Mississippi

2026 Regular Session·4,004 bills·Adjourned April 5, 2026

Track legislation moving through Mississippi. Browse 4,004 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.

Bills

Correctional employee due process act; create Independent Review Panel.

An Act To Amend Section 25-9-131, Mississippi Code Of 1 972, To Create An Independent Review Panel Within The Employee Appeals Board To Hear Grievances Involving The Personnel Actions Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Ensure Fairness, Transparency And Consistency Of Personnel Actions; And For Related Purposes.

Criminal sentencing review; authorize and establish procedure for.

An Act To Authorize A Court In A Criminal Matter To Set A Date Of Sentencing For The Review Of The Criminal Sentence; To Authorize A Court In Which Criminal Sentencing Was Entered Upon The Court's Own Motion Or Upon A Motion Of An Eligible Defendant To Reduce Or Modify The Sentence On The Ground That Such Sentence Is Greater Than Necessary To Achieve The Purposes Of Sentencing; To Provide Eligibility Requirements For A Criminal Defendant; To Provide That A Defendant Who Is Serving The Minimum Sentence Permitted Under The Criminal Law Shall Not Be Eligible To File A Motion Under This Section; To Provide That A Motion Under This Section Shall Be Referred For Determination To The Judge Who Imposed The Original Sentence Upon The Defendant Or To The Court That Imposed The Sentence If The Judge Is No Longer A Judge Of A Competent Jurisdiction; To Provide A Procedure For The Judge Reviewing The Motion; To Authorize A Renewed Motion After A Certain Amount Of Time Upon Denial Of The Motion; To Provide A Right Of Appeal; To Prohibit A Defendant From Agreeing To Waive His Or Her Right To Relief Under This Section As A Component Of A Plea Agreement; To Amend Section 99-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Knives; prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts regarding and regulating.

An Act To Prohibit A State Agency Or Political Subdivision To Enter Into Any Contract That Discriminates Against Certain Entities Or Trade Associations; To Amend Section 45-9-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A County Or Municipality From Entering Into Any Contract Or Rental Agreement That Restricts The Possession, Carrying, Transportation, Sale, Transfer Or Ownership Of Knives; To Provide That State Agencies May Not Interfere With The Right Of Citizens To Possess Knives; To Create A Civil Cause Of Action To Challenge Ordinances And Regulations In Violation Of That Right; To Exempt State Law Enforcement Agencies From Regulating Law Enforcement Officers In The Course Of Their Official Duties; To Amend Section 45-9-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

School districts; require certain policies and alternative curriculum for those with the three lowest accountability ratings.

An Act To Require School Districts Accredited At One Of The Three Lowest Accountability Ratings, As Defined By The State Board Of Education, To Adopt Certain Policies And Procedures Regarding Daily Curriculum, Weekly Homework Assignments, Parental Involvement, Dress Codes, School Holidays, Parent-teacher Conferences And A School Syllabus; To Require Alternative Schools In Those Districts To Adhere To The Same Policies And Procedures; To Require All Local School Districts To Implement A Video Streaming Program In Conjunction With The United States Department Of Labor To Aid In The Development Of An Alternative Career-track Curriculum Based Upon Occupational Projections In The State And Country For The Next Five Years; To Require School Districts To Assist Students In Accessing Information From The Department Of Labor Which Will Enable The Students To Make Career Choices; To Require A School District's Alternative Career-track Curriculum To Satisfy Its Graduation Requirements And Lead To The Awarding Of A Standard High School Diploma; And For Related Purposes.

ETV; require Legislature to reduce general fund appropriations to by 20% and eliminate funding over five years.

An Act To Amend Section 37-63-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Legislature To Reduce The Amount Of General Funds Appropriated To The Authority For Educational Television By Twenty Percent For Each Of The Next Five Fiscal Years; To Provide That From And After Fiscal Year 2032, The Legislature Shall Not Appropriate Any General Funds To The Authority; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Cemetery Board; establish and empower within the Office of Secretary of State.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Cemetery Board Within The Office Of Secretary Of State; To Provide For The Composition Of The Board And To Direct The Secretary Of State To Provide Administrative Support For Its Operation; To Prescribe The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Cemetery Board To Protect The Financial Interest Of The Public By Ensuring The Physical Care Of Cemeteries And The Regulation Of Those Companies Advertising Or Operating Perpetual Care Cemeteries In This State; To Authorize The Board To Issue Regulations Allowing Families To Create A Nonprofit Entity To Provide Lawn And Building Maintenance And Repairs At Their Cemeteries And Collect Funds And Donations Therefor; To Bring Forward And Amend Sections 41-43-31 Through 41-43-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi "cemetery Law"; And For Related Purposes.

Dr. Edon Langston Bolton State Office Building; authorize DFA to transfer and convey.

An Act To Authorize The Department Of Finance And Administration To Transfer And Convey Real Property And Improvements Thereon In Biloxi, Mississippi, Commonly Known As The Dr. Edon Langston Bolton State Office Building; To Require The Department To Obtain A Legal Description Of The Property Prior To Conveyance And Include Such Description In The Deed Or Instrument Of Conveyance; To Describe The Manner Of Sale; To Require That The Property Be Sold For Not Less Than Fair Market Value As Determined By Two Professional, Certified General Appraisers; To Authorize The Department To Execute And Deliver Deeds, Bills Of Sale Or Other Instruments Necessary To Convey The Property; To Require Remaining Proceeds From The Sale To Be Deposited Into The State General Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Public education; provide annual salary supplement to certain occupational therapists.

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Annual Salary Supplement Of $6,000.00, Plus Fringe Benefits, To An Occupational Therapist Who Has Met The Requirements And Acquired Initial Certification As An Occupational Therapist Registered From The National Board For Certification In Occupational Therapy, Inc., And Who Is Employed By A Local School Board Or The State Board Of Education As An Occupational Therapist And Not An Administrator; And For Related Purposes.

Budget requests; agencies that don't timely file with LBO shall have requests prepared for them by third party.

An Act To Amend Section 27-103-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A State Agency Refuses Or Fails To File An Original Budget Request Within Thirty Calendar Days After The Deadline Date For Filing Budget Requests, The Director Of The Agency Shall Contract With A Third Party To Prepare A Budget Request For The Agency, Which Must Be Three Percent Lower Than The Agency's Current Budget From State General Funds; To Require The Contractor To Prepare And Submit A Budget Request For The Agency To The Legislative Budget Office Within Thirty Calendar Days After The Contract Is Executed; If The Contractor Does Not Submit The Agency's Budget Request Within That Time, The Executive Director Of The Department Of Finance And Administration Shall Not Allow The Agency To Expend Its Current Fiscal Year Appropriation Until The Budget Request Has Been Submitted; To Provide That The Agency Shall Be Responsible For Paying The Contractor For Preparing The Agency's Budget Request; To Provide That If The Agency Does Not Pay The Contractor Within Forty-five Calendar Days, The Executive Director Of The Department Of Finance And Administration Shall Not Allow The Agency To Expend Its Current Fiscal Year Appropriation Until The Contractor Has Been Paid; And For Related Purposes.

Jackson State University; create fund for construction of new football stadium.

An Act To Authorize Jackson State University To Plan, Design, Construct, Own And Operate A Football Stadium At A Location Separate And Independent From The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Property; To Require The University To Raise A Minimum Amount Of Private Or Nonstate Funds As A Condition Precedent To State Participation In Construction Costs, Subject To Legislative Appropriation; To Authorize The Sale, Lease And Use Of Advertising And Naming Rights For The Stadium And Stadium Property; To Create The Jackson State University Stadium Construction Fund And Provide For The Deposit And Expenditure Of Certain Funds Therein; To Amend Sections 55-23-1, 55-23-5, 55-23-6, 55-23-7 And 55-23-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions, To Revise Legislative Findings, Provide For The Transition And Dissolution Of The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission Upon Completion Of A Jackson State University Stadium, Provide For The Transfer Of Property, Powers And Duties Relating To The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Property, Authorize And Regulate The Demolition Of Veterans Memorial Stadium, Assign Exclusive Financial Responsibility For Demolition To The University Of Mississippi Medical Center Without Use Of State General Fund Monies, And Provide For Certification And Fiscal Safeguards; To Bring Forward Sections 55-23-8 And 55-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Continuity; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation Fund; create and provide for a new fee on expungement petitions to be deposited into.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation Fund; To Amend Section 99-19-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Filing Fee For A Petition To Expunge An Offense And Provide That A Certain Amount Of The Fee Shall Be Deposited Into The Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Radiation oncology facilities in the State of Mississippi; require all to be accredited.

An Act To Provide That Effective January 1, 2027, All Radiation Oncology Facilities In The State Shall Be Accredited And Certified By The State Department Of Health To Ensure Quality And Safety; To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance; And For Related Purposes.

Income tax; extend repealer on credit for certain railroad expenditures.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-22.42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Statute That Authorizes An Income Tax Credit For Qualified Railroad Reconstruction Or Replacement Expenditures And Qualified New Rail Infrastructure Expenditures; And For Related Purposes.

CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception To The Moratorium On The Issuance Of Certificates Of Need For Home Health Agencies To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Issue Up To Five Certificates Of Need To The Recipients Of The Five New Hospice Licenses Issued Under Section 41-85-7(3); And For Related Purposes.

Donald J. Trump Voting Rights Restoration Act; create.

An Act To Create The "donald J. Trump Voting Rights Restoration Act"; To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of Voter Fraud, Bribery, Theft, Arson, Obtaining Money Or Goods Under False Pretense, Perjury, Forgery, Embezzlement, Bigamy Or Any Crime Interpreted As Disenfranchising In Later Attorney General Opinions, Except For Murder And Rape, 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, Including Parole But Not Probation; To Amend Sections 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 And 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 97-39-3 And 99-19-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Automobile insurance; require reinstatement of policy where insurer fails to provide proper notice and insured pays premiums.

An Act To Provide That For Any Insurance Policy That Falls Within The Jurisdiction Of The State Insurance Department Under Title 83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, When An Insurer Cancels A Policy For Nonpayment Of Premiums But The Insurer Mailed A Notice Of Cancellation For Nonpayment Of Premiums To A Different Address Than The Address Shown In The Policy Resulting In The Named Insured Failing To Receive Proper Notice From The Insurer, The Insured Shall Have The Opportunity To Pay The Past-due Premiums For The Policy; To Provide That If The Insured Pays The Past-due Premiums On The Policy, The Policy Shall Be Reinstated, And The Original Terms Of The Policy Shall Be Binding; To Amend Section 83-11-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Bring Forward Section 83-11-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Annual highway privilege tax for farm and agricultural operations; provide alternative manner for submitting payments of to county tax collector.

An Act To Revise And Clarify Provisions Governing The Annual Highway Privilege (road And Bridge) Tax For Commercial Motor Vehicles And Carriers Of Property Operating Under Harvest Permits By Creating An Alternative Means Of Making Payments Of Taxes In Person To The County Tax Collector; To Amend Section 27-19-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Weight Limits Minimums; To Amend Section 27-19-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize In-person Payment Of Privilege Taxes For Agricultural Operations With Valid Harvest Permits, To Provide For Timely Remittance And Administrative Retention By County Tax Collectors; To Bring Forward Section 27-19-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 63-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Commercial Driver's License To Be Made Available In Digital Format Consistent With The Mississippi Mobile Id; And For Related Purposes.

Persistent Domestic Violence Offender Registry Act; enact.

An Act To Enact The Persistent Domestic Violence Offender Registry Act; To Define Terms; To Create The Persistent Domestic Violence Registry Within The Department Of Public Safety To Register Persistent Domestic Violence Offenders; To Require The Department To Maintain The Registry; To Require The Department To Make The Registry Available For Public Inquiry On The Internet; To Require Certain Offenders With At Least One Prior Conviction Of Abuse To Register; To Direct The Department To Remove The Name And Other Identifying Information Of A Persistent Domestic Violence Offender From The Registry Within A Certain Timeframe; To Require The Department To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Effectuate The Purposes Of This Chapter; To Provide For A Fee To Be Assessed Against The Defendant Who Is Required To Register Under This Chapter; To Direct A Portion Of The Fee To Be Deposited Into The Victims Of Domestic Violence Fund; To Bring Forward Section 93-21-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Victims Of Domestic Violence Fund, For Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Social workers; prohibit licensing board from requiring certain exam for applicants for a license by reciprocity.

An Act To Amend Section 73-53-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Board Of Examiners For Social Workers And Marriage And Family Therapists From Requiring A Written Jurisprudence Examination Specific To The State Laws That Regulate Social Workers For Applicants For A License By Reciprocity Who Establish Residence In This State; To Amend Section 73-50-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.

MS Medical Cannabis Act; bring forward provisions relating to.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 41-137-3, 41-137-5, 41-137-7, 41-137-9, 41-137-11, 41-137-13, 41-137-15, 41-137-17, 41-137-19, 41-137-21, 41-137-23, 41-137-25, 41-137-27, 41-137-29, 41-137-31, 41-137-33, 41-137-35, 41-137-37, 41-137-39, 41-137-41, 41-137-43, 41-137-45, 41-137-47, 41-137-49, 41-137-51, 41-137-53, 41-137-55, 41-137-57, 41-137-59, 41-137-61, 41-137-63, 41-137-65 And 41-137-67, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Electronic health records; certain test results not disclosed to patient as part of until 72 hours after results are finalized.

An Act To Prohibit Certain Reports Or Test Results From Being Disclosed To A Patient As Part Of The Patient's Electronic Health Record By The Person Or Entity That Administers And Controls The Patient's Electronic Health Record Until 72 Hours After The Results Are Finalized, Unless The Patient's Health Care Provider Directs The Release Of The Results Earlier; And For Related Purposes.

Hiram Revels; declare September 27th in recognition, observation and commemoration.

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare September 27th As Hiram Revels Day; And For Related Purposes.

Candidate qualifications; require all candidates running for elected offices in Mississippi be natural born US citizens.

An Act To Amend Sections 69-1-1, 65-1-3, 25-31-1, 23-15-300, 19-21-103, 19-3-3, 37-5-1, 21-3-9, 21-5-5, 23-15-309, 37-7-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Elected Officials In The State Of Mississippi, Including, But Not Limited To, The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce, Transportation Commissioners, District Attorneys, Sheriffs, Chancery Clerks, Circuit Clerks, Tax Assessors, Tax Collectors, County Court Judges, County Attorneys, Surveyors, Coroners, Supervisors, Justice Court Judges, Constables, Election Commissioners, School Board Members, Levee Commissioners, Mayors, Aldermen, Councilmen, Municipal Officers And Members Of Municipal Executive Committees, To Be Natural Born Citizens Of The United States; And For Related Purposes.

Pharmacy services; prohibit insurers and PBMs from requiring persons to obtain exclusively through pharmacies that they own.

An Act To Prohibit Health Insurers And Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Requiring Covered Individuals To Purchase Or Otherwise Obtain Pharmacy Services Exclusively Through A Pharmacy In Which The Health Insurer Or Pharmacy Benefits Manager Has An Ownership Interest; To Prohibit Health Insurers And Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Offering Or Implementing Health Benefit Plan Designs That Increase Plan Or Patient Costs For Pharmacy Services If The Covered Individual Chooses Not To Use A Pharmacy In Which The Health Insurer Or Pharmacy Benefits Manager Has An Ownership Interest For Those Pharmacy Services; To Prohibit Health Insurers And Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Reimbursing A Pharmacy Or Pharmacist For Covered Pharmacy Services An Amount Less Than The Amount That The Health Insurer Or Pharmacy Benefits Manager Reimburses A Pharmacy In Which The Health Insurer Or Pharmacy Benefits Manager Has An Ownership Interest For Providing The Same Covered Services; To Prohibit Health Insurers And Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Denying A Pharmacy The Opportunity To Participate In Any Pharmacy Network At Preferred Participation Status If The Pharmacy Is Willing To Accept The Terms And Conditions That The Health Insurer Or Pharmacy Benefit Manager Has Established For Other Pharmacies As A Condition Of Preferred Network Participation Status; To Bring Forward Section 83-9-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Freedom Of Choice For Pharmacy Services, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Towing companies; require to record certain information of the person who requests the services.

An Act To Amend Section 85-7-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Towing Companies To Record Certain Information From Any Person Who Requests The Company's Services; To Bring Forward Section 63-23-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Abandoned Motor Vehicles, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

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