An Act To Amend Section 27-3-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Chancery Clerks To Verify Telephone Numbers As A Prerequisite For Filing A Deed; To Require The Clerk To Deny Any Filing For Failure To Have The Required Information; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-33-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Certain Persons From The Requirement To Register As A Sex Offender If The Person Is Relieved Of The Duty To Register As A Sex Offender In Another Jurisdiction; To Amend Section 45-33-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department To Provide An Exemption To Register As A Sex Offender For Certain Permanently Disabled Persons Who Are Exempt From Registration In Another Jurisdiction; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize A Sign Or Signs To Be Erected On Interstate-10 And Mississippi Highway 63 North In Jackon County, Mississippi, To Honor Two-time U.s. Men's Basketball Olympic Gold Medalist And Moss Point High School Graduate, Devin Booker; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury For The Purpose Of Providing Matching Funds To Small Communities Throughout Mississippi Which Receive Discretionary Federal Funds; To Provide That Monies Appropriated Out Of The Fund May Be Used To Reimburse Actual Oversight Costs Incurred By The Department Of Finance And Administration Up To A Certain Amount; To Require The Department Of Finance And Administration To File A Report On The Fund To Certain Public Officials; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Codify New Section 83-41-218, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Right Of Insured Or Other Beneficiaries To Be Reimbursed For Services Performed By Pharmacists Within The Lawful Scope Of Their Practice At A Rate Not Less Than That Provided To Any Other Nonphysician Health Care Provider; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define State Jurisdiction Over Public Trust Tidelands And The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Approve Leases Located On Public Trust Tidelands; To Amend Sections 29-1-107, 29-15-1, 29-15-3, 29-15-5, 29-15-9 And 29-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And To Codify Section 29-15-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare Legislative Intent Relative To Public Trust Tidelands, To Clarify The Requirement Of A Separate Lease From The Secretary Of State To Rent Land On Public Trust Tidelands Property, To Clarify That The Lease Needed To Move On Shore Is One With The State Or The State Port At Gulfport, To Revise Definitions, To Provide That State-held Tidelands Subject To Public Trust Are Prescribed In Tidelands Maps And Boundary Agreements And Court Orders Confirming The Maps, To Confirm All Authority Over Tidelands In The State Unless Specifically Severed Or Given To A Specific State Agency Or Political Subdivision, To Confirm Authority, Management And Administrative Control Over Tidelands In The Secretary Of State, To Clarify That Only Specific Action By The Legislature Can Divest The Secretary Of State Of Such Management And Control; To Amend Sections 59-7-405 And 59-15-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Local Governing Authority Shall Not Lease, Sublease, Rent Or Provide Access For Any Gaming Purposes Under This Authority; To Amend Sections 75-76-67, 87-1-5, 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-17, 97-33-25 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define And Clarify The Authority Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission In Determining Legal Gaming Sites And Preliminary Site Approval And To Clarify Areas Authorized For Gaming Casino Operations And The Authority Of The Commission To Regulate Minimum Size, Minimum Improvements And Other Project Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The "parents' Bill Of Rights Act"; To Define Terminology Used Herein; To Establish That A Parent's Liberty To Direct The Upbringing, Education, Health Care And Mental Health Of His Or Her Child Is A Fundamental Right; To Prohibit The State Or Any Political Subdivision Thereof From Substantially Burdening A Parent's Fundamental Right Without Demonstrating That The Burden Is Required By A Compelling Governmental Interest; To Provide That All Parental Rights Are Exclusively Reserved To A Parent Of A Child Without Obstruction By Or Interference From The State Or Any Political Subdivision Thereof; To Provide That Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child By A Parent Or The Action Or Decision Of A Parent That Would End Life Are Not Authorized By This Act; To Prohibit Employees Of This State And Any Political Subdivision Thereof, Except For Law Enforcement Personnel, From Encouraging Or Coercing A Child To Withhold Information From The Child's Parent; To Further Prohibit Such Employees From Withholding Information That Is Relevant To A Child's Physical, Emotional Or Mental Health From A Child's Parent; To Require The Board Of Education Of A School District To Develop And Adopt A Policy To Promote The Involvement Of Parents Of Children Enrolled In The District's Schools; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirement Procedures To Be Addressed By The Policy; To Provide The Board Of Education Of A School District With The Discretion To Adopt A Policy To Provide To Parents The Information In An Electronic Form; To Require Parents To Submit A Written Or Electronic Request For The Child's Information To The School Principal Or The Superintendent Of The School District; To Require The School Principal Or Superintendent To Provide The Requested Information To The Parents Within Ten Days Of Receiving The Request, Or Submit To The Parent A Written Explanation Of The Reasons For The Denial Of The Requested Information; To Prescribe The Process By Which A Parent May Submit A Formal Consideration Of The Request Of Information With The School Board If The Requested Information Is Not Received Five Days After Submitting The Initial Request; To Establish A Cause Of Action For Violation Of This Act; To Provide That This Act Shall Serve As A Defense To Any Cause Of Action That Is Raised As A Result Of A Violation Thereof; To Provide That The Rules Of Construction Shall Provide Broad Protection Of A Parent's Fundamental Rights As Inalienable Unless Those Rights Have Been Legally Waived Or Legally Terminated; To Bring Forward Sections 37-3-49, 37-13-173, 37-15-3, 37-7-301, 37-13-171 And 43-21-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 93-20-407, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Medical Professionals From The Mississippi State Hospital, The North Mississippi State Hospital, East Mississippi State Hospital Or Any Other State Hospital To Sign The Certificates For Examination For Conservatorship If The Respondent Is Housed In A State Hospital At The Time Of The Petition; To Amend Section 93-20-408, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 93-20-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant Access To Medical Records From A Mississippi State Hospital If The Respondent Is Housed In A State Hospital At The Time Of The Petition; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "kratom Consumer Protection Act"; To Define Certain Terms Relating To Kratom Products; To Provide Certain Prohibitions For Kratom Retailers, Wholesalers, Jobbers, Distributors And Manufacturers; To Require Kratom Products To Be Accompanied By A Label Bearing Certain Information Prior To Sale; To Require Retailers, Manufacturers And Wholesalers To Register Each Kratom Product Intended To Be Offered For Sale With The Department Of Revenue; To Require A Processor To Submit An Adverse Event Report Via Certified Mail To The Department Of Revenue And The United States Food And Drug Administration Upon Report Of An Adverse Event Related To A Registered Kratom Product; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact And Amend Section 41-29-176, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Was Repealed By Operation Of Law On July 1, 2018; To Provide Administrative Forfeiture Procedures For Certain Seized Property Under The Uniform Controlled Substances Law That Has A Value Of Less Than Twenty Thousand Dollars; To Bring Forward Sections 41-29-154, 41-29-155, 41-29-157, 41-29-159, 41-29-160, 41-29-161, 41-29-163, 41-29-165, 41-29-167, 41-29-168, 41-29-169, 41-29-171, 41-29-173, 41-29-175, 41-29-176.1, 41-29-177, 41-29-179, 41-29-181, 41-29-183, 41-29-185, 41-29-187 And 41-29-189, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For Forfeiture Of Drug Paraphernalia And Personal Property As Result Of Crimes Related To Controlled Substances, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "education Efficiency Act"; To Create The School District Administrative Efficiency And Joinder Task Force To Study The Urgent Need Of Providing Holistic Educational Efficiency And Opportunities To School Districts Throughout The State Of Mississippi; To Provide For The Composition Of The Task Force And Specify Its Purpose And Duties; To Specify Certain Data That Must Be Compiled In A Report On The Study Which Must Be Submitted To The Legislature Before December 31, 2025; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-19-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Child Support Guidelines To Change To An Income Shared Model Of Both Parents; To Change How The Child Support Schedule From Percentage To Amounts; To Bring Forward Sections 43-19-39, 43-19-103 And 43-19-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Additional Considerations That The Court May Use In Calculating Child Support Payments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-9-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Powers And Duties Of The State Board Of Dental Examiners Relating To The Regulation Of The Practice Of Dentistry And Dental Hygiene; To Clarify The Board's Authority To Prescribe Limits On The Activities Of Licensed Dental Hygienists Operating Under The Supervision Of A Dentist; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Sections 57-10-701 Through 57-10-709, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Small Business And Grocer Investment Act; To Amend Section 57-10-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Sections Of Law That Create The Small Business And Grocer Investment Act; To Bring Forward Sections 27-71-5, 27-71-7, 27-71-15, 27-71-29, 67-1-41, 67-1-45, 67-1-51, 67-1-53, 67-1-55, 67-1-57, 67-1-73, 97-31-47 And 97-31-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Alcoholic Beverages, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Enter Into Negotiations With The Federal Government To Obtain A Waiver Of Applicable Provisions Of The Medicaid Laws And Regulations For A Demonstration Project To Provide Medicaid Benefits To Individuals Who Are In Need Of Mental Health Services Or Substance Use Disorder Services During A Presumptive Eligibility Period; To Provide That During The Presumptive Eligibility Period, The Medicaid Benefits Available For Those Individuals Will Be Limited To Mental Health Services Or Substance Use Disorder Services, As Applicable; To Provide That The Demonstration Project Will Include, At A Minimum, Provisions For The Presumptive Eligibility Period, Qualified Entities, Notification Requirements, And A Requirement To Apply For Medicaid Benefits; And For Related Purposes.