Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2131
Grand jury; allow access to record to defendant upon request.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 13-5-62, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A COURT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION A RECORD OF THE GRAND JURY PROCEEDING TO THE DEFENDANT OR HIS OR HER COUNSEL WHEN A GRAND JURY RETURNS AN INDICTMENT; TO AUTHORIZE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN COPIES IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY COPIES OF THE RECORD SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL; 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 committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate