Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2484
Building Regional Infrastructure for Diverse Growth in Education (BRIDGE) Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE BUILDING REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DIVERSE GROWTH IN EDUCATION (BRIDGE) ACT; TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED STATUTORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI; TO CREATE TWO DISTINCT PROGRAMS ADDRESSING SPECIAL-NEEDS STUDENTS AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT STATEWIDE STUDIES, ISSUE GUIDANCE, AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 5
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
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Jan 22Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 5Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Amended in the Senate
- Passed the Senate as amended
In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3
- Feb 5Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
- Feb 6Sent to the House
- Feb 16Referred to the House committees on Education and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To EducationSenate
- Jan 22Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 5Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
- Feb 5AmendedSenate
- Feb 5Passed As AmendedSenate
- Feb 5Immediate ReleaseSenate
- Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
- Feb 16Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives