HB 294 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

MS Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel; clarify the practice limitations of.

HB 294 amends Mississippi law to clarify that attorneys in the Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel must work exclusively on death penalty cases, with no other legal work, no participation in capital murder trials, and no lobbying on the death penalty. The bill requires these attorneys to devote full time to representing death row inmates from state post-conviction appeals through federal habeas corpus proceedings until execution or sentence reversal. It also specifies that federal court compensation for these cases must be deposited into a special fund to cover office expenses. This directly affects death row inmates and the attorneys representing them in post-conviction proceedings.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026
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The bill title was updated to reflect its current status as 'As Passed the House' instead of 'As Introduced'. The act's purpose remains unchanged, focusing on clarifying practice limitations for the Office of Capital Post-Conviction. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or new provisions were identified in this version of the diff.
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Updated bill status designation from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House' in the header and title section.

Floor votes · House Feb 12, 2026

How they voted

1180
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 122
Feb 12, 2026
D Democratic40
38 Yea 2
95% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican80
78 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred To Judiciary, Division B
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
Referred To Judiciary B
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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