Mississippi

Mississippi: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

153 bills: 122 Anti-LGBTQ+, 31 Pro-LGBTQ+. 10 are enacted (10 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed14111031
Enacted10100
Vetoed220

Most recent bills

All 153 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Mississippi: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Mississippi, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0102030402010: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2015: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2016: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 25 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 31 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 29 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 16 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Mississippi, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.010203040201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Mississippi by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01232016: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2026: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Mississippi by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2010 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123201120142017202020232026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
202619163110
202530291330
202434313330
202326251110
2022871000
2021633110
2020844000
2019413000
2018606000
2017202000
2016532110
2015110000
2012110000
2010312000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents19190
Bathrooms & facilities10100
Sports participation550
Youth gender-affirming care20200
Medicaid & public funding for care550
Insurance coverage101
Prisons, jails & detention15150
Schools & curriculum301713
DEI & bias training13130
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship990
Pronouns, names & outing110
Marriage, family & custody981
Nondiscrimination protections381127
Hate crimes404
Religious exemptions550
Symbolic resolutions & recognition17170
Government process, funding & data330

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Employment Nondiscrimination22022
Housing Nondiscrimination20020
Forced Outing: Schools19190
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors18180
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination17017
Education Nondiscrimination13013
End Legal Recognition12120
Credit Nondiscrimination11011
Trans Segregation Bill11110
DEI Ban: Colleges990
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges990
End Legal Recognition: SWWA880
Show the other 63 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12770
End Legal Recognition: WBR770
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban770
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education770
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges770
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Under 21660
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties660
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban550
DEI Ban: K12550
Don't Say Trans: K12550
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid550
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA550
Jury Nondiscrimination505
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12550
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution440
Censorship: Online Obscenity440
Don't Say Gay: K12440
Don't Say Trans: Colleges440
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act440
Hate Crime Classification404
Prison Placement Ban440
Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination440
Sports Ban: Colleges440
Sports Ban: K12440
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12440
Censorship: Book Ban330
DEI Ban: ADEIB330
DEI Ban: CPC330
DEI Ban: EMDT330
Discrimination in Healthcare330
Don't Say Gay: Anti-Homo330
Opt-In LGBTQ Education330
Sports Ban: SWSA330
Trans Child Abuse330
Broad Discrimination220
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being220
Gender Affirming Care Ban220
Gender Marker Change Ban220
Public Investment Restriction: Social Credit Score220
Religious Exemptions: Marriage220
Religious Exemptions: Medical220
Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA220
Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE220
Adoption Ban110
Anti-LGBTQ+ Holiday/Recognition110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
Child Custody Bill110
Discrimination In Education110
Discrimination in Education110
Domestic Partner Nondiscrimination101
End Legal Recognition: DSA110
Forced Outing110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Prisoners110
ID change ban110
ID change ban: prisoners110
Insurance Nondiscrimination101
Misgendering: Forced110
Misgendering: Permitted110
Public Investment Restriction: ESG Funds Ban110
Religious Exemptions: Academic110
Religious Exemptions: Solemnization110
Trans Bathroom Ban110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
SenateJudiciary, Division A on
SenateJudiciary, Division A on
SenateUniversities and Colleges on
SenateCorrections on
HouseCorrections on
HouseJud B on
HouseJud A on
HouseJud A on
HouseJud A on
HousePublic Health and Welfare on

All 12 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Angela Burks HillRSenatorSD-04025
Derrick SimmonsDSenatorSD-01212
Kathy ChismRSenatorSD-00311
Jill FordRRepresentativeHD-07310
Joseph SeymourRSenatorSD-04710
Chris McDanielRSenatorSD-0429
Dan EubanksRRepresentativeHD-0259
Jeremy EnglandRSenatorSD-0519
Joey FillinganeRSenatorSD-0419
Stacey Hobgood-WilkesRRepresentativeHD-1089

All 127 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 5:24-cv-00048S.D. Miss.District2024

Compare Mississippi with other states on the Compare page.

Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.