Employment laws and bills in Mississippi

Every bill in the Mississippi Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
75bills in scope
Past committee
10past committee
Most recent action
13 March 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Mississippi in 2026

1 Employment bill was enacted in Mississippi this year, the latest with a last action on 13 March 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Mississippi

3Enacted

7Past committee

65Introduced or inactive

75 bills in scope

Enacted

3

SB 2202Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions.EnactedHB 1063MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create.EnactedHB 1414Workforce Enhancement Training Fund; revise administration of and make technical changes to.Enacted

Past committee

7

HB 1072Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; create for contributions by hiring parties to independent contractors' portable benefit accounts.Passed chamberSB 2419Office of Workforce Development; authorize to implement and oversee an employee childcare tuition assistance program.Passed chamberSB 2678Duration of weekly unemployment benefits; prescribe method of determining.Passed chamberSB 2849Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions.Passed chamberSB 2439PERS; create a fifth tier, and terminate SLRP, for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026.Passed chamberSB 2496Mississippi Earned Wage Access Services Act; enact.Passed chamberSB 2839Workers' Compensation Commission; revise provision related to.Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

15 of 65 shown

HB 1000Mississippi Paid Family and Medical Leave Act; establish.In committeeHB 1045PERS; allow retirees to work as law enforcement officer for another employer and draw retirement allowance and work full time.In committeeHB 108Minimum wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.In committeeHB 1138Cosmetology licenses; prescribe requirements for apprenticeship programs approved by the board.In committeeHB 118Essential health care workers premium pay; Department of Health to create program using any available funds.In committeeHB 1279Vocational education programs; require to be established in every school district or shared operation between multiple districts.In committeeHB 1405Unemployment benefits; align duration with statewide unemployment rate.In committeeHB 1472MS Department of Employment Security; revise various provisions relating to employers' wage records and unemployment taxes.In committeeHB 1555Major Medical Leave; expand authorized purposes for the use of by state employees.In committeeHB 1638Drug and alcohol testing; bring forward statutes addressing government employees.In committeeHB 201"Donald J. Trump Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.In committeeHB 360Noninstructional and hourly school employees; compensate at usual rate whenever district temporarily closes schools.In committeeHB 403Youth Employment Grant Program; create.In committeeHB 45PERS; require employers to pay percentage of contract workers' compensation into the system.In committeeHB 524Fair Minimum Wage Act; create.In committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 75. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Mississippi Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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