Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Bart Williams
Sponsored
Became law7
MDITS and SOS; require to establish minimum cybersecurity standards for SEMS.
Inadequacy of water service; authorizing the PSC to cancel a municipality's certificate upon findings of.
Rural Water Oversight Committee; create and prescribe duties of.
Mississippi IT Optimization Act; enact.
State Security Operations Center; create within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
City of Starkville; extend repeal date on economic development, tourism/convention tax.
Town of Ackerman; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
Passed the Senate4
Mississippi State University; allow to partner with local school district for certain purposes.
Memorial highways; designate certain honoring Judge Lloyd Gilmer Spivey III and amend designation rules for.
Artificial intelligence; define.
Mississippi Antiquities Law; amend to provide certain exemptions for universities and colleges.
In committee10
Electric vehicle charging stations; provide for rates and charges.
Misdemeanors; authorize alternate sentencing for recidivist misdemeanants.
Student School Stewardship Pilot Program; establish.
Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue, and Excellence (THRIVE) Act; enact.
Computer fraud; amend provision to mirror federal, criminal elements.
Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act; enact.
Cybersecurity; limit liability for governmental and certain commercial entities that substantially comply with standards.
Mississippi Social Media Fraud Accountability and Consumer Protection Act; enact.
Economic Development and Infrastructure Fund; amend.
Economic Development and Infrastructure Fund; revise provisions related to increasing commercial air service.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create.
Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to.
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; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; FY2027 reappropriate to certain agencies.
Vetoed · 1
Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program; create.
Passed the Senate · 13
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.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school.
Total funding formula; increase gifted education weight and multiplier, and include 7th- and 8th-grade students in CTE weight.
Financial literacy; require as component of postsecondary education.
J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act; enact.
Health insurance; require coverage for biomarker testing for certain purposes when supported by medical and scientific evidence.
Credit security freeze; create procedure for freeze of a child's consumer credit report within 10 days of the birth of the child.
Gold and Silver Commemorative Coin Act; enact.
ARPA programs and funds; direct transfer of certain available and unexpended funds on September 30, 2026.
Appropriation; additional for MEMA for purposes authorized under the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund.
Out of committee · 2
Environmental protection; prohibit geoengineering.
The Department of Cybersecurity; create.
In committee · 3
School classrooms; authorize Christian Bible to be kept in and enforce daily recitation of pledge.
ITS; create additional powers and responsibilities.
Income tax; increase amount of credit for approved reforestation practices.