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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 2147: Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 2147 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi Senate on January 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12. Primary sponsor: Dennis DeBar (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2025): Died In Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dennis DeBarPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate43
BoydCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Albert ButlerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Tyler McCaughnCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Michael McLendonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Chad McMahanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Walter MichelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
ParkerCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
RobinsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Sarita SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Daniel SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Ben SuberCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died In Committee
  2. DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
  3. Referred To Education;Appropriations A
  4. Transmitted To House
  5. Passed As Amended
  6. Amended
  7. Committee Substitute Adopted
  8. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
  9. DR - TSDPCS: ED To AP
  10. Referred To Education;Appropriations

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source