Mississippi 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 7 D · 5 R cosponsors

SB 2685 — Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.

Last action — Died In Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Died In Committee

  2. DR - TSDP: ED To AP

  3. Referred To Education;Appropriations A

  4. Transmitted To House

  5. Passed

  6. Committee Substitute Adopted

  7. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  8. Referred To Education

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 161 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Parker

Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (161)

161 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 49 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 12001
Republican 31001
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 49003
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Derrick T. Simmons Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Not Voting
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Reginald Jackson Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sarita Simmons Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Bart Williams Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Nicole Boyd Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Not Voting
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Subjects

labor education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 2685?
SB 2685 is sponsored by Parker, Bart Williams (Republican), Michael McLendon (Republican), Joseph Thomas (Democrat), Jordan, Gary Brumfield (Democrat), Albert Butler (Democrat), Daniel H. Sparks (Republican), Sarita Simmons (Democrat), Derrick T. Simmons (Democrat), Tyler McCaughn (Republican), Nicole Boyd (Republican), Juan Barnett (Democrat), and Reginald Jackson (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 2685?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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