Mississippi 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 2202 — Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions.

Last action — 03/13 Approved by Governor

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on March 09, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE, AN EMPLOYER MUST NOT GRANT RECOGNITION RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY ON THE BASIS OF SIGNED UNION AUTHORIZATION CARDS IF THE SELECTION OF A BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE MAY INSTEAD BE CONDUCTED THROUGH A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, MUST NOT VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE AN EMPLOYEE'S PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION TO A LABOR ORGANIZATION, OR TO A THIRD PARTY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A LABOR ORGANIZATION, WITHOUT THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, MUST NOT SIGN A NEUTRALITY AGREEMENT WITH A LABOR ORGANIZATION, AND MUST NOT REQUIRE A SUBCONTRACTOR PERFORMING WORK FOR OR PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE EMPLOYER TO ENGAGE IN THESE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO SPECIFY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT APPLY ONLY TO AGREEMENTS EXECUTED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO EXECUTE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH THE RECIPIENT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE RESERVING THE RIGHT OF THE STATE TO RECOVER THE MONIES DISBURSED BY THE STATE IF THE RECIPIENT BENEFITTING FROM SUCH INCENTIVE FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS ACT; TO SPECIFY THE REQUIRED TERM FOR SUCH AN AGREEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. 03/13 Approved by Governor

  2. 03/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. 03/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. 03/05 (H) Returned For Enrolling

  5. 03/05 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  6. 03/04 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Denton, Yancey, Calvert)

  7. 03/04 (H) Passed

  8. 03/04 (H) Tabled Failed

  9. 02/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass

  10. 02/13 (H) Referred To Business and Commerce

  11. 02/11 (S) Transmitted To House

  12. 02/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  13. 02/05 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered

  14. 02/05 (S) Passed

  15. 01/22 (S) Title Suff Do Pass

  16. 01/13 (S) Referred To Finance

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 43 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 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

S. B. No. 2202 passed

Passed 78 Yea · 39 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 65002
Unaffiliated 111401
Democrat 12501
Independent 1001
Total 783905
% of votes cast 64%32%0%4%
How each member voted (122)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Bailey (23rd) — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd (19th) — Yea
Boyd (37th) — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Nay
Bailey (49th) — Nay
Bell (65th) — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Gibbs (36th) — Nay
Gibbs (72nd) — Nay
Holloway (27th) — Nay
Holloway (76th) — Nay
Jackson (11th) — Nay
Jackson (45th) — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Taylor — Nay
Thompson — Nay
Williams — Nay
Mickens. Total — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Nay
Bob Evans Democrat Nay
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Nay
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Nay
Earle S. Banks Democrat Nay
Fabian Nelson Democrat Nay
Gregory Elliott Democrat Nay
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Nay
Jeffery Harness Democrat Nay
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Nay
John G. Faulkner Democrat Nay
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Nay
Justin Crosby Democrat Not Voting
Kabir Karriem Democrat Nay
Omeria Scott Democrat Nay
Oscar Denton Democrat Nay
Otis Anthony Democrat Nay
Percy W. Watson Democrat Nay
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Nay
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Nay
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Nay
Stephanie Foster Democrat Nay
Tamarra Butler-Washington Democrat Nay
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Nay
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Nay
Zakiya Summers Democrat Nay
Angela Cockerham Independent Not Voting
Shanda Yates Independent 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 Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Not Voting
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean 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
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 Felsher 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
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace 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 Not Voting

Official roll call →

On motion of Senator Harkins, the rules were suspended, the bill considered engrossed, read the third time and, the yeas and nays being taken, it passed, title standing as stated,

Passed 27 Yea · 25 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 19700
Unaffiliated 8700
Democrat 01100
Total 272500
% of votes cast 52%48%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Younger. Total — Yea
Barnett — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Gillespie Isom — Nay
Jackson — Nay
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Nay
Simmons S. (13th) — Nay
Turner-Ford — Nay
Albert Butler Democrat Nay
David Blount Democrat Nay
Gary Brumfield Democrat Nay
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Nay
Hob Bryan Democrat Nay
Johnny DuPree Democrat Nay
Joseph Thomas Democrat Nay
Justin Pope Democrat Nay
Kamesha Mumford Democrat Nay
Rod Hickman Democrat Nay
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Nay
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Nay
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
Don Hartness Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Nay
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Nay
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Nay
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Nay
Michael McLendon Republican Nay
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Nay
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2202 do?
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE, AN EMPLOYER MUST NOT GRANT RECOGNITION RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY ON THE BASIS OF SIGNED UNION AUTHORIZATION CARDS IF THE SELECTION OF A BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE MAY INSTEAD BE CONDUCTED THROUGH A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, MUST NOT VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE AN EMPLOYEE'S PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION TO A LABOR ORGANIZATION, OR TO A THIRD PARTY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A LABOR ORGANIZATION, WITHOUT THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, MUST NOT SIGN A NEUTRALITY AGREEMENT WITH A LABOR ORGANIZATION, AND MUST NOT REQUIRE A SUBCONTRACTOR PERFORMING WORK FOR OR PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE EMPLOYER TO ENGAGE IN THESE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO SPECIFY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT APPLY ONLY TO AGREEMENTS EXECUTED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO EXECUTE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH THE RECIPIENT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE RESERVING THE RIGHT OF THE STATE TO RECOVER THE MONIES DISBURSED BY THE STATE IF THE RECIPIENT BENEFITTING FROM SUCH INCENTIVE FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS ACT; TO SPECIFY THE REQUIRED TERM FOR SUCH AN AGREEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Who sponsors SB 2202?
SB 2202 is sponsored by Josh Harkins (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2202?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2026. Enacted.
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