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MississippiSB 30542026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.

Sponsored By: W. Briggs Hopson III (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Appropriations EAppropriations AAppropriations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

8 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.

Professors may get $2,000 raises

Professors and adjunct professors at six named centers may receive the equivalent of a $2,000 salary increase during fiscal year 2027. The centers include the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Each institution’s executive officer decides whether to provide the increase.

State favors Mississippi Industries for the Blind

The state gives Mississippi Industries for the Blind a purchasing preference when bids match in price, quality, and service. A similar preference applies when the state buys without competitive bids.

State funds cannabis research and education

The law provides $1.5 million to the National Center for Cannabis Research and Education from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The Center uses the money for data analysis, education, and related work with the Mississippi State Department of Health.

State funds higher education programs

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides $39,927,392 from the state general fund. It also provides $48,026,992 from federal, student-fee, and other special funds for higher-education programs and operations. Major allocations include $8.72 million in state funds for the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and $5.36 million in state funds for the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The law also allocates $830,742 in Education Enhancement Funds to four programs and the Board executive office.

Overdue bills can halt lab services

The Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory cannot provide additional services using appropriated funds after a client has used the maximum free services allowed by law and has charges more than 90 days overdue. The lab may resume services after the client pays all delinquent charges.

Limits on embryo research funding

Recipients cannot use money appropriated or authorized by the law for research that kills or destroys a human embryo. This limits the research activities supported by these public funds.

Higher education agencies face spending limits

The higher-education board and its institutions may use appropriated money only for duties authorized by the Constitution, laws, or related rules. State agencies also cannot take on obligations or debt beyond their appropriations. Officers who violate that limit are accountable personally or on their official bonds.

Sea Grant gets $175,000 match

The law sets aside $175,000 from Gulf Coast Research Laboratory funds for Sea Grant matching in fiscal year 2027. If the Board cuts the laboratory’s funding because of a specified state budget-reduction order, it must cut the matching funds by the same percentage.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • W. Briggs Hopson III

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Nicole Boyd

    Republican • Senate

  • Albert Butler

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dennis DeBar, Jr.

    Republican • Senate

  • Scott DeLano

    Republican • Senate

  • Rita Potts Parks

    Republican • Senate

  • Benjamin Suber

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 340 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/29/2026

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 50 • No: 0

House vote • 3/29/2026

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 120 • No: 0

House vote • 3/12/2026

Passed As Amended

Yes: 119 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/19/2026

Passed

Yes: 51 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor

    4/8/2026legislature

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

    4/2/2026House

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

    4/2/2026Senate

  4. Unanimous Consent Granted

    3/29/2026Senate

  5. Conference Report Adopted

    3/29/2026Senate

  6. Conference Report Adopted

    3/29/2026House

  7. Unanimous Consent Granted

    3/29/2026House

  8. Conference Report Filed

    3/27/2026Senate

  9. Conference Report Filed

    3/27/2026House

  10. Conferees Named Oliver,Cockerham,Scoggin

    3/19/2026House

  11. Conferees Named Hopson,Parks,Boyd

    3/19/2026Senate

  12. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

    3/17/2026Senate

  13. Returned For Concurrence

    3/13/2026House

  14. Passed As Amended

    3/12/2026House

  15. Amended

    3/12/2026House

  16. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

    3/11/2026House

  17. DR - TSDPAA: AP To A4

    3/11/2026House

  18. DR - TSDPAA: A4 To AP

    3/11/2026House

  19. Referred To Appropriations E;Appropriations A

    2/24/2026House

  20. Transmitted To House

    2/23/2026Senate

  21. Passed

    2/19/2026Senate

  22. Title Suff Do Pass

    2/18/2026Senate

  23. Referred To Appropriations

    2/17/2026Senate

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