MS HB620

Reorganizes the Department of Public Safety by formally adding the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division and Driver Service Bureau as separate units, and aligns disciplinary procedures for Bureau of Narcotics agents with other department units

Sets expert witness fees for state medical examiners, physicians, and pathologists at $500 per hour with a four-hour minimum plus one hour preparation time and travel expenses when subpoenaed for testimony

Authorizes testimony from Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and Office of State Medical Examiner employees in criminal trials via remote audiovisual communications, except when the defendant has designated a witness challenging their conclusions

Establishes $100,000 death benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency management directors, and coroners killed in the line of duty, with authority to use Uninsured Motorist Identification Fund for life insurance premiums as an alternative

Grants the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation exclusive jurisdiction to investigate officer-involved shootings resulting in injury or death (except those involving MBI members), with the Attorney General's Office exclusively responsible for presenting such cases to grand juries and prosecuting indictments