l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2423

Mississippi Sick and Safe Leave Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Economic and Workforce Development Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ACT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; TO PROVIDE APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ACCRUAL OF EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE; TO ESTABLISH PROPER USES OF EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE; TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM VIOLATING EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF PAID SICK AND SAFE LEAVE UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO RETAIN RECORDS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLOSURE STANDARDS; TO ENCOURAGE AND ALLOW MORE GENEROUS EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE POLICIES; TO PROVIDE A LEGAL BASELINE FOR PAID SICK LEAVE; 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 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

Economic and Workforce DevelopmentJan 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

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Economic and Workforce Development
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Economic and Workforce DevelopmentSenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate