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Legislation

Every jurisdiction in this catalog has entries whose figures move when a bill passes, whose act takes effect on a later date, or whose program is repealed while its agency keeps advertising it. This page watches each jurisdiction's law, follows a bill through its own jurisdiction's process where its stages are recorded, and names the catalog entries each instrument touches.

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2 instruments in Mississippi. Tracked across 51 jurisdictions. Every other jurisdiction on the board is still watched by hand.

A bill that died is listed only where a guide, an agency, or a news story has described it as current law. That is the failure that puts a number in front of a veteran which no assessor, registrar, or school will honor.

MississippiState

House Bill 4044 (2026) Keeps an income tax delinquent homestead claimant eligible but applies the exemption to the income tax debt

Watching a later dateEnactedScope changed

Signed 2026-03-25Takes effect 2027-01-01

Introduced Done, 2026-02-23, step 1 of 6
In committee Done, 2026-02-23, step 2 of 6
Passed one chamber Done, 2026-02-25, step 3 of 6
Passed both chambers Done, 2026-03-17, step 4 of 6
Signed by the governor Done, 2026-03-25, step 5 of 6
In effect Scheduled for 2027-01-01, step 6 of 6

Expands benefits A claimant behind on state income tax, who was ineligible, becomes eligible, with the exemption applied to the tax debt.

From January 1, 2027, a claimant who failed to comply with the income tax laws is eligible, but the exemption is not deducted; the collector remits the exempted amount to the Department of Revenue against the debt. Also brings Section 27-33-75 forward without HB 420’s age 85 text; bringing a section forward does not amend it, so HB 420 governs.

Sponsor

Touches Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-63 · Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-51 · Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-75

Catalog entries (2)

Official record

MississippiState

HB 420 Lowered the age-based homestead exemption from 90 to 85

Watching a later dateEnactedFigure moved

Signed 2026-03-20Takes effect 2026-07-01

Introduced Done, 2026-01-12, step 1 of 6
In committee Done, 2026-01-12, step 2 of 6
Passed one chamber Done, 2026-02-25, step 3 of 6
Passed both chambers Done, 2026-03-11, step 4 of 6
Signed by the governor Done, 2026-03-20, step 5 of 6
In effect Done, 2026-07-01, step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Lowers the age for the full homestead exemption for an honorably discharged veteran from 90 to 85.

Signed and in force, but the age-85 exemption applies only to exemptions claimed in calendar year 2027 and after. A veteran aged 85 to 89 today was not eligible in the window that just closed and becomes eligible in the window that opens January 1, 2027. The filing window is three months long and there is no late filing, so the date is the whole action item. The Department of Revenue homestead page still says 90 while the same agency's legislation summary says 85.

Sponsor

Touches Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-75

Catalog entry

Mississippi Homestead Exemption for Veterans 90 or Older, Dropping to 85 in 2027

Official record

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