Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Johnson
Sponsored
Became law10
MS Dept. of Banking and Consumer Finance; delete repealer on authority to join certain exams with the Federal Reserve.
Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics.
Banks and banking; revise various definitions, procedures and provisions related to.
State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; revise various provisions related to.
Individual borrower files and individual servicer files; clarify and revise the required contents of.
Small Loan Regulatory Law; authorize licensee to charge fee for nonrecording insurance in lieu of recording cost.
Real estate buyer's agent agreements; authorize showing of certain real property to prospective buyers without such agreement.
Real estate brokers; revise various definitions and provisions related to licensees.
Tax Increment Financing Act; authorize optional taxpayer agreements to provide additional security for obligations under.
Alcohol taxes, markups and other charges; exempt up to 10 cases of wine donated annually by a permittee to nonprofits.
Passed the Senate10
Mississippi Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Silencers; clarify legality of making, manufacturing, selling or possessing.
Nicotine-adjacent products; define to prohibit distribution of to minors and for inclusion as an ENDS product.
One Door website; task ITS with developing a single website that allows users to access any state function.
Mississippi Land Bank Act; local government transfer vacant and abandoned property to.
Safe deposit boxes; create escheatment process for and revise certain portions of Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
Market-Ready Homes Revolving Loan Program; create to assist homeowners with necessary home repairs and upgrades to increase listing price.
Inventory tax; require Department of Revenue to provide report containing certain 2025 information regarding.
Final amounts owed to state or political subdivisions; require to be rounded to nearest 5¢.
Sales tax; exclude processing or interchange fees charged for electronic payment transactions from "gross proceeds of sales."
Out of committee2
Professional Engineers and surveyors; revise code sections related to.
Money Transmission Modernization Act; revise various provisions of and create new provisions related to.
In committee26
Justice court; increase jurisdictional limit for residential evictions.
Visitors to correctional system facilities; provide procedure for approved offender visitation applications.
Sexual battery; create crime of for certain minors.
Images or audio altered or created by digitization; criminalize dissemination of in certain circumstances.
Habitual misdemeanor offender; provide sentencing enhancement for.
PERS; change separation requirement for retired teachers returning to work from 90 days to 30 days.
Electronic driver's licenses and permits; require display on commercially available digital wallets.
County and municipal executive committee agreements; revise.
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Justice court filing fees; authorize board of supervisors to increase by 10% annually.
Subscription services; enact notice and acknowledgment protections for consumers regarding automatic renewals.
Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force Act; enact.
Black bear harvest permits; require issuance of 20 for the 2026-2027 hunting season with 10% annual increase thereafter.
Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act; bring forward code sections related thereto.
Civil remedies; revise and provide for.
Revolving Fund; establish within the Mississippi Home Corporation.
Homestead exemption; increase.
Independent auto dealers; require continuing education for annual license renewal.
Tax credits; authorize for business taxpayer contributions to certain charitable organizations.
Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Triage Act; enact.
MS Deferred Comp; allow Roth and other after-tax accounts, and comply with qualified domestic relations orders.
PERS Tier 5; reduce creditable service requirement for law enforcement officers and firefighters to retire at any age.
Sales tax; authorize levy of additional 1% by counties within the metropolitan planning area of an MPO.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Hattiesburg for infrastructure improvements in a certain area of the city.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lamar County for renovations and improvements to its tax office complex.
City of Hattiesburg; authorize to enter into a long-term lease agreement.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create.
Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions.
Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to.
City of Hattiesburg; extend repealer on tourism commission and hotel/motel tax.
Vetoed · 1
Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program; create.
Passed the Senate · 1
Appropriation; additional for MEMA for purposes authorized under the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund.
Out of committee · 1
Public property; authorize DFA to defer to USM recommendation for terms of sale as approved by IHL for certain property.
In committee · 1
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Hattiesburg for improvements in its veteran district.