Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2049
Candidate qualifications; require all candidates running for elected offices in Mississippi be natural born US citizens.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 69-1-1, 65-1-3, 25-31-1, 23-15-300, 19-21-103, 19-3-3, 37-5-1, 21-3-9, 21-5-5, 23-15-309, 37-7-201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, SHERIFFS, CHANCERY CLERKS, CIRCUIT CLERKS, TAX ASSESSORS, TAX COLLECTORS, COUNTY COURT JUDGES, COUNTY ATTORNEYS, SURVEYORS, CORONERS, SUPERVISORS, JUSTICE COURT JUDGES, CONSTABLES, ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, LEVEE COMMISSIONERS, MAYORS, ALDERMEN, COUNCILMEN, MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES, TO BE NATURAL BORN CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES; 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 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
ElectionsJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.