New Mississippi laws taking effect January 1, 2026

8 laws take effect January 1, 2026.

Of the 736 bills enacted since 2025, 735 have an effective date and 1 doesn't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.

Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:39 a.m. EDT.

Taxes (7)

  • HB 1944 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Taxation; revise credits authorized for contributions to certain eligible charitable organizations.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

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  • HB 343 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Income tax; authorize credit for certain employers providing individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) to employees.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 2882 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Homestead exemption; revise certain provisions regarding application for.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 3109 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Taxes; exempt leases and subleases of state park lands to nonprofits.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 3110 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Tax credits; authorize for contributions by certain taxpayers to certain hospitals.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 3124 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Pregnancy Resource Act; revise tax credits authorized for contributions to certain charitable organizations.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 3228 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

    Income tax credits; increase aggregate amount for certain employers sponsoring employee skills training, and extend repealer.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: January 1, 2026.

    How effective dates are worked out

Wages (1)

Enacted, but not yet dated (1)

These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.

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  • SB 2290ContingentOne Door Policy; create study committee to evaluate reauthorization of WIOA policy.Earlier of passage or the effective date of the reauthorized federal Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act, if it creates new pilot comprehensive innovation demonstration program opportunities for which Mississippi qualifies