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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 — **1210** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **1220** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **520** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **520** (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).