Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2493
Public schools; require each school to employ licensed mental health counselor, with whom students shall meet once a year.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EMPLOY A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR IN EACH SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE ALL STUDENTS TO MEET WITH THEIR SCHOOL'S MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR AT LEAST ONCE PER SCHOOL YEAR; 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 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 Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate