l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2242

Mississippi Math Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE "MISSISSIPPI MATH ACT" ESTABLISHING THE MOVING MATHEMATICS IN MISSISSIPPI (M3) PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO SET FORTH FINDINGS, PURPOSES, DEFINITIONS AND PROGRAM COMPONENTS; TO AUTHORIZE K-12 MATHEMATICS COACHING AND SUPPORTS, K-5 MATHEMATICS SCREENING AND INTERVENTIONS, AN ALGEBRA-READINESS INDICATOR BASED ON THE GRADE 5 STATEWIDE MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT SCALE SCORE, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR GRADES K-1, 2-6 AND 7-12; TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION, RULEMAKING, DATA PROTECTIONS, REPORTING, EVALUATION AND DISTRICT PARTICIPATION; TO CREATE THE MOVING MATHEMATICS IN MISSISSIPPI FUND; 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

6 co-sponsors

Rod Hickman, Bart Williams, Michael McLendon, Chad McMahan, Kevin Blackwell, David Blount

Its course

January 14 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.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 522 days

EducationJan 14 to Jan 228 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

EducationFeb 16 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 5

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 14 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Jan 22Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 5Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Feb 6Sent to the House
  3. Feb 16Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations A
  4. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Jan 22Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 5Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 5AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 5Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 5Immediate ReleaseSenate
  7. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  8. Feb 16Referred To Education;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives