Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Beth Luther Waldo
Sponsored
Passed the House2
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; include five substances in Schedule I.
Local office space for Child Protection Services provided by board of supervisors; require to be adequate and habitable.
Out of committee3
National Guard SEAP scholarship; require MS Office of Student Financial Aid to administer payment to institutions.
Child Protection Services; provide power to contract with private child placement agencies to assist with adoptions.
Kratom; add to Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
In committee15
Forensic interviews; prohibit any person accused of child abuse from being present during.
Health care providers and medical facilities; require to refund overpayments to patients within a specified time.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for purchase without competitive bidding.
Anti-Spoofing; bring forward sections that regulate.
Public utilities; require at least 45 days between reading of meter and bills rendered for any utility service.
Real estate brokers license; reduce penalty for late renewal of from 100% to 50% of renewal fee.
Nurse practitioners; authorize to prescribe therapeutic shoes for persons with diabetes.
Birth certificate; prohibit change of sex on unless verified by medical records that sex of child is not what is shown on.
Mississippi Uniform Controlled Substance Analog Act; create.
County courts and youth courts; authorize to share concurrent jurisdiction with chancery court concerning adoptions.
Screening and approval program for retail sale of products containing certain substances; establish.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act, Insurance Administrators and Managing General Agents; bring forward sections relating to.
Pharmacies; require to maintain not more than a certain ratio of pharmacy technicians to licensed pharmacists.
MS Medical Cannabis Act; bring forward provisions relating to.
Appropriation; DHS to provide funding for the Mississippi Senior Games.
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 · 1
MS Agricultural and Livestock Theft Officers; authorize to retain their personal firearm upon retirement.
Out of committee · 1
Kratom; add to Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act.
In committee · 5
Homestead exemption; increase for certain unremarried surviving spouses of veterans.
Appropriation; commission on WFP for making base repairs to and paving the roads in Trace State Park.
Military leave for training; revise amount authorized.
Overnight child visitation; prohibit with noncustodial parent when re-unification is not planned with such parent.
The Domestic Violence Transparency Act; to require certain persons convicted of domestic violence to be placed on a public registry.