Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Kabir Karriem
Sponsored
In committee31
Youth Employment Grant Program; create.
Victim Assistance Coordinator; authorize additional for the 16th Circuit Court District.
Statutory rape; revise elements when both are dating and in secondary school.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license for those suspended due to noncompliance with an order of support.
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Body-worn cameras; require cities and counties to provide to police officers and deputy sheriffs.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act.
High school curriculum; require SBE to develop for instruction in civics and home economics.
Driver's license; revise certain requirements and create certificate for driving.
Medicaid; provide coverage for neonatal circumcision procedures.
Voting rights and expungement; person may have voting rights restored and certain felony records expunged after five years.
Appropriation; Tennessee Williams Home and Welcome Center in Columbus for maintenance and repairs.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of the Tennessee Williams Home and Welcome Center in Columbus.
Youth Employment Grant Program; create.
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SBE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school.
School boards; provide process for removal from office for just cause and remove authority to request ad valorem tax increase exceeding 2%.
Mississippi Development Authority; authorize to sell certain real property for less than fair market value.
Minimum wage; establish at $15.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Minimum wage; establish at $15.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; revise applicability of.
Coroners; require to receieve additional training from CDC Collaborating Office for Medical Examiners and Coroners.
Coroner qualifications; revise minimum education requirement.
Voting rights; automatically restore for person convicted of disenfranchising crime that is expunged.
Voting rights; require certain offenders to take voter education course and automatically restore voting right upon release from MDOC.
Legislative assistants; authorize members of the Legislature to hire.
Early voting; require period of no less than 21 days before each election.
"MS Anti-Lynching Act"; create.
Stautory rape; revise elements when both are dating and in secondary school.
"The Law Enforcement Integrity Act"; create to authorize civil liability.
Marijuana possession; authorize a civil penalty when less than 3.5 ounces.
Marijuana; authorize "time served" if less than 3.5 ounces.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
Small Community Hospital Pilot Program; establish.
Lowndes County; authorize to establish an Industrial Zone Emergency Response District.
Passed the House · 1
Teacher pay; increase for teachers and assistant teachers.
In committee · 3
Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; create.
Appropriation; Golden Triangle Regional Airport Authority to purchase a tract of land for future development.
Appropriation; Lowndes County Port Authority to provide rail access at both east and west bank ports.