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MississippiSB 30572026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.

Sponsored By: W. Briggs Hopson III (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Appropriations EAppropriations AAppropriations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Possible $2,000 raises for professors

The law sets aside $241,395 for the equivalent of a $2,000 salary increase for professors and adjunct professors at the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University. The Institutional Executive Officer decides whether to provide the increases, so they are not automatic.

Countywide Extension education programs and goals

The Service is directed to provide agriculture, family and consumer education, natural resources, 4-H, and business and community development programs in every county. Fiscal year 2027 contact targets are 270,000 for agriculture, 205,000 for family education, 88,000 for business and community development, 178,000 for 4-H, and 370,000 for natural resources and the environment. Other targets include published information (300 for agriculture; 150 each for family education and natural resources) and mass media (4,500 for agriculture; 6,000 for natural resources). Average cost-per-contact targets, in the same five-program order, are $13.46, $9.34, $20.28, $11.66, and $27.75. The Service must report progress in its fiscal year 2028 budget request; the targets do not guarantee participant counts.

Mississippi Industries for the Blind gets preference

The Service must give Mississippi Industries for the Blind a purchasing preference when two or more bids for goods or equipment are equal in price, quality, and service. A similar preference applies to purchases made without competitive bids. The law does not guarantee a contract.

Mississippi Extension Service operating funds

For fiscal year 2027, July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides $34.4 million from the State General Fund for the Service’s support and maintenance. It also authorizes up to $18.75 million in special-source funds for expenses, including $1,391,395 from the Education Enhancement Fund. This funds Service operations, not direct household payments.

Limits on Extension Service spending

The Service cannot use this law’s general funds to replace federal or other special funds for authorized salaries after those funds are withdrawn and no longer available. It also cannot use funds for fees for an outside attorney unless the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved the attorney before the legal work began.

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: 341 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/29/2026

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 50 • No: 0

House vote • 3/29/2026

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 121 • 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,Suber

    3/19/2026Senate

  12. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

    3/17/2026Senate

  13. Returned For Concurrence

    3/16/2026House

  14. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

    3/16/2026House

  15. Motion to Reconsider Entered (Holloway (76th), Oliver)

    3/12/2026House

  16. Passed As Amended

    3/12/2026House

  17. Amended

    3/12/2026House

  18. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

    3/11/2026House

  19. DR - TSDPAA: AP To A4

    3/11/2026House

  20. DR - TSDPAA: A4 To AP

    3/11/2026House

  21. Referred To Appropriations E;Appropriations A

    2/24/2026House

  22. Transmitted To House

    2/23/2026Senate

  23. Passed

    2/19/2026Senate

  24. Committee Substitute Adopted

    2/19/2026Senate

  25. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

    2/18/2026Senate

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