An Act To Bring Forward Section 27-13-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Filing Of Tax Returns Under The State Corporation Franchise Tax Law, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 28, Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Make Technical Amendments To Clarify And Correct Certain Names And Purposes Of Various Projects Funded From Disbursements From The 2023 Local Improvements Project Fund; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Amend The Purpose Of The Use Of Funds Received By Jackson State University From The 2022 Ihl Capital Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 65-1-185, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision Referencing The Department Of Finance And Administration And Appropriation By The Legislature From The Procedure For The Use Of Funds From The 2023 Desoto County Infrastructure Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 65-1-187, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision Referencing The Department Of Finance And Administration And Appropriation By The Legislature From The Procedure For The Use Of Funds From The 2023 Lafayette County Infrastructure Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 65-1-189, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision Referencing The Department Of Finance And Administration And Appropriation By The Legislature From The Procedure For The Use Of Funds From The 2023 Gulfport Commerce Corridor Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit A Party From Using A Peremptory Challenge To Remove A Prospective Juror On The Basis Of The Prospective Juror's Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Or Religious Affiliation, Or The Perceived Membership Of The Prospective Juror In Any Of Those Groups; To Authorize A Party, Or The Trial Court On Its Own Motion, To Object To The Use Of A Peremptory Challenge Based On These Criteria; To Require The Party Exercising The Challenge, Upon Objection, To State The Reasons The Peremptory Challenge Has Been Exercised; To Require The Court To Evaluate The Reasons Given And, If The Court Grants The Objection, Authorize The Court To Take Certain Actions, Including, But Not Limited To, Starting A New Jury Selection, Declaring A Mistrial At The Request Of The Objecting Party, Seating The Challenged Juror, Or Providing Another Remedy As The Court Deems Appropriate; To Provide For A De Novo Standard Of Review By An Appellate Court Reviewing The Denial Of An Objection; To Provide That The Act Applies To Criminal Jury Trials In Which Jury Selection Begins On Or After January 1, 2025; To Provide That The Act Applies To Civil Jury Trials In Which Jury Selection Begins On Or After January 1, 2027; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 28 Of Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Clarify And Correct Names And Purposes Of Certain Projects Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund; To Amend Section 4 Of Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Purpose Of A Certain Project Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2022 Ihl Capital Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 27-104-373, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Contracts Or Purchases For Projects Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund That Involve Expenditures Above Certain Amounts Must Be Made After Obtaining Competitive Written Bids; To Amend Section 65-1-185, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The 2023 Desoto County Infrastructure Improvements Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 65-1-187, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The 2023 Lafayette County Infrastructure Improvements Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 65-1-189, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The 2023 Gulfport Commerce Corridor Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 297 And Senate Bill No. 2486, 2024 Regular Session, To Make Several Technical Changes Applicable To Certain American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Projects Under The Public Purchasing Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of State General Funds To Claiborne County To Defray Expenses For Renovations To The Claiborne County Library For Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act To State Legislative Findings Regarding Men And Women Concerning Their Status As Legally Equal But Possessing Unique And Immutable Biological Differences That Manifest Prior To Birth And Increase As They Age And Experience Puberty; To Create New Section 1-3-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms Of "woman," "man," "girl," "boy," "mother," "father," "male," "female" And "sex" When The Terms Are Used In Any Statute In Order To Prevent Unjust Discrimination, Maintain Safety, Protect Privacy, And Ensure Fairness; To Provide For Severability Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Eligibility, To Conform With Federal Law To Allow Children In Foster Care To Be Eligible Until Their 26th Birthday; To Authorize The Division Of Medicaid To Apply For A Federal Family Planning Waiver Or To Amend Its State Plan For Such Purpose; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No 970, 2024 Regular Session, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Services, To Comply With Federal Law; To Provide That The Division Of Medicaid Shall Update The Case-mix Payment System And Fair Rental Reimbursement System As Necessary To Maintain Compliance With Federal Law; To Revise Certain Provisions Related To Family Planning Services, Including That Contraceptives May Be Prescribed And Dispensed In 12-month Supply Increments; To Require The Division To Submit A Waiver By July 1, 2024, To Cms To Authorize The Division To Conduct Less Frequent Medical Redeterminations For Eligible Children Who Have Certain Long-term Or Chronic Conditions That Do Not Need To Be Reidentified Every Year; To Delete Technical Provisions Related To The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Require The Division To Reimburse Pediatricians For Certain Primary Care Services As Defined By The Division At 100% Of The Rate Established Under Medicare; To Require The Division, In Consultation With The Mississippi Hospital Association, To Develop Alternative Models For Distribution Of Medical Claims And Supplemental Payments For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services; To Provide That Supplemental Payments To A Hospital Shall Not Decrease By More Than 5% When Compared To A Hospital's Prior Year Payment Unless That Hospital Has Closed, Or Changed Services Or Patient Volume Which Impact That Hospital's Payment, And The Division Shall Not Substantially Change The Methodologies Used To Calculate A Hospital's Supplemental Payment; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On The Provisions That Provide For Certain Reimbursements To Any Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Provide That The Division Shall Contract With The State Department Of Health To Provide Perinatal High-risk Management/infant Services System For Any Eligible Beneficiary That Cannot Receive Such Services Under A Different Program; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse For Services At Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Such Section; To Require The Division To Cover A Continuing Glucose Monitoring (cgm) Service As A Pharmacy Benefit When Certain Conditions Are Met; To Include Additional Licensed Providers In The Division's Upper Payment Limits Program; To Authorize The Division To Provide Reimbursement For Neuromuscular Tongue Muscle Stimulator For The Reduction Of Snoring And Obstructive Sleep Apnea; To Require The Division To Develop And Implement A Method For Reimbursement Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services Based On A Continuum Of Care For Best Practices In Medically Necessary Early Intervention Treatment; To Provide That The Division May Reimburse Ambulatory Surgical Care (asc) Based On 100% Of The Medicare Asc Payment System Rate In Effect July 1 Of Each Year As Set By The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Require The Division To Reimburse Ambulance Transportation Service Providers That Provide An Assessment, Triage, Treat Or Transport Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries To An Alternative Destination In This State Or Provide An Assessment Or Treat Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries In Place; To Set Certain Reimbursement Levels For Such Providers; To Amend Section 43-13-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Related To Medicaid And Third-party Benefits To Comply With Federal Law; To Amend Section 43-11-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Adult Day Care Facility; To Amend Section 43-11-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Beginning July 1, 2025, To Operate An Adult Day Care Center In Mississippi, A Facility Provider Shall Be Licensed With The Licensing Division Of The State Department Of Health; To Establish That Mississippi Medicaid Waiver Providers Are Required To Have A State License And Have A Medicaid Provider Contract With The Division Of Medicaid; To Amend Section 43-13-117.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division To Reimburse Adult Day Care Centers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Title Ix Preservation Act; To Provide Interpretation And Clarification Of Certain Terms Relating To Title Ix Of The Federal Code; To State Legislative Intent; To Clarify Terms For The Purposes Of State Law; To Provide That Policies And Laws That Distinguish Between The Sexes Are Subject To Intermediate Constitutional Scrutiny; To Require The State Or A Local Governmental Entity To Disaggregate The Data Of Individuals By Sex Based On The Biological Sex Of Individuals At Birth When The State Or Local Governmental Entity Gathers The Data Of Individuals That Is Disaggregated By Sex; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize An Income Tax Credit For Employers Who Sponsor Skills Training For Employees; To Provide For The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Provide That The Tax Credit Will Be Granted To Employers That Participate In Employer-sponsored Training Programs Through Any Community College Or Junior College In The District Within Which The Employer Is Located Or Training Approved By The Community College Or Junior College; To Provide That A Community College Or Junior College May Commit To Provide Employer-sponsored Skills Training Programs For An Employer For A Multiple Number Of Years, Not To Exceed Five Years; To Provide That The Mississippi Community College Board Shall Make A Report To The Legislature By January 30 Of Each Year Summarizing The Number Of Participants, The Junior Or Community College Through Which The Training Was Offered And The Type Training Offered; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Make Certain Technical Revisions To Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations; To Amend Section 7, Chapter 15, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Amount Of Funds Provided For The Administrative Support Of The Mississippi Autism Board From The Appropriation To The Board Of Psychology; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 53, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Amount Of General Funds Appropriated To The Mississippi Insurance Department; To Amend Section 2, Chapter 53, Laws Of 2023, To Amend The Amount Of Special Funds Appropriated To The Mississippi Insurance Department; To Amend Section 18, Chapter 53, Laws Of 2023, To Clarify That Certain Funding For The Mississippi Volunteer Firefighter Length-of-service Award Program Is Provided From Special Funds; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer A Certain Sum From The General Fund To The Mississippi Volunteer Firefighter Length-of-service Award Program Fund; To Amend Section 40, Chapter 91, Laws Of 2023, To Clarify That Certain Capital Expense Funds Appropriated To The Mississippi Department Of Health Are For Expenses Incurred From A Certain Period; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 108, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Amount Of General Funds Appropriated To The State Board Of Education; To Amend Section 2, Chapter 108, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Amount Of Special Funds Appropriated To The State Board Of Education; To Amend Section 45, Chapter 108, Laws Of 2023, To Clarify That Certain Funds Provided To The Charter School Authorizer Board Shall Be Provided From The State General Fund; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 34, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Amount Of Founds Intended To Be Expended For The Purpose Of Replacement Of Structurally Deficient Bridges On The Local System Bridge Program From The Appropriation To The Department Of Transportation; To Amend Section 37-61-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Certain Conditions On Unexpended Monies In The Education Enhancement Fund; To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Authorization To Carry Over Certain Funds Related To Early Learning Collaboratives If Funds Remain After Awards Under This Section; To Amend Section 49-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any State Agency That Receives Funds Awarded By The Board From The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund To Escalate The Funds; To Amend Section 27-103-204.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Treasurer To Escalate Certain Borrowed Funds; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer A Certain Sum From The Capital Expense Fund To The Forestry Facility Grant Program Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-6-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Requirements For Legislative Drafting Offices And State Agencies To Use Certain Respectful References To Individuals With Disabilities In Preparing Legislation And Rules; To Amend Sections 13-1-305, 19-5-45, 21-37-6, 25-9-149, 25-15-13, 27-19-56, 27-19-56.134, 29-5-65, 37-13-91, 37-16-9, 37-23-63, 37-31-31, 37-31-33, 37-31-35, 37-31-39, 37-41-3, 37-151-5, 37-151-7, 37-151-81, 41-3-15, 41-4-18, 41-7-173, 41-7-191, 41-11-102, 41-11-105, 41-11-109, 41-11-111, 41-11-113, 41-13-35, 41-19-33, 41-19-205, 41-19-237, 41-19-257, 41-19-261, 41-19-291, 41-21-67, 41-21-131, 41-21-139, 41-31-15, 41-79-5, 43-6-1, 43-6-3, 43-6-5, 43-6-13, 43-6-15, 43-6-113, 43-6-125, 43-7-61, 43-13-117, 43-18-1, 43-27-25, 43-33-703, 43-33-717, 43-33-723, 45-1-2, 45-35-53, 47-5-1351, 49-7-39, 49-7-40, 71-3-3, 71-3-7, 71-3-105, 71-7-13, 75-74-9, 83-9-32, 93-7-3, 97-3-4, 1-3-24, 31-11-3 And 25-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modernize The Terminology That Is Used To Refer To Persons With Mental Illness, Persons With An Intellectual Disability, Handicapped Persons And Crippled Persons; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 27-104-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 27-104-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund The Full Amount Of Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Are Remaining In The Local Fund On July 1, 2024; To Provide That Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund After July 1, 2024, Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; To Authorize The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Federal Government Any Funds In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Have Not Been Used For The Purpose For Which They Were Received; To Bring Forward Section 27-104-325, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Accelerate Mississippi Workforce Development Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Accelerate Mississippi Nursing/allied Health Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-207, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Accelerate Mississippi Physician Residency And Fellowship Start-up Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Mississippi Allied Health College And Career Navigator Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-106-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Skilled Nursing Home And Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 41-3-16.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For The Second Round Of Grant Awards Under The Arpa Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program, The State Department Of Health Shall Add Ten Points To Any Grant Application That Promotes The Consolidation Of Separate Systems; To Provide That The Department Shall Add Ten Points To Any Application With At Least One System That Has Consolidated In The Past, Regardless Of Whether The Application Would Result In Additional Consolidation In The Future; To Provide That No Application Will Receive More Than A Total Of Ten Additional Points Under The Program For Any Past Or Future Consolidation Of Systems; To Bring Forward Section 41-9-371, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 49-2-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Mississippi Municipality And County Water Infrastructure Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Provide For The Transfer Of Certain Funds By The State Treasurer; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 1-3-82, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Word "female" When Used In Any Statute; To Create New Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Word "male" When Used In Any Statute; To Create New Section 1-3-84, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Word "sex" When Used In Any Statute; To Create New Section 41-57-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That A Birth Certificate Must Include, But Not Be Limited To, The Child's Name, The Child's Parents' Names, If Known, The Birthplace Of The Child, The Sex Of The Child, Identified As Male Or Female, As Applicable; To Provide That The Designation Of The Sex Of An Individual On A Birth Certification Shall Not Be Changed Unless A Mistake Was Made At The Time The Birth Certificate Was Issued; To Amend Sections 41-57-21, 41-57-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Savings Initiative; To Authorize The Creation Of Individual Development Accounts For Low-income Individuals That May Be Utilized By The Account Holder For Certain Purposes; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Banking And Consumer Finance To Contract With Fiduciary Organizations To Serve As Intermediaries Between Individual Development Account Holders And Financial Institutions Holding Account Funds; To Provide That The Gross Household Income Of Individual Development Account Holders May Not Exceed 185% Of The Poverty Level And The Account Holder's Net Worth May Not Exceed $10,000.00; To Require Individuals Opening An Individual Development Account To Enter Into An Agreement With A Fiduciary Organization; To Provide That The Department Of Human Services Shall Provide Matching Funds For Amounts Contributed To The Individual Development Account By The Individual Development Account Holder; To Limit The Amount Of Matching Funds That May Be Provided For An Individual Development Account; To Provide The Purposes For Which Individual Development Accounts May Be Utilized; To Provide Civil Penalties For The Withdrawal Of Individual Development Account Funds For Purposes Other Than Those Authorized Under This Act; To Require Fiduciary Organizations To Make Quarterly Reports To The Mississippi Department Of Banking And Consumer Finance Containing Certain Information; To Provide That Funds Deposited In An Individual Development Account Shall Not Be Counted As Income, Assets Or Resources Of The Individual In Determining Financial Eligibility For Assistance Or Services Pursuant To Any Federal, Federally Assisted, State Or Municipal Program Based On Need; To Authorize The Use Of Temporary Assistance Of Needy Family Funds As Matching Funds; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-137-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Additional Authorizations And Requirements Related To Performing Background Checks As Part Of The Medical Cannabis Act; To Authorize The Department Of Health To Obtain Criminal Records Background Checks From The Mississippi Justice Information Center Of The Department Of Public Safety And The F.b.i.; To Authorize The Department To Recoup Any Fee Associated With The Background Check; To Delete The Provision Of Law That Prohibits A Resident Cardholder From Obtaining More Than A Total Of Six Mmceus Of Allowable Medical Cannabis In A Week From A Dispensary Or A Combination Of Dispensaries; To Provide That The Department Of Public Safety And The Department Of Health Each May Charge And Retain A Fee For Each Applicant; To Amend Section 41-137-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Additional Measures Related To Investigation Procedures By Licensing Agencies Under The Medical Cannabis Act; To Set Certain Administrative Hearing Procedures; To Authorize The Licensing Agency To Recoup Any Fee Associated With The Investigation Or Hearing Process; And For Related Purposes.