Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Fred Shanks
Sponsored
Became law4
Strengthening MS Academic Research Through Business Act; extend repealer on.
Chiropractors; extend repealer on licensure law.
Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits.
Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on.
Passed the House7
Capital City Water/Sewer Projects Fund; extend repealer on.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incentives.
Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance; delete repealer on authority to join certain examinations with the Federal Reserve Bank.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; bring forward for purposes of amendment.
Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on authority to collect fees from paroled offenders for deposit into.
Public land; extend repealer on statute prohibiting certain corporations and nonresident aliens from purchasing.
State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan; extend repealer on statute governing premium payments.
Out of committee4
Ad valorem tax; extend time for partial exemption and fee-in-lieu of ad valorem tax agreement for certain renewable energy projects.
Independent Schools Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022; extend repealer on.
MS Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022; extend repealer on.
Energy efficiency standards on buildings; extend repealer on statute requiring certain buidlings to meet.
In committee22
Judiciary; extend repealer on statute requiring appointment of 4 temporary special circuit judges in the 7th Circuit Court District.
Study committee on certain first responders receiving insurance upon retirement eligibility; create.
Certificate of foreign birth; authorize without judicial proceeding under certain circumstances.
Office of Workforce Development; extend exemption from Public Procurement Review Board requirements relating to rental agreements and leases.
MS Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004; extend repealer on.
COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend repealer on.
Department of Health; extend timeframe to increase fees for water quality analysis as required by Safe Drinking Water Act.
Youth court; extend repealers on statutes relating to MS Youth Court Information Delivery System (MYCIDS) and records.
MS Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022; extend repealer on.
Advanced, metastatic cancer; extend and codify repealer on prohibition against health plans requiring step therapy before covering certain drugs to treat.
Requests for DNA testing; clarify that they are excepted from bar on second or successive motions for post-conviction relief.
Sharia law; prohibit and revise enhanced penalties to include acts of terroristic threats.
The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NAMUS.
Registered sex offenders; require those who are business owners to alert public of ownership.
SNAP and Medicaid benefits; persons who are not US citizens are not eligible for unless meet definition of an eligible alien.
Income tax; extend repealer on credit for certain railroad expenditures.
MS Medical Cannabis Act; extend repealers on exemptions to certain laws for Departments of Health and Revenue in relation to.
Mississippi Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Fully autonomous vehicles; extend repealer on requirement that law enforcement interaction plan be submitted to DPS before operating.
Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee; extend repealer on.
ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; extend repealer on exemption from certain Public Procurement Review Board requirements.
Income tax; exclude NIL compensation from gross income.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NamUs.
Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act; create to require annual reporting.
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
Passed the House · 1
Income tax; exclude NIL compensation from gross income.
In committee · 5
Autistic and children with development disabilities; require school district to develop safety plan to prevent elopement from school campuses.
Mississippi Transactional Gold and Silver Act; create.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise.
Appropriation; MS Volunteer Firefighter Length-of-Service Awards Program Fund.
Appropriation; Rankin County for construction of the bridge over the Meridian Speedway.