Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Donnie Bell
Sponsored
Became law3
Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs.
MS Office of Apprenticeship; create under State Workforce Investment Board.
City of Fulton; extend repeal date on restaurant tax and authorize issuance of bonds for tourism and parks and recreation.
Passed the House6
Reverse auction; revise method of receiving bids through for agencies and governing authorities.
2026 Construction Training Assistance Fund; create and provide funding for.
MS Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004; extend repealer on.
Office of Workforce Development; extend exemption for Public Procurement Review Board requirements relating to rental agreements and leases.
Income tax; increase aggregate amount of credits allowed for certain employees sponsoring skills training for employees.
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions by certain taxpayers to certain charitable organizations.
Out of committee4
MS Curriculum Alignment Task Force; create.
State Workforce Investment Board; require to create, through Office of Workforce Development; certain list of certifications.
MS Workforce Dual Enrollment for Career and Technical Education Grant Program; create pilot program for.
MS Department of Employment Security; revise various provisions relating to employers' wage records and unemployment taxes.
In committee10
Mississippi Community College Board; revise composition of and authority to oversee community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding the MS Connecting Career Technical Education Employability Program.
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching program for schools.
Appropriation; MDES for Individual Training Account Workforce Reinforcement Assistance Program.
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for the MS Allied Health College and Career Navigator Grant Program.
Unemployment compensation; increase maximum weekly benefit amount.
Workers' Compensation Law; prohibit compensation when injury is caused by employee's willful breach of safety rule.
Kratom; add to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
Cosmetology licenses; prescribe requirements for apprenticeship program approved by the board.
Income tax; revise provisions regarding tax credit for employers providing child care for employees.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
In committee · 2
Appropriation; MS Volunteer Firefighter Length-of-Service Awards Program Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Alliance Training, Inc., with improvements to its worksite training facility.