Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1462
Mental Health Day; authorize as excused absence from school.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE "THE MISSISSIPPI MENTAL HEALTH DAYS ACT"; TO AUTHORIZE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS AS EXCUSED ABSENCES UNDER THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAWS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM THE COMPULSORY STUDENT ATTENDANCE POLICY TO INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE; 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 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.