l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2435

Black bear harvest permits; require issuance of 20 for the 2026-2027 hunting season with 10% annual increase thereafter.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION WITHIN CHAPTER 7, TITLE 49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (COMMISSION) SHALL CONTROL, REGULATE AND MANAGE THE TAKING OF ALL BLACK BEARS; TO IMPOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS TO HUNT OR KILL ANY BLACK BEAR FOR ANY PURPOSE; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION, BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 HUNTING SEASON, TO ESTABLISH A BLACK BEAR HARVEST PERMIT TO HUNT OR KILL BLACK BEARS AND TO ESTABLISH THE FEE FOR SUCH PERMIT; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO ISSUE A TOTAL OF 20 BLACK BEAR HARVEST PERMITS FOR THE 2026-2027 HUNTING SEASON AND TO INCREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BLACK BEAR HARVEST PERMITS ISSUED BY 10% FOR EACH HUNTING SEASON THEREAFTER; TO SET THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksJan 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 Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksSenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate