Mississippi 2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1351
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Be Known As The "claiborne County Risk Compensation Fund Act"; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury For The Deposit Of Contributions From Electrical Utilities Benefiting From The Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant And A Percentage Of Revenues Received By The Department Of Revenue From Nuclear In Lieu Payments; To Require The Department Of Revenue To Administer The Fund; To Prescribe Permissible Uses Of Monies In The Fund Relating To Safety, Healthcare, Education And Infrastructure In Claiborne County; To Create An Advisory Committee To Oversee The Fund; To Require An Independent Audit Of The Fund Every Three Years; To Amend Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Fifteen Percent Of Revenue Collected From Nuclear In Lieu Tax Contributions To Be Paid Into The Risk Compensation Fund For Claiborne County; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1307
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Bring Forward Sections 77-3-801, 77-3-803, 77-3-805, 77-3-807 And 77-3-809, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Anti-spoofing Act, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1262
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Amend Section 97-33-52, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise How The Proceeds From Bingo Games May Be Distributed; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2507
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Amend Section 37-11-18.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "habitually Disruptive" In The Context Of School Behavior; To Impose Additional Standards And Requirements For Behavior Modification Plans, And For Responses To Noncompliance With Such Plans, With Reference To The Federal Individuals With Disabilities In Education Act (idea) And The Federal Rehabilitation Act Of 1973; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2500
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Salary Supplement Of $6,000.00 Per School Year For Certified Strength And Conditioning Coaches Meeting Certain Requirements; To Allow Employees Providing Documentation Of Current Certification To The School District After October 15 But By February 15 To Be Eligible For One-half Of The Supplement For That School Year; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2498
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act Titled "alyssa's Law"; To Require Every School District And Charter School To Implement A Panic Alert System Making Use Of Wearable Panic Alert Devices, Provided To Each Staff Member, Allowing For Immediate Contact With Local Emergency Response Agencies; To Require That The Panic Alert System Be Capable Of Initiating A Campus-wide Lockdown Notification; To Require That All School Personnel Receive Training On The Protocol And Appropriate Use Of The Panic Alert Device; To Require School Districts And Charter Schools To Ensure That All Security Data Within A School Building Are Accessible By A Local Law Enforcement Agency, And To Coordinate With A Local Law Enforcement Agency To Establish Appropriate Access Protocols; To Declare Certain School And Agency Safety And Security Records And Information To Be Confidential And Exempt From The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Provide For Certain Exceptions Allowing For Disclosure Of Such Confidential Information; To Require That Emergency Response Mapping Be Made Available By The Alyssa's Law Panic Button Provider At No Cost To Local First Responder Agencies, In An Electronic Or Digital Format, To Assist First Responders In Responding To Emergencies At Schools; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Adopt Rules To Implement This Act As Necessary To Protect The Health And Safety Of Students And Educators; To Provide That This Act Shall Be Enforced Beginning With The 2027-2028 School Year; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1328
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act Establishing Requirements Relating To Contracts And Agreements Between Insurers And Vision Benefit Providers And Eye Care Providers; To Define Certain Terms; To Require Certain Public Disclosures By Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers; To Require Notice To Be Provided To Participating Eye Care Providers Of Amendments To Agreements And Other Documents; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For Contracts Between Eye Care Providers And Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers; To Prohibit Certain Coercive Tactics By Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers In Contracts With Eye Care Providers; To Prohibit Differential Treatment By Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers Toward Optometrists And Ophthalmologists; To Prohibit Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers From Requiring Providers To Participate In Certain Healthcare Networks; To Establish Certain Requirements That Must Be Included In The Process Of Credentialing And Contracting With Eye Care Providers; To Prohibit Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers From Changing The Terms Of An Agreement With A Participating Eye Care Provider Without Clear Written Communication To, And Acceptance Of The Changes By, The Provider; To Prohibit Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers From Restricting Participating Providers From Using Certain Sources And Suppliers; To Prohibit The Use Of Extrapolation In Auditing Participating Eye Care Providers; To Authorize An Aggrieved Participating Provider To Institute An Action Against An Insurer Or Vision Benefit Provider; To Require The Insurance Commissioner And Department Of Insurance, Along With The Attorney General, To Enforce The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That This Act Applies To An Enrollee's Current Benefit Plan Upon Renewal The Initiation Of New Provider Agreements Or Amendments To Existing Agreements After The Effective Date Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2524
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Engrossed
2/4/26
Refer
2/6/26
Enrolled
4/6/26
Passed
4/8/26
An Act To Repeal Section 37-163-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Education Achievement Council; To Establish The Mississippi Postsecondary Attainment Council; To Name The Members Of The Council; To Provide For Administration Of The Council; To Require Annual Reports And Progress Reports; To Provide For Staffing Of The Council; To Provide For Reimbursement For Members; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HC38
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 112, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Revise The Legislature's Authority To Limit Or Deny A County's Right To Levy County And/or Special Taxes On Nuclear-powered Electrical Generating Plants, To Provide For A Special Mode Of Valuation, Assessment And Levy Upon Such Plants, And To Provide For The Distribution Of The Revenue Derived Therefrom.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1287
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Require Certain Insurance Policies And Contracts Provide Coverage For Annual Pap Smears; To Amend Section 25-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State And School Employees Health Insurance Plan To Include Coverage For Annual Pap Smears; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1277
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Be Known As The "nuclear In Lieu Tax Distribution Equity Act"; To Amend Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Formula Providing For The Allocation Of The Proceeds Of The Nuclear In Lieu Tax Paid To The Department Of Revenue By The Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant; To Require The Department Of Revenue To Make Annually Allocation Adjustments Based On Economic Impact Studies And Environmental Risk Factors; To Require The Department To Prepare An Annual Report On The Nuclear In Lieu Tax Revenue Collected And Allocated Under This Act; To Require The Repeal Of This Act On July 1, 2031; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1318
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Engrossed
2/11/26
Refer
2/17/26
Failed
3/3/26
An Act To Amend Section 37-41-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Permit Local School Boards To Enter Into Agreements And Memoranda Of Understanding With Local Emergency Officials And Other Appropriate Agencies For The Use Of School Buses Under Certain Emergency Circumstance; To Revise The Procedure And Authority For The Use Of Passenger Cars Or Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles Other Than Schools Buses To Transport Students To Comply With Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1311
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Be Known As The Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue And Excellence (t.h.r.i.v.e.) Act; To Require The State Department Of Education To Mandate Developmentally Appropriate Success Sequence And Character Education Courses In All Public Elementary And Secondary Schools Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; To Require The Department To Approve A Ministerial, Nondiscretionary List Of Compliant Courses And Instructional Materials And Restrict Districts To Adoption From That Approved List; To Prescribe The Specific Success Sequence Principles And Enumerated Character Traits And Fundamental Values To Be Taught, Including Respect For Family, Marriage, Work, Personal Responsibility, Lawful Authority, Community Service, Patriotism, And Moral Character; To Require Local School Boards To Provide Public Notice Of Curriculum Adoption, Ensure Transparency Through Public Inspection Of Materials, And Establish Parental Opt-out Rights Without Penalty To Students; To Require Annual Compliance Reporting By The State Department Of Education To State Leadership And Public Disclosure Of District Compliance Status; To Authorize Acceptance Of Federal Or Private Funds To Assist Implementation; To Require Local School Boards To Adopt Policies Permitting Voluntary, Parent-consented After-school Instruction Programs Provided By Third Parties That Offer Philosophical, Historical, Traditional, Or Religious Justifications For The Success Sequence And Character Education Curriculum, Subject To Content Consistency And Viewpoint Neutrality Protections; To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Promulgate Rules Necessary For Implementation; To Provide For Codification In Chapter 13, Title 37, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Establish Supremacy Over Conflicting State Laws Or Policies; To Provide Severability; To Set An Effective Date; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2506
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Truancy Proceedings To Provide A Stay In Order To Determine Disability Under The Federal Individuals With Disabilities In Education Act (idea) And § 504 Of The Federal Rehabilitation Act Of 1973; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Require The Implementation Of Evidence-based Procedures Encouraging Effective Interventions For Chronic Absenteeism; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Require All School Attendance Officers To Complete Mandatory Legal Training For The Idea And § 504 Sponsored By The Mississippi Department Of Education Office Of Special Education; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2511
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
An Act To Establish A Statewide Behavioral Threat Assessment Program Through Collaboration Between The State Department Of Education And The Mississippi Department Of Mental Health; To Provide For The Implementation Of Behavioral Threat Assessment Programs In Line With Evidence-based Models, Particularly The Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (cstag) And Recommendation Of The United States Department Of Homeland Security; To Provide Training For School Personnel Via The Mississippi Office Of Homeland Security; To Require School Boards To Provide For Threat Assessment Teams At Each School; To Require The Threat Assessment Teams To Identify Students Of Concern, Assessing Risks, And Implementing Interventions; To Require The Teams Be A Multidisciplinary Composition To Include Mental Health Professionals, Licensed Instructional Staff, Administrators, School Resource Officers And Designated School Safety Specialists; To Prescribe Procedures For Mental Health Services, Including The Use Of Mobile Crisis Teams And Law Enforcement Consultation When Needed; To Require School Districts To Collaborate With Local Law Enforcement Agencies For Reporting Threats And Defining The Role Of School Resource Officers In Handling Incidents; To Require School Districts To Adopt Parental Notification Policies That Also Ensure Compliance With The Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act; To Provide Protections For Employment And Confidentiality Of Threat Assessment Records; To Require The State Department Of Education To Develop Protocols For Documenting Threat Assessments And To Submit An Annual Legislative Report; To Amend Section 37-3-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Education To Partner With The Mississippi Department Of Mental Health And Mississippi Office Of Homeland Security To Provide Behavioral Threat Assessment Training; To Amend Section 37-3-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.