l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2557

Nicotine-adjacent products; define to prohibit distribution of to minors and for inclusion as an ENDS product.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-32-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "NICOTINE-ADJACENT PRODUCT" AND TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF SUCH A PRODUCT TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-32-52, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF NICOTINE-ADJACENT PRODUCTS WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY TO EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES; TO AMEND SECTION 75-102-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "ENDS PRODUCT" TO INCLUDE NICOTINE-ADJACENT PRODUCTS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 75-102-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 1123 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 315 days

Judiciary, Division BFeb 3 to Feb 30 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 3 · stopped20 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 16 to Mar 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 11

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from PH to JB in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  4. Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 12 – Mar 3

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Judiciary A
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published