Judiciary, Division A

Mississippi Keeping Kids Safe Online Act; create.

Mississippi Tort Claims Act; create publicly accessible registry for certain entities subject to.

Name change; prohibit for persons convicted of a crime of violence and for sex offenders.

Post-Conviction Collateral Relief; require to obtain permission from Supreme Court for certain petitions.

Third Chancery Court District; revise number of chancellors.

Judicial System Operation Fund; bring forward sections relating to.

Mississippi Transparency in Consumer Legal Funding Act; enact.

Judicial System Operation Fund; repeal.

Joint custody; create rebuttable presumption of.

Joint custody matters; create rebuttable presumption in favor of.

MYCIDS; extend repealer on provisions of law that govern.

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

Cybersecurity; governmental and certain commercial entities substantially complying with standards not liable for incidents relating to.

Seventh Circuit Court District; bring forward section providing for number of assistant public defenders.

Tort Claims Board; require to create a registry of all governmental entities and CEOs.

Administrative Office of Courts and intervention courts; bring forward sections related to.

Uniform Athlete Agents Law; penalize persons providing services without registering under.

Youth court data; bring forward code sections related to.

Age of majority; revise.

Fourth and Seventh Circuit Judicial Districts; revise.

Asbestos Action Over-naming Reform Act; enact.

Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren.

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

Acknowledgment of matrimony & paternity; revise related provisions, define certain terms & recognize a fundamental right of a parent.

Adult performances; prohibit in a location where minors could view, create cause of action.

Cybersecurity; limit liability for governmental and certain commercial entities that substantially comply with standards.

Legal assistants; bring forward code section related to.

Termination of parental rights; require appointment of guardian ad litem in all cases of with limited exception.

Mississippi Freedom Boater Law; enact.

Baby safety devices; provide for termination of parental rights and proceedings concerning the child.

MS Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; prohibit members from influencing the allocation of funds to affiliated organizations.

CCID inferior court; authorize additional staff.

Juvenile Justice Diversion Program; authorize diversion within the Division of Youth Services within DHS.

Towing companies; revise notice provisions to owners and lienholder, authorize civil penalty.

Mississippi Rural Attorney Program Act; enact.

Athletes Agents Reform Act; enact.

Uniform Public Expression Protection Act; enact.

Towing, storage and sale of vehicles; bring forward code section related to.

Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.

Nuisances; limit causes of action against racing facilities or racetracks.

Legal assistants; restore the assistant removed from the Fourteenth Circuit Court District.

Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; amend to include coverage for the public purchase of firetrucks.

Intervention courts; bring forward code sections related to.

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

Appeal bond for nonmonetary judgment; authorize for estimated monetary injury that would be incurred following a hearing.

Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.

Mississippi Land Bank Act; local government transfer vacant and abandoned property to.

Mississippi TRUST Act; enact.

Youth records; authorize member of Legislature to inspect upon written release.

Student-athlete agency contracts; amend provisions related to and create private cause of action.

Motor vehicle accident; prohibit recovery of damages by person who operated vehicle without liability insurance.

Foreign laws; authorize attorney's fees in certain actions, prohibit certain application of, prohibit enforcement of religious codes.

Mississippi Paid Family and Medical Leave Act; enact.

Motor vehicles; create strict liability for damages in an accident when operating without liability insurance.

Tax sales; revise provisions related to.

Gun shows; require background checks before transfer of firearm.

Aggravated manslaughter; create crime and provide criminal penalties for.

Wrongful death; amend provision related to.

Carbon credits or sequestration; require recorded instrument to convey.

Divorce; authorize a court to grant when it is determined that a marriage is irretrievably broken.

Justice court; increase jurisdictional limit for residential evictions.

State Grand Jury Act; reinstate and expand scope.

Judicial redistricting; revise for circuit courts.

District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circuit courts.

Internet; create civil liability for distribution of child pornography and obscene matter by commercial entities.

Appellate court expense allowance; authorize receipt for judicial duties performed in any area of the state.

Mississippi Electronic Court system; provide free access to public defenders and county prosecutors in certain matters.

Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.

Cybersecurity; governmental and certain commercial entities substantially complying with standards not liable for incidents relating to.

Consumer Protection Act; exempt certain pharmaceutical distributors from.

MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create.

Youth court; revise timeline for permanency hearings.

Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact.

Tax sales; create study committee to study solutions related to unmerchantable and uninsurable titles.

Opioid Settlement Fund Committee; create to disburse opioid litigation settlement monies.

Kinship payments for foster children; revise who may be paid.

Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.

Mississippi Principal and Income Act of 2013; revise provisions relating to partial liquidation.

Twentieth Circuit Court District; increase assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators.

Noncustodial Parents' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create.

Municipal judges; provide a term of office for.

Child Protection Services; clarify manner of expending federal funds, and when it pays expenses for child in custody when ordered by court.

Appellate court expense allowance; authorize receipt for judicial duties performed in any area of the state.

Mississippi Principal and Income Act of 2013; revise provisions relating to partial liquidation.

Bad faith assertions of patent infringement; extend repealer on prohibitions against.

Joint custody of children; authorize for any type of divorce.

Youth court records; authorize disclosure to Commission on Judicial Performance.

Statewide Uniform Youth Court System; establish.

Nonprofit animal shelters; require recordkeeping and the sterilization of all dogs and cats sold or released for adoption.

Cyber breach; limit liability for certain entities.

Criminal investigators; increase salaries and salary supplements of.

Pesticide seller or manufacturer; provide limited immunity for in certain actions.

Missing or unidentified persons; provide procedures regarding investigation of.

Legal assistants; increase the number of in the Seventh Circuit Court District.

State Grand Jury Act; reinstate and expand scope.

Notaries; authorize commissions for persons residing within 15 miles of the border of Mississippi.

Grand jury investigations; require notice of investigation to law enforcement officers and opportunity to testify.

Manufactured homes; restore deleted language related to affidavit of affixation.

Ending Agency Overreach Act; enact.

Gun shows; require background checks before transfer of firearm.

Legal assistants and criminal investigators; bring forward code sections related to.

Youth Court referees; provide salary and benefits equivalent to justice court judges.

Remote online notarization; allow.

Civil actions; increase the noneconomic damages limitation other than medical malpractice.

Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in certain cases of false abuse and neglect reports.

Land ownership; prohibit nonresident alien ownership of.

Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.

Department of Child Protection Services; amend provisions related to kinship payments.

Squatters; authorize removal from property by sheriff.

Wrongful death; amend provision related to.

Department of Child Protection Services; revise provision related to guardian ad litems and CPS representation by counsel.

Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; require VIN issued by manufacturer or DOR for operation on public roads.

Mississippi Consumer Data Protection Act; enact.

Jurors; increase range of per diem for.

Towing companies; revise notice provisions to owners and lienholder, authorize civil penalty.

Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.

Mississippi Electronic Court System; require all courts to utilize by certain date.

Department of Child Protection Services; amend provision related to durable legal guardianship as permanency option.

Mental examinations; require state to pay costs for indigent defendants where examination is court-ordered.

Department of Child Protection Services; amend provision related to durable legal guardianship as permanency option.

Department of Child Protection Services; amend provisions related to kinship payments.

Statewide Intervention Court Task Force; establish.

Grand jury; allow access to record to defendant upon request.

Contraception; provide right to obtain and engage in.

Divorce; authorize a court to grant when it is determined that a marriage is irretrievably broken.

Intestate succession; child conceived by assisted reproduction after decedent's death is deemed to be living at the time of death.

Foster care and adoption; revise provisions related to per recommendations of task force.

Homeowners' insurance; prohibit insurer from cancelling or denying coverage solely due to roof's age.

Opioid antagonists; authorize community organizations and others to receive and administer.

Manufactured homes; create affidavit of ownership.

Mississippi Women's Bill of Rights; create.

Public purchasing; require competitive bidding for web-based application for MYCIDS.

Judicial redistricting; bring forward code sections related to.

Real property; right of first refusal expires on grantee's death unless specifically stated otherwise.

Immediate possession; authorize for certain public agencies for roads & public utilities for an economic development project.

Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create.

CCID inferior court; clarify appeals from and repeal appointment of temporary judges.

District attorneys; amend provision related to temporary appointments.

Chancery clerk; increase fees for recording deeds to land sold for taxes and redemption of such lands.

Mississippi Electronic Court System; require free access for public defenders.

Adoption petitions; clarify that attached certificate may be executed by any physician.

Residential subdivisions; authorize property owners to establish and/or amend convenants, conditions and restrictions.

Internet; create civil liability for distribution of child pornography and obscene matter by commercial entities.

Grand jury; clarify procedures for recusal of district attorney.

Tenancy by the entirety with rights of survivorship; create rebuttable presumption when deed to both spouses.

State Grand Jury Act; codify and extend repealer.

Recreational landowners; add cycling to the list of activities exempt from liability.

Corporations and LLCs; authorize notice of dissolution by electronic mail only.

"The Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act"; create.

Presumption of death; create for missing persons who have undergone a catastrophic event causing imminent peril.

Community mental health centers; rename and require certain oversight measures by Department of Mental Health.

Appointed counsel; increase maximum compensation for.

Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.

Nonprofit corporations which receive public funds; require reporting to Secretary of State.

Firearms, firearm entities and knives; prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts regarding.

Civil Commitment Reform Act; enact.

Birth certificate; require designation of sex and prohibit change unless mistake at the time the certificate was issued.

Abused child reporting to child protection services; require report to contain the name of the reporter.

Judicial districts; create new chancery and circuit court district.

The Title IX Preservation Act; enact.

Post conviction collateral relief; require Supreme Court permission for trial court motion under certain conditions.

Child protection services; authorize "kinship payments" to children's extended family, as needed or applicable.

Statewide Uniform Youth Court System; establish.

Definitions; define certain terms including "male" and "female."

Intervention courts; bring forward code sections related to.

Seventh Circuit Court District; authorize additional judges and legal assistants for.

Mississippi Tort Claims Act; create publicly accessible registry for certain entities subject to.

Assistant district attorneys; authorize additional in 6th circuit.

Jurors; increase range of per diem for.

Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.

Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act; enact.

Assistant district attorneys; authorize additional 23rd circuit.

Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.

Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.

Mississippi Aid to Sexual Offense Victim Reporting Act; enact.

Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.

Chancery court; provide additional chancellor for 15th Chancery Court District.

Age of majority; revise.

Child-support award guidelines; revise.

Right to counsel; provide for in certain Youth Court proceedings.

Mississippi Consumers' Freedom of Choice in Appliances Act; enact.

Youth court; prohibit intake based solely on the opinion of a medical professional on contract with DHS or CPS.

Gas stoves; enjoin federal rules or regulations prohibiting the sale or possession of.

Retired attorneys; authorize to correct scrivener's errors.

Tax sales; create study committee to study solutions to unmerchantable and uninsurable titles resulting from.

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21.

Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in certain cases of false abuse and neglect reports.

Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.

Child support; award children of deceased victim of aggravated DUI.

Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in certain cases of false abuse and neglect reports.

Foster Parents' Bill of Rights; and Responsibilities; create and require to be provided to foster parents.

Baby drop-off and safe haven; revise provisions that regulate.

Out-of-state lawyers; disclosure required in certain advertisements if not licensed to practice law in Mississippi.

Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing of.

County court jurisdiction for termination of parental rights; authorize for both involuntary and voluntary termination.

Child support; administratively suspend obligations for incarcerated individuals.

Board of Funeral Services; revise provisions related to.

Durable legal custody; clarify jurisdiction for.

Code books; revise number required to be ordered from publisher.

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21.

Youth court; clarify that disclosure of certain records in criminal matters do not require youth court approval.

Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry; create.

Charitable Organizations; Raise audit threshold for contributions to $750,000.00, and use a cash basis only.

Court interpreters; revise program under the Administration of the Administrative Office of Courts.

Real property; right of first refusal expires on grantee's death unless specifically stated otherwise.

Intestate succession; child conceived by assisted reproduction after decedent's death is deemed to be living at time of death.

Child Support; suspend for incarcerated persons under certain conditions.

Nonprofit corporations which receive public funds; require reporting to Secretary of State.

Uncrewed aircraft systems; regulate.

Supreme court, court of appeals, chancery courts and circuit courts; bring forward code sections related to.

Licenses issued by Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; require suspension for failure to pay child support.

Supreme court; require to promulgate rules requiring the disclosure of all entities financially interested in litigation.

Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.

District attorneys; increase office operating allowance.

Paternity; clarify circumstances when putative father cannot contest.

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of Mississippi residents as condition of employment; prohibit based on religious belief.

Gender reassignment surgery; criminalize performance of upon minors.

Land; prohibit ownership by certain nonresident aliens within an established radius of a military installation.

Structured Settlements; judge who approved settlement must approve transfer, transferee to disclose any application rejections.

Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.

Mississippi Rental Purchase Agreement Act and Residential Landlord Tenant Act; bring forward provisions related to.

Youth records; authorize member of Legislature to inspect upon written release.

Circuit court judges and chancellors; increase annual stipend for office operations, support staff and law clerks.

Judgments; prohibit from bearing interest at a rate greater than 10 percent.

Mississippi Fair Housing Act; enact.

Homeowners; limit premises liability for injury sustained by a person or company hired for repair.

Limited English proficient individuals; make certain amendments related to.

Termination of parental rights or an adoption; require notice to AG and require hearing within certain time frame.

Involuntary civil commitments; limit county's liability for costs of medical treatment.

Adoption; authorize court to waive home study requirement, criminalize disclosure of records.

Grandparents; authorize the payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.

Mississippi Help Not Harm Act; enact.

Discrimination or affirmative action programs; prohibit in State of Mississippi.

Restrictions, prohibitions and civil remedies against officers of the IRS for actions against Mississippi citizens; provide.

Workers' compensation; revise the exclusive remedy provision to provide certain exemptions.

Justice court; increase jurisdiction of.

Chancery court; provide additional chancellor for 15th Chancery Court District.

Landlord-tenant law; revise.

Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.

Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.

Mississippi Consumer Data Privacy Act; enact.

Liens; delete the exception to expiration of a lien where notation had been made on the judgment roll within a certain period.

Land; prohibit ownership by nonresident aliens who are citizens of certain countries.

Eminent domain; provide compensation for the loss of a business's goodwill.

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 18.

The Title IX Preservation Act; enact.

Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced.

Landlord-tenant law; revise provisions of to create procedures and protection for evictions.

Affidavit of Scrivener's Error; revise recording of.

Public records; award attorney's fees for duplicative requests.

Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.

Rivers McGraw Mental Health Diversion Program; revise to create mental health treatment courts.

Involuntary civil commitments; limit county's liability for costs of medical treatment.

Child support; provide for imputation guidelines.

Personal delivery devices; provide for the regulation of the use of in pedestrian areas.

Real property; establish process to remove discriminatory language from recorded instruments of conveyance.

Intestate succession; child conceived by assisted reproduction after decedent's death is deemed to be living at time of death.

Residential Landlord Tenant Act; revise evictions procedures of the.

Mississippi Architects and Engineers Good Samaritan Act; create.

Property interest; conveyance to married individuals considered to create joint tenancy with right of survivorship.

Construction liens; failure to file notice within certain period of time shall invalidate claim of lien.

Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken.

Comprehensive Landlord and Tenant Act; enact.

Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.

The Real You Act of 2022; enact.

Mississippi Consumer Data Privacy Act; enact.

Mississippi Pay Equity Act; prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.

Suffrage; restore to any person disqualified by reason of criminal conviction upon completion of sentence.

Mental health courts; create.

Charitable organizations; revise religious institution exemption and clarify service of process.

Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21.

Child support; prohibit standard amount for imputation of income in lieu of fact-gathering.

State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee; require to promulgate rules to create funding formula for intervention courts.

Alienation of affection; abolish cause of action.

Child support; administratively suspend obligations for incarcerated individuals.

Court reporters; require to provide transcript upon request of the court under certain circumstances.

Voter registration; require verification of an applicant's U.S. citizenship.

Landlord-tenant law; revise.

Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.

Juror qualifications; allow jurors to serve in contiguous counties.

Solemnize marriage; authorize judges of military court to perform rites.

Youth court; prohibit intake based solely on the opinion of a medical professional on contract with DHS or CPS.

Secretary of State; authorize certain notices by electronic mail.

District attorneys; revise number of additional legal assistants authorized.

Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.

Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; prohibit discrimination based on sex, race or ethnicity.

Remote Online Notarization Act; enact.

Mississippi Fair Housing Act; enact.

Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.

Guardianship; clarify a parent's right to nominate a guardian in TPR proceedings and clarify the fictive kin disposition alternative.

DA criminal investigators; revise allocation and compensation of.

Notaries public; revise maximum fee and residency requirements.

MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.

Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced.

Task Force; establish to study domestic law matters.

Electronic documents; provide recording procedure for counties without electronic-recording capability.

Intermediate driver's license; delete all references to.

Cemetery owners; authorize to disinter dead human remains for reinterment, reburial or delivery to a carrier for transportation.

Concealed carry weapons permit; combine with driver's license or identification card.

Cemeteries; authorize to disinter and reinter dead human remains for next of kin instructions.

Municipal judges; authorize to order a defendant to remedy real property ordinance violations within a reasonable time period.

Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement; extend repealer on.

Electric bicycles; classify as bicycles and not as motor vehicles, and regulate.

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.

Outdoor advertisement signs; revise height requirements for.

Bail procedures; bring forward provisions for purposes of amendment.

Perpetual care and preneed cemetery and funeral laws; unlawful to make false or misleading statements in records under.

Open Meetings Law; allow executive sessions for certain discussions by public hospital boards.

Public official corruption; authorize prosecution by Attorney General upon request of the State Auditor.

Justice courts; required to accept electronic filing.

Cemeteries and burial grounds; make misleading filings unlawful.

Tax sales; create study committee to study solutions to unmerchantable and uninsurable titles resulting from.

Firearms; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban.

Statewide county court system; create.

Department of Human Services; authorize methods of communication for notices of encumbrance of assets for child support.

Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.

Gun Violence Intervention Grant Program and funding; earmark federal VOCA victim assistance funds.

Youth court disposition hearings; require consideration of Department of Child Protection Services' report.

Vexatious Litigant Act of 2021; enact.

Civil immunity; provide to participants of child-abuse investigations, evaluations or judicial proceedings.

Harassment in institutions of higher education; provide cause of action for discriminatory harassment.

Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create.

Mississippi Foster Care Fund; increase assessment and transfer to Attorney General.

Price gouging; exempt certain raw agricultural products during declared emergencies.

Department of Human Services; provide law-enforcement authority to.

Kratom; authorize Department of Health to regulate.

Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create.

Violent or disorderly assemblies; criminalize.

Paternity; clarify circumstances when putative father cannot contest.

Landlords; prohibit discriminatory action against prospective or current tenant based on source of income.

Public records; award attorney's fees for duplicative requests.

Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.

"Mississippi Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2021"; enact.

Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.

Landlord-tenant law; revise.

Concealed weapon permit; authorize Secretary of State to designate certain employees for.

Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.

Divorce; either or both parties may be determined an injured party.

Law enforcement officers; immunity under certain circumstances.

Local government; prohibit ordinances authorizing camping on public property and sidewalks.

Charitable organization; revise definition of and service of process on.

Child support; allow restricted driver's license for work.

Criminal procedure; allow interlocutory appeal by prosecution of certain adverse rulings.

Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.

Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act; create.

Human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation; provide services for victims through approved services.

Judicial districts; revise certain chancery and circuit.

Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence when damages from.

Service of summons in youth courts; shall be made pursuant to the Uniform Rules of the Youth Court Practice.

MS Electronic Court System; require all courts to utilize.

Counties; may also maintain electronic format of law books in courtrooms and in county public law libraries.

Advocate Confidentiality Law; establish procedures for disclosure.

Design-build Method of Contracting; extend repealer for use by State Port Authority and authorize any port.

Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts; create and repeal existing statutes on notaries public.

Real estate appraisers, brokers and salespeople; establish statute of limitations for civil actions.

Guardianships and conservatorships; revise GAP Act.

Termination of parental rights; clarify jurisdiction of county and youth courts.

Durable legal guardianship; revise provisions regarding.

Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts; create and repeal existing statutes on notaries public.

Abandoned mobile homes; establish a procedure to dispose of.

Guardianships and Conservatorships; revise provision for proceedings.

Law enforcement officers; immunity under certain circumstances.

Critical infrastructure; define crimes of impeding and trespassing against.

Advocate confidentiality law; protect certain information held by rape crisis and domestic violence programs.

Solemnize marriage; authorize certain federal judges to perform rites.

Public official corruption; prosecution by Attorney General upon request of the State Auditor.

Certificate of Foreign Birth; allow issuance by Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Baby Drop-off Law; revise certain definitions.

Chandler's Law; create right for next of kin to obtain postmortem genetic information.

Motorcycles; allow to proceed only in limited circumstances.

Camping on public property and sidewalks; preempt local ordinances authorizing.

Divorce; rebuttable presumption of joint custody of minor children.

Age of majority; revise.

Discriminatory action by landlord against prospective or current tenant based on source of income; prohibit.

Cooperatives; provide for the incorporation of.

Vexatious Litigant Law; enact.

Equine riders; require helmet for certain minors.

An act to create the "Stop Social Media Censorship Act" relating to indecent deceptive trade practices and social media censorship act.

Solemnize marriage; authorize certain federal judges to perform rites.

Youth court confidentiality; allow attendance only as specifically limited.

Mississippi Consumer Data Privacy Act; enact.

Retired law enforcement officers; concealed carry license/permit.

Open Meetings Act; court shall void any action taken in violation of.

Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.

Property; state consent to acquisition of land by the United States for exclusive jurisdiction.

Subdivision plats; revise effectiveness.

Title disputes; clarify jurisdiction of state courts in certain.

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.

Divorce; either or both parties may be determined an injured party.

Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.

MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create.

Intervention courts; require best practices based on evidence or research.

Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.

Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced.

Keyaurdra's Law; require unique identifying mark on bullet casings.

Financial statement filed with Secretary of State by nonprofit free clinics; require instead of full audit.

Access to children's records; require release to member of Legislature per release form.

Mississippi Pay Equity Act; prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.

Youth court records; parents have right to redacted copies.

Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.

Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.

Controlled substances; revise Schedules I, II, and V.

Wills; revise the procedures that regulate administration of.

GAP (Guard and Protect vulnerable children and adults) Act; revise guardianship and conservatorship laws.

Domestic abuse protection orders; revise appellate procedure.

Forensic Mental Health Act of 2019; create.

Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.

Grandparent visitation; revise requirements to file petition.

Mississippi Code of Military Justice; increase certain fines provided for commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment.

Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish.

CON: provide for direct appeals to Court of Appeals of Department of Health orders pertaining to.

Private project construction bonds; regulate.

Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room.

County coroners; may contract with a private pathologist to perform autopsies.

Appeal from judgment by a county or municipal authority; revise standard of construction for determining constitutionality.

Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.

GAP (Guard and Protect vulnerable children and adults) Act; revise guardianship and conservatorship laws.

Electronic communication service provider; prohibit disclosure of information concerning certain subpoenas and search warrants except under limited circumstances.

County prosecuting attorneys; clarify that such attorneys may provide representation in civil cases.

Mental health courts; authorize to be established throughout the state.

Firearms; authorize seizing law enforcement agency to use proceeds.

Fresh Start Act of 2019; create.

Summary Courts-martial; decision to grant a trial is reserved to the special or general courts-martial convening authority.

Youth Court Act; implement recommendations of supreme court commission on children's justice.

Utility worker; killing of shall be capital murder.

Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.

Critical infrastructure; define crimes of impeding and trespassing against.

Second chances; create Back-to-Work Act.

Virtual pornographic images; prohibit.

Firearms Protection Act; create.

Conviction; clarify subsequent for certain crimes and post-conviction relief.

Wrongful conviction; revise terms of payment for.

Private project construction bonds; provide regulation of.

Juvenile Tobacco Access Prevention Act of 1997; revise.

Weapons; revise employer-imposed parking prohibition.

Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts; create and repeal existing statutes on notaries public.

Flame-retardant chemicals; prohibit children's products or upholstered residential furniture containing certain amounts of.

Voluntary search; require officers to obtain written consent.

County-operated mental health courts and cash bail bonds; authorize.

Intervention courts; create.

Paternity; clarify circumstances under which putative father cannot contest.

Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.

Texting while driving; revise penalty when resulting in death or injury.

Environmental justice; require meaningful involvement of all people in siting process.

Debtor exemptions; include personal injury settlement alongside already exempt personal injury judgment.

DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.

Habitual offender; revise sentencing as.

Misdemeanants; may not possess a weapon under certain circumstances.

Habitual offender; revise sentencing.

Landlord/tenant act; clarify eviction and stay of proceedings.

Firearms restraining order; create the extreme risk protection order.

Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; revise.

Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain.

Wrongful conviction; revise terms of payment for.

Drug courts; become problem-solving courts.

Electronic communication service providers; confidentiality of certain legal process.

Wards; court may order disbursement of funds under certain circumstances.

Good samaritan immunity from liability law; extend to architects and engineers who volunteer during disasters.

Coupons or price-reduction instruments for the purchase of certain tobacco products and vapor products; prohibit.

Vexatious Litigant Law; enact.

Child advocacy centers; immunity from civil liability.

Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create.

Youthful offenses; revise when may be tried in circuit court.

School property; ban texting and vaping on.

Divorce; bona fide separation as a ground for.

Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.

Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.

Habitual offender; revise computation of prior offenses.

Community Policing and Transparency Act; create body-worn camera policy standards.

Drug courts; amend criteria for participation in.

Overdose death or serious bodily injury; fix criminal liability for unlawful distribution.

Crimes of violence; revise list of offenses designated as such.

Firearm; outlaw open carry of weapons at parades and demonstrations.

Violent habitual offender; revise.

Capital offense; include murders committed at churches and schools.

Tax title; clarify subsequent suit to quiet and confirm.

Youth court judges; strengthen powers and revise penalties for minors possessing weapons.

DUI; ignition-interlock mandatory for third and subsequent offense.

Statutory rape; relieve children who are close in age from criminal responsibility.

Towing; limit charges.

Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.

Prohibition against certain real property covenants; revise.

Re-entry and employability; implement mechanisms to provide.

Highways; person may cross a public road or highway on an all-terrain vehicle.

Officer-involved death; require investigation and appointment of special prosecutor.

Statutory rape; raise age of consent.

Guardianship; clarify a parent's right to nominate a guardian in TPR proceedings and clarify the fictive kin disposition alternative.

Drug court; unsuccessful participants must serve time in original jurisdiction.

Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.

Concealed carry license; revise renewal of.

Veterans; establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.

False report of child abuse or neglect; provide criminal penalties and civil liability.

Female genital mutilation; prohibit and create civil cause of action.

Construction Dispute Resolution Agreements; declare void if held outside the state.

Re-entry council; implement certain recommendations thereof.

Mental health courts; authorize to be established throughout the state.

Grandparent visitation; revise requirements to file petition.