l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2277

Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT A MINIMUM WAGE LAW FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, WITH ANNUAL INCREMENTAL INCREASES OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD; TO DEFINE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; TO EMPOWER THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, TO ENFORCE AND ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNING AUTHORITIES, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO MANDATE A WAGE THAT IS MORE THAN THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-40, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 85-3-4 AND 97-3-54.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE TECHNICAL, NONSUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 7-7-204, 23-15-239, 37-7-307, 37-33-175, 57-34-5 AND 99-19-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

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

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 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

  1. Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate