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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 2778: Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.

In committee 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 2778 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi Senate on January 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for. Primary sponsor: Sollie Norwood (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Died In Committee.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sollie NorwoodPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Sarita SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Derrick SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12

“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. Referred To Finance

Sources

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