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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2912

MS Deferred Compensation; allow Roth and other after-tax accounts.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-14-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE MISSISSIPPI DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND TRUST TO OFFER ROTH ACCOUNTS AND OTHER AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTION VEHICLES; TO PROVIDE THAT A PARTICIPANT'S ROTH OR OTHER ALLOWABLE AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTION INTO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT SHALL BE TREATED BY THE EMPLOYER AS INCLUDABLE IN THE PARTICIPANT'S INCOME AT THE TIME THE PARTICIPANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT AMOUNT IN COMPENSATION IF THE PARTICIPANT HAD NOT MADE A DEFERRED ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 25-14-15, 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

1 co-sponsor

David Blount

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 517 days

FinanceJan 19 to Jan 2910 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

State AffairsFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped25 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 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Feb 6Sent to the House
  3. Referred to the House committees on State Affairs and on Ways and Means
  4. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To FinanceSenate
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 5PassedSenate
  4. Feb 5Immediate ReleaseSenate
  5. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 6Referred To State Affairs;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives