l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1754

ITS; authorize to establish certain procurement frameworks for information technology.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-53-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, CYBERSECURITY, CLOUD SERVICES AND RELATED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE AWARDED BASED ON BEST VALUE; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH A MANUFACTURER-BASED PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK FOR CYBERSECURITY SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT MANUFACTURES MUST MEET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CYBERSECURITY MANUFACTURER-BASED PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 25-53-25 AND 31-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 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

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.

Every action10 actions on 9 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 1224 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 19 to Jan 2910 days

TechnologyJan 29 to Feb 35 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 3 to Feb 30 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

TechnologyFeb 19 to Feb 256 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 25 to Mar 3 · stopped6 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 committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Technology
  2. Jan 29Reported from AC to TE in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Reported from TE to AC in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Feb 11Read the third time in the House
  6. Feb 12Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 19Referred to the Senate committees on Technology and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Feb 25Reported from TE to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;TechnologyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29DR - TSDP: AC To TEHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 3DR - TSDP: TE To ACHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 3Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 12PassedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 19Referred To Technology;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  9. Feb 25DR - TSDP: TE To ACSenate
  10. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate