An Act To Establish A Community Health Worker Licensure Program In The State Department Of Health; To Provide That The Division Of Medicaid Shall Seek Approval From The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services For A State Plan Amendment, Waiver Or Alternative Payment Model; To Provide Reimbursement For Certain Services Provided By Licensed Community Health Workers; To Provide That The Department Shall Be The Sole Licensing Body For The Community Health Worker Profession And Practice In Mississippi; To Provide That From And After January 1, 2026, No Person Shall Represent Himself Or Herself As A Community Health Worker Unless He Or She Is Licensed As Such In Accordance With The Requirements Of The Department; To Provide That The Department Shall Promulgate Rules Necessary To Carry Out The Provisions Of This Act, Including Establishing The Core Competencies Of Community Health Workers, The Community Health Worker Licensure Application And Renewal Process, Licensure Application And Renewal Fees, Procedures For Licensure Denial, Suspension And Revocation And The Scope Of Practice For Licensed Community Health Workers; To Provide That The Department Shall Approve Competency-based Training Programs And Training Providers, And Approve Organizations To Provide Continuing Education For Licensed Community Health Workers; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medicaid Reimbursement For Certain Services Provided By Licensed Community Health Workers; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-23.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Gross Proceeds Or Gross Income Of Third-party Facilitators Within The Scope Of Any Tax Levied On The Gross Proceeds Or Gross Income From Room Rentals Of Hotels Or Motels Under The Authority Of A Local And Private Law; To Amend Section 41-49-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform, Without Placing Third-party Facilitators Under State Board Of Health Regulations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-14-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend Through December 31, 2024, The Expenditure Period For Reimbursement To Hospitals That Increased Treatment Capacity Related To The Covid-19 Pandemic; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-67-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act, Which Addresses Requirements Pertaining To Massage Therapy Service Establishments; To Bring Forward Sections 73-67-1 Through 73-67-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide For The Licensure Of Professional Music Therapists By The State Department Of Health; To Provide For Definitions; To Provide For The Establishment, Appointment And Membership Of The Music Therapy Advisory Committee; To Direct The Department To Seek The Advice Of The Advisory Committee For Issues Related To Music Therapy; To Provide For The Powers And Duties Of The Advisory Committee; To Provide That Beginning On January 1, 2026, No Person Without A License As A Professional Music Therapist Shall Use Any Title That Implies That The Person Is A Professional Music Therapist; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For Professional Music Therapists In The Provision Of Music Therapy Services; To Provide For Licensure Application And Qualifications For Licensure; To Provide For License Renewal; To Provide For Disciplinary Actions Against Licensees; To Direct The State Board Of Health To Set Certain Fees; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Require That All Fees Collected By The Department Under This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The Special Fund; To Create The Mississippi Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition Task Force To Develop And Propose A Plan For Addressing Cancer-related Issues In The State; To Provide For The Membership Of The Task Force; To Provide That The Task Force Shall Complete Its Plan For Addressing Cancer-related Issues In The State And Present The Plan, Together With Any Recommended Legislation, To The Legislature Not Later Than December 1, 2025; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 37-13-56, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That, Beginning In The 2026-2027 School Year, Every Public And Charter School Within The State Shall Teach Civics Courses Starting In The 8th Grade And Before The Completion Of 12th Grade; To Provide The Aim And Content Of Such Courses; To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Prescribe The Course Of Study And Shall Update Course Standards To Align With Current Civics Scholarship; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-819, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Foreign Nationals From Making Campaign Contributions In Connection With An Election For Any Constitutional Amendment, Local Ballot Measure, Ballot Referendum Or Other Similar Measures; To Make It Unlawful For A Person To Knowingly Solicit Or Aid In The Solicitation Of Campaign Contributions From Foreign Nationals; To Provide That Those Found Guilty Of Violating This Section Shall Be Subject To Fines, Imprisonment, Or Both, For Said Violation; To Allow Any Person Who Unknowingly Receives A Campaign Contribution From A Foreign National To Have 30 Days To Remit The Value Of The Unlawful Contribution To The Secretary Of State Once The Violation Has Been Determined, Or Be Subject To Penalties; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "in-person Early Voting Act"; To Provide Definitions; To Provide That The In-person Early Voting Period Shall Begin 15 Days Before The Election And Continue Until 12:00 P.m. On The Saturday Immediately Preceding The Election; To Provide That In-person Early Voting Shall Be For Each Primary, General, Runoff, Special And Municipal Election For Public Office; To Provide The Hours For In-person Early Voting In The Registrar's Office During Regular Business Hours; To Provide Extended Hours To Vote During The Last Full Week Preceding An Election; To Provide That Notice Of In-person Early Voting Shall Be Provided In Three Public Places Eight Days Before The Voting Begins; To Provide The Procedures To Follow When Casting A Ballot During The In-person Early Voting Period; To Provide The Manner For Challenging The Qualifications Of A Voter During The In-person Early Voting Period; To Prohibit Voting Via Ballot Harvesting, Ballot Drop Boxes Or With Mail-in Or Absentee Ballots For Reasons Or Instances Other Than What Is Allowed By The Mississippi Election Code; To Amend Sections 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-631, 23-15-637, 23-15-713, 23-15-715 And 23-15-719, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Hartfield Academy Hawks Football Team And Head Coach Craig Bowman For Winning Their Second-straight Mississippi High School Activities Association 6a State Championship.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-1031, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Move The First United States Congressional Primary Within The State Of Mississippi To March Of Each Year In Which Congressmen Are Elected; To Repeal Section 23-15-1083, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Coordinates United States Congressional Primaries With Presidential Primaries When Both Will Take Place Within The Same Year; To Amend Sections 23-15-299 And 23-15-359, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; To Define Terms; To Provide For Its Membership, Duties And Responsibilities; To Provide For An Annual Report To The Legislature And The Governor; To Amend Section 27-103-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The List Of Manufacturers And Pharmacy Chains Whom The Attorney General May Receive Monies From Due To Opioid Litigation Settlements Entered Into By The Attorney General On Behalf Of The State; To Provide That The Attorney General Shall Deposit Settlement Monies Received Into The Opioid Settlement Fund; To Provide That Abatement Settlement Funds Shall Be Disbursed Upon Appropriations By The Legislature And In Compliance With Section 1 Of This Act; To Provide That The Attorney General Will Oversee The Expenditure Of Abatement Funds To Ensure Compliance With The Opioid Settlements; To Provide That Nonabatement Funds Shall Be Disbursed Upon Appropriations By The Legislature Without Recommendations From The Council; To Provide That The Attorney General Shall Have Ultimate Oversight Authority Over The Expenditure Of Nonabatement Funds To Ensure No More Than 30% Of Nonabatement Monies Are Expended From The Settlement Funds; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 91-17-401, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To Monies Received In Partial Liquidation Under The Mississippi Principal And Income Act Of 2013; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Penalize Certain Entities That Knowingly Publish Or Distribute Obscene Material Or Material That Promotes Child Sexual Exploitation, Or Sell Child Sexual Exploitation Devices Or Images; To Define Terms; To Provide That Any Commercial Entity That Knowingly Publishes Or Distributes Obscene Material Or Material That Depicts, Describes, Or Promotes Child Sexual Exploitation, On The Internet May Be Held Civilly Liable; To Provide A Civil Penalty And Civil Liability For Any Person Who Knowingly Buys, Sells, Delivers, Or Distributes Any Child Sexual Exploitation Device Or Image Or Possesses Such Device Or Image With The Intent To Do So Or Possesses A Child Sexual Exploitation Device Or Image That Has Been So Bought, Sold, Delivered, Or Distributed; To Authorize The Attorney General To Seek Injunctive Relief Against A Commercial Entity That Violates The Provisions Of This Act; To Require The Attorney To Promulgate Rules And Regulations; To Provide Procedural Provisions For An Action Brought Under This Act; To Exempt Certain Entities From The Act; To Provide That The Act Shall Be Severable; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact 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 Provide That If The Value Of Forfeited Property Does Not Exceed Ten Thousand Dollars, Substitute Notice Of Intention To Administratively Forfeit The Property May Be Made By Posting A Notice On An Official State Government Forfeiture Site For At Least Thirty Consecutive Days; To Provide That Such Site Shall Be Created And Maintained By The Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics; To Authorize The Bureau To Charge A Reasonable Fee If Other Seizing Law Enforcement Agencies Choose To Utilize Such Site For Internet Publication; To Provide Certain Requirements For Such Notice Of Publication; To Authorize Any Person Claiming An Interest In Property Which Is The Subject Of A Notice To Send A Written Notice Of Contest To The Seizing Law Enforcement Agency; To Authorize The Seizing Law Enforcement Agency To File A Petition Within Thirty Days After Receipt Of Such Notice; To Require The District Attorney Or His Or Her Designee To Prepare A Written Declaration Of Forfeiture Of The Subject Property If No Written Notice Of Contest Is Timely Sent To The Seizing Law Enforcement Agency And A Seizure Warrant Was Properly Obtained; To Provide A Procedure For Use, Distribution Or Disposal Of Forfeited Property Where A Seizure Warrant Was Properly Obtained And No Written Notice Of Contest Was Timely Sent; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Mourning The Passing Of Respected Summit Police Officer Troy Floyd Who Was Lost In The Line Of Duty And Commemorating His Brave Service To The Citizens Of Lincoln County.