Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Structure Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2580
Mississippi Department of Emergency Management; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO HOUSE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUB-AGENCIES, UNITS, AND/OR OFFICES WITHIN STATE GOVERNMENT; TO ASSIGN AUTHORITIES TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AS AN OFFICE OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; TO TRANSFER THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY FROM UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO AN OFFICE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 33-15-2, 33-15-5, 33-15-7, 33-15-11, 33-15-14, 33-15-15, 33-15-19, 33-15-25, 33-15-31, 33-15-51, 33-15-53, 33-15-305, 33-15-307, 33-15-308, 33-15-309, 33-15-311, 33-15-313, 33-15-317, 33-15-401, 33-15-403, 19-5-383, 19-5-385, 19-5-387 AND 19-5-393, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, AND TO CODIFY SECTION 33-15-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
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
Government StructureJan 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 Government Structure and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Government Structure;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate