l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2920

Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES BY WHICH QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THIS STATE MAY INITIATE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO BE APPROVED BY THE ELECTORATE AT THE NEXT STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER AND TIME FOR FILING INITIATIVE PETITIONS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH REGARD TO RECEIVING, FILING AND CERTIFYING INITIATIVE MEASURES AND PETITIONS; TO PRESCRIBE THE FORM OF INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND THE FORM OF SUCH MEASURES FOR THE BALLOTS; TO AUTHORIZE APPEALS FROM ADVERSE FINDINGS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE REGARDING INITIATIVE MEASURES AND PETITIONS; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CONDUCT PRESCRIBED AS UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 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

ElectionsJan 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

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published