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SB 2376MISSISSIPPISession 2026State Billdead
Did Not Advance

Mississippi Senate Bill 2376 restores legal assistant positions in the Fourteenth Circuit Court District

Original title: Legal assistants; restore the assistant removed from the Fourteenth Circuit Court District.

Last action · February 3, 2026: 02/03 (S) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Jason Barrett

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What This Bill Proposed

Senate Bill 2376 amends state law to restore legal assistant staffing levels in the Fourteenth and adjusts authorized assistant counts across multiple other circuit court districts statewide effective July 1, 2026.

Why it matters

Alters staffing allocations and funding mechanisms for district attorney offices across Mississippi's s, affecting local county budgets and the administrative capacity of prosecutors.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Fourteenth Circuit Court District

The authorized number of full-time legal assistants for the district is restored to six.

Directly affected

District Attorneys

District attorneys gain explicit authorization to assign duties to legal assistants regardless of funding source and to employ additional staff using external funding streams.

Directly affected

Boards of Supervisors

County boards may adopt resolutions to fund salaries, supplemental pay, and fringe benefits for legal assistants in their districts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can a district attorney hire additional legal assistants beyond state limits?
A district attorney may employ additional legal assistants or criminal investigators using funds from office-generated revenues, counties, municipalities, federal funds, private grants, or s.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died in committee.

Procedural history

2 actions
  1. Feb 3, 2026Senate
    02/03 (S) Died In Committee
  2. Jan 19, 2026SenateCommittee
    01/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A

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Sponsors

Jason BarrettSenate · District 39RepublicanPrimary sponsor

Connected Entities

Legislative Budget Office, Twenty-third Circuit Court District, Eighteenth Circuit Court District and 5 more
OrganizationLegislative Budget Office“Receives information regarding supplemental salaries and expenses from the Depar”Map →
locationTwenty-third Circuit Court District“District paragraph scheduled to stand repealed effective January 1, 2027”Map →
locationEighteenth Circuit Court District“District scheduled to have four legal assistants effective January 1, 2027”Map →
locationNinth Circuit Court District“District scheduled to have four legal assistants effective January 1, 2027”Map →
locationTwenty-first Circuit Court District“District scheduled to have eight legal assistants effective January 1, 2027”Map →
locationTwentieth Circuit Court District“District scheduled to have ten legal assistants effective January 1, 2027”Map →
OrganizationDepartment of Finance and Administration“Receives transferred supplemental funds and reporting data from district attorne”Map →
locationFourteenth Circuit Court District“Circuit court district affected by the legal assistant staffing change”Map →

Sources

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billstatus.ls.state.ms.us

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