Legislative Tracker

Mississippi Votes is tracking legislation introduced during the 2026 Mississippi Legislative Session that
impacts voting rights, civic participation, education, and community stability.

Bills are updated regularly as they move through committees and floor votes.

Bill NumberBill CaptionPrimary AuthorCo-Author(s)Original ChamberOriginal CommitteePolicy AreaHouse Referred Committee(s)House Committee ActionHouse Floor ActionHouse Final Passage DateSenate Referred CommitteeSenate Committee ActionSenate Floor ActionSenate Final Passage DateConference Committee Needed?Conference Report ActionGovernor ActionFinal Status
HB 1586To revise the standard of proof that a court uses when determining whether an offenders probation may be revokedRep. Kevin HoranHouseHouse Judiciary BCriminal JusticeJudiciary BAmendedPassed2/10/2026Judiciary, Division B
HB 1611To authorize justice court judges to set bail for capital offensesRep. Kevin HoranHouseHouse Judiciary BCriminal JusticeJudiciary BPassedPassed2/10/26Judiciary, Division B
HB 1678An Act to create the Mississippi Youth and Family Systems Coordination Task Force, which is a statewide, multisystem body whose purpose is to develop and coordinate research-based strategies consistent with the youth court lawRep. Fabian NelsonHouseHouse Youth and Family AffairsCriminal JusticeYouth and Family AffairsPassedPassed2/11/26Judiciary, Division A
SB 2036To clarify that nonviolent inmates eligible for parole may, in the discretion of the state parole board, be released from incarceration to parole supervision on the parole-eligible dateSen. Juan BarnettSenateSenate CorrectionsCriminal JusticeJudiciary BPassedCorrectionsPassedPassed2/4/26
SB 2336To prohibit the expungement of the felony crimes of promoting or procuring prostitutionSen. Daniel SparksSenateSenate Judiciary, Division BCriminal JusticeJudiciary BJudiciary, Division BPassedPassed2/11/26
SB 2710To provide that certain acts attempted or committed by a child related to firearms are within the original jurisdiction of the youth courtSen. Joey FillinganeSenateSenate Judiciary, Division BCriminal JusticeJudiciary BJudiciary, Division BAmendedPassed2/12/2026
HB 859To require all absentee ballots cast in person at the office of the registrar to be cast using the optical mark reading (OMR) equipmentRep. Noah SanfordHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsEarly/Absentee VotingApportionment and ElectionsPassedAmended2/10/2026Elections & Accountability and TransparencyPassed
HB 908To require all absentee ballots to be received by the day before an election that includes a federal office if the United States Supreme Court determines that state laws governing absentee and mail-in ballots are preempted by federal lawRep. Noah SanfordHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsEarly/Absentee VotingApportionment and ElectionsPassedPassed2/4/2026Elections
SB 2587To remove the absentee ballot envelope requirementsSen. Jeremy EnglandSenateSenate ElectionsEarly/Absentee VotingApportionment and ElectionsElectionsAmendedPassed2/13/2026
HB 17An Act to create the Mississippi child care teachers shortage task forceRep. Donnie ScogginHouseHouse Youth and Family AffairsEducationYouth and Family AffairsPassedPassed2/11/2026Economic and Workforce Development
HB 562An Act to create the Mississippi Career and Technical Education Employability (MISSCATEE) Program, which shall be directed by the Office of Workforce DevelopmentRep. Donnie Bell HouseHouse Workforce DevelopmentEducationWorkforce Development & Appropriations APassedPassed2/9/2026Universities and Colleges & Appropriations
SB 2001To provide for an increase to the minimum teacher salary scaleSen. Dennis DeBarSens. Briggs Hopson, Nicole Boyd, Juan Barnett, Bradford Blackmon, Kevin Blackwell, David Blount, Gary Brumfield, Albert Butler, Kathy Chism, Johnny DuPree, Joey Fillingane, Hillman Frazier, Theresa Gillespie Isom, Josh Harkins, Rod Hickman, Reginald Jackson, Philman Ladner, Tyler McCaughn, Michael McLendon, Chad McMahan, J. Walter Michel, Kamesha Mumford, Sollie Norwood, Justin Pope, Derrick Simmons, Sarita Simmons, Daniel Sparks, Benjamin Suber, Joseph Thomas, Brice WigginsSenateSenate EducationEducationEducation & Appropriations AEducationPassedPassed1/7/2026
SB 2002To remove the requirement for the school board of the school district of a child's residence consent to the release of the student for transfer to another districtSen. Dennis DeBarSens. Kathy Chism, Brice WigginsSenateSenate EducationEducationEducationEducationPassedPassed1/7/2026
SB 2292To provide that, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, every public and charter school within the state shall teach civics courses starting in the 8th grade and before the completion of 12th gradeSen. Brice WigginsSen. Brian RhodesSenateSenate EducationEducationEducation & Accountability and TransparencyEducationPassedAmended2/5/2026
HB 848An Act making an appropriation to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to provide funding for the acquisition of equipment to pump or transfer potable water to healthcare facilities and other essential institutionsRep. Jeff HaleHouseHouse Appropriations AEnvironmentAppropriations A
HB 1677An Act to create the Metro Jackson Water Authority ActRep. Shanda YatesRep. Clay MansellHouseHouse State AffairsEnvironmentState Affairs & Ways and MeansAmendedAmended2/11/26Energy
SB 2819To increase the penalties for illegally dumping solid wate materialSen. Kamesha MumfordSenateSenate Judiciary, Division BEnvironmentJudiciary A & Accountability and TransparencyJudiciary, Division BPassedPassed2/4/26
HB 788To provide that if a voter was not a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which he or she tried to vote but was otherwise eligible to vote in the jurisdiction where he or she tried to vote, the voter's affidavit ballot shall be usedRep. Timaka James-JonesReps. Gregory Holloway, Cheikh Taylor, Oscar Denton, Cedric Burnett, Grace Butler-Washington, Bryant Clark, Ronnie Crudup, Gregory Elliott, John Faulkner, Stephanie Foster, Justis Gibbs, John Hines, Lataisha Jackson, Robert Johnson, Carl Mickens, Fabian Nelson, Solomon Osborne, Jansen Owen, Daryl Porter, Robert Sanders, Kenji Holloway, Zakiya SummersHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsVoting RightsApportionment and ElectionsAmendedAmended2/4/2026Elections
HB 907To require the Secretary of State to furnish a sample of the official ballot sixty, rather than fifty-five, days before an electionRep. Noah SanfordHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsVoting RightsApportionment and ElectionsPassedPassed2/4/2026ElectionsPassed
HB 1240An Act to direct the Secretary of State to require the office of the circuit clerk to cause a daily report tabulating the number of in-person absentee ballots cast that day to be printed by the OMR equipmentRep. Noah SanfordHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsVoting RightsApportionment and ElectionsPassedPassed2/4/2026Elections
HB 1241An Act to require the Secretary of State to develop a centralized, statewide election night reporting systemRep. Noah SanfordHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsVoting RightsApportionment and ElectionsPassedPassed2/10/26ElectionsAmended
HB 1253To be known as the "Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act"Rep. Noah SanfordRep. Celeste HurstHouseHouse Apportionment and ElectionsVoting RightsApportionment and ElectionsAmendedPassed2/10/2026Elections & Accountability and Transparency
SB 2138An Act to bring forward Section 9-3-1, Mississippi code of 1972, which provides for the Supreme Court districts, for possible amendmentSen. Brice WigginsSenateSenate Judiciary, Division AVoting RightsJudiciary BPassedJudiciary, Division APassedPassed2/5/25
SB 2588To create the SHIELD ActSen. Jeremy EnglandSenateSenate ElectionsVoting RightsApportionment and Elections & Accountability and TransparencyAmendedElectionsAmendedPassed2/5/2026
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