Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2254
Mississippi geoengineering ban; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "GEOENGINEERING" WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GIVE THE MISSISSIPPI AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO ISSUE, MODIFY OR REVOKE ORDERS RELATED TO GEOENGINEERING; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT GEOENGINEERING IN MISSISSIPPI AND TO CREATE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; 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 14 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 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days
Environment Prot, Cons and Water ResJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 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 14 – Feb 3
- Jan 14Referred to the Senate committees on Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res and on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate