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Title: Alternative nicotine products; regulation
Description: Alternative nicotine products; regulation
Last Action: Prefile
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Description: Specifies requirements for issuance, denial, suspension, & revocation of ambulatory surgical center licenses; requires AHCA to make or cause to be made specified inspections of licensed facilities; requires each licensed facility to maintain & provide upon request records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility; requires that specified provisions govern the design, construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, & demolition of licensed facilities; prohibits any person from paying or receiving commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engaging in any split-fee arrangement for referring patient to licensed facility; prohibits licensed facility from denying, for specified reason, applications of certain licensed health care practitioners for staff membership & clinical privileges; requires licensed facilities to provide for peer review of certain physicians & develop procedures to conduct such reviews; requires licensed facilities to establish internal risk management program; requires specified reporting; requires agency to adopt specified rules relating to minimum standards for licensed facilities; requires licensed facility to provide timely & accurate financial information & quality of service measures to certain individuals; requires licensed facilities to make certain health-related data available on its website; prohibits certain collection actions by licensed facility; requires licensed facility to furnish, in timely manner, true & correct copy of all patient records to certain persons.
Last Action: Filed
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Department of Financial Services
Description: Revises provisions related to DFS including CFO rulemaking, My Safe Florida Home Program, coordinating council, purchase of insurance, licensing & examination, public adjusters, bail bonds, & abandoned & unclaimed property.
Last Action: Filed
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Various education matters.
Description: Various education matters. Makes changes to various education provisions concerning the following: (1) Certain school corporation accounting requirements. (2) The "nonpublic school" definition. (3) Recodification and state board of education (state board) transition provisions. (4) The state board's duties. (5) Powers of the governing bodies of school corporations. (6) Public-private agreements by charter schools for the construction or renovation of schools. (7) Adoption of certain rules by the state board. (8) Department of education's (department) duties regarding initiatives for teacher recruitment and retention of certain educators. (9) Conditions to be considered a probationary teacher. (10) Regular teacher's contract requirements for principals and assistant principals. (11) Graduation plan requirements. (12) Instruction on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, prescription drugs, and controlled substances. (13) Recognition program criteria application. (14) Reporting on certain student expenditure information. (15) Excused absences. Relocates a provision regarding certain possession and storage of a firearm educational materials from the department to the department of homeland security. Allows use of temporary teacher contracts for teachers who have been issued an emergency permit. Removes or repeals various education and higher education provisions concerning the following: (1) Expired and expiring provisions. (2) Duties, discretionary actions, and restrictions regarding the department. (3) Posting of certain information by schools. (4) Discretionary display of certain words by qualified districts. (5) Academic receivership. (6) Staff performance evaluations regarding Indianapolis Public Schools. (7) Certain powers of governing bodies of school corporations. (8) Certain student teaching agreement requirements with postsecondary educational institutions. (9) Certain discretionary authority of school corporations regarding joining regional school study councils, distributing payroll based on contractual and compensation plans, and establishing and using funds for nursery schools. (10) Spending restrictions for remediation programs. (11) Certain website posting requirements for school corporations and charter schools. (12) Reporting regarding students who meet certain requirements during their expected graduation year. (13) Discretion regarding certain feasibility studies. (14) Certain rights and privileges of teachers employed in a joint program or special education cooperatives or with regard to certain interlocal cooperation agreements. (15) Joint investment funds. (16) Application of certain laws to joint programs. (17) Establishment of certain students as transfer students. (18) The borrowing of money by school corporations to buy curricular materials. (19) Discretion regarding employee health coverage for certain individuals. (20) Notification to the secretary of education by a superintendent regarding a conviction or certain final actions. (21) References to an online platform for training. (22) Reports regarding adjunct teachers. (23) Teacher contract requirements regarding the number of work hours per day. (24) Voiding of contracts with teachers if certain conditions apply. (25) Regular teacher's contract requirement for principals, assistant principals, and directors of special education. (26) The provision of certain individual test scores regarding examinations required for teacher licensure. (27) The definition of "secondary school" regarding the federal teacher loan forgiveness program. (28) The definition of "deficit financing" with regard to the Gary Community School Corporation and the Muncie Community school corporation. (29) Allowing instruction on bullying prevention and child abuse by certain individuals. (30) Timing of statewide assessment requirements for state accredited nonpublic schools and eligible schools. (31) Requirement that the department make available certain diagnostic tools. (32) Discretionary portfolio programs by governing bodies of school corporations. (33) Allowing expulsion if a student's legal settlement is not in an attendance area. (34) Certain cardiac arrest training and automated external defibrillator (AED) requirements. (35) Report requirement by the education commission of the states. (36) Duty of a school corporation to preserve instructional programs. (37) The primary care physician loan forgiveness program. (38) Required payments by postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institutions regarding cost of performing team onsite investigations. (39) Indiana excellence in teaching endowment. (40) Listing of funds established outside certain education provisions. Repeals and relocates education provisions regarding programs administered by the state with the following provisions removed or repealed: (1) Dissemination of certain information regarding the teacher referral system. (2) Expired provisions. (3) Certain uses of the Senator David C. Ford educational technology fund. (4) The technology plan grant program and
Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Modifies provisions relating to extreme risk orders of protection
Description: Modifies provisions relating to extreme risk orders of protection
Last Action: S First Read
Last Action Date: January 7, 2026
Title: Secretary of State; authorize certain investigative or regulatory employees to carry a firearm.
Description: An Act To Amend Section 97-37-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Employees Of The Secretary Of State Who Are Authorized By The Secretary Of State To Perform Investigative Or Regulatory Functions To Carry Firearms; And For Related Purposes.
Last Action: Referred To Judiciary, Division B
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use.
Description: An Act To Amend Section 97-37-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any Person Convicted Of A Nonviolent Felony To Possess And Use Firearms And Deadly Weapons Upon The Completion Of All Sentencing Requirements, Including The Payment Of Ordered Restitution; And For Related Purposes.
Last Action: Referred To Judiciary, Division B
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use in defense of residence or motor vehicle.
Description: An Act To Amend Section 97-37-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any Person Convicted Of A Nonviolent Felony To Possess And Use Firearms And Deadly Weapons To Defend His Or Her Home Or Motor Vehicle; And For Related Purposes.
Last Action: Referred To Judiciary B
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty.
Description: Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and intentionally possess in the building of any hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, a (i) firearm, (ii) knife with a blade over three and one-half inches, or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill also provides that notice of such prohibitions shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance of any hospital and that no person shall be convicted of the offense if such notice is not posted, unless such person had actual notice of the prohibitions. The bill provides that such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeited to the Commonwealth and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.
Last Action: Committee Referral Pending
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.
Description: Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2026. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm with some exceptions.
Last Action: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/8/2026 5:09 pm)
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Concerning the regulation of firearm manufacturing.
Description: Concerning the regulation of firearm manufacturing.
Last Action: Prefiled for introduction.
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
Title: Requiring three-dimensional printers be equipped with certain blocking technologies.
Description: Requiring three-dimensional printers be equipped with certain blocking technologies.
Last Action: Prefiled for introduction.
Last Action Date: January 8, 2026
