An Act To Amend Section 27-67-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates Special Funds In The State Treasury To Be Used To Provide Monies To Assist Municipalities And Counties In Paying Costs Associated With Road And Bridge Improvements And, For Municipalities, Water And Sewer Infrastructure Improvements, To Revise The Types Of Expenditures That May Be Considered When Calculating Expenditures Made By A Municipality Or County For Such Purposes During The Previous Fiscal Year For The Purpose Of Allocating Monies In The Special Funds To The Municipality Or County; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 97-3-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Crime For A Therapist Who Engages In Sexual Contact With A Patient; To Amend Section 97-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Term "therapist" In The Provision Of Law That Regulates The Crime Of Sexual Battery; To Amend Section 73-54-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Engaging In Sexual Contact With A Patient To The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Of Marriage And Family Therapists; To Amend Section 73-53-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Engaging In Sexual Contact With A Patient To The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Of Social Workers; To Amend Section 73-30-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Engaging In Sexual Contact With A Patient To The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Of Licensed Professional Counselors; To Amend Section 73-31-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Engaging In Sexual Contact With A Patient To The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Of Psychologists; To Amend Section 73-25-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Engaging In Sexual Contact With A Patient To The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Of Physicians; To Bring Forward Section 97-3-97, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Definitions For The Crime Of Sexual Battery; To Bring Forward Section 97-3-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Penalties For The Crime Of Sexual Battery; To Provide Additional Immunity For Any Person Who, In Good Faith, Reports Abuse, Neglect Or Commercial Sexual Exploitation; To Require Any Person Or Entity Who Learns That An Adult Was Abused As A Child By A Person Who Was Or Is Associated With The Person Or Entity; To Provide Immunity To Such Person For Reporting; To Amend Sections 43-21-353 And 97-3-54.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Immunity For The Reporter Of Sexual Abuse Which May Be Incurred As A Result Of Reporting; To Bring Forward Section 97-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Mandatory Reporting, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That Whenever A State Of Emergency Is Declared, The Board Of Supervisors Of Any County And The Governing Authorities Of Any Municipality, In The Affected Areas Of The Declaration, Are Authorized To Issue Emergency Licenses For Out-of-state Contractors; To Amend Sections 19-5-9, 21-19-25 And 73-59-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize Any Town In The State Of Mississippi With A Short-line Railroad Partially Within Its Corporate Limits To Carry-out And Implement, By And Through Its Governing Body, The Acquisition, Restoration, Construction, Ownership, Oversight, Operation And Disposition Of Such Short-line Railroad; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-39-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Implement A One-year Time Limitation On The Intervening Decision And Newly Discovered Evidence Exceptions; To Provide That The Ineffectiveness Or Incompetence Of Counsel During State Collateral Post-conviction Proceedings Shall Not Be A Ground For Relief Or An Exception For Relief In A Proceeding Arising Under The Mississippi Uniform Post-conviction Collateral Relief Act; To Amend Sections 99-39-27 And 99-39-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Capitol Region Utility Act; To Establish The Mississippi Capitol Region Utility Authority; To Provide For The Appointment Of A President And A Board Of Directors For Such Authority; To Clarify The Powers And Duties Of Such Board; To Ensure Access To Safe, Clean And Reliable Water And Wastewater Systems For The Citizens Of Central Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sheriff And His Deputies In Any County To Use Radar Speed Detection Equipment Upon The Public Streets, Roads And Highways Within The County, Lying Outside The Limits Of Any Incorporated Municipality Until A Certain Date; To Provide For The Number Of Radar Guns Eligible For Purchase By A County Based On The Number Of Full-time Deputies In The County; To Prohibit The Use Of Radar Within 500 Yards Of The Boundary Line Of A Municipality, The Boundary Line Of The County And A Speed Limit Change; To Prohibit Sheriffs From Using Radar Speed Detection Equipment On Any Interstate Highways Or Four-lane State Highways; To Provide That Certain Funds Shall Be Directed To The School District Where The Citation Was Issued To Be Used For School Safety Purposes And Driver's Education Programs; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Public Schools To Include Instruction In Mental Illness And Mental Health In The Health Education Component Of The Comprehensive School Health Education Program; To Describe The Objectives Of The Mental Health Instruction; To Require In-service Training On Mental Illness For Licensed School Employees; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 77-1-11 And 77-1-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Clean Slate Act To Provide For The Automatic Expungement Of Certain Misdemeanor Convictions And Misdemeanor Records; To Provide For The Effect Of The Expungement; To Provide For The Reinstatement Of Certain Convictions; To Amend Section 45-27-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Simple Possession Of 30 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana Is A Civil Infraction; To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Municipal Courts Shall Have Jurisdiction To Impose Civil Penalties; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Place A Memorial Marker At Or Near The Clay Street Exit In Vicksburg, Mississippi, In Memory Of The Late Firefighter And Paramedic Jarod Squire And Emt Derico Davis; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "mississippi Kratom Consumer Protection Act" To Regulate The Preparation, Distribution And Sale Of Kratom Products; To Define Terms; To Prohibit The Preparation, Distribution And Sale Of Adulterated Or Contaminated Kratom Products; To Prescribe Fines And Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Authorize The Department Of Health To Administer The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-4-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Nine Members; To Require Four Of Such Members To Meet Certain Education Or Experience Qualifications; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 37-68-3, 37-68-5, 37-68-7, 37-68-9, 37-68-11, 37-68-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Equity In Distance Learning Act, To Update And Revise Certain Provisions Related Thereto; To Revise Certain Definitions; To Provide That Subject To Appropriations, Schools Shall Be Eligible For State Matching Funds To Replace Personal Learning Devices Which Have Reached The End Of Their Useful Life And To Pay For Necessary Software; To Set Certain Requirements Related To Grant Applications; To Provide That Schools Are Highly Encouraged To Use One-time Federal Funds, Where Available, As The Matching Funds Required Under The Act; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt The Purchases Under The Grant Program From Certain Bidding Requirements; To Repeal Section 37-68-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Required The Department Of Education To Provide A Report By October 1, 2020; And For Related Purposes.