SB 2294 - Mississippi Senate (2026) - MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course. - Bill Sponsor

Mississippi Senate Bill 2294

Session 2026

MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.

Active

Passed House on Feb 19, 2026

Sponsor

First Action

Jan 19, 2026

Latest Action

Feb 23, 2026

Origin Chamber

Senate

Type

Bill

Bill Number

2294

State

Mississippi

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Robert L. Johnson III

Primary

Cosponsor

Senate Votes (1)

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on February 5, 2026

Motion Text

Passage

Senate Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Yes

Angela Burks Hill

Yes

Angela Turner-Ford

Yes

Barbara Blackmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Daniel H. Sparks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dennis DeBar, Jr.

Yes

Derrick T. Simmons

Yes

DuPree

Yes

Yes

Gillespie Isom

Yes

Hartness

Yes

Hillman Terome Frazier

Yes

Yes

J. Walter Michel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Joel R.Carter, Jr.

Yes

Joey Fillingane

Yes

Johnson

Yes

Joseph M. Seymour

Yes

Joseph Thomas, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kevin Blackwell

Yes

Lydia Graves Chassaniol

Yes

Michael McLendon

Yes

Yes

Mumford

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pope

Yes

Rita Potts Parks

Yes

Robert L. Jackson

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sollie B. Norwood

Yes

Taylor

Yes

Yes

W. Briggs Hopson III

Yes

Summary

Unavailable

Text (5)

Current version

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294PS.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2294PS.pdf

As Introduced

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294IN.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2294IN.pdf

Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2294

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2294.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2294.htm

Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2294_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/SB2294_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm

Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2294_H_Amend_01.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/SB2294_H_Amend_01.htm

Actions (12)

Show Only Major Actions

02/23/2026

House

Returned For Concurrence

02/19/2026

House

Passed As Amended

02/19/2026

House

Amended

02/19/2026

House

Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

02/19/2026

House

DR - TSDPAA: AC To ED

02/18/2026

House

DR - TSDPAA: ED To AC

02/06/2026

House

Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

02/06/2026

Senate

Transmitted To House

02/05/2026

Senate

Immediate Release

02/05/2026

Senate

Passed

02/02/2026

Senate

Title Suff Do Pass

01/19/2026

Senate

Referred To Education

Sources

MS Legislature

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2294PS.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/Senate_authors/Johnson.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(13th).xml

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2294.xml

Open States

https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2294/

Record Created

Jan 19, 2026 9:29:11 PM

Record Updated

Feb 23, 2026 4:28:08 PM