l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1593

Sixteenth section land; define rights of owners of land on which is located a body of water.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 51-1-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE SIXTEENTH SECTION TRUST IS SUPERIOR TO THE PUBLIC WATERS TRUST AND THEREFORE THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNERS OF SIXTEENTH SECTION LAND ON WHICH IS LOCATED A BODY OF WATER THAT IS A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OR AN OXBOW LAKE ARE SUPERIOR TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS AND USE THE BODY OF WATER WITHIN THE SIXTEENTH SECTION LAND; TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL GENERAL DEFINITION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 27-109-1 AND 51-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEFINE NAVIGABLE WATERS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 29-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS ARE PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Jeff Hale

Its course

January 19 to February 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days

Judiciary BJan 19 to Jan 289 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives