Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Zakiya Summers
Sponsored
Became law2
Suffrage; restore to Jose Williams of Hinds County.
Suffrage; restore to Debra Denise Thomas of Hinds County.
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore to Larry Mangum of Hinds County.
In committee32
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal income child tax credit.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Online voter registration; authorize and establish the process for.
Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; revise certain provisions related to wage history.
Assessment of public and charter school facilities; require the State Department of Education to perform and present recommendations.
Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create.
MS Municipality and County Fire Station Building Fund; establish.
"Trust in Law Enforcement Act"; require Department of Public Safety to create public database on officer misconduct.
Cosmetologists and barbers; exempt those who have certain experience from having to take exam if license is expired for not more than 5 years.
Downtown Jackson Revitalization Coalition; create with national, state and local stakeholders.
Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Community Advisory Council on Homelessness; create within DHS.
No-knock warrants; prohibit issuance of.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; require to evaluate toxic air pollutants and revise air quality standards.
State identification for homeless persons; authorize.
Spring-Step Teacher Pay Bridge Act; create.
Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; create.
MS Medical Education Pipeline and Readiness Act; create.
The "Model Mississippi Hair Protection in Schools Policy Act"; create.
Fatherhood Engagement in Maternal Health Act; create.
Mississippi Maternal Health Momnibus Act; create.
Mississippi HBCU Maternal Health Workforce Pipeline Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with park improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County with improvements to the Jackson Police Department Training Academy.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County with acquisition, demolition and removal of blighted properties.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Hinds County with removal of dilapidated/blighted properties in House District 68.
Appropriation; Hinds County for cleaning blighted property in House District 68.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for improvements to tennis courts at Battlefield Park.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for renovations and infrastructure improvements at Capitol Unit of Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi.
Appropriation; DEQ for purchasing a mobile air-quality monitoring van for community-based monitoring.
Appropriation; Health Dept. to provide racial sensitivity training to health care professionals.
Suffrage; restore to Kenneth Almons of Hinds County.
Suffrage; restore to Leporion Versell of Hinds County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.
DOC; require to provide inmates with protective equipment when using raw cleaning chemicals.
Passed the House · 3
MS Childcare Teachers Shortage Task Force; create.
Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations.
Teacher pay; increase for teachers and assistant teachers.
Out of committee · 1
Spouses and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at postsecondary institutions.
In committee · 11
Jury duty; reinstate person's name to master list once voting rights restored upon satisfaction of all sentencing requirements.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
School teachers, assistant teachers and postsecondary professors and course instructors in full-time capacity; increase salary by $7,500.00.
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters.
Literacy-based Promotion Act; revise to expand intervention and strategies for literacy proficiency among students in Grades 4 through 8.
Insurance; require health insurance policies to include coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices.
Emergency Medical Care Clarity Act; create.
Food deserts; require Department of Health to track in Mississippi.
Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program; establish within Health Dept.
City of Jackson; extend repealer on CVB, and authorize additional 1% hotel/motel tax 1/2% restaurant tax.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Alliance Training, Inc., with improvements to its worksite training facility.