Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2071
School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EMPOWER ALL SCHOOL BOARDS OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO VOTE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH INSURANCE IS PAID FOR WITH LOCAL FUNDS AND NOT STATE FUNDS; 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 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.
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 4
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Jan 22Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 4Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3
- Feb 5Sent to the House
- Feb 6Referred to the House committees on Education and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To EducationSenate
- Jan 22Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 4PassedSenate
- Feb 5Transmitted To HouseSenate
- Feb 6Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives