Mississippi 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 3 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 2689 — State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions.

Last action — Died In Conference

  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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died In Conference

  2. Conferees Named DeBar,Parker,Norwood

  3. Conferees Named Roberson,McCarty,Owen

  4. Conferees Named DeBar,Hopson,Norwood

  5. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  6. Returned For Concurrence

  7. Passed As Amended

  8. Amended

  9. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  10. Referred To Education

  11. Transmitted To House

  12. Passed As Amended

  13. Amended

  14. Committee Substitute Adopted

  15. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  16. Referred To Education

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 168 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (168)

168 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage as Amended

Passed 103 Yea · 6 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 76100
Democrat 205012
Independent 2000
Unaffiliated 5001
Total 1036013
% of votes cast 84%5%0%11%
How each member voted (122)
Member Party Vote
Lancaster — Yea
Paden — Yea
Stepp — Yea
Young — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Jackson (11th) — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Not Voting
Bob Evans Democrat Nay
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Not Voting
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Not Voting
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Not Voting
Cheikh Taylor Democrat Yea
Christopher M. Bell Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Fabian Nelson Democrat Yea
Gregory Holloway, Sr. Democrat Not Voting
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Not Voting
Jeramey Anderson Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Nay
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Justis Gibbs Democrat Not Voting
Kabir Karriem Democrat Not Voting
Karl Gibbs Democrat Yea
Keith Jackson Democrat Yea
Kenji Holloway Democrat Not Voting
Omeria Scott Democrat Not Voting
Oscar Denton Democrat Nay
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Not Voting
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tamarra Butler-Washington Democrat Not Voting
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Nay
Zakiya Summers Democrat Nay
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Andy Boyd Republican Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Beth Luther Waldo Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brad Mattox Republican Yea
Brent Anderson Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Bell Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Elliot Burch Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jill Ford Republican Yea
Jim Estrada Republican Yea
Jimmy Fondren Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Jonathan McMillan Republican Yea
Joseph Tubb Republican Yea
Josh Hawkins Republican Yea
Justin Keen Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Kimberly Remak Republican Yea
Lance Varner Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Nay
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Rodney Hall Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Lott Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
W.I. "Doc" Harris Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea
Zachary Grady Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 52 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Republican 32000
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 52000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 2689?
SB 2689 is sponsored by Dennis DeBar, Jr. (Republican), Parker, Daniel H. Sparks (Republican), Branning, Albert Butler (Democrat), Sollie B. Norwood (Democrat), and Nicole Boyd (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2689?
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.
Where can I track SB 2689?
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