Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Lee Yancey
Sponsored
Became law7
Universal Recognition of Occupational License Act; revise regarding practices of marriage and family therapy and psychology.
Sanctuary policies; prohibit certain government entities and employees from adopting or interfering with federal immigration enforcement.
Certified Public Accountants; revise education and experience requirements for licensure.
Licensure of land surveyors; merge into licensure of engineers.
City of Brandon; extend repealer on tax on sales of prepared food and drink at restaurants and bars.
Prevention strategies on financial fraud; create a study committee.
Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Act; enact.
Vetoed2
Medical cannabis; eliminate mandatory follow-up visit and extend validity periods of certification and ID cards to 24 months.
Right to Try Medical Cannabis Act; create.
Passed the House3
Health Insurance; require reimbursement to pharmacists for certain services and procedures.
Used motor vehicle parts dealers and scrap metal processors; authorize use of a third-party registration system.
Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; create for contributions by hiring parties to independent contractors' portable benefit accounts.
Out of committee2
Nicotine-adjacent product; define and prohibit the sale to persons under 21 years of age.
Mortgage agreements; revise info included in.
In committee30
Minors; prohibit health care providers and institutions from providing health care to without parental consent.
Antisemitism; prohibit in state public educational institutions.
Driver's license; prohibit issuance of to persons who are not U.S. citizens.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with establishment of Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency Infectious Disease Testing Lab.
Water safety; require public schools to provide parents and students information on importance of and availability of local courses.
Pharmacists; authorize to test for and administer treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions.
State employees; authorize to use major medical leave for their mental health care or treatment.
SNAP; direct DHS to seek waiver to allow prohibiting purchase of candy and soft drinks with.
"Mississippi Forest and Agricultural Landowners' Fairness Act"; create.
Foreign nationals; prohibit from making any contribution or expenditure connected to any ballot measure.
Political contributions; require person making with a credit card online to provide verification code and U.S. billing address.
PERS; first responders hired after 3-1-26 shall be included in Tier 4 membership in the system.
Voter registration; require registrars to submit applicant's information into federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) System.
Autistic and children with development disabilities; require school district to develop safety plan to prevent elopement from school campuses.
Medical cannabis; remove THC potency limits for cannabis concentrates.
Bail; prohibit unsecured judicial release.
Notice of public hearing to change zoning regulations, restrictions and boundaries; revise time frame for.
Commissioner of Insurance; authorize to apply for state innovation waiver under Affordable Care Act.
Insurance Department Fraud Detection Trust Fund; rename Insurance Department Fund and redesignate as a special fund.
Automatic renewals and continuous service offers; require certain protection for consumers regarding.
Strengthen Mississippi Homes Act; create catastrophic windstorm damage mitigation program in Department of Insurance.
Income tax and ad valorem tax; authorize credit for contributions to certain hospitals.
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions made to certain hospitals.
Cosmetology licenses; prescribe requirements for apprenticeship programs approved by the board.
Firearms licensing; exempt constables from requirements.
Ad valorem taxes; revise provisions regarding certain notice required after tax sale.
Artificial intelligence; prohibit use in provision of professional mental and behaioral health care.
MS Conveyance Safety Act; provide for inspections of private residence elevators.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
Appropriation; Rankin County for construction of the bridge over the Meridian Speedway.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
In committee · 1
Sales tax; exempt admissions charged at athletic games or contests between universities or colleges.