Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1318
Student transportation; revise manner of for students on vehicles other than school buses.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-41-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PERMIT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCIES FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL BUSES UNDER CERTAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCE; TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE AND AUTHORITY FOR THE USE OF PASSENGER CARS OR MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES OTHER THAN SCHOOLS BUSES TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS; 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 11
- Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 29Reported 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