Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1578
Public schools; require to adopt policies to educate students about the dangers of social media and predators.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A DATING VIOLENCE POLICY AND TO INCORPORATE INSTRUCTION ON THE POLICY AND ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IN MANDATORY COURSES; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT A MODEL DATING VIOLENCE POLICY THAT MAY BE USED BY THE VARIOUS SCHOOL BOARDS IN DEVELOPING THEIR POLICIES; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE DATING VIOLENCE POLICY IN THE DISTRICT'S CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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
5 co-sponsors
Dana McLean, Jeffrey Hulum III, Fabian Nelson, William Tracy Arnold, Jeff Hale
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 28Reported 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