Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2130
Mental examinations; require state to pay costs for indigent defendants where examination is court-ordered.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-13-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY COST OR EXPENSE IN CONNECTION WITH A MENTAL EXAMINATION OF AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE; 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 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 SenateJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 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 Senate Jan 13 – Feb 3
- Jan 13Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To Judiciary, Division A;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate