Sexual assault evidence kits trending. Passed #MSLeg provides a process to collect and preserve #sexualAssault evidence collection kits and requires the #LawEnforcement Agency to immediately collect and store the kit in compliance with certain standards
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1523136

Ballot harvesting trending. #MSLeg makes it a crime to collect and submit mail-in ballots on behalf of others. Anyone other than an election official, postal officer, family member, household member or caregiver is prohibited from submitting another ballot
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1524711

Mississippi Retail Marijuana Act is trending. Proposed #MSLeg would legalize adult-use cannabis and create a licensed commercial program for its sale.
#marijuanaNews
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1513706

#Basketball legislation trending. #MSLeg commends & congratulates the Louisville High School "Lady Wildcats" Girls Basketball Team & Head Coach Mitchell McCurry for winning the MHSAA Class 4A State Championship which is their third title in school history.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1597529

#AgeVerifciation legislation trending. Proposed #MSLeg requires use of commercial age verification systems or valid government ID on websites that contain "a substantial portion of material that may be harmful to minors."
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1524651

RT @ashtonpittman
NEW: Digital books depicting "homosexuality," "lesbianism" and other "sexually oriented materials" could be banned from Mississippi's public libraries and school libraries—for adults and children alike—under a bill the State House passed yesterday. #MSLeg
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/31797/ban-on-library-books-depicting-homosexuality-lesbianism-passes-mississippi-house

*murderous glare*
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RT @ashtonpittman
NEW: Digital books depicting "homosexuality," "lesbianism" and other "sexually oriented materials" could be banned from Mississippi's public libraries and school libraries—for adults and children alike—under a bill the State House passed yesterday. #MSLeg
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/31797/ban-on-library-books-depicting-homosexuality-lesbianism-passes-mississippi-house
https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1634009002232147970

The Mississippi Retail Marijuana Act is trending. Proposed #MSLeg aims to authorize the personal use of #marijuana by people 21 and older and provide for the regulation of personal use by the State Department Of Health and allow for lawful retail marijuana facilities.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1513706

The Mississippi #HelpNotHarmAct is trending. Proposed #MSLeg aims to prohibit any person from knowingly performing or providing or knowingly engaging in conduct that aids or abets in #GenderReassignmentSurgery or services to a minor.
#TransYouth
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1537168

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓:

Private school funding in a bill intended to help vulnerable women and children, HB 1671. Ask representatives to amend Section 4 of the bill to eliminate the lucrative funding stream for private schools. The tax credits in that section should benefit only children in foster care.

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝: 𝟔𝟎𝟏-𝟑𝟓𝟗-𝟑𝟕𝟕𝟎

#MSLeg #AmendHB1671 #HB1671 #TakeActionNow

#TobaccoTax legislation trending. Proposed #MSLeg defines the terms "electronic smoking device" and "tobacco product" for purposes of including electronic smoking devices in the 15% excise tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes.
#eCigarettes
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1512418

#Kratom legislation is trending. Proposed #MSLeg would add kratom to #ScheduleI substances. Kratom is considered by some as #opiates because it activates the same receptors in the brain that opiates, such as morphine and heroin, activate.
#opioidcrisis
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1505940

Lawmakers are considering changing how transportation projects are approved and moneys spent — all because one of the three commissioners seems to be unable to get along with his fellow leaders and MDOT staff. My column. #msleg https://www.djournal.com/opinion/columnists/john-caldwell-not-making-friends-as-mdot-commissioner/article_1a5d36f8-51a0-50ca-b66e-2936645f72b9.html

MS Today's hero for their legislative guide updates goes so hard. #mississippi #msleg

If you are not reading @TaylorVanceDJ@twitter.com The Session newsletter, you are missing out on #msleg news. https://www.djournal.com/news/state-news/the-session-newsletter/house-leaders-have-issues-with-7m-for-mothers-but-ok-with-millions-in-pork-spending/article_a60f4552-24eb-56d8-932c-6c463bc63987.html

#CampaignFinance legislation trending. #MSLeg would requires candidates for state, state district, and legislative district offices, and every political committee, to make their campaign finance reports available on county and municipal websites.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1505854

NEW: In the midst of a worsening hospital crisis, Mississippi no longer has a burn center.

Serious burn victims could be forced to travel as far as 200 miles away for life-saving treatment.

Things could have been different. @NickJudin@twitter.com reports. #MSLeg
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30243/with-no-burn-center-left-in-mississippi-ummc-faces-questions-about-past-efforts

It’s that time of year again. The Session is back. ⁦@TaylorVanceDJ@twitter.com⁩ newsletter on #msleg and politics. Sign up at the bottom of the newsletter. https://www.djournal.com/news/state-news/holdover-issues-from-last-year-top-2023-legislative-session-agendas/article_eac79d3d-e1a8-5d3a-9c16-6b7c6959c130.html

Kayode Crown just became the Mississippi Free Press' senior reporter, and on his first day covering the Legislature, he managed to get comments from House Speaker Gunn, Lt. Gov. Hosemann AND Gov. Tate Reeves.

Make sure to follow @KayodeCrown@twitter.com! #MSLeg
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

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