Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1205
Students with disabilities; remove requirement for signing of a confidentiality pledge before mediation begins in alignment with federal law.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-141, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALIGN STATE'S MEDIATION PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER IDEA WITH THE FEDERAL POLICY ON MEDIATION BY REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PLEDGES TO BE SIGNED BEFORE MEDIATION BEGINS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 19 to March 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.
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 11
- Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 21Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 11Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 3
- Feb 12Sent to the Senate
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate