AN ACT TO CREATE THE FELONY OF PERFORMING AN ABORTION BY USE OF AN ABORTIFACIENT SUPPLIED BY A PERSON OR ENTITY OUTSIDE THE STATE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO ESTABLISH CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO AUTHORIZE A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO RECEIVES AN ABORTIFACIENT TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST A PERSON OR ENTITY PERFORMING OR ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM AN ABORTION IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO ESTABLISH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS BROUGHT UNDER THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH OR RECOGNIZE ANY MANDATES, ORDERS, LAWS, DECREES OR DIRECTIVES HANDED DOWN BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT USURPS THE SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURSUANT TO THE TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DESIGNATE JUNE 19, JUNETEENTH, AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 41-41-45 AND 97-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBIT THE PERFORMING OR INDUCING OF AN ABORTION EXCEPT WHERE NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR WHERE THE PREGNANCY WAS CAUSED BY RAPE; TO PROVIDE FOR A STATEWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER ABORTIONS SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING ON THE QUESTION IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION VOTE FOR PROHIBITING ABORTIONS IN MISSISSIPPI, THEN THIS ACT SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING ON THE QUESTION IN THE ELECTION VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITING ABORTIONS IN MISSISSIPPI, THEN THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2027; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF JACKSON TO ASSIST IN PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF A CERTAIN STRUCTURE IN THE FARISH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHICH CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DECLARE THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER TO BE INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICAN DAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS OTHERWISE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR AND HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE SUSPENDED UPON CONVICTION AND SHALL NOT HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED UNTIL HE OR SHE HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVICTION; AND PROPOSING THE REPEAL OF SECTION 253, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY, BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES, OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED, RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO ANY PERSON DISQUALIFIED BY REASON OF CRIME.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY ELIGIBLE OFFENDER WHO HAS COMMITTED A NONVIOLENT CRIME OR VIOLENT CRIME ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1995, RATHER THAN JULY 1, 2014, SHALL NOT BE RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNTIL AFTER HE OR SHE HAS SERVED NO LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE FOR A NONVIOLENT CRIME OR FIFTY PERCENT FOR A CRIME OF VIOLENCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CASE PLANS OF INMATES WHO HAVE COMMITTED NONVIOLENT OFFENSES SHALL CONTAIN CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR REHABILITATIVE PURPOSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CASE PLANS OF INMATES WHO HAVE COMMITTED CAPITAL OFFENSES SHALL CONTAIN CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR REHABILITATIVE PURPOSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CASE PLANS OF INMATES WHO HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT OFFENSES SHALL CONTAIN CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR REHABILITATIVE PURPOSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
* AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-22, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXATION ADMISSIONS CHARGED AT ANY ATHLETIC GAMES OR CONTESTS BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 909, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1999, AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 930, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2022, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL FROM JULY 1, 2026, TO JULY 1, 2030, ON THE PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT CREATE THE JACKSON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND IMPOSE A TAX ON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF SALES OF RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND MOTELS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE BUREAU; TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL TAX OF 1% ON THE SALES OF HOTELS AND MOTELS AND 1/2% ON THE SALES OF RESTAURANTS; TO REQUIRE THAT AN ELECTION BE HELD ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER SUCH TAX MAY BE LEVIED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.