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, 27-19-56, 27-19-56.134, 29-5-65, 37-16-9, 37-31-31, 37-31-33, 37-31-35, 37-31-39, 37-41-3, 37-151-5, 37-151-7, 41-3-15, 41-7-173, 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, 41-21-131, 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, 43-13-117, 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 And 97-3-4, 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 Create The "create A Respectful And Open Workplace For Natural (crown) Hair Act"; To Prohibit Creation Of Workplace And School Policies That Discriminate On The Basis Of Natural Hairstyles; To Prohibit Discrimination By An Employer, School, School District Or Administrator Engaged In Commerce On The Basis Of Hair Texture; To Prohibit Termination, Reduction Of Work Hours, Or Paying A Reduced Salary Or Wage Or Expulsion Or Dismissal Based On Hair Texture; To Provide The Remedies For Any Person Who Is Aggrieved By Violation Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Holmes County Consolidated School District For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of Consolidating Two School Districts Into One Countywide School District For The Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That At Least Three Of The Five Members Appointed To The State Parole Board Have A Minimum Of Five Years Of Experience As Law Enforcement Officers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "dignity And Safety For Incarcerated Women Act"; To Define Certain Terms As Used Under This Act; To Provide That Every Restroom And Changing Room Within A Correctional Facility That Is For Use By Incarcerated Individuals Shall Be Designated For Use By Members Of One Sex; To Prohibit Any Incarcerated Individual From Entering A Restroom Or Changing Room That Is Designated For One Sex Unless He Or She Is A Member Of That Sex; To Provide That Every Multi-occupancy Restroom, Changing Room And Sleeping Quarter Within A Correctional Facility Shall Be Designated For Exclusive Use Of Males Or Females; To Provide Certain Remedies For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Providing Funds For The Mississippi Hospital Emergency Grant Program Established In House Bill No. 131, 2025 Regular Session, For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2026.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Holmes County Consolidated School District In Paying Costs Associated With Construction Of A Football Stadium And Related Facilities And The Purchase Of Real Property For Such Stadium And Facilities; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Tax On All Taxable Income In Excess Of $10,000.00 To 3.75% For 2027, 3.5% For 2028, 3.25% For 2029, And 3% For 2030 And All Subsequent Years; To Provide For The Additional Reduction Of The Tax On All Taxable Income In Excess Of $10,000.00, Beginning In 2031, When The Working Cash-stabilization Reserve Fund Is Fully Funded, And The Adjusted General Fund Revenue Collections For A Fiscal Year Exceed Certain Appropriations For The Following Fiscal Year By At Least 0.85% Of The Cost Of A 1% Income Tax Reduction; To Amend Section 27-65-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Tax Retail Sales Of Groceries At 5% From And After July 1, 2025; To Amend Section 27-65-241, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Section 27-67-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Imposition Of A Use Tax, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 27-55-11, 27-55-519 And 27-55-521, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Excise Taxes On Gasoline And Certain Special Fuels To 21¢ Per Gallon From July 1, 2025, Through June 30, 2026, 24¢ Per Gallon From July 1, 2026, Through June 30, 2027, And 27¢ Per Gallon From July 1, 2027, Until The First Day Of The Month Immediately Following The Date Upon Which The Mississippi Transportation Commission And The State Treasurer Make Certain Certifications; To Provide For The Indexing Of Such Taxes; To Amend Sections 27-55-12 And 27-55-523, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Sections 27-5-101 And 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Adjust The Distribution Of Revenue From Certain Gasoline And Special Fuel Taxes; To Revise The Distribution Of State Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Retail Sales Of Food For Human Consumption Not Purchased With Food Stamps But Which Would Be Exempt From Sales Tax If Purchased With Food Stamps; To Amend Section 27-67-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Adjust The Distribution Of Use Tax Revenue To Municipalities And Counties For Infrastructure; To Amend Section 27-67-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipalities To Expend Monies In A Special Fund Consisting Of Use Tax Revenue Distributions For The Acquisition And/or Rehabilitation Of Buildings; To Create A New Tier In The Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System Of Mississippi For Employees Becoming Members Of The System On Or After March 1, 2026, Which Shall Consist Of A Defined Benefit Component And A Defined Contribution Component; To Specify That The Defined Contribution Component Shall Be A Plan Under Section 401(a) Of The Internal Revenue Code; To Provide That A Portion Of The Employee's Contributions Shall Be Deposited Into The Employee's Defined Contribution Account, And In Addition, The Employer May Elect To Contribute An Amount Up To The Maximum Pretax Amount Allowable Under Federal Law; To Provide That Members Shall Be Vested Immediately In The Defined Contribution Plan; To Amend Section 25-11-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "average Compensation" For Members In The New Tier To Mean The Average Of The Eight Highest Consecutive Years Of Earned Compensation, Or Of The Last 96 Consecutive Months Of Earned Compensation, Whichever Is Greater; To Amend The Definition Of "member" To Provide That, If A Person Withdraws From State Service And Receives A Refund Before March 1, 2026, And Reenters State Service On Or After March 1, 2026, The Member Shall Be Considered To Have Become A Member Of The System On Or After March 1, 2026, And No Prior Service Shall Be Credited; To Amend Section 25-11-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit The Circumstances For Which Creditable Service May Be Awarded For Employees Becoming Members Of The System On Or After March 1, 2026; To Amend Section 25-11-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Members In The New Tier Who Have Completed At Least Eight Years Of Membership Service Shall Be Entitled To Receive A Retirement Allowance Upon Withdrawal From Service At The Age Of 62, And Members Who Have Completed At Least 35 Years Of Creditable Service Shall Be Entitled To Receive A Retirement Allowance Upon Withdrawal From Service Regardless Of Age; To Provide That Members In The New Tier Who Withdraw From Service Before Age 62 And Have Completed At Least Eight Years Of Membership Service And Have Not Received A Refund Of Their Contributions Shall Be Entitled To Receive A Retirement Allowance Upon Attaining The Age Of 62; To Provide That The Member's Annual Retirement Allowance From The Defined Benefit Plan Shall Consist Of A Member's Annuity, Which Shall Be Equal To 1% Of The Average Compensation For Each Year Of Creditable Service; To Provide That The Annual Retirement Allowance Of A Member Who Has Attained The Age Of 62 But Has Not Completed At Least 30 Years Of Creditable Service Shall Be Reduced By An Actuarial Equivalent Factor For Each Year Of Creditable Service Below 30 Years Or The Number Of Years In Age That The Member Is Below Age 65, Whichever Is Less; To Amend Section 25-11-112, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be No Annual Cost-of-living Adjustment For The Retirement Allowance Applicable To The New Tier, Although The Legislature May Provide An Additional Benefit For A Specific Year; To Amend Section 25-11-114, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act With Respect To Retirement Allowances For Death Before Retirement Or Death Or Disability In The Line Of Duty; To Amend Section 25-11-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Member In The New Tier Shall Not Be Eligible For A Partial Lump-sum Distribution; To Amend Section 25-11-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 25-11-123, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That, For Members In The New Tier, The Employee's Contribution Shall Be 9% Of Earned Compensation, 4% Of Which Shall Be Deposited Into The Annuity Savings Account Applicable To The Defined Benefit Portion Of The Retirement Allowance, With The Remaining 5% To Be Deposited Into The Employee's Defined Contribution Account; To Provide That, For Members In The New Tier, The Employer's Contribution Shall Be Applied To The System's Accrued Liability Contribution Fund; To Amend Section 25-11-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Membership In The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan Shall Apply Only To Those State Legislators And Presidents Of The Senate Who Were Elected Before March 1, 2026; To Provide That, If A Member Of The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan Withdraws From State Service And Receives A Refund Before March 1, 2026, And Reenters State Service On Or After March 1, 2026, The Member Shall Be Considered To Have Become A Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System On Or After March 1, 2026, And No Prior Service Shall Be Credited; To Amend Section 25-11-401, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make A Minor Technical Change; To Bring Forward Section 25-11-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 25-11-411, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Each Participant In The Optional Retirement Program Shall Contribute Monthly To The Optional Retirement Program 9% Of The Participant's Total Earned Compensation; To Reallocate The Employer's Contribution To The Optional Retirement Program; To Provide That An Amount Equal To 14.9%, For Employees Hired Before July 1, 2025, Or Up To 9%, For Employees Hired On Or After July 1, 2025, Of The Participant's Total Earned Compensation Shall Be Applied To The Participant's Contracts Or Accounts; To Provide That Up To 0.2% Of The Participant's Total Earned Compensation Shall Be Applied To The Expense Fund Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Defray The Cost Of Administering The Optional Retirement Program; To Provide That The Remainder Shall Be Remitted To The Public Employees' Retirement System For Application To The Accrued Liability Contribution Fund; To Repeal Section 25-11-415, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That The Public Employees' Retirement System May Deduct Not More Than 2% Of All Employers' Contributions And Transfer Such Deductions To The Expense Fund Of The System To Defray The Cost Of Administering The Optional Retirement Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To A Hospital That Has A Certificate Of Need For A Forty-bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility In Desoto County; To Provide That There Shall Be No Prohibition Or Restrictions On Participation In The Medicaid Program For Such Facility That Would Not Otherwise Apply To Any Other Such Facility; To Require The Issuance Of A Certificate Of Need For Additional Beds In A Community Living Program For Developmentally Disabled Adults Located In Madison County; To Revise The Conditions For A Certificate Of Need Issued For A Long-term Care Hospital In Harrison County To Allow The Hospital To Participate In The Medicaid Program As A Crossover Provider; To Provide That The University Of Mississippi Medical Center Need Not Obtain A Certificate Of Need For Any Hospital Beds, Services, Health Care Facilities, Or Medical Equipment Which Have Been Approved And Continuously Operated Under A Certificate Of Need Exemption For A Teaching Hospital, Or Which Are Approved Before July 1, 2025, So Long As They Do Not Undergo A Physical Relocation; To Provide That After July 1, 2025, The University Of Mississippi Medical Center Shall Have An Academic Exemption From The Certificate Of Need Requirements Only Within A Certain Area Of Jackson, Mississippi; To Clarify That In Order For The University Of Mississippi Medical Center To Qualify For Such An Academic Exemption, The State Health Officer Must Determine That The Proposed Equipment Or Facility Fulfills A Substantial And Meaningful Academic Function; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Issue A Certificate Of Need To Any Psychiatric Hospital Located In Jackson, Mississippi, That Was Providing Adult Psychiatric Services As Of January 1, 2025, Under Certificate Of Need Authority That Was Transferred To It Within The Past Five Years Under A Change Of Ownership, And To Provide That The New Certificate Of Need Shall Authorize The Continuation Of Such Adult Psychiatric Services, Provided That The Hospital Relinquishes Its Existing Authority To Operate Under The Certificate Of Need Authority Transferred To The Hospital As Of The Effective Date Of The New Certificate Of Need; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Conduct A Study And Report By December 1, 2025, On The Feasibility Of Exempting Small Hospitals From The Requirement For A Certificate Of Need For The Placement Of Dialysis Units To Reduce The Number Of Transfers For Patients Requiring Dialysis, The Feasibility Of Exempting Small Hospitals From The Requirement For A Certificate Of Need To Operate Geriatric Psychiatric Units, And The Feasibility Of A New Requirement That Acute Adult Psychiatric Units Treat A Certain Percentage Of Uninsured Patients Or Pay A Periodic Fee In Lieu Thereof; To Amend Section 41-7-173, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Minimum Dollar Amounts Of Capital Expenditures And Major Medical Equipment That Require The Issuance Of A Certificate Of Need; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 19-5-22, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Board Of Supervisors To Designate From Among Its Own Membership, From The Staff Of The County, Or Some Other Qualified, Impartial, And Disinterested Person To Serve As Hearing Officer In Disputes Regarding Delinquent Solid Waste Fees; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That Any Person Who Is Convicted Of A Drug Offense Or A Nonviolent Crime And Is Sentenced To Five Years Or Less And Is Held In The Physical Custody Of The Department Of Corrections Shall Have His Or Her Sentence Commuted To Time Served; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-15-32, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Dumps Any Dead Wildlife, Or Parts Or Waste Of Such Wildlife, In Certain Areas Within The State Shall Have His Or Her Hunting Privilege And Any Hunting License Or Licenses Issued To Him Or Her Revoked By The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks For A Period Of One Year, And The Commission Shall Not Issue The Person Any License For A Period Of One Year From The Date Of Forfeiture; To Bring Forward Section 49-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Revocation Of Hunting And Fishing Licenses, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Office Of Workforce Development, With The Department Of Employment Security Serving As Fiscal Agent, For The Purpose Of Supporting And Expanding The Mississippi Allied Health College And Career Navigator Grant Program For The Fiscal Year 2026.

An Act To Amend Sections 19-25-13 And 27-1-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That The County Sheriff, Tax Assessor And Tax Collector File A Certain Monthly Report Regarding Expenses With The Board Of Supervisors For Approval At The Board's Monthly Meeting And To Remove The Provision Of Law That Requires The Board To Appropriate A Certain Lump Sum For The Sheriff, Assessor And Tax Collector For Expenses During A Quarterly Appropriation By The Board; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-50-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt The Practices Of Dentistry And Optometry From The Universal Recognition Of Occupational Licenses Act; And For Related Purposes.