Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1206
Early childhood education employees; clarify qualifications exemption for those employed in programs not granted by SDE.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-21-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE QUALIFICATIONS EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED IN A PREKINDERGARTEN OR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM, NOT GRANTED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN A CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZED BY THE MISSISSIPPI CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZER BOARD; 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
Sponsor
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 5
- Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 21Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 5Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 6 – Mar 3
- Feb 6Sent to the Senate
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate