l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 609

"Tim Tebow Act"; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TIM TEBOW ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO AUTHORIZE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A HOMESCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDENT ENROLLED IN A HOMESCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMESCHOOL STUDENT SELECTION OR PARTICIPATION IN SUCH ACTIVITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT; 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 13 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 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 days

EducationJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 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 13 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published