Mississippi

A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate To The Membership Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, For Its Civic And Financial Contributions And Lasting Impact To Our State.

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Month Of January In Mississippi As National Blood Donor Month; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Daniel Wile Upon Being Named The 2025 State Games Of Mississippi Overall Male Athlete Of The Year.

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.

An Act To Authorize The Department Of Finance And Administration, Acting On Behalf Of The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety, To Sell Or Lease The Highway Safety Patrol Headquarters Facility And Related Real Property Located At 1900 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue In Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, For Private Redevelopment; To Require That The Property Be Redeveloped Exclusively For Use As A Hotel, A Restaurant Or Both; To Require The Purchaser Or Lessee To Assume Full Financial Responsibility For Site Development, Including Demolition Of Existing Structures Not Needed For The Approved Redevelopment; To Require That Any Sale Be For Not Less Than Fair Market Value As Established By The Average Of At Least Two Licensed Appraisals And To Require Updated Appraisals When Necessary; To Require That Any Lease Be For Not Less Than Fair Market Rental Value As Established By Appraisal, To Authorize Periodic Rental Adjustments And Other Negotiated Lease Terms Including Potential Participation In Project Income, And To Require Reimbursement Of Appraisal Costs By The Lessee; To Require The Department, In Soliciting Requests For Proposals And Evaluating Proposed Uses, To Consider Potential Impacts On The University Of Mississippi Medical Center And The G.v. (sonny) Montgomery Va Medical Center, Including Helicopter Flight Patterns, And To Require Compliance With Applicable County And Municipal Zoning And Land Use Restrictions; To Provide That The State Of Mississippi Shall Retain All Mineral Rights In The Property Conveyed; To Authorize The Department To Correct Discrepancies In The Legal Description Of The Property; To Require Public Advertisement Of The Property’s Availability For Sale Or Lease And To Authorize A National Advertising Campaign Subject To Available Funds; To Require Establishment Of Proposal Deadlines And To Provide For Preproposal Conferences; To Prescribe Proposal Submission Form, Format, Content And Documentation Requirements, Including Redevelopment Concepts, Timelines, Budgets And Financial Qualifications; To Provide Evaluation Criteria And A Process For Ranking Proposals, Negotiating With One Or More Proposers, Rejecting Proposals, And Entering Into A Redevelopment Agreement; To Require Filing A Notification Of Intent To Accept A Proposal With The Secretary Of State Within A Specified Period; To Require Execution Of A Memorandum Of Understanding Establishing Conditions And Schedules For A Final Redevelopment Agreement; To Provide For Default Upon Failure To Execute The Memorandum Of Understanding; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending Mr. John T. Grant, Jr., As The Executive Director Of The Cricket Celebration Bowl, As A Highly Respected Business Leader In Atlanta And As One Of The Most Influential Figures In Black College Athletics.

An Act To Require The Return Of Unexpended, Local Improvement Project Funds And Unexpended Interest Earned On Those Funds To The Capital Expense Fund; To Provide A Procedure For Withholding A Certain Percentage Of The Payments And Allocations To A Municipality Or County Under Section 27-65-75 To Recover Funds Owed To The Capital Expense Fund Under This Act Where A County Or Municipality Fails To Return Such Funds; To Amend Sections 27-65-75, 27-104-371, 27-104-373 And 27-104-375, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The South Pike High School Boys And Girls Powerlifting Teams For Winning The Mississippi High School Activities Association (mhsaa) Class 2a State Championship.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Aubrey Lynn Atchison Upon Being Named The 2025 State Games Of Mississippi Overall Youth Athlete Of The Year.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Dynamic Ladies Of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, On The Auspicious Occasion Of Hosting Its Mississippi Delta Days At The Capitol On February 15-16, 2026.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Classify As Game Fish Freshwater Fish In The Catfish Family Taken In The Mississippi River; To Amend Section 49-7-9.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Direct The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks, Acting By And Through The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Regulate The Taking Of Such Catfish; To Require Any Rules Or Regulations Promulgated To Include Reasonable Daily Harvest And Length Limits, And To Prohibit A Person From Harvesting More Than One Catfish Greater Than 34 Inches In Length From The Mississippi River Per Day; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Honoring Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner Dr. Charles F. Mcclelland For His Outstanding Leadership As Commissioner Of The Southwestern Athletic Conference And Expanding The National Footprint Of The Conference.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Brookhaven High School Panthers Football Team And Head Coach Darien Dorsey On Winning The 2025 Mississippi High School Activities Association (mhsaa) Class 5a State Championship.

An Act To Require A Person Licensed To Do Business As A Money Transmission Business To Collect A Fee For Each Transaction; To Authorize The Suspension Of A License As A Money Transmission Business For Failure To Comply With The Money Transmission Fee Requirements; To Exempt Certain Transfers And Certain Financial Institutions From The Money Transmission Fee Requirements; To Create A Tax Credit For Money Transmission Fees Paid By A Taxpayer During The Tax Year; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Coach Larry Tyrone Upon His Selection As An Inductee Into The Vicksburg-warren School District Athletics Hall Of Fame.

An Act To Create A New Section 61-5-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Airport Authorities, Municipalities, Or Other Governmental Entities Who Own Or Operate Airports Pursuant To Title 61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, May Contract With Companies For Financing, Designing, Constructing, Operating Or Maintaining Of Airport Facilities In The Same Manner As Provided For Toll Roads Or Toll Bridges Pursuant To Section 65-4-3, Through A Lease Of Airport Property Or Other Contract; To Provide That Facilities Leased Or Contracted Pursuant To This Act Are Exempt From The Requirements Of Section 31-7-13; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commemorating And Celebrating The 155th Anniversary Of The Founding Of Alcorn State University, America's First Historically Black Land-grant University, The Oldest Land-grant Institution In The State Of Mississippi, And A Premier Research And Teaching Institution Of Higher Learning.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Parklane Academy Pioneers Football Team And Head Coach Ron Rushing On Winning Their Second Consecutive Midsouth Association Of Independent Schools State Football Championship.

An Act To Create The "occupational Licensure Boards Consolidation Study Committee" Created To Examine The Possibility And Effectiveness Of Consolidating State Licensure Boards Into The Department Of Occupational Licensure; To Require The Study Committee To Develop Recommendations To The Legislature Regarding The Benefits Of Consolidating, Which, If Any, Boards Could Feasibly Consolidate Within A Shared Department, A Timeline With Steps Needed For A Smooth And Successful Consolidation, Location Recommendations For The New Department And Anything Else The Committee Deems Necessary And Relevant To Create The Department Of Occupational Licensure; To Set The Membership Of The Study Committee; To Provide For Other Provisions Related Thereto, Including Per Diem And Voting; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Honoring The Mississippi Chapters Of Jack And Jill Of America, Inc., For Its Exceptional Commitment To Cultivate The Leaders Of Tomorrow And Commending This Distinguished Organization Of Families On The Occasion Of Jack And Jill Of America, Inc.'s Legislative Day At The Capitol On February 16, 2026.

An Act To Designate A Segment Of Mississippi Highway 32 Located In Calhoun County, Mississippi, As The "joe Tunnel Memorial Highway"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-115-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Lottery Proceeds To Be Deposited Into The State Highway Fund And The Education Enhancement Fund; To Amend Section 75-76-129, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Reverter On The Provision Of Law Requiring Certain Fees Collected Under The Mississippi Gaming Control Act As A Result Of Wagers On Sporting Events To Be Deposited Into The State Highway Fund And Used Solely For The Repair And Maintenance Of State Highways And Bridges; To Bring Forward Section 27-115-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Deposit Of Sales From Lottery Tickets, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Recognizing And Commending Jordan Anthony For Winning The 2025 Bowerman Award And For His Many Extraordinary Accomplishments.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Kaytelyn Harris Upon Being Named The 2025 State Games Of Mississippi Overall Female Athlete Of The Year.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Crawfish Farming License; To Define Relevant Terms; To Provide That The Mississippi Department Of Agriculture And Commerce Shall Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Oversee Crawfish Farming Licenses; And For Related Purposes.