Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Structure Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2261
Mississippi Search and Rescue Program Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAM ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH THE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR EQUIPMENT, TRAINING FACILITIES, AND WAREHOUSES FOR EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL FOR THE PROGRAM TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND WITH THE STATE TREASURY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAM 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
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
Government StructureJan 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 Government Structure and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Government Structure;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate