AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 537 LOCATED IN YAZOO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "COLONEL DONNELL BERRY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ROBERT G. CLARK, JR., VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF MISSISSIPPI"; TO DECLARE CERTAIN FINDINGS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND STATE AGENCIES FROM ENGAGING IN VOTER SUPPRESSION; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI VOTING RIGHTS COMMISSION AND PROVIDE FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP; TO REQUIRE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN POLICIES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO BE PRECLEARED BY THE COMMISSION; TO ESTABLISH PROTECTIONS FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS AND VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH, IN AGREEMENT WITH CERTAIN STATE UNIVERSITIES, THE MISSISSIPPI VOTING AND ELECTIONS DATABASE AND INSTITUTE; TO PROHIBIT ACTS OF INTIMIDATION, DECEPTION AND OBSTRUCTION THAT AFFECT VOTERS' RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS; TO REQUIRE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO PROVIDE ADVANCE NOTICE OF CHANGES TO ELECTION POLICIES; TO REQUIRE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED; TO AUTHORIZE AGGRIEVED INDIVIDUALS AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING ACTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER THE ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO REENACT SECTION 63-16-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH WAS REPEALED BY SECTION 4, CHAPTER 447, LAWS OF 2015, WHICH REQUIRES EVERY OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO COMPLY WITH THE MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS WHEN REGISTERING OR RENEWING A REGISTRATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; TO AMEND REENACTED SECTION 63-16-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, IN REGARD TO MAINTAINING THE MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE VERIFICATION SYSTEM, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO AMEND SECTION 63-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ALLOW TAX ASSESSORS TO ACCESS THE VERIFICATION SYSTEM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 63-16-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPLYING FOR A UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ARTICLE V AMENDMENTS CONVENTION SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-17-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PETITION FOR AN INITIATIVE MEASURE BE PRINTED ON A SHEET OF PAPER NOT LESS THAN EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES IN WIDTH AND NOT LESS THAN FOURTEEN INCHES IN LENGTH; TO AMEND SECTION 23-17-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE THE FORM FOR THE PETITION FOR AN INITIATIVE MEASURE ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-17-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE CIRCUIT CLERKS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES TO SUBMIT THE PETITION, ALONG WITH THE SIGNATURES THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED, TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FILING WHEN THE PERSON PROPOSING AN INITIATIVE MEASURE HAS SECURED UPON THE PETITION THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-17-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE EARLY VOTING ACT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL BEGIN TEN DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE LAST REGULAR BUSINESS DAY PRECEDING THE ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT EARLY VOTING SHALL BE FOR EACH PRIMARY, GENERAL, RUNOFF, SPECIAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE; TO PROVIDE THE HOURS FOR EARLY VOTING IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE OF 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 EARLY VOTING PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THE MANNER FOR CHALLENGING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A VOTER DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-629, 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-637, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-647, 23-15-649, 23-15-657, 23-15-713, 23-15-715, 23-15-719 AND 23-15-735, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; TO PROHIBIT A VOTER FROM CASTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY REGISTRAR; TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-31, 23-15-37, 23-15-43, 23-15-47, 23-15-65, 23-15-127, 23-15-153, 23-15-171, 23-15-173, 23-15-191, 23-15-195, 23-15-197, 23-15-231, 23-15-233, 23-15-239, 23-15-241, 23-15-245, 23-15-247, 23-15-251, 23-15-255, 23-15-263, 23-15-265, 23-15-267, 23-15-309, 23-15-331, 23-15-333, 23-15-335, 23-15-353, 23-15-357, 23-15-359, 23-15-363, 23-15-367, 7-3-39, 23-15-511, 23-15-515, 23-15-545, 23-15-573, 23-15-781, 23-15-785, 23-15-807, 23-15-833, 23-15-843, 23-15-851, 23-15-853, 23-15-855, 23-15-857, 23-15-859, 23-15-895, 23-15-913, 23-15-963, 23-15-977, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1081, 23-15-1083, 23-15-1085, 23-15-1091, 21-3-3, 21-9-17, 37-5-9, 21-8-7, 9-4-5 AND 23-15-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING GOD'S LIVING WORD MINISTRY IN WALLS, MISSISSIPPI, IN PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY CENTER IN WALLS, MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO TAMERAL JOHNSON OF DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO CONFORM THE PRO RATA SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FROM EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO THE NUMBER OF CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO BE PLACED UPON THE BALLOT, THE QUALIFYING TOTAL OF SIGNATURES MUST COMPRISE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF CERTIFIED SIGNATURES FROM ALL CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 TO PROVIDE THAT AN EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL BE PROVIDED TEN DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF EACH PRIMARY, GENERAL, RUNOFF, SPECIAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND CONTINUE UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON THE SATURDAY PRECEDING THE ELECTION DAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.