not Listed In The Directory And Who Causes The Products That Are Not Listed To Be Sold For Retail Sale In Mississippi, Is Subject To A Civil Penalty Of Ten Thousand Dollars For Each Individual Ends Product Offered For Sale In Violation Of This Act; To Require A Manufacturer Located Outside Of The United States To Cause Each Of Its Importers Of Any Of Its Products To Be Sold In Mississippi To Appoint, And Continually Engage Without Interruption, The Services Of An Agent In The State; To Require A Manufacturer To Provide Written Notice To The Division Thirty Calendar Days Prior To The Termination Of The Authority Of An Agent; To Provide That Each Retailer, Distributor, And Wholesaler That Sells Or Distributes Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Or Nicotine Liquids In This State Shall Be Subject To At Least Two Unannounced Compliance Checks; To Provide That Beginning On January 31, 2025, And Annually Thereafter, The Department Of Revenue Shall Provide A Report To The Legislature That Contains Certain Information Related To The Registry; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution To Amend House Rules To Create A New House Rule No. 104c To Require Any Committee That Passes Suffrage Bills To Post A List Of Factors Used To Determine Passage Of Suffrage Bills On The Official Website Of The Mississippi House Of Representatives.

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For Any Health Care Facility That Relinquished Its Certificate Of Need Or License For Inpatient Psychiatric Services, As Applicable, Because The Facility Converted From An Acute Care Hospital To A Rural Emergency Hospital In Accordance With Certain Federal Regulations, The Department Of Health May License The Psychiatric Inpatient Beds As A Separate Entity From The Rural Emergency Hospital; To Require The Department Of Health To Issue A Certificate Of Need For Any Such Facility, As Applicable; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-7-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Filing Fees For Justice Court; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 27-105-305 And 27-105-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Necessary Updates And To Harmonize Bidding Terms For Public Deposits Between Counties And Municipalities; To Repeal Section 27-105-363, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows For Counties And Municipalities To Follow An Identical Process For Selecting Public Depositories; 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 Certain Disenfranchising Crimes, Except For Arson, Armed Robbery, Carjacking, Embezzlement, Bribery, Perjury, Murder, Rape, Statutory Rape, Sexual Battery, Or Human Trafficking Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Revoked, But Shall Have The Right To Vote Restored Five Years After Release From Confinement For The Disqualifying Crime, Or Five Years From The Date Of Such Conviction, Whichever Occurs Later; 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; To Amend Section 97-37-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception To The Firearms Prohibition For Persons Who Have Had Their Voting Rights Restored; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-42-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Department Of Health To Provide For A Nurse Practitioner To Be Present At Each County Health Department For At Least One Day Each Week In Order To Provide Persons With Contraceptive Supplies And Prescriptions For Contraceptive Supplies At No Cost To The Recipient; To Amend Section 41-42-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; To Amend Section 41-42-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Nurse Practitioners To Provide Contraceptive Supplies And Information To Certain Minors; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 99-19-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 97-11-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; To Bring Forward Sections 97-11-31, 97-11-13, 97-11-25 And 97-11-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 97-11-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; To Bring Forward Sections 97-11-33 And 97-17-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 97-17-43 And 97-23-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create A New Section In Title 97, Chapter 13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create Criminal Penalties For The Wrongful Dissemination Of Digitizations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 99-15-26 And 99-15-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Appropriate Court To Automatically Expunge The Record Of Any Cases In Which An Arrest Was Made, The Person Arrested Was Released And The Case Was Dismissed Or The Charges Were Dropped, There Was No Disposition Of Such Case, Or The Person Was Found Not Guilty At Trial; To Amend Section 45-27-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Law Enforcement Agencies To Report Such Expungements To The Mississippi Justice Information Center; To Bring Forward Sections 45-27-5 And 45-27-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Duties Of The Mississippi Justice Information Center, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 99-19-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides A Fee Schedule For Expungement Petitions, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Designate A Segment Of Mississippi Highway 9 In Webster County, Mississippi, That Is To Be Designated As The "warrant Officer William H. "bill" Seaborn, Jr., Memorial Highway"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide For The Licensure And Regulation Of Professional Midwifery; To Provide Definitions For The Purpose Of The Act; To Provide Exceptions To The Applicability Of The Act; To Provide The Scope Of Practice For Licensed Midwives; To Provide Mandatory Procedures For Licensed Midwives; To Prohibit Licensed Midwives From Certain Actions; To Create The State Board Of Licensed Midwifery And Provide For Its Composition, Appointment And Powers And Duties; To Require The Board To Promulgate Rules Not Later Than July 1, 2026; To Require A License From The Board To Practice Professional Midwifery; To Provide For The Issuance Of Temporary Permits To Practice Pending Qualification For Licensure; To Provide Exemptions From Licensure For Certain Persons; To Provide For The Confidentiality Of Information Maintained By The Board; To Provide Immunity For Certain Actions; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Prohibit Terminology In Any Health Coverage Plan, Policy Or Contract That Is Discriminatory Against Professional Midwifery; To Require Health Coverage Plans That Provide Maternity Benefits To Provide Coverage For Services Rendered By A Licensed Midwife; To Provide Whenever A Health Coverage Plan Provides For Reimbursement Of Any Services That Are Within The Lawful Scope Of Practice Of Licensed Midwives, The Person Entitled To Benefits Under The Plan Shall Be Entitled To Reimbursement For The Services, Whether The Services Are Performed By A Physician Or A Licensed Midwife; To Require The State Department Of Health To Develop And Institute A Safe Perinatal Transfer Certification For The Facilities That It Regulates; To Amend Section 73-25-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Reference To The Practice Of Midwifery In The Definition Of The Practice Of Medicine; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-47-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Authority To Repeal The "state Public School Building Fund" Contingent Upon A Transfer Of All Funds Therein To The Educational Facilities Revolving Loan; To Reenact Sections 37-47-11, 37-47-13, 37-47-15, 37-47-17, 37-47-19, 37-47-21, 37-47-23 And 37-47-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reestablish The State Public School Building Fund And Its Administration, Which Were Repealed By Operation Of Law By Chapter 453, Laws Of 2022; To Repeal Section 37-47-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program For The Purpose Of Improving Educational Facilities In The State By Assisting Public Schools In Procuring Funds For Making Certain Capital Improvements; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Return The Allocation Diverted To The Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Beginning On July 1, 2022, Back To The State Public School Building Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 85-11-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Time Within Which The Department Of Revenue May Take Action To Collect Against A Tax Lien For A Finally Determined Tax Liability; To Amend Section 31-19-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Doubtful Claim Is A Claim For Which A Notice Of Tax Lien Has Been Enrolled In The Uniform State Tax Lien Registry For A Finally Determined Tax Liability And For Which The Department Of Revenue Is Prohibited From Taking Any Further Action For Collection Against The Tax Lien For Such Liability; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Develop An Electronic Harvest Reporting Program For White-tailed Deer; And For Related Purposes.