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Derrick Simmons
Mississippi MS
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2026 Regular Session
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Derrick Simmons
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Mississippi State Senator
Derrick Simmons
2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)
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2026 Regular Session
2025 Regular Session
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2516
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Failed
2/3/26
Winter-Reed Loan Repayment Program; provide awards for assistant teachers.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2522
Introduced
1/19/26
Refer
1/19/26
Engrossed
2/9/26
Refer
2/16/26
Failed
3/3/26
UPSKILL Mississippi Grant Program; create.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2018
Introduced
1/8/26
Refer
1/8/26
Engrossed
1/12/26
Refer
2/6/26
Enrolled
3/9/26
Passed
3/13/26
The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2023
Introduced
1/8/26
Refer
1/8/26
Engrossed
2/10/26
Refer
2/13/26
Failed
3/3/26
County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2041
Introduced
1/8/26
Refer
1/8/26
Engrossed
2/4/26
Refer
2/6/26
Failed
3/26/26
Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2046
Introduced
1/8/26
Refer
1/8/26
Engrossed
2/11/26
Refer
2/16/26
Failed
3/3/26
Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2050
Introduced
1/8/26
Refer
1/8/26
Engrossed
2/10/26
Refer
2/16/26
Failed
3/3/26
Artificial intelligence; require disclosure when used in political advertisements.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2205
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
Restitution centers; transition to prerelease centers.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2228
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/12/26
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2222
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2221
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2206
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
Conditional medical release; revise authority of MDOC.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2215
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2229
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
Marijuana; provide that simple possession of 30 grams or less is a civil infraction.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2223
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Failed
2/3/26
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
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