---
type: "Bill"
title: "Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in."
description: "Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2586"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2586 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeLano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62238d85-5db2-42f4-9160-0572050c9be5"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Jackson.xml"
source_hash: "4b641904e59a48fc256713d6d6fb7fe2891aa822a93d807a7a268c6665aac90b"
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 2586 (2023) — Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in.

## 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/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2586IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2586_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2586.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2586PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2586SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeLano — primary (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,DeLano,Polk
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bennett,McCarty,Felsher
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/62238d85-5db2-42f4-9160-0572050c9be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).