Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 493
School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH PRIMARY LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF ALL PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION TO ENTER INTO MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH INDEPENDENT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS TO EMPLOY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (SROS) AT SUCH SCHOOLS; TO SPECIFY THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS SERVING AS SROS AT INDEPENDENT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-19-49 AND 17-25-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 12 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days
EducationJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 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.