l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2386

Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES FROM PROVIDING ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC DURING COURT TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-973, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CIRCUIT JUDGES FROM ALLOWING ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC DURING COURT TERMS; 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 19 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 517 days

ElectionsJan 19 to Jan 2910 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 6 to Feb 2620 days

Judiciary BFeb 26 to Mar 3 · stopped5 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 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Feb 6Sent to the House
  3. Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary B
  4. Feb 26Reported as amended from AE to JB in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 5PassedSenate
  4. Feb 5Immediate ReleaseSenate
  5. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 6Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 26DR - TSDPAA: AE To JBHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives