Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Kimberly Remak
Sponsored
Became law2
Homestead exemption; increase for honorably discharged veterans age 85 or older and unremarried surviving spouses of such persons.
Sexual battery; create a mandatory minimum for penalties.
Passed the House2
Student enrollment; require automobile registration as proof of residency.
Income tax; exclude payment for property taken by eminent domain from gross income.
Out of committee1
Public schools; require school boards to adopt policy on bell-to-bell cell phone prohibitions.
In committee33
Appropriation; MDOT to hire consultant for study on most efficient design of a certain corridor along MS Hwy 305 in DeSoto County.
Appropriation; MDOT for costs of upgrading bridge over MS Hwy 78 in City of Olive Branch.
Homestead exemption; increase for certain unremarried surviving spouses of veterans.
Appropriation; City of Olive Branch for turfing baseball fields at City Park.
CDL; exempt county and municipal employees who operate vehicles and equipment in the performance of their job.
MCOPS Grant Program; increase grant amount up to a minimum of $40,000 per officer employed as a school resource officer.
School districts; require boards to adopt policy granting cost-free admission to school-sponsored athletic and extracurricular events.
Universal Recognition of Occupational License Act; exempt practices of dentistry and optometry from.
Ad valorem taxes; revise certain provisions regarding disposition of excess proceeds from sale of land for.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of fixed-wing aircraft.
Sales tax; exempt sales of children's diapers and adult diapers.
Public purchases; exempt purchases with amount up to $7,500.00 from bid law requirement for single source vendors.
School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide.
Ten Commandments; permit display in every public school and charter school classroom.
Public works contracts; revise contract threshold amounts relating to performance bond and general liability insurance requirements.
Public purchasing law; exempt compliance with certain federal regulations when federal law allows.
Cleaning private property; revise procedures used to clean property adjudicated a menace to public health and safety.
Landlord tenant provisions; revise time periods for eviction and removal.
Contracts; noncompete provisions in health care provider contracts are void and unenforceable.
False reporting of crimes against schools; prescribe penalties to be imposed upon minor defendants.
Law Enforcement Offiers and Fire Fighters Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand to include certain county and municipal road employees.
Mississippi geoengineering ban; enact.
Wastewater disposal systems; reduce time by which SDH must determine feasibility or suitability of establishing in subdivisions.
School board members; authorize grounds and prescribe procedures for removal from office.
Military leave for training; revise amount authorized.
Radar speed detection equipment; authorize use by sheriffs and deputies of certain counties.
Voter registration; require registrars to submit applicant's information into federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) System.
Birth certificate; sex designated on must be the sex assigned at birth, and cannot be changed unless it is verified as clearly an error.
Firearms permit; authorize online renewal.
Post-election audits; require Secretary of State to publish reports on website.
Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act; bring forward provision relating to nonresident pharmacies.
DeSoto County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads within school zones.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist DeSoto County with improvements to Mississippi Highway 305.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Sales Tax Diversion Study Committee; create.
Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act; create to require annual reporting.
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
DeSoto County; authorize to cease participation in DeSoto County Crime Stoppers, Inc.
Passed the House · 5
"MS Agricultural and Farmland Wind Tower Protection Act of 2026"; create.
Military leave for training; increase amount authorized.
Teacher pay; increase for teachers and assistant teachers.
Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding and revise certain provisions related to exemptions and reverse auctions.
Game check program; establish for white-tailed deer.
Out of committee · 2
Rick Kennedy Act; create.
Kratom; add to Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
In committee · 11
Appropriation; DFA to assist God's Living Word Ministry in Walls with construction of emergency preparedness multipurpose facility.
Enhanced penalties for use of mask in commission of a crime; authorize.
Appropriation; City of Olive Branch for land acquisition and engineering services for making improvements to Highway 305.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Olive Branch with Sylvan Lake Outflow Weir Project.
Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Olive Branch with improvements to historic Maples Methodist Church building.
Medicaid; delete prohibition on participation in for psychiatric residential treatment facility in Desoto County.
Appropriation; Mississippi Information Network for construction of a communication tower in Marshall County.
Appropriation; Marshall County for completing preliminary studies on certain road and bridge projects.
Appropriation; Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.