An Act To Require Each Public School District, Public Charter School And Agricultural High School, And Certain State High Schools, To Adopt And Send To The State Department Of Education, No Later Than January 1, 2026, A Specific Policy Banning The Possession, Or Restricting The Use, Of Cell Phones By Students During Class Or While Under The Supervision And Control Of A School Employee; To Provide That, If A School Or School District Fails To Adopt And Transmit A Policy As Required, The State Department Of Education Shall Deduct One Day's Worth Of The School's Or District's Funds Under The Total Funding Formula For Each Day After January 1, 2026, That The School Or District Is Noncompliant; To Provide For Potential Exceptions Which Allow Students To Possess Or Use Cell Phones Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide That Sufficient Cause For Suspension Or Expulsion May Not Consist Of Only A Violation Of The Cell Phone Possession And Use Policy Developed And Implemented Under This Act, Except That Suspension May Be Used As A Disciplinary Measure Of Last Resort; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Crime Of Loitering Where A Person Lingers, Remains, Or Prowls In Certain Places; To Enumerate Certain Circumstances That May Be Considered To Determine If That Person Is Loitering; To Require A Law Enforcement Officer To Afford The Actor An Opportunity To Dispel Any Alarm That Would Otherwise Be Warranted By Requesting The Actor To Identify Himself Or Herself And Explain His Or Her Presence And Conduct; To Provide Certain Defenses To Prosecution; To Provide Criminal Penalties For The Crime Of Loitering; To Create The Crime Of Aggressive Panhandling Where A Person Solicits A Donation Of Money Or Goods Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide Criminal Penalties For The Crime Of Aggressive Panhandling; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "period Of Quiet Reflection Act"; To Amend Section 37-13-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Each Public School Classroom, The Local School Governing Board Shall Require A Brief Period Of Quiet Reflection For Not More Than 60 Seconds At The Opening Of Every School Day; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 29-9-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Procedure For The Disposal Of Obsolete Personal Property Owned By An Institution, Department Or Agency Of The State, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 37-113-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The Mississippi State University Veterinary School Fund Shall Be Disbursed By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 43 Of Chapter 95, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation To The State Department Of Education To Provide That A Certain Sum May By Used For The Continuation Of The Current School Safety Platform; To Amend Section 1 Of Chapter 534, Laws Of 2024, To Correct The Reference To The Fund Number For The 2022 Emergency Road And Bridge Fund; To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Make Certain Transfers To The Capital Expense Fund During Fiscal Year 2026; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Kratom To Schedule Iii Of The Uniform Controlled Substances Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 28 Of Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, As Amended By Section 1 Of Chapter 510, Laws Of 2024, To Authorize The Funds Provided To The Town Of D'lo For Certain Road Projects To Be Used For Other Streets; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 17-25-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If The Governing Authority Of Any County Or Municipality Utilizes Manually Operated Automated Recording Equipment Or System, Then There Must Be Positive Verification Of The Driver To Enforce Compliance With Or To Impose Or Collect Any Fine, Fees Or Penalty For Violation Of Any Traffic Laws, Rules Or Regulations On Any Public Street, Road Or Highway Within This State; To Define The Term "manually Operated Automated Recording Equipment Or System"; To Amend Section 63-9-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-3-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Each Supreme Court Justice And Each Judge Of The Court Of Appeals To Receive An Expense Allowance While Actually Attending Judicial Duties In Any Area Of The State For A Certain Amount Of Days; To Provide That No Justice Or Judge Shall Receive An Expense Allowance For More Than The Certain Amount Of Days Previously Authorized By Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 29-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Certain Leases Or Subleases Granted By The Department Of Marine Resources From County Or Municipal Tax Levies Upon The Leasehold Interests; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 10 Of Chapter 534, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Provisions Of A Project For The Neshoba County General Hospital For Which Funds Were Disbursed From The 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Family Planning Waiver Program Under The Medicaid Program To Be Conducted Under A Waiver Or The State Plan; To Provide That Men Of Reproductive Age Are Eligible Under The Family Planning Program; To Provide That Children In State Custody Who Are In Foster Care On Their Eighteenth Birthday Shall Be Medicaid Eligible Until Their Twenty Sixth Birthday; To Provide That Children Who Have Aged Out Of Foster Care While On Medicaid In Other States Shall Qualify Until Their Twenty Sixth Birthday; To Delete The Authority For A Waiver Program To Provide Services To Certain Individuals Who Are End Stage Renal Disease Patients On Dialysis, Cancer Patients On Chemotherapy Or Organ Transplant Recipients On Antirejection Drugs; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Option For Certain Rural Hospitals To Not Be Reimbursed For Outpatient Hospital Services Using The Apc Methodology; To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Update The Case Mix Payment System Fair Rental Reimbursement System For Nursing Facility Services As Necessary To Maintain Compliance With Federal Law; To Authorize The Division To Implement A Quality Or Value-based Component To The Nursing Facility Payment System; To Delete The Legislative Intent For The Division To Encourage The Use Of Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate To Prevent Recurrent Preterm Births; To Authorize Oral Contraceptives To Be Prescribed And Dispensed In Twelve Month Supply Increments Under Family Planning Services; To Update And Clarify Language About The Division's Transition From The Medicare Upper Payments Limits (upl) Program To The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Provide That The Division Shall Maximize Total Federal Funding For Mhap, Upl And Other Supplemental Payment Programs In Effect For State Fiscal Year 2025 And Shall Not Change The Methodologies, Formulas, Models Or Preprints Used To Calculate The Distribution Of Supplemental Payments To Hospitals From Those Methodologies, Formulas, Models Or Preprints In Effect And As Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services For State Fiscal Year 2025; To Require That Populations Eligible For Receiving Perinatal Risk Management Services From Managed Care Organizations Receive The Services From The Managed Care Organizations Or Contract With The State Department Of Health For Those Services; To Reinstate The Authority To Provide Medicaid Reimbursement For A Border City University Affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Limit The Payment For Providing Services To Mississippi Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of Twenty One Years Who Are Treated By A Border City University Affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On Providing Medicaid Reimbursement For A Border City University Affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Authorize The Division To Expedite Notice To The Chairmen Of The Medicaid Committees When The Division Proposes A Rate Change; Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Division To Expedite Notice To The Chairmen Of The Medicaid Committees When The Division Proposes A State Plan Amendment; To Amend Section 43-13-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Third Party Payor Requires Prior Authorization For An Item Or Service Furnished To A Medicaid Recipient, The Payor Shall Accept Authorization Provided By The Division Of Medicaid That The Item Or Service Is Covered Under The State Plan As If Such Authorization Were The Prior Authorization Made By The Third Party Payor For Such Item Or Service; To Amend Section 43-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Medicaid Advisory Committee And Beneficiary Advisory Committee As Required Pursuant To Federal Regulations; To Provide That All Members Of The Medical Care Advisory Committee Serving On January 1, 2025, Shall Be Selected To Serve On The Medicaid Advisory Committee And Such Members Shall Serve Until July 1, 2028; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-5-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow A Three Percent Tolerance Increase On The Maximum Gross Weight Of Solid Waste Vehicles; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The Division Of Tourism Of The Mississippi Development Authority To Establish A Statewide Mississippi "gospel Music Trail" Infrastructure To Offer To Tourists And Targeted Groups A Structured Tour Of Mississippi Gospel Music Historical Sites And Performance Venues; To Authorize The Division To Designate And Erect Appropriate Mississippi Gospel Music Trail Historical Markers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-5-146, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Ensure Mdes Background Check Regulations Are Consistent With And Comply With The Requirements Of The Internal Revenue Service For Individuals Who Have Or Potentially Will Have Access To Federal Tax Information; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-58.6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make A Third Violation Of Failure To Comply With Rules And Regulations Promulgated By The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks Requiring The Submission Of Samples From Certain Harvested White-tailed Deer For Chronic Wasting Disease (cwd) Testing A Felony With An Increased Fine; And For Related Purposes.