Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2022
Mississippi Sick and Safe Leave Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ACT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; TO PROVIDE APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ACCRUAL OF EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE; TO ESTABLISH PROPER USES OF EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE; TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM VIOLATING EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF PAID SICK AND SAFE LEAVE UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO RETAIN RECORDS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLOSURE STANDARDS; TO ENCOURAGE AND ALLOW MORE GENEROUS EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE POLICIES; TO PROVIDE A LEGAL BASELINE FOR PAID SICK LEAVE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to February 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 4 · stopped19 days
LaborJan 16 to Feb 4 · stopped19 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 16 – Feb 4
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Economic and Workforce Development
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Labor;Economic and Workforce DevelopmentSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate