An Act To Authorize The Governing Body Of An Educational Entity To Establish A Police Department; To Authorize The Governing Body Of An Educational Entity To Appoint Qualified Individuals To Serve As Law Enforcement Officers Upon Any Premises Owned Or Leased By The Educational Entity And Under The Jurisdiction Of The Governing Body; To Authorize The Department Of Public Safety To Promulgate Restrictions And Conditions Upon The Exercise Of Authority Under This Section; To Require The Governing Board Of The Employing Educational Entity To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding With A Local Law Enforcement Agency To Hold And Maintain The Certification Of An Educational Entity's Law Enforcement Officer; To Provide The Certification Standards And The Duties Of A Law Enforcement Officer Of An Educational Entity; To Provide That The Salary Of An Educational Entity Law Enforcement Officer Shall Be Paid By The Employing Educational Entity's Governing Body; To Provide That An Officer Shall Serve At The Will And Pleasure Of The Governing Body; To Provide For A Limitation Of Liability For A Law Enforcement Officer Of An Educational Entity; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Train Law Enforcement Officers Of An Educational Entity In Crisis De-escalation Techniques At The Expense Of The Educational Entity; Amend Sections 45-5-5, 45-5-11 And 45-6-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To Alcorn Agriculture Research And Extension For The Purpose Of Defraying The Costs Of Certain Capital Projects For The Fiscal Year 2024.

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Specific Data To Be Collected By The Mississippi Department Of Corrections Relative To Inmate Offense, Inmate Sentencing, Correctional Facility Inmate Population And Staffing, And Probation And Parolee Identification; To Direct The Department To Publish Datasets On A Confidential Basis; To Amend Section 47-5-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Commissioner Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Project Inmate Population Growth; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-19-99, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rededicate The Portion Of The Standard License Tag Fee Deposited Into The State General Fund, So That It Will Be Deposited Instead Into The Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; To Amend Section 27-19-56.15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rededicate The Portion Of The Additional Fee Deposited Into The State General Fund From The Sale Of Distinctive License Tags Displaying The Emblems Of Certain Public Or Private Universities Located In Other States, So That It Will Be Deposited Instead Into The Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; To Amend Section 27-19-56.24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rededicate The Portion Of The Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Distinctive License Tag Additional Fee To Be Deposited Into The State General Fund If There Is No Mississippi Chapter Of Ducks Unlimited, Inc., So That It Will Be Deposited Instead Into The Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; To Amend Section 27-19-56.137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rededicate The Portion Of The Rebuild The Coast.org Distinctive License Tag Additional Fee To Be Deposited Into The State General Fund When Rebuild The Coast.org Is Dissolved, So That It Will Be Deposited Instead Into The Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; To Amend Sections 27-19-45, 27-19-47, 27-19-47.1, 27-19-47.2, 27-19-48, 27-19-56.1, 27-19-56.2, 27-19-56.3, 27-19-56.5, 27-19-56.6, 27-19-56.11, 27-19-56.13 And 27-19-56.467, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Portions Of Other Distinctive License Tag Additional Fees That Are Currently Deposited Into The State General Fund; To Amend Section 27-19-179, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Provision That Unexpended Amounts Above $500,000.00 In The Department Of Revenue License Tag Acquisition Fund Shall Lapse Annually Into The State General Fund, So That They Will Lapse Instead Into The Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; To Amend Section 27-51-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Above; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-2-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Amount Of The Payment To Covered Individuals From The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; To Delete The Provision Of Law That Authorizes Payment To A Covered Individual's Estate Where A Beneficiary Is Not Designated And There Is No Surviving Child, Spouse Or Parent; To Authorize The Payment Of Funeral Expenses Of A Covered Individual Not To Exceed A Certain Amount; To Provide That A Minimum Balance Shall Be Maintained In The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; To Direct The State Treasurer To Transfer Funds In Excess Of This Minimum Balance From The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund To The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Training And Equipment Trust Fund; To Create The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Training And Equipment Trust Fund In The State Treasury; To Establish The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Training And Equipment Grant Program In The Department Of Public Safety; To Authorize The Commissioner Of The Department Of Public Safety And The State Fire Marshall, Upon Agreement, To Award Grants For Enhanced Training Or Safety Equipment For Covered Individuals; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Section 27-7-22.42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes An Income Tax Credit For Qualified Railroad Reconstruction Or Replacement Expenditures And Qualified New Rail Infrastructure Expenditures, And Which Was Repealed By Operation Of Law On January 1, 2024; To Amend Reenacted Section 27-7-22.42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create A New Section In Title 25, Chapter 11, Article 3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Implement The "first Responders Retirement Incentive"; To Provide, For This Incentive, That Any Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Hired On Or After July 1, 2011, Shall Earn One Year Of Creditable Service At No Cost To Members For Every Five Years Served As A First Responder In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide That, In Order To Use This Incentive, The First Responder Must Not Have Any Felony Convictions At The Time Of Retirement; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds To Sisters In Birth's Nonprofit, Charitable, Community-focused Women's Clinic To Improve Maternal And Child Health For Fiscal Year 2025; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create Section 23-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Codify The Definition Of Residency; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Issuance Of A Resident Lifetime Sportsman Hunting And Fishing License At A Discounted Rate To A Person Who Has Served For At Least 10 Years As A Conservation Officer Of The Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks; To Authorize The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Set The Fee For The License, Not To Exceed $250.00; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That The Odor Of Marijuana Alone Shall Not Provide A Law Enforcement Officer With Probable Cause To Conduct A Warrantless Search Of A Motor Vehicle, Home Or Other Private Property; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-231, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Additional Deficit Or Supplemental Appropriation Request Procedure; To Require A Standardized Request Form Promulgated By The Legislative Budget Office And The Department Of Finance And Administration; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Shall Require All On-campus Faculty, Staff And Students Attending Any State Institution To Be Issued An Identification Badge, Which Includes 988 Crisis Lifeline Contact Information; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Paid Internship Program Under The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services To Train And Retain College Graduates With A Technical Or Engineering Degree; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 29-3-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Board Of Education May Use Rent Escalation Clauses Or Other Such Devices In Sixteenth Section Land Contracts To Adjust Rental Amounts During The Lease Term, Provided That Such Adjustments Will Not Exceed The Fair Market Rental Value Of The Lands, Exclusive Of Improvements Thereon, As Of The Rental Adjustment Dates; And For Related Purposes.