Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Nicole Boyd
Sponsored
Became law5
Higher Education Legislative Plan Grant Program; amend.
Mississippi Postsecondary Attainment Council; establish.
Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; to amend provisions related to.
Income tax credit; revise for employers providing dependent child care or child care stipends.
Cigarettes and ENDS products; provide administrative forfeiture procedures for.
Passed the Senate17
Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation and Publicity Rights Act; amend concerning confidentially.
Mississippi Public University System Governance Study Committee; create.
Mississippi Math Act; enact.
Don Triplett Act; enact to create ombudsman office in State Department of Education.
"The Peoples Access Act"; require official meetings to be broadcast via video livestream applications, with exceptions.
Government Efficiency; create task force to provide recommendations on.
Financial literacy; require as component of postsecondary education.
The Amy Act; remove grace period for lobbyist registering with the SOS office after lobbying.
Office of Workforce Development; authorize to implement and oversee an employee childcare tuition assistance program.
DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess Community Mental Health Centers.
Healing Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Act; enact to require nurse training on and reporting of suspected human trafficking.
Building Regional Infrastructure for Diverse Growth in Education (BRIDGE) Act; enact.
UPSKILL Mississippi Grant Program; create.
Institutions of higher learning; require adoption of new performance-based funding model.
Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to.
Child support; authorize continuation past the age of majority for certain disabled children.
Income tax; allow credit to employer providing individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) to employees.
Out of committee2
Commission on School Accreditation; task with governing professional conduct of school board members.
Child care facility licensing; move all administrative functions to the Department of Human Services.
In committee20
Study committee; authorize to study student loan debt in Mississippi.
Epinephrine auto-injectors; allow certain entities to stock and provide or administer during anaphylactic emergencies.
Public education; provide annual salary supplement to certain occupational therapists.
Adoption licensure board; bring forward code sections related to creation thereof.
Law enforcement; authorize provision of security to private schools.
Mississippi Family Building Act; enact.
The Students Safe at School Act; enact to provide for certain notice requirements for school shooting drills.
Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.
Receipts from taxes for school purposes; bring forward code section related to.
Public schools; provide salary supplement for certified strength and conditioning coaches meeting certain requirements.
Certificate of need; delete requirement to obtain for psychiatric hospitals, renal disease facilities and additional facilities.
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel; create.
Virtual currency kiosks and civil forfeiture of property used in the course of crimes; create provisions concerning.
Baby safety devices; provide for termination of parental rights and proceedings concerning the child.
Mississippi Deed Fraud Prevention Act; enact.
Income tax credit; revise definition of "eligible charitable organization."
Preschool and prekindergarten tax credit; expand for contributions to programs serving three-year-old children.
Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products, baby formula, baby wipes, children's and adult diapers, and diaper cream.
Insurance Commissioner; prohibit campaign contributions from entities regulated by.
General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to DMH for additional ID/DD Home- and Community-Based Waiver slots and additional staff.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create.
Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers.
Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; Community and Junior College Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior College Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Vetoed · 1
Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program; create.
Passed the Senate · 12
School teachers, assistant teachers, and college faculty; raise pay of.
Retired educators; revise provisions regarding return to work as teachers.
Mississippi PERS Stability Act; enact.
Total funding formula; increase gifted education weight and multiplier, and include 7th- and 8th-grade students in CTE weight.
"Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act"; enact.
Capacity Project Fund; direct transfer to.
J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act; enact.
Regional educational service agencies; specify authority for bulk purchasing.
PERS Tier 5 Cola Account; create and direct transfers to.
"Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act"; provide restrictions on persons assisting with claims.
Credit security freeze; create procedure for freeze of a child's consumer credit report within 10 days of the birth of the child.
Appropriation; additional for MEMA for purposes authorized under the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund.
In committee · 1
Medicaid; delete repealer on provision requiring payments to border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital.