Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2255
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; amend to restrict incentives for employers who use H-1B visa labor over US citizens.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-11-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE TAX COMMISSION, SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS RESTRICTING STATE INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYERS WHO USE H-1B VISA LABOR OVER THE LABOR OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS; TO DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF INCENTIVES TO BE EVALUATED IN SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS; 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
LaborJan 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.