Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2739
Workers' compensation; extend eligibility for first responders to 5 years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER NOTICE WAS RECEIVED, IF NO PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION IS MADE AND NO APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE INJURY OR DEATH, THE RIGHT TO COMPENSATION THEREFOR SHALL BE BARRED; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "FIRST RESPONDER," "FIREFIGHTER" AND "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER"; 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
InsuranceJan 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.