Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Charles Blackwell
Sponsored
Passed the House1
"Mississippi Open to Religion Act"; establish.
Out of committee2
Radar; authorize use by law enforcement officers in certain municipalities.
Exotic animals; enhance penalties for killing or capturing after unlawful entry into a commercial wildlife enclosure.
In committee7
Income tax and ad valorem tax; increase limit on amount of credits that may be allocated for certain contributions to certain charitable and foster care organizations.
Central bank digital currency; prohibit governmental entities from using.
Retirement; allow PERS retirees to serve in elective office in same manner as for elected county or municipal offices.
Counties and Municipalities; clarify use of manually operated automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Gender dysmorphia; require school personnel to notify parents of students who request to be referred to as different gender.
Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue and Excellence (T.H.R.I.V.E.) Act; establish.
Purple Angels Law; create to require registry of persistent domestic violence offenders.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Homestead exemption; increase for honorably discharged veterans age 85 or older and unremarried surviving spouses of such persons.
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
Passed the House · 3
Health insurance; require coverage for genetic testing for inherited mutation and evidence-based cancer imaging.
MHP, MBN and CTED officers within the Department of Public Safety; bring forward salary section for.
Teacher pay; increase for teachers and assistant teachers.
Out of committee · 1
Kratom; add to Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
In committee · 13
Homestead exemption; increase for certain unremarried surviving spouses of veterans.
Military leave for training; revise amount authorized.
Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains.
First responders; authorize follow-up drug testing.
Boat trailers; exempt from highway privilege tax, registration and tag requirements and ad valorem tax.
TANF funds; DHS shall use certain amount of each year to fund grants for providing marriage counseling to military and first responder families.
Appropriations; DPS for salary increase for active officers of MHP, MBN, MBI and Capitol Police for FY 2027.
Enhanced penalties for use of mask in commission of a crime; authorize.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
"Teachers' Bill of Rights"; create.
The Domestic Violence Transparency Act; to require certain persons convicted of domestic violence to be placed on a public registry.
Abortion; prohibit mail orders for medicine to induce.
Abortion trafficking; create penalties for the crime of.