l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1624

National Guard SEAP scholarship; require MS Office of Student Financial Aid to administer payment to institutions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations A Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID TO BE THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY OF THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD STATE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SEAP) FUNDING; TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES TO THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID RATHER THAN THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD; TO REQUIRE THE NATIONAL GUARD TO CERTIFY TO THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID THE NAMES OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND THE INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PAYABLE; 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

Stephanie Foster

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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Military AffairsJan 19 to Feb 214 days

Appropriations AFeb 2 to Feb 3 · stopped1 day

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 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Military Affairs and on Appropriations A
  2. Feb 2Reported from MA to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Military Affairs;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2DR - TSDP: MA To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives