Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2285
Unconstitutional foreign laws; forbid local enforcement, subject to denial of transferee school district funding.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THIS STATE SHALL ENFORCE A FOREIGN LAW IF DOING SO WOULD VIOLATE A RIGHT GUARANTEED TO A NATURAL PERSON BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OR THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION; TO PROVIDE THAT, IF A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NONCOMPLIANT LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO THE FUNDING PROVIDED TO TRANSFEREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER SECTION 37-151-93 FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-93, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 19 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Education;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate