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

DUI; revise elements and penalties.

An Act To Amend Section 63-11-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Elements And Penalties For Driving Under The Influence; And For Related Purposes.

MS Triage, Treat and Transport to Alternative Destination Act; revise provisions related to.

An Act To Amend Section 83-9-371, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Use Of Telemedicine When Treating Or Assessing An Enrollee In A Health Benefit Plan In Place; To Amend Section 83-9-373, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate For An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider When The Reimbursement Rates Have Not Been Contracted For; To Require The Department Of Insurance To Publish The Contracted Rates; To Provide What Must Be Included In An Explanation Of Benefits Document Regarding The Ambulance Service Provider's Charges For Certain Purposes; To Provide That An Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be Paid In Accordance With The Assignment Of Benefits; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Enforce; And For Related Purposes.

MHP, MBN and CTED officers within the Department of Public Safety; bring forward salary section for.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Salaries Of All Officers Of The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, The Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics And The Commercial Traffic Enforcement Division Within The Department Of Public Safety; And For Related Purposes.

Cardiac Emergency Response Plan; revise to include airway clearance devices.

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Cardiac Emergency Response Plans To Include The Use Of Airway Clearance Devices In Public Schools And Charter Schools For Instances In Which An Individual's Airway Is Blocked Due To Choking; To Amend Section 37-11-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Integrate Certain Policies Related To Choking Emergencies; And For Related Purposes.

The MS Jenna's Law Task Force; create.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Jenna's Law Task Force; To Require The Task Force To Study The Inclusion Of Information On Autopsies Related To Seizures Or Epilepsy; To Provide For The Members Of The Task Force; To Provide Timelines For The Task Force; And For Related Purposes.

Use tax; amend purposes for which special fund monies to municipalities may be expended.

An Act To Amend Section 27-67-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Purposes For Which Special Fund Monies From Use Tax Revenue Distributions To Municipalities May Be Expended; And For Related Purposes.

Parolees who participate in faith-based or faith-based sponsored activities; authorize reduction of time spent on probation.

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Offender Who Is On Probation And Parole May Be Awarded Earned-discharge Credit If He Or She Participates In Faith-based Activities Or Faith-based Sponsored Activities; To Require Certain Reporting Requirements In Order For An Offender To Receive Such Credit; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher licensure; revise provisions related to educator preparation programs and criteria for entry.

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Relating To Teacher And Administrator Licensure, To Coincide With Collegiate Educator Preparation Programs; To Revise The Qualifications For Entry Into Educator Preparation Programs By Removing The Minimum 21 Act Score Or Sat Equivalent, Praxis Passing Score And 3.0 Gpa Requirement Necessary Prior To Admission Into An Approved Educator Preparation Program For Traditional And Nontraditional Teaching Routes To Receive A Standard License; To Require Participants In The Teach Mississippi Institute To Complete Two Semester, Six-hour Internships, And An Allowance Of A Maximum Of 15 Credit Hours For Receipt Of A Provisional Teaching License; To Establish The Mississippi Medical Education Pipeline And Readiness Act; To State The Purpose Of The Act Is To Establish A Coordinated Medical Education Pipeline Beginning In High School And Continuing Through Undergraduate Study, Set Uniform Readiness Standards For Students Pursuing Medical Education, Increase The Number Of Mississippi Students Admitted To Medical School, Improve Diversity In The Medical Workforce, And Strengthen The State's Health Care Delivery Capacity; To Establish The Mississippi Medical Education Pipeline Program, A Statewide Initiative Jointly Administered By The Mississippi Department Of Education, The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning And The University Of Mississippi Medical Center, Which Shall Provide A Structured Pathway From High School Through College For Students Seeking Admission To Medical School; To Prescribe The Duties Of Mde, Ihl And Ummc; To Provide That Students May Apply To Enter The Pipeline Beginning In The 9th Grade; To Provide That Mde, Ihl And Ummc Shall Jointly Publish An Annual Report; To Require Mde, Ihl And Ummc To Jointly Promulgate Rules Necessary For The Program's Implementation; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2026; enact.

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation And Restoration Plan Act Of 2026" To Declare Legislative Findings And Purpose; To Create A Technical Advisory Board (tab) To Develop And Annually Revise A Comprehensive Plan For Restoration, Construction, Storm Protection, Habitat Construction And Restoration, And Water Quality Projects On The Mississippi Gulf Coast; To Provide For The Composition Of The Technical Advisory Board And Its Organization; To Prescribe The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Technical Advisory Board; To Require State And Local Agencies To Cooperate With The Functions Of The Technical Advisory Board; To Require An Annual Report; To Amend Sections 49-15-305, 49-2-13 And 29-15-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Capital City Water/Sewer Projects Fund; extend repealer on.

An Act To Amend Section 29-5-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Statute Creating The Capital City Water/sewer Projects Fund In The State Treasury; And For Related Purposes.

Written earnings statement; require employer to provide upon employee's written request.

An Act To Require An Employer To Provide A Written Earnings Statement To An Employee Upon Receiving A Written Request; To Specify The Information That Must Be Included In The Written Earnings Statement; To Require The Office Of The Attorney General To Provide Information On Its Website Regarding An Employee's Right To Request A Written Earnings Statement And To File A Complaint Against An Employer Who Fails To Provide Such Statement; To Impose A $750.00 Fine On Any Employer Who Violates This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Limited medical licenses; revise provisions regarding and create additional limited licenses.

An Act To Amend Section 73-25-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modify The Limited Institutional Licensure Process By Authorizing The Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure (board) To Issue A Limited Institutional License For The Practice Of Medicine In State Institutions To Certain Graduates Of Foreign Medical Colleges Upon Review Of The Individual's Application And Upon The Satisfaction Of All Requirements Set Forth By The Board; To Increase From Five Years To Eight Years The Period Of Time That A Limited Institutional License May Be Held; To Authorize The Board To Issue A Limited License To Certain Internationally Trained Physicians With Offers Of Employment In Mississippi; To Authorize The Board To Issue A Limited License To Certain United States Medical School Graduates Who Initially Fail To Match With A Postgraduate Residency Training Program; To Set Forth Requirements And Qualifications For Applicants For Internationally Trained Physician (itp) And Medical Graduate (mg) Limited Licenses, And To Regulate The Practice Of Such Limited License Holders; To Provide The Periods Of Time For Which Such Limited Licenses May Be Held; To Require Itp Limited Licensees To Practice Only In Rural Communities Or Medically Underserved Areas With A Current Shortage Of Physicians; To Require Mg Limited Licensees To Enter Into A Supervisory Practice Agreement With A Supervising Physician And To Require Mg Licensees To Practice Only In Counties With A Population Of Less Than 50,000; And For Related Purposes.

Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority.

An Act To Amend Sections 73-25-1, 73-25-3, 73-25-5, 73-25-14, 73-25-17, 73-25-18, 73-25-21, 73-25-23, 73-25-27, 73-25-28, 73-25-29, 73-25-30, 73-25-31, 73-25-32, 73-25-33, 73-25-34, 73-25-53, 73-25-55, 73-25-57, 73-25-59, 73-25-61, 73-25-63, 73-25-65, 73-25-83, 73-25-87 And 73-25-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Definitions Under The Medical Practice Act And To Identify Individuals For Whom The Medical Practice Act Does Not Apply; To Clarify Certain Procedures To Obtain A License To Practice Medicine; To Provide For Electronic Notice Of License Renewal; To Provide Procedures For Physicians To Request Retired Status; To Clarify Procedures For The Issuance Of A Temporary License To Practice Medicine; To Clarify Procedures For Issuance Of A License By Reciprocity; To Revise Certain Procedures For Disciplinary Action Against Licensees, The Evidentiary Standard To Be Applied By The Board Of Medical Licensure In A Determination Regarding Disciplinary Action, The Issuance Of Subpoenas By The Board, The Grounds For Disciplinary Action, The Options Available To The Board Following Disciplinary Hearings Against Licensees, And Petitions For Reinstatement Of Licenses; To Clarify The Action Of The Unlawful Practice Of Medicine And The Authority Of The Board To Seek Injunctive Relief; To Delete A Certain Exception To Licensure; To Include Behavioral Conduct That Could Be Addressed By Treatment To The List Of Reasons A Licensee Shall Be Subject To Restriction Of Their License; To Clarify Certain Procedures Under The Disabled Physician Law; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Revise Disciplinary Action That The Board Is Authorized To Take, Including Placing A Licensee On Probation Or Imposing A Punitive Fine; To Provide That A Hearing Must Be Held Within 30 Days If The Board Determines That A Physician's Continuation Of Practice Is An Immediate Danger; To Exclude Individuals Engaged Solely In The Practice Of Midwifery From The Chapter; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Create New Section 73-43-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Physician Health Program To Provide Performance Statistics To The State Board Of Medical Licensure; To Amend Section 73-43-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Additional Members Of The Board Who Shall Be Members Of The Public Not Related To The Healthcare Industry; To Repeal Sections 73-25-7, 73-25-9, 73-25-15, 73-25-19, 73-25-25, 73-25-39 And 73-25-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Require The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Meet At The Capitol At Least Once Each Year For The Purpose Of Examining Applicants; Which Provides For The Fee Charged By The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Apply For A License To Practice; Which Provides For The Procedures For Lost Medical Licenses; Which Provides For Certain Provisions Related To Nonresident Physicians; Which Provides For Certain Procedures For Those Desiring To Practice Osteopathic Medicine In The State; Which Allows The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Contract For The Acquisition Of Books And Other Records; Which Provides A Technical Reference To The Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure; And For Related Purposes.

Older Mississippians Act; create.

An Act To Create New Section 43-10-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "older Mississippians Act"; To Create New Section 43-10-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legislative Purpose; To Create New Section 43-10-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms Relating To This Act; To Create New Section 43-10-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Division Of Aging And Adult Services (division) Of The Mississippi Department Of Human Services As The State Unit On Aging To Manage Certain Programs Related To The Older Adult Population; To Create New Section 43-10-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Forth Duties And Responsibilities Of The Division And To Require The Division To Establish Certain Policies And Procedures; To Create New Section 43-10-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division To Adopt Rules To Implement The Provisions Of This Act; To Repeal Sections 43-9-1 Through 43-9-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Provisions Of Law That Constitute The Mississippi Old Age Security Law; And For Related Purposes.

Nursing homes & assisted living facilities; require rules & regulations regarding operation of during weather-related emergencies.

An Act To Amend Section 43-11-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Board Of Health Shall Promulgate Rules, Regulations And Standards Regarding The Operation Of Nursing Homes And Assisted Living Centers During Any Period Of Time In Which The State Health Officer, Or His Or Her Designee, Determines That A Weather-related Crisis, Disaster Or Emergency Exists; To Require That Such Rules, Regulations And Standards Address, At A Minimum, Weather-related Crisis, Disaster And Emergency Inspections, Life Safety Standards, Minimum Standards Of Care, And Prepositioning Of Resources And Supplies When A Weather-related Crisis, Disaster Or Emergency Is Anticipated Based Upon Available Weather Forecast Data; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Site Development Grant Fund; revise definitions.

An Act To Amend Section 57-1-701, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definitions Of "eligible Expenditures" And "site Development Improvements"; And For Related Purposes.

MDOC; require to pay unpaid balance for certain utility services provided to Walnut Grove Correctional Facility.

An Act To Require The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Pay The Unpaid Balance Due To The Town Of Walnut Grove For Certain Utility Services Rendered To The Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; To Provide If The Unpaid Balance Is Not Paid By A Certain Period, Then The Salary Of The Commissioner Of The Department Of Corrections Shall Be Withheld Until Payment Is Received; And For Related Purposes.

Public records; exempt personally identifiable information from disclosure requirements for.

An Act To Amend Section 25-61-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Personally Identifiable Information And Protected Personally Identifiable Information As Used In The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Amend Section 25-61-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Personally Identifiable Information And Protected Personally Identifiable Information From The Requirements Of The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; And For Related Purposes.

Child support award; cost of health insurance coverage obtained by noncustodial parent considered in determining.

An Act To Amend Section 43-19-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If The Court Orders The Noncustodial Parent To Obtain Health Insurance Coverage For The Child Or Children Then The Court Shall Take Into Account The Cost Of The Coverage In Establishing The Child Support Award; And For Related Purposes.

Insurance; revise various provisions relating to rating bureau and require commissioner to create certain rules.

An Act To Amend Section 83-3-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Response Distance From A Fire Station That Must Be Utilized By The Mississippi State Rating Bureau When Grading Municipalities Or Fire Districts For Fire Insurance Rating Purposes; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Adopt Rules And Regulations Requiring The Rating Bureau To Consider All Sources Of Water When Grading Fire Departments; To Require The Commissioner To Adopt Rules And Regulations Governing The Sale Of Fire Trucks; To Amend Section 83-2-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Commissioner To Adopt Rules And Regulations Prohibiting Insurers From Adjusting Rates Above The Base Rates Developed By The Rating Bureau; And For Related Purposes.

Public land; extend repealer on statute prohibiting certain corporations and nonresident aliens from purchasing.

An Act To Amend Section 29-1-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Restrictions Imposed On The Purchase Of Public Lands By Certain Corporations And Nonresident Aliens; And For Related Purposes.

Petition for parole eligibility consideration by trial court; require certain waiting period before successive filing of when petition denied.

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Parole Eligibility For Offenders Convicted Of Certain Drug Trafficking; To Provide That If An Offender Whose Petition For Parole Eligibility Has Been Denied By The Circuit Court, Then Such Offender Must Wait Two Years Before Filing A Successive Petition; To Remove The Repealer On This Section; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi PERS Stability Act; enact.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Pers Stability Act; To Direct The Transfer Of $500,000,000.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The Employers' Accumulation Account Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Created In Section 25-11-123(c) On July 1, 2026; To Direct The Annual Transfer Of $50,000,000.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The Employers' Accumulation Account Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Created In Section 25-11-123(c) From July 1, 2027, And On Every July 1 Thereafter Through And Including July 1, 2036; To Provide For General Funds To Be Used In The Event That Unobligated Funds Are Not Available In The Capital Expense Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Game check program; establish for white-tailed deer.

An Act To Require The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Develop An Electronic Game Check Program For White-tailed Deer; And For Related Purposes.

Baby Safety Device; remove "intent" and revise termination of parental rights.

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Intent As An Element For Termination Of Parental Rights When A Child Is Left In A Baby Safety Device; To Amend Section 43-15-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Shelter Hearing When The Department Has Control Of A Baby That Has Been Dropped Off; To Amend Sections 43-15-205, 43-21-551, 43-21-603 And 43-21-451, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 93-15-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add "surrender To A Baby Safety Device" To The List Of Ways To Surrender A Child To The Department Of Child Protection Services; And For Related Purposes.

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