NEW MISSISSIPPI LAWS GOING INTO EFFECT TODAY (JULY 1ST, 2024)

Several new Mississippi laws are going into effect on July 1 of 2024.

These are laws that were passed during the 2024 regular legislative session.

Here are a few of the most notable ones:

1- Squatted trucks banned

2- New education funding formula

3- Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant mothers

4- Protecting women in vulnerable spaces (SAFER ACT)

5- Driver’s Ed for schools

6- Runoff elections moved back a week

7- Sign language now a foreign language option

8- Protecting minors from online predators (Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act)

9- PERS employer rate increase phase-in

10- Increased penalties for vehicle theft, shoplifting

11- CCID expansion in Jackson, Mississippi