Mississippi AIR Task Force law (SB 2426, 2025)
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Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AIR) Task Force
Mississippi, United States
Enacted state law establishing a study task force
SB 2426 (2025); Chapter 385
Approved March 18, 2025.
Effective from and after passage; approved March 18, 2025. Task force dissolves December 31, 2027.
October 16, 2026 — complete final text and official action history.
Mississippi SB 2426 (2025), enacted as Chapter 385, establishes the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AIR) Task Force to study AI and recommend legislation and government practices. Governor approval occurred on March 18, 2025. Section 2 makes the act effective from and after passage. The act creates a study and recommendation body; it does not itself implement the regulatory options the task force is asked to consider.[1][2]
Membership and procedure
The task force has seven voting members: one senator appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and one representative appointed by the House Speaker, serving as co-chairs; and the heads or designees of the Department of Information Technology Services, Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network, Office of Homeland Security, Mississippi National Guard and Attorney General’s office. The chairs may appoint nonvoting advisers with the specified agency members’ advice and consent. Advisory expertise may cover education, workforce, healthcare, private business, agriculture, manufacturing, ethics and entertainment.[2]
The act requires an initial meeting within 15 days of its effective date, establishes a majority quorum and requires a majority of members present for legislative recommendations. These statutory requirements do not establish that a particular meeting occurred or recommendation was adopted.[2]
Review and recommendations
The task force must review AI applications, risks and possible Mississippi Code revisions, including possible innovation-supporting environments, regulatory oversight and stakeholder collaboration. It must consider other jurisdictions’ laws and policies, privacy and data protection, testing, ethical standards, risk and benefit assessment, liability, consumer impact, bias, copyright and provenance. It must also consider state-government uses and funding proposals. The act incorporates the AI definition in 15 U.S.C. § 9401(3).[2]
Support, access and reporting
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review supplies clerical support, assisted by legislative staff. The task force may accept gifts, grants, subsidies and other funds, with accounting as provided by law, and may hire contract staff if subsidies suffice. Members receive the specified per diem and expense allowances.[2]
Section 1(12) exempts the body’s meetings, work and findings from Title 25, Chapters 41 and 61, addressing open meetings and public records. Section 1(13) requires findings and recommendations to the Legislature annually by December 1 and provides for dissolution on December 31, 2027. Publication of this coverage does not verify that any particular annual report has been delivered.[2]
Legislative history
The Senate passed the bill February 11, 2025; the House passed it March 10. Both chambers’ officers signed the enrolled bill March 13, followed by Governor approval March 18. The official history records Chapter 385 and effectiveness on passage.[1]
Related coverage
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mississippi Legislature, SB 2426 (2025), complete official history, disposition Law, Chapter 385, approved March 18, 2025; reviewed October 16, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Mississippi SB 2426 (2025), as sent to the Governor, sections 1–2; complete text reviewed October 16, 2026. The official history identifies this as the current final text.