Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2201
Confederate flag; direct removal of depiction from Capitol rotunda, and create commission to recommend replacement image.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY TO CAUSE THE DEPICTION OF THE CONFEDERATE FLAG TO BE REMOVED FROM THE STATE CAPITOL ROTUNDA; TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND A SUITABLE IMAGE TO REPLACE THE DEPICTION OF THE CONFEDERATE FLAG IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA; TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS; TO LIST THE COMMISSION'S PREROGATIVES AND DUTIES; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO SUBMIT ITS WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION UPON THE SUBMISSION OF ITS WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION; TO AMEND SECTION 55-15-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS THE RELOCATION, REMOVAL, DISTURBING, ALTERATION, RENAMING OR REDEDICATION OF CERTAIN HISTORICAL ITEMS, STRUCTURES OR AREAS, TO CONFORM; 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
RulesJan 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.