Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2040
Visitors to correctional system facilities; provide procedure for approved offender visitation applications.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-95, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR APPROVED OFFENDER VISITATION APPLICATIONS ONLINE; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO REQUEST CRIMINAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION CHECKS OF VISITOR APPLICANTS PRIOR TO APPROVAL; TO PROVIDE FOR ONLINE NOTIFICATION OF DECISION OF APPROVAL; TO PROVIDE FOR SCHEDULING OF VISITATION; TO PROVIDE A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON VISITATION APPLICATION FORMS; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 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 SenateJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
CorrectionsJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 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 Senate Jan 8 – Feb 3
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To CorrectionsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate