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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics."
+description: "Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2294"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2294 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/754470f5-b705-4b96-aaeb-361e8900a4fc"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(13th).xml"
+source_hash: "56797ccde7973f8bc33765acd660714181c269a44dbb7c3f8a5e2baf1db92581"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi SB 2294 (2026) — Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2294_H_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2294_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
+4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2294.pdf)
+5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294PS.htm)
+6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2294_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **122–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
+- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: ED To AC
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To ED
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,Boyd,Hill
+- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Roberson,McCarty,Felsher
+- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
+- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
+- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/754470f5-b705-4b96-aaeb-361e8900a4fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+