Mississippi Senate Bill 2103

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on April 8 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-08 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-9-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Requires Professional School Counselors To Abide By The American School Counselor Association Code Of Ethics; To Require The State Department Of Education To Adopt Regulations Regarding The Activities Of Professional School Counselors, Including A Model Code Of Professional Ethics; To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For An Increase To The Minimum Teacher Salary Scale; To Provide An Annual Salary Supplement To Licensed Special Education Teachers Employed By A School District On A Full-time Basis To Provide Special Education Instruction, To Licensed Occupational Therapists And To Certified School Psychologists; To Amend Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No School District Shall Reduce The Local Supplement Or Pay An Individual Assistant Teacher Less Than The State Minimum Salary In A Year In Which The State Minimum Salary Is Increased; To Provide For A Reduction In Funds For Districts That Violate This Section; To Provide That No District Shall Pay Any Assistant Teacher Less Than The State Minimum Salary Unless Done So By A Pro Rata Daily Amount Where There Has Been A Reduction In Total Funding Formula Allocations For Such District In Such Year Or In The Amount Of Federal Funds To Such District From The Previous Year; To Provide For An Increase To The Minimum Base Salary For Assistant Teachers; To Amend Section 37-151-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Amount Of The Base Student Cost; To Amend Sections 37-13-89 And 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Qualifications For School Attendance Officers; To Direct The State To Provide Funding For One School Attendance Officer For Every 4,000 Compulsory-school-aged Children In Enrollment In The Public Schools; To Institute A New Minimum Salary Schedule For School Attendance Officers; To Provide That Each School Attendance Officer May Receive An Annual Salary Supplement From The School District In Which He Or She Serves, At The Discretion Of The District; To Reform The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; To Amend Sections 37-9-39 And 37-151-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Time In December When School Districts Shall Process Payroll For All Employees From The Last Working Day To A Time Consistent With Other Monthly Installments As A Means Of Preventing The 45-day Gap Between Teacher Pay Periods From The December Pay Date To January Pay Date; To Repeal Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Contains Provisions For Retired Teachers Returning To Work While Continuing To Draw Retirement Benefits; And For Related Purposes.

Education; provide pay increases, revise counseling ethical requirements, and reform school attendance law.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

2026-04-01 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-01 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 121 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 122 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-04 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 35 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-08		Approved by Governor
2026-04-06	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-04-06	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-04-01	Senate	Unanimous Consent Granted
2026-04-01	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2026-04-01	House	Conference Report Adopted
2026-04-01	House	Unanimous Consent Granted
2026-03-31	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2026-03-31	House	Conference Report Filed
2026-03-31	Senate	Recommitted For Further Conf
2026-03-31	House	Recommitted For Further Conf
2026-03-30	House	Conference Report Filed
2026-03-30	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2026-03-25	House	Conferees Named Roberson,McCarty,Owen
2026-03-24	Senate	Conferees Named DeBar,Hopson,Boyd
2026-03-24	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2026-03-06	House	Returned For Concurrence
2026-03-06	House	Immediate Release
2026-03-06	House	Passed As Amended
2026-03-06	House	Amended
2026-02-18	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2026-02-06	House	Referred To Education
2026-02-05	Senate	Transmitted To House
2026-02-04	Senate	Passed
2026-01-22	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2026-01-09	Senate	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	11	126	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
37	13	89	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	13	91	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	151	103	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	151	203	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	19	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	21	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	9	39	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	9	79	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2103.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2103IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2103PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2103SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/SB2103_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/SB2103_H_Amend_02.htm
Supplement	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/cr/SB2103CR.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/senate/0300022.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0600002.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0860005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/senate/0860018.pdf