Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2901
Save Our Badge and Shield Act; enact to categorize first responders as if hired before March 1, 2026, for PERS purposes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENACT THE "SAVE OUR BADGE AND SHIELD ACT"; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-11-103, 25-11-109, 25-11-111, 25-11-112, 25-11-114, 25-11-115, 25-11-117, 25-11-123 AND 25-11-147, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, AND PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WHO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH 1, 2026, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND CONDITIONS AS MEMBERS WHO BECAME MEMBERS OF THE SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2011, BUT BEFORE MARCH 1, 2026; 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
FinanceJan 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.