Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 389
Student enrollment; require automobile registration as proof of residency.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-30, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE USE OF AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS AS PROOF OF RESIDENCY WHEN ENROLLING STUDENTS IN SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS WHO DO NOT OWN A VEHICLE TO SUBMIT A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, ATTESTING THAT NO MOTOR VEHICLE IS OWNED AND AFFIRMING THE STUDENT'S ACTUAL RESIDENCE AT THE STATED ADDRESS WITHIN THE ENROLLING SCHOOL DISTRICT; 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
4 co-sponsors
Its course
January 12 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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 11
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 12 – Feb 11
- Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 21Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 11Amended in the House
- Passed the House as amended
In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 3
- Feb 13Sent to the Senate
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate