HB 1758 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Act; enact.

HB 1758 requires Mississippi's Child Protection Services (CPS) to identify foster youth eligible for federal benefits (like Social Security or veterans' benefits) within 60 days of entering care and apply for them. CPS must manage these funds through a savings plan, using them only for unmet needs beyond standard care (not for CPS costs), and create an annual accounting. The bill mandates a "Success Sequence" plan where foster youth access portions of conserved funds upon achieving milestones like high school graduation, job training, or financial literacy completion. Upon turning 18 or emancipation, CPS transfers remaining funds directly to the youth. This directly affects foster youth in Mississippi’s CPS system, ensuring they retain access to earned federal benefits for future independence.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 12, 2026 Signed Mar 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Passed the lower Current version · 6 edits
MODERATE
The changes from the House-passed version to the Governor-sent version of HB 1758 are entirely technical and grammatical in nature. They include correcting the department name to 'Child Protection Services' (adding an S), fixing capitalization of federal agency names, adding 'Title' before a CFR citation, standardizing list punctuation with semicolons, adding a numeral in parentheses for consistency, and minor formatting adjustments. No substantive policy changes were made.
TECHNICAL

Corrected the department name from 'Child Protection Service' to 'Child Protection Services' throughout the act.

Capitalized 'Social Security Administration' and 'Department of Veterans Affairs' to match proper federal agency names.

Added 'Title' before '20 Code of Federal Regulations' for proper legal citation format.

Changed list punctuation from periods to semicolons in the acceptable account types list and the fund release provisions, with 'or' added before the final item.

Added numeral in parentheses: 'six (6) consecutive months' instead of 'six consecutive months.'

Hyphenated 'department-approved' as a compound adjective in Section 4(2)(e).

Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House Feb 11, 2026

How they voted

510
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 52
Mar 2, 2026
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican34
33 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
executive
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Concurred in Amend From Senate
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed As Amended
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Committee
Referred To Medicaid
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred To Youth and Family Affairs
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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