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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2678

Duration of weekly unemployment benefits; prescribe method of determining.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-507, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT DURATION BASED ON THE AVERAGE REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF THE INDIVIDUAL; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 71-5-503, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH SETS FORTH THE MISSISSIPPI UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW FOR THE PURPOSE 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 1224 days

Economic and Workforce DevelopmentJan 19 to Jan 3011 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 12 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

Workforce DevelopmentFeb 16 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

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 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Economic and Workforce Development
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 12Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 16 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 16Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Appropriations A
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Economic and Workforce DevelopmentSenate
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 12AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 12Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 16Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 16Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives