---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions."
description: "Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2202"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2202 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db215bb-4e49-4c85-987e-7f4c6db54e17"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "63a16cf5633c9227dd5f0a5c7fb32b746f233d53706bb2ab1d3cd6e807eec11a"
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 2202 (2026) — Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions.

## 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/SB2202IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2202PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2202SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **78–39** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **27–25** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harkins — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Tabled Failed
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Denton, Yancey, Calvert)
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+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/0db215bb-4e49-4c85-987e-7f4c6db54e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).