SB 2281 Mississippi Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Custom slaughter exemption; establish requirements to qualify for.

SB 2281 establishes new rules for Mississippi livestock producers who want to slaughter cattle, sheep, swine, or goats for personal use (not commercial sale). To qualify, producers must allow customers to inspect and choose animals, complete sales before slaughter, provide owner details to the slaughter plant, stamp all meat "Not for Sale," and charge only per head or live weight (not dressed weight). The meat can only be used by the owner, their household, nonpaying guests, or employees. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, but expires June 30, 2026, making it effective for only one day. It directly affects small-scale producers using the custom slaughter exemption.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Feb 12, 2026

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As Introduced → Current version · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add a repeal date of June 30, 2026, to Section 2, which creates an unusual situation where the law would take effect on July 1, 2026, but immediately be repealed on June 30, 2026. This appears to be a clerical error or placeholder text that needs correction before the bill can be properly enacted.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the bill remains unchanged - it still establishes requirements for custom slaughter exemptions for cattle, sheep, swine, and goats. The only change is the addition of a repeal date that creates a logical conflict with the effective date.

TIMELINE

Section 2 was modified to add 'and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2026' which creates a conflict since the law also takes effect on July 1, 2026, making the repeal date precede the effective date.

TECHNICAL

Added committee substitute header information and page numbering metadata that is standard for legislative documents but does not affect the substantive law.

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Committee

Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Committee

Referred To Agriculture

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors