Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1320
Pupil transportation; provide discretionary authority to local school boards to provide for those who live within one mile of the school.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-41-3 AND 37-41-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD WITH THE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED IF CONDITIONS FOR WALKING TO SCHOOL PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS; 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 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