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State Security Operations Center; create within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
Grants; increase oversight, accountability and transparency in administration of by state agencies.
The Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission; authorize levee system.
DHS; require to employ commercial wage verification services to get information for eligibility determination for benefits.
Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability Reform (CLEAR) Act; create.
Title V Advisory Council; revise membership and replace inactive or nonexistent member groups of.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; amend certain sections concerning.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Advisory Council; expand membership.
State inmate housing rate; allow counties to contract services.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; remove the state geologist from certain surface mining provisions.
State Treasury Efficiency and Transparency Act; enact.
Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers.
Mississippi Public University System Governance Study Committee; create.
Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority.
Artificial intelligence; require disclosure when used in political advertisements.
Occupational Licensure Boards Consolidation Study Committee; create.
DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess Community Mental Health Centers.
Property at 1900 Woodrow Wilson Avenue; authorize DFA to sell and convey or lease on behalf of DPS.
"The Peoples Access Act"; require official meetings to be broadcast via video livestream applications, with exceptions.
Maximum compensation for certain public officers and employees; bring forward code section concerning.
MS Grant and Subgrant Administration Transparency and Accountability of Non- Governmental Organizations Act; create.
Gold and Silver Commemorative Coin Act; enact.
County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes.
Government Efficiency; create task force to provide recommendations on.
Department of Public Safety; consolidate offices and revise provisions related to.
Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2026; enact.
The Amy Act; remove grace period for lobbyist registering with the SOS office after lobbying.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; bring forward.
Regional educational service agencies; specify authority for bulk purchasing.
Various obsolete commissions; repeal.
Filing fees; amend usage of monies in the Local Government Records Management Fund.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding and revise certain provisions related to exemptions and reverse auctions.
Efficiency and Transparency; revise certain laws to increase through state government.
Public records; exempt personally identifiable information from disclosure requirements for.
ITS; authorize to establish certain procurement frameworks for information technology.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require agency's notice of proposed rule adoption to include cost to the state.
Mississippi Whistleblower Reward Act; create.
State Auditor; require to perform 50-year review comparing appropriations to Alcorn and Mississippi State Universities.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for purchase without competitive bidding.
Public Records Act; exempt certain documents in which an agency deliberates new policy from.
SNAP benefits; require certain recipients of to participate in an employment and training program.
State Inspector General; create office to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in executive state agencies.
State agencies; require simultaneous repeal of two existing rules whenever proposed new rule takes effect.
Certificates of titles for motor vehicles; prohibit the issuance of to non-United States citizens who are using certain passports.
Mississippi Paid Family and Medical Leave Act; establish.
Bureau of Fleet Management; require to conduct annual utilization review of state-owned vehicles.
DHS and Medicaid; Governor shall select private auditor to determine their compliance with certain laws.
PEER; authorize to monitor certain contracts for economic development projects to ensure fair minority contract participation.
Health Dept and Bd of Medical Licensure; Governor shall select private auditor to determine their compliance with certain laws.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding to $15,000.00.
Public purchasing laws; revise to include set asides for businesses owned by veterans and people with disabilities.
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years.
Public purchasing law; exempt compliance with certain federal regulations when federal law allows.
Public purchases; exempt purchases with amount up to $7,500.00 from bid law requirement for single source vendors.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for purchases without competitive bidding.
State employees; authorize to use major medical leave for their mental health care or treatment.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
Office of Independent State Hearing Officers; create to hear and decide matters for persons as alternative to agency hearing officers.
Reverse auctions; require state agencies to publish detailed specifications on.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
State employees; remove requirement to use one day of personal leave before using major medical leave.
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of.
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Administrative Procedures Act; require agencies to provide notice to Legislature and require Governor's approval if estimated cost of agency rule exceeds a certain amount.
Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create.
Construction manager at risk law; revise provisions related to selection of contractors and vendors for IHL.
Fresh Start Act; revise.
Publishers' fees; revise those charged for publication of legal documents.
Community and junior colleges; authorize to administer certain construction and maintenance contracts and exempt from DFA oversight.
General Laws; repeal requirement that advance sheets be published and distributed.
Construction bids; amend prequalified construction provisions.
County website; allow counties without local newspapers to publish certain notices on.
Telework policies of state agencies; extend the repealer of.
Pat Harrison Waterway District; revise eligibility criteria for appointment to board of directors.
Mental Health Regional Commissions; authorize boards of supervisors to agree to board compositions.
Public Records Act; exempt certain records containing client information concerning development projects.
Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission; revise composition of.
Energy efficiency service public contracts; extend repealer on.
Sales Tax Diversion Study Committee; establish.
Public works contracts; increase the threshold for performance and payment bonds.
Public bid requirements for local governing authorities and state agencies; increase minimum expenditure amounts.
Government Efficiency; create task force to provide recommendations on.
Public contracts for energy efficiency services; extend the repealer of.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; increase grant amounts awarded from.
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on requirement that certain agencies assist in consolidating.
State Board of Barber Examiners; repeal repealer statute for sections previously repealed due to merger with Cosmetology Board.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding and revise provisions related to reverse auctions.
State agency teamwork policies; extend repealer on.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
State service employees; extend repealer on authority to telework and bring forward certain other statutes.
PERS; conduct study on feasibility of allowing all retired teachers to continue to work as a teacher in any school district and receive retirement allowance.
Agencies; prohibit from entering into certain judgments or settlements.
Ending Agency Overreach Act; create.
Foster care parent; require to submit monthly expense report pertaining to foster child's care.
SNAP benefits; require certain recipients of to participate in an employment and training program.
Permit Freedom Act; create to require clear criteria and appeals process on permits to engage in constitutionally protected activity.
Bureau of Fleet Management; authorize to conduct utilization review of state-owned vehicles.
PEER; authorize to monitor certain contracts for economic development projects to ensure fair minority contract participation.
Administrative Procedures Act; revise to require repeal of certain agency rules after certain time.
MS False Claims Act; create.
Public purchasing laws; revise to include set asides for businesses owned by veterans and people with disabilities.
Public procurement; require purchasing agents for state agencies and local governments to receive training about ways to promote inclusiveness in.
Certificates of titles for motor vehicles; prohibit the issuance of to non-United States citizens who are using certain passports.
"Right to Know How Safe We Are Act"; create to require District Attorneys to report certain information with the Governor and Attorney General.
State agencies, agricultural land; require employment of accredited farm manager.
Counties and cities; authorize publication of notice with county or city website or social media.
Residential roofer; require license and registration in certain situations.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, governing authorities and universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; revise membership and authority of members of.
Interlocal agreements for use of services/facilities of certain county officials; require agreements be approved by county officials and A.G.
911 calls; require a public body to transcribe and release to the public if certain information redacted.
State employees; require to pass drug test as a condition of being employed.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require notice of proposed rule to include cost.
Department of Human Services; create a board of directors to assist and oversee the executive director in governing the department.
Counties and municipalities; provide an additional public notice procedure.
State employees; require reimbursement for travel expenses to be paid within 10 days of submitting expense documentation.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for purchases without competitive bidding.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Lobbying law; require registration statement to include information about foreign adversaries and foreign principals.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment.
Reverse auctions; require state agencies to publish detailed specifications on.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding by governing authorities to $25,000.00.
Public purchasing law; provide for certain exemptions when federal law allows.
Office of Independent State Hearing Officers; create to hear and decide matters for persons as alternative to agency hearing officers.
"Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.
Mississippi Whistleblower Reward Act; create.
State employees; remove requirement to use one day of personal leave before using major medical leave.
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries.
License plates for disabled individuals; revise provisions relating to eligibility for.
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of.
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding to $15,000.00.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Public purchases; increase procurement threshold for public schools and charter schools for competitive bid requirements to $10,000.00.
State agencies; require simultaneous repeal of two existing rules whenever proposed new rule takes effect.
State employees; authorize to use major medical leave for their mental health care or treatment.
State Inspector General; create office attached to Governor's Office for examination of executive agencies.
Proposals and requests for qualifications; simplify the receipt and registration process.
Department of Public Safety; revise certain provisions related to.
Purchasing law; raise expenditure triggering requirements for competitive bids.
Trip optimizer system; extend expiration date of moratorium on application to state agencies of.
Department of Environmental Quality; provide additional powers to Executive Director.
Ambulance services providers; contracts with to provide exclusively in county or city must allow other providers to respond when necessary.
Mississippi Public Records Act; extend date of repeal on.
State Bond Attorney; authorize interim appointment in case of conflict of interest.
MS Public Records Act; exempt certain private information of persons conducting in-state operations.
State employee telework policies; amend.
Public records; exempt public body's records containing client information concerning economic development projects.
Public procurement laws; exempt certain contracts for museums.
Department of Public Safety; revise various provisions relating to.
State agencies; notify Legislature of proposed rule adoption.
Lobbying; require lobbyists with a material financial interest in an issue or bill to register with legislative officers.
Occupational Licensing Review Board; revise membership.
Trip optimizer for state employee travel reimbursement; extend moratorium on application to certain state agencies.
Telework; revise certain provisions regarding use of by employees of state service agencies.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding and revise provisions related to reverse auctions.
Public Records Act; revise time limitations for producing a competitive sealed proposal.
Public records; extend repealer on statute granting persons public right of access to.
MS Whistleblower Reward Act; create.
Local governements; provide option to publish notices on their websites in addition to newspapers.
Countywide elected officials, certain; prohibit from receiving additional compensation outside of what is statutorily permitted.
Local governments; authorize to publish notices on their websites in addition to newspaper notices.
Board of Dental Examiners; provide that the state-at-large position shall be appointed from nominations by the Mississippi Dental Society.
Legal summons, orders and citations; revise procedure for publishing.
Department of Archives and History; revise board of trustees of.
Public purchasing law; revise to increase the threshold required for competitive purchasing on certain purchases.
Lobbying law; require registration statement to include information about foreign adversaries and foreign principals.
Agencies, departments and institutions; require each to post organizational structure on official websites of.
Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission; revise composition of.
Federal funds; Governor can not return to federal government as long as there is still a demonstrable need for those funds in Mississippi.
Legislative compensation schedule; revise.
MS Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund; require administration to report purchasing needs to legislative committees.
Board of Dental Examiners; provide that the state-at-large position shall be appointed from nominations by the Mississippi Dental Society.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for purchases without competitive bidding.
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise composition of.
State employees; authorize to use major medical leave for their mental health care or treatment.
Department of Human Services; create a board of directors to assist and oversee the executive director in governing the department.
Legislature; allow certain retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Trip Optimizer System; extend expiration date of moratorium on application to state agencies of.
Public Records; extend repealer on statute granting persons public right of access to.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding to $15,000.00.
State auditor; require to perform 50-year review comparing appropriations to Alcorn and Mississippi State University.
Office of Independent State Hearing Officers; create to hear and decide matters for persons as alternative to agency hearing officers.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment.
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries.
Local governments; prohibit from imposing penalties or fines on security companies when false security alarm occurs.
Reverse auction; revise method of receiving bids through for agencies and governing authorities.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years.
Lobbying; prohibit legislator from engaging in for one year after leaving office.
Employment; prohibit denial of solely because a person has been convicted of a felony.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barbering; merge into one board.
"Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.
Publication for bid process for banks seeking to become depository for funds of local governments; clarify.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
911 calls; require a public body to transcribe and release to the public if certain information redacted.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require proposed agency rules to be approved by the State Auditor.
Interlocal agreements concerning the use of services or facilities of certain county officials; require approval by officials before enforcement of.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Secretary of State; clarify authority to transfer land records to Department of Archives and History.
Mississippi Real Estate Appraisal Board; make independent from Mississippi Real Estate Commission.
Bureau of Fleet Management; revise duties thereof.
Mississippi Regional Pre-Need Disaster Clean Up Act; create.
Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists.
State Personnel Board; require agencies seeking an exemption from the oversight of to submit written plan of justification to Legislature and SPB.
Pat Harrison Waterway District; provide county withdrawal from district not effective until close of FY in which county obligations met.
EMS Advisory Council; revise membership of.
Notaries; revise residency requirements of.
MS Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund; require administration to submit report of purchasing needs to legislative committees.
Public purchases; revise bidding requirements for certain projects and other related to Mississippi Landmarks.
Landscape architects; authorize to participate with multi-disciplinary engineer and architecture firms.
State auditor; authorize investigative and audit costs incured by contracted firms to be paid as percentage of recovery.
"Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.
Emergency executive order; limit state of emergency orders to 30 days.
Public Procurement Review Board; revise the qualifications of members on.
Public purchasing law; amend to allow competitive bids over $75,000.00 to be advertised on the procurement portal.
Construction certificate of responsibility; increase to $75,000.00 and align bond requirement.
Agencies, departments and institutions; require each to post organizational structure on official websites of.
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of.
Occupational Licensing Review Commision; revise membership and certain other provisions of.
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries.
Secretary of State; authorize transfer of fragile land records to Department of Archives and History for preservation.
State employees;remove requirement to use one day of personal leave before using major medical leave.
State boards and commissions; Department of Finance and Administration travel regulations shall be applicable to all.
Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
County board of supervisors; authorize to be employed by community college districts while serving as.
Office of Independent State Hearing Officers; create to hear and decide matters for persons as alternative to agency hearing officers.
Ban-the-Box Act; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as an initial bar to employment.
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years, as determined by the SOS.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require proposed agency rules to be approved by the state auditor.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; revise authority to enter into certain agreements and contracts.
Public Procurement Review Board; revise the qualifications of members on.
Notaries; revise residency requirements of.
School board purchasing agent; increase amount of required surety bond.
Open meetings; legislative advisory committee members must be invited to stay during executive session.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists.
Campaign finance reports; require those filed by all candidates to be available online.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
State auditor; authorize investigative and audit costs incurred by contracted firms to be paid as percentage of the recovery.
State Board of Barber Examiners; authorize elected officials to serve on.
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Public Procurement Review Board; exempt certain contracts entered into by the Attorney General's office from oversight by.
Commission on Status of Women; require that all vacancies be filled and meeting held by July 1, 2022.
Home inspectors; authorize to perform inspections on new construction without having residential home builders license.
Commission on Status of Women; require that all vacancies be filled and meeting held by July 1, 2022.
Open Meetings Law; revise definition of "public body" for purposes of.
Municipalities "home rule"; prohibit governing authorities from regulating immediate vicinity of health care facilities under certain circumstances.
State agency and governing authority contracts; require 30% of to be set aside for certain businesses.
Commission for Racial Reconciliation; create.
Salary increases for legislators; make effective for term of office after term in which salary is increased.
Home inspectors; authorize to perform home inspections on new construction without having residential home builders license.
Lobbying; prohibit legislator from engaging in for one year after leaving office.
Lobbying; revise definition of.
State employees; set out conditions for engaging in telework.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Telecommunications and personal or professional services; provide procedures for emergency purchases of.
Public Procurement Review Board; revise exemption of contracts for legal services.
Internal audit office; require universities and certain state agencies to establish.
State agencies; authorize Governor to terminate certain appointed agency officials.
Emergency executive order; limit state of emergency orders to 30 days.
Social security numbers; require counties to take steps to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of.
Agencies; require to provide monthly report of expenditures of state and federal public funds.
State agencies; eliminate requirement to prepare and publish annual reports.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require proposed agency rules to be approved by the state auditor.
"Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
State employees; provide for 3% increase in compensation for each of the next 4 fiscal years.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment.
Local governments; prohibit from imposing penalties or fines on security companies when false security alarm occurs.
Public officials and employees; allow Department of Revenue appraisers to receive same pay increases as county tax assessors.
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
Individual bond; require for public officers and employees handling or having the custody of public funds.
State Auditor; increase fee which may be charged for performing audits and other services.
State Personnel Board; require exempted agencies' reports to include quantifiable data and to be sent to SPB, PEER and LBO.
Bonding requirement for county purchase clerk; increase.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on requirement that fees be deposited into State General Fund.
Athletics; provide that schools designate teams by biological sex.
Law enforcement officers; allow certain use of uniform, weapon, vehicle and equipment for disaster relief when off-duty.
Department of Public Safety; revise authority, make various amendments.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing certain volunteer services in off-duty hours.
Bonding requirement for school purchasing agents; increase.
Public purchasing law; exempt procurement of certain aircraft by state institutions of higher learning from.
Occupational licenses; repeal those for art therapists, auctioneers, interior designers, wigologists and massage therapists.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; authorize demolition of slum and blighted properties located within.
State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer on.
PEER committee; require to review the operations of Child Protection Services.
Public Procurement Review Board; exempt certain contracts entered into by Attorney General's office from oversight of.
Campaign finance reports; require those filed by all candidates to be available online.
Local governments; prohibit from imposing penalties or fines on security companies when false security alarm occurs.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Architects; revise licensing laws to authorize multi-disciplinary firms with landscape architects and interior designers.
Public Service Commission; provide certain requirements regarding public proceedings and information.
Salary increases for legislators; make effective for term of office after term in which salary is increased.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Mississippi Home Corporation Act; prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination under.
Timber bridges; require use of for new construction and replacement on certain county and secondary roads.
State agencies; eliminate requirement to prepare and publish annual reports.
State agency and governing authority contracts; require 30% of to be set-aside for certain businesses.
Public employees; exempt from bad check fees caused by error in direct deposit made by their employer or retirement system.
"Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.
Contractors; require to submit signed agreement acknowledging certain information when submitting a bid.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; create.
Regulatory Reduction Pilot Program; create.
State service employees; prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination of.
Lobbying; revise definition of.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $30,000.00.
Foreign Company Accountability Act; create.
Cosmetology Board; remove threading and makeup artistry from regulation by.
MS Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repelaer on.
Cosmetology licensure laws; increase education requirement for nail technicians and require CE in sanitation.
Agencies; require to provide monthly report of expenditures of state and federal public funds.
Cosmetology licensure laws; remove threading and applying and removing eyelash extensions from application of.
Law enforcement officers' sidearms; clarify retention of.
Individual bond; require for public officers and employees handling or having the custody of public funds.
Commission on Status of Women; require that all vacancies be filled and meeting held by July 1, 2021.
Governor; if appointments to offices not timely reported to Senate, Lt. Governor has authority to make the appointments.
State employees; provide for 3% increase in compensation for each of the next 4 fiscal years.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Open Meeting Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include discussions by boards of trustees of public hospitals.
Open Meetings Law; authorize court to void certain actions taken in violation of.
State advertising; prohibit elected and appointed officers from publicly participating in.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, governing authorities and universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Police officers; require to maintain liability insurance with base rate paid by employer.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
County annual budget; require to be published on county's official website.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; authorize to review certain existing occupational regulations to determine compliance with state policy.
Chancery court clerk fees; revise those charged for recording oil and gas assignments.
State contract price; authorize rural water associations to purchase commodities under.
Regulatory reduction program for Commission on Environmental Quality; provide pilot program.
State Personnel Board; exempt personnel actions of the Attorney General's office from.
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
Amusement rides; provide requirements for an application to operate amusement rides and inspection requirements.
Tax assessors; revise type of educational recognition certificate necessary to receive annual salary supplement.
Public officers and employees; require surety bond in a certain amount for officers and employees who handle public funds.
Local government police vehicles; allow off-duty use under certain circumstances.
State Auditor; increase fee which may be charged for performing audits and other services.
Public Procurement Review Board; exempt certain contracts entered into by Attorney General's office from oversight of.
Regulatory Reduction Pilot Program; create.
Institutions of higher learning; require to ensure commercially reasonable procurement practices when purchasing aircraft equipment and services.
Individual bond; require for public officers and employees handling or having the custody of public funds.
Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing certain volunteer services in off-duty hours.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Administrative procedures; prohibit state agencies from adopting rule that contradicts a provision of law.
School district funding; provide for content of financial reports and prohibiting automatic budget increases for certain school districts.
E-verify program; transfer responsibility of administering to the Commission of Agriculture and Commerce.
Mississippi Public Records Act; revise certain provisions of.
Chancery Clerk fee; reduce for recording each oil and gas assignment per assignee per each book and page listed.
Retirement; PERS shall use initial employee handbook in determining credible service based on leave time for local employees.
Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of official vehicles under certain circumstances.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; authorize to review existing occupational regulation to ensure compliance with state policy.
State Auditor; increase fee to be charged by for performing audits and other services.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving other similar employment.
Fresh Start Act; revise to exempt Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training and MS Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law; bring forward.
Public construction; exempt projects for $50,000 or less than performance bond requirements.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
Transparency and accountability; establish additional reporting requirements with regard to seized property.
Transparency Mississippi website; revise to include certain information on officials, ethics, audits, contracts, lobbying, FOIA and taxes.
State agency and governing authority contracts; require 30% of to be set-aside for certain businesses.
Open Meeting Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include discussions by boards of trustees of public hospitals.
Open Meetings Law; authorize court to void certain actions taken in violation of.
Contractors; require to submit signed agreement acknowledging certain information when submitting a bid.
State service employees; prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination of.
Mississippi Home Corporation Act; prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination from occurring in connection with.
State Auditor; authorize to examine tax returns necessary for auditing certain federal benefits.
DHS; prohibit from directing funds to grantees or subgrantees without competitive selection through RFP process.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Sexual Harassment Settlements; require counties, municipalities and state agencies to post on website.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, governing authorities and universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Boards and commissions created by state statute; prescribe how members of may be removed.
State advertising; prohibit elected and appointed officers from publicly participating in.
Law enforcement officers; allow certain use of uniform, weapon, vehicle and equipment for disaster relief when off-duty.
Trip optimizer system; exempt youth services counselors from.
Public agency; prohibit from requesting or releasing certain personal information from an entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Mississippi Public Records Act; authorize public bodies to continue to contract even though right to protest still available.
Vending machines and micro markets; exempt from regulation by Department of Agriculture and State Board of Health.
Real Estate Commission; require notice of proposed rule changes via email to all licensees.
Agency Accountability Review Act of 2019; create.
Real estate appraisers; revise provisions regarding licensure requirements and national registry fee.
State agencies; require to answer certain question after amending or adopting.
School athletics and extracurricular activities; require SBE to review and recommend revisions for administration of for public schools.
Reverse auction; prohibit use for certain term contract.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
State Board of Public Contractors; exempt nonprofit corporations, associations and churches from certain licensing provisions of.
Open Meeting Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include certain discussions by boards of trustees of public hospitals.
Contracts; provide additional penalties for a person who splits to avoid competitive purchasing procedures.
Government contracts; authorize agency, department or political subdivision of the state to require the use of work verification software to verify hours worked for.
MS Highway Safety Patrol officers; authorize to work nongovernmental jobs.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Professional Bail Agent; bring forward.
Boards and commissions; regulate how a member of may be removed.
Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors; authorize to establish 2-year licensure cycle for engineers.
DFA; establish office of Shared Services within to operate as the central business office for select agencies.
Mississippi Public Records Act; revise certain provisions of.
Reverse auctions in public purchases; make applicable only to agencies.
Reverse auctions in public purchases; make applicable only to agencies.
Open Meetings Act; revise definition of public body under.
Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create.
MS Real Estate Commission; require to develop a real estate broker management course to be implemented 1-1-2021, as a requirement for licensure as a real estate broker.
State agency and governing authority contracts; require 30% of to be set-aside for certain businesses.
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of Motor Carrier Division of MDPS to MDOT.
DFA; authorize to issue request for one or more primary care clinics to be consulted.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Law enforcement officers; allow certain use of uniform, weapon, vehicle and equipment for disaster relief when off-duty.
Architects; exempt certain from continuing education requirements.
Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of official vehicles under certain circumstances.
Reverse auction; revise method of receiving bids through for agencies and governing authorities.
Trip optimizer system; exempt youth services counselors.
MS Highway Safety Patrol; require all patrol cars to include rear partition transport cages.
Bond counsel; require certain to be selected through competitive request for proposals process.
Inactive boards, commissions, councils and committees; repeal certain.
Professional bail agents; delete repealers on certain laws regarding.
Protective orders; prohibit unit prices within procurement contracts from being protected under.
Employee Appeals Board; revise membership of.
Elections; prohibit incumbent candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.
Bail bondsmen; remove repealer on certain licensing statutes.
Governing authorities; authorize to charge fee for electronic bid submission or participation in a reverse auction.
Trip optimizer system; exempt youth services counselors.
Agency Accountability Review Act of 2018; create.
Law enforcement officers; allow off-duty use of official vehicles under certain circumstances.
Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Inactive boards and commissions; repeal certain.
Agency Accountability Review Act of 2018; create.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
State government travel; increase threshold miles that requires state agency to use trip optimizer system.
Trip optimizer system; exempt state boards from required use of.
Nonprofit organizations; regulate those whose funding is fifty percent or more public monies.
MS Public Records Act of 1983; exempt certain information technology records from.
Administrative Procedures Act; require agencies to repeal certain rules when adopting new rules under.
Bond Counsel; require certain to be selected through competitive request for proposals process.
Trip optimizer system; delete requirement on state agency travel.
State law enforcement officers; revise compensatory time provided to.
Real estate licensure; revise requirements for those who provide instruction for.
State agency and governing authority contracts; require 30% of to be set-aside for certain businesses.
Professional bail agent license; revise personal surety amount of qualification bond.
Reverse auctions in public purchases; make applicable only to agencies.
Occupational licensing boards; revise how certain prior convictions are used by.
Professional bail agents; require to hold collateral or take security interest in collateral for certain bail bonds.
Reverse auctions in public purchases; make applicable only to agencies.
State agency advertising procurements; require approval by Public Procurement Review Board.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Public purchasing and bid law requirements; authorize prequalification of contractors on "high complexity construction projects".
Contracts; prohibit dividing of to avoid certain competitive purchasing procedures.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
State and federally funded advertising; prohibit elected state officials from visibly or audibly participating in the making of.
State employees; authorize agencies to grant administrative leave to certain members of Civil Air Patrol.
State agency travel; direct DFA to advertise and enter into contracts for additional vehicle rental services.
Advertisements for competitive bids; require to be posted on the procurement portal website.
Public contracts; require purchasing entities to allow contractors to submit bids electronically.
Inactive state boards, commissions and councils; abolish.
Boards and commission; abolish certain that have become inactive.
Requests for proposals; provide standards for state agencies to follow regarding.
Mississippi Advisory Council on Faith-Based Initiatives; establish.
Special meetings; require notice of to be posted on public body's website.
Open Meetings Act; revise portion that deals with teleconference and video meetings.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; exempt entertainer contracts entered into by Mississippi Fair Commission from review of.
Lobbying; contract lobbyist not to be compensated with public funds.
Public works contracts; if contracts funded as result of declared disaster, acknowledgement of laws regarding must accompany bid.
Constables; revise fees charged by.
Public purchasing law; reinsert definitions mistakenly deleted in 2016.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
Ethics Commission; clarify authority to operate unmarked vehicles.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise timeline to review contracts.
Agency Accountability Review Act of 2017; enact.
Administrative Procedures Act; revise to require all agency rules adopted under to be repealed after certain time unless readopted.
Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to coordinate services for children.
Perpetual care cemeteries, new; require certain acreage and trust fund deposit to establish.
Taxing entities; require to file annual report on tax revenues with Department of Revenue instead of State Auditor.
Department of Archives & History; board members shall be appointed by the Governor.
Advertisements for competitive bids; require to be posted on the procurement portal website.
Mississippi Advisory Council on Faith-based Initiatives; create.
State funded advertising; prohibit elected state officials from visibly or audibly participating in the making of.
Public purchasing; revise to allow alternative procurement process for certain purchases involving single family or duplex residences or cabins.
Public purchasing law; reinsert definitions mistakenly deleted in 2016.
Administrative Procedures Act; agencies must readopt all rules adopted per federal guidance or agreement.
MS Arts Commission; bring forward sections for possible amendments.
Staffing services; prohibit the use of by state agencies, school districts and political subdivision for hiring of employees.
Bail; bring forward provisions regulating.
State aircraft; exempt DFA from bidding requirements when procuring.
Publication requirement for bidding procedure for certain purchases; authorize counties and cities to perform online.
State agencies; require to abide by state law and prohibit from adopting any rule, policy or regulation that conflicts with state law.
Equal pay certificate; require certain businesses to have before contracting above $100,000.00 with agency or department of the state.
State agency advertising procurements; require approval by Personal Service Contract Review Board.
State tax system; create task force to study.
Broderick Rashad Danti Dixon Act; create.
State entities; require to undertake certain steps before entering into agreements with the federal government.
Public purchasing laws; remove prohibition on using reverse auctions for certain public contracts.
Public purchasing and bid law requirements; authorize prequalification of contractors on "high complexity construction contracts."
State Auditor; remove requirement to submit annual report on the expenditure of classroom supply funds by school districts.
State agency vehicles; restrict purchasing of.
Transparency website; require information on state actions related to public purchases and contracts to be included on.
Public purchasing laws; revise methods used to let certain contracts.
Public records act; revise provisions that relate to protective orders.
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Private correctional facilities; make subject to purchasing laws and Personal Service Contract Review Board.
DOFA; authorize to issue request for administrative support to comply with ACA.
Bail agents; create electronic bondsmen registry, bail bond database and revise qualification bond.
Bail agents; license may be denied upon conviction of certain crimes.
Open Meetings Act; technical correction.
Architectural and engineering services contracts; clarify certain review and oversight by DFA of.
MS Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; revise certain provisions and delete repealer on.
MS Public Records Act; clarify when competitive sealed proposals must be produced.
MDOC; clarify type of contracts that must be approved by the Public Procurement Review Board.
MS Open Records Act; revise time period for release of records containing trade secrets or confidential information.
Sales tax; withhold portion of diversion to municipality that fails to comply with audit requirement.
State agency purchasing agents; clarify who must attend purchasing certification program.
Architectural & engineering services contracts; clarify oversight authority by Department of Finance and Administration.
Public contracts for energy efficiency services; authorize MDA to assemble list of prequalified energy services providers.
Procurement card rebates; require the Department of Finance and Administration to establish policies that govern the accrual of.
State agency purchasing agents; clarify who must attend purchasing certification program.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise to make technical changes to.
State Auditor; revise rights related to requesting certain information and conducting certain audits.
Independent State Agency Appeal Board; create.
Net-of-fee contracts and unauthorized procurement actions; require certain reports.
Contract negotiations; allow information to be exempt from Mississippi Public Records Act while on-going.
Public construction contracts; exempt contracts under construction manager at risk method from bidding requirements.
Anti-Corruption Task Force; create.
Public records; revise procedures for requesting a court order protecting certain records.
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
BP Oil spill settlement funds; require state agencies to pose information about expenditure of on DFA transparency website.
Services contracts; require submission to Personal Service Contract Review Board and posted to Personnel Board website for those over $10,000.00.
Energy efficiency services; revise laws regarding public contracts for.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise timeline to review contracts.
Request for proposals; provide standards for state agencies to follow regarding.
Lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring contract lobbyists with public funds.
Private correctional facilities; make subject to purchasing laws and Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Bonds; State Treasurer shall prepare a statement regarding the fiscal effect of bond legislation introduced in the Legislature.
Special meetings; revise notice required under open meetings provisions for.
State agency advertising procurements; require approval by Personal Service Contract Review Board of.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Mississippi Fines Accountability and Transparency Task Force; create.
Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be a special fund; require RFPs for canteen; revise contract amount for review by procurement board.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
Single source emergency purchases contracts; place restrictions on.
Legislature's bill status website; authorize members to have website links to info about their introduced bills placed on.
Disbursement of earnings order for offenders housed at restitution centers; institute.
Program 1033 accountability records; require copies to be transferred to Dept. of Public Safety and placed on website.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition of and expenditure amount and remove exemption of certain contracts from board review.
Services contracts; require submission to Personal Service Contract Review Board and posted to website for those over $10,000.00.
State agency advertising procurements; Personal Services Contract Review Board must preapprove.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Reform; create.
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
Internal audit law; remove condition for specific appropriations to fund, and delay implementation date.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS.