l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1186

Students with disabilities; require school district to provide written notification to parents regarding modification or access to records.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO EXEMPT ANY OFFICIAL, AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF FROM ENFORCING OR BEING ORDERED TO ENFORCE ANY FEDERAL DIRECTIVE THAT ALLOWS ANY MEDICAL, HEALTH CARE, BEHAVIORAL, OR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, SERVICE, THERAPY OR COUNSELING TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, PUBLIC BENEFITS INFORMATION OR MAKE ANY MODIFICATION TO THAT STUDENT'S IEP OR SERVICE PLANS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE CHILD'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN; TO PROVIDE A CAUSE OF ACTION BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AGAINST ANY PERSON, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY, WHO VIOLATES THE MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH RELATED PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT REQUIREMENTS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 41-41-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-137, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE WRITTEN PRIOR NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR CONSENT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE PARENTS OF A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY EACH TIME CERTAIN REVISIONS ARE MADE TO THE CHILD'S IEP, WHEN THE CHILD'S PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE SOUGHT TO BE ACCESSED AND WHEN THE CHILD'S PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS SOUGHT TO BE DISCLOSED FOR BILLING PURPOSES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committees on Education and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published