An Act To Amend Section 37-103-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Residency Requirement For In-state Tuition Rates For The Purpose Of Attending A State-supported Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College Shall Be A Minimum Period Of Twelve Months; To Amend Section 37-103-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Student Who Has Resided In The State Of Mississippi For A Continuous Period Of Twelve Months, Or Who Has Received A High School Diploma From A Public Or Private Secondary School In The State Upon Evidencing That He Or She Completed The Final Scholastic Year Enrolled Therein In The Year Immediately Preceding His Or Her Enrollment In A State Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College Shall Be Considered A Resident For Purposes Of In-state Tuition; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The State Department Of Health Shall Design And Cause To Be Constructed And Maintained An Emergency Medical Services Memorial To Honor Those Emergency Medical Services Personnel Who Have Given Their Lives In The Performance Of Their Official Duties And Those Who Have Made A Dramatic Impact On Or Substantial Contribution To Emergency Medical Services In Mississippi; To Provide That The Department Shall Form, Establish And/or Collaborate With A Private Foundation Or Nonprofit Corporation To Maintain The Memorial In Perpetuity And Determine The Eligibility Of Those Persons To Be Included On The Memorial; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-12-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Of The Medicaid And Human Services Transparency And Fraud Prevention Act Related To Gaps In Eligibility Reporting; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-21-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacists To Dispense A Prescription Drug To A Patient Unless The Prescription Violates The Law, The Drug Could Cause A Harmful Drug Interaction Or Adversely Affect The Patient's Medical Condition, The Drug Is Out Of Stock, Or Dispensing The Drug Violates The Pharmacist's Conscience; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Mississippi Adequate Education Program Funding Formula To Provide That For Each Fiscal Year Between The Recalculation Of The Base Student Cost, The Base Student Cost Shall Be Increased By An Amount Equal To 25% Of The Base Student Cost For The Previous Fiscal Year, Multiplied By The 20-year Average Annual Rate Of Inflation Rounded Up To The Nearest Tenth Of A Percent For The State Of Mississippi As Determined By The State Economist, Plus Any Adjustments For Additional State Requirements Such As, But Not Limited To, Teacher Pay Raises And Health Insurance Premium Increases; To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Certify To Each School District That 28 Mills, Less The Estimated Amount Of The Yield Of The School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund Grants As Determined By The State Department Of Education, Shall Be The Millage Rate Required To Provide The District Required Local Effort For That Year, Or 29.5% Of The Basic Adequate Education Program Cost For Such School District, Whichever Is A Lesser Amount; To Require 90% Of State Contributions To The Adequate Education Program Funds Be Spent On Teacher Salaries, Classroom Resources, Add-on Program Costs And Expenses Other Than Salaries For Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Principals, And Assistant Principals, Or Equivalent Heads Of District Or School In Charter Schools; To Provide That If Any Charter Student Returns To The School District In Which The Public Charter School Is Located, The Charter School Shall Return A Prorated Share Of Adequate Education Program Payments For The Student; To Provide That The Methodology For The Required State Effort In Support Of The Adequate Education Program Shall Be Determined By Subtracting The Sum Of The Required Local Tax Effort And The Other Local Revenue Sources In An Amount Not To Exceed 29.5% Of The Total Projected Adequate Education Program Cost From The Total Projected Adequate Education Program Cost; To Delete Certain Outdated Language; To Provide That In Fiscal Year 2025, Subject To Appropriations, No School District Shall Receive Less Than A District Received In Said State Contribution In Fiscal Year 2024; To Amend Section 37-57-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-21-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacists To Dispense A Prescription Drug To A Patient For Whom The Prescription Is Written Unless Certain Circumstances Exist; To Provide That The State Board Of Medical Licensure Shall Not Prohibit Physicians From Prescribing Any Drug Or Medicine That Has Been Approved By The Food And Drug Administration (fda); To Provide That The Mississippi Board Of Nursing Shall Not Prohibit Advance Practice Registered Nurses From Prescribing Any Drug Or Medicine That The Nurse Is Authorized To Prescribe Under The Terms Of The Collaborative Agreement Between The Nurse And A Physician If That Drug Or Medicine Has Been Approved By The Fda; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-139.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The "knowledge" Requirement For The Crime Of "fentanyl Delivery Resulting In Death"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-639, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Process For Absentee Voters To Cure Their Absentee Ballot If The Signature On The Application Does Not Meet The Signature On The Envelope; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-641, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 29-3-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modernize The Bidding Process For The Sale Of Timber Or Other Forest Products On Sixteenth Section Land; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 17-3-3, 17-5-1, 17-5-7, 17-11-37, 17-11-45, 17-17-107, 17-17-109, 17-17-227, 17-17-237, 17-17-309, 17-17-311, 17-17-329, 17-17-337, 17-17-348, 17-18-17, 17-21-53, 19-3-1, 19-3-11, 19-3-19, 19-3-33, 19-3-35, 19-3-67, 19-3-79, 19-5-9, 19-5-21, 19-5-23, 19-5-81, 19-5-92.1, 19-5-155, 19-5-157, 19-5-189, 19-5-199, 19-5-207, 19-5-219, 19-5-221, 19-7-3, 19-7-21, 19-9-11, 19-9-13, 19-9-27, 19-9-111, 19-9-114, 19-11-7, 19-13-53, 19-15-3, 19-23-5, 19-27-31, 19-29-7, 19-29-9, 19-29-18, 19-29-33, 19-31-7, 19-31-9, 19-31-23, 19-31-39, 21-1-7, 21-1-15, 21-3-7, 21-5-15, 21-13-11, 21-17-1, 21-17-9, 21-17-11, 21-17-17, 21-17-19, 21-19-2, 21-19-13, 21-19-20, 21-19-25, 21-19-51, 29-19-61, 21-25-21, 21-27-33, 21-27-43, 21-29-203, 21-33-29, 21-33-47, 21-33-89, 21-33-207, 21-33-307, 21-33-553, 21-35-5, 21-35-25, 21-35-31, 21-38-9, 21-41-5, 21-41-13, 21-41-51, 21-43-9, 21-43-117, And 21-45-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modernize And Simplify The Notice Publication Process For Counties And Municipalities By Allowing Online Publication As An Alternative To Newspaper Publication; To Amend Section 21-39-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Technical Revisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Salary Schedule Of Officers Of The Mississippi Highway Patrol And The Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics; To Repeal Section 45-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision Of Law That Establishes The "david R. Huggins Act"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 83-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Requirements For A Clean Claim; To Provide That The Commissioner Of Insurance May Adopt Rules And Regulations Necessary To Ensure Compliance With This Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 37-125-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Jackson State University Shall Construct A Six Hundred Room Student Housing Project For All Eligible Students; To Provide That Students May Be Housed In Such Housing Project On A First-come, First-served Basis Or By Any Other Legal Procedure Established By Jackson State University; To Provide That The Project Shall Not Be Exempt From Any Contracting, Bidding Or Other Restrictions Currently Existing In Statute Or Any Rule Or Regulation Adopted By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Pertaining To Such Construction; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reconstitute The Early Intervention Task Force With A Goal To Collaborate With The State Agency Coordinating Part C Of Idea To Design A New Service Delivery Model And Make Changes To The Early Intervention Program; To Set The Task Force's Duties; To Require The Task Force To Prepare A Final Report To The Legislature; To Require The State Agency Coordinating Part C Of Idea To Prepare And Deliver A Report That Provides For Possible Solutions; To Dissolve The Task Force Upon Presentation Of The Report; To Amend Section 41-87-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Of Mississippi And Political Subdivisions Thereof To Compensate Law Enforcement Officers Who Are Nonexempt Employees Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (flsa) By Mandating At Least The Regular Hourly Rate Be Paid, Or Hour-for-hour Compensatory Time, For The First 43 Hours In A Week, 86 Hours In A Two-week Period Or 171 Hours In A 28-day Period; To Require Compliance With The Flsa For Hours Worked In Excess Of Those Stated Amounts; And For Related Purposes.