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Mississippi / State / 2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2882 (2026) Bars requiring a closing statement for homestead exemption and exempts life estate conveyances from reapplication

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Expands benefits Bars requiring a closing statement for the homestead exemption and spares a conveyance reserving a life estate from reapplication.

Amends Miss. Code 27-33-31, effective from January 1, 2026. Approved five days after HB 1380 amended the same section, and drafted from the text before it, so neither act’s print carries the other’s change.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Senate
  2. In committee Done, Senate Finance, then House Ways and Means
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate concurred in the House amendments
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Jeremy EnglandSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 51
  • Albert ButlerCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 37
  • Kamesha MumfordCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 26
  • Sollie B. NorwoodCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 28
  • Sarita SimmonsCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 13

What it touches

  • Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-31

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Official record

Read Senate Bill 2882 (2026) on the jurisdiction's own record