Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2770
Mississippi Workplace Safety Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO PREVENT INSPECTORS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW TO SELECT A NONEMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING ACCEPTABLE NONEMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES; TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR AGGRIEVED EMPLOYERS; TO ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO ASSERT VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT IN JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS; TO INSTITUTE A FINE FOR A KNOWING VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROHIBIT USE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; TO NOTE THAT THIS ACT IS SEVERABLE; TO PROVIDE FOR JUDICIAL DECISIONS NAMING THIS ACT INVALID, UNDULY BURDENSOME, OR UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE; TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO INTERVENE AS A MATTER OF RIGHT IN ANY CASE WHERE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS ACT IS CHALLENGED; 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
Judiciary, Division AJan 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 Judiciary, Division A and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate