Mississippi AI Laws: SB 2426, HB 1723, What's Next (2027)

As of November 2026, we found no comprehensive AI law in Mississippi. What it has is narrow: the AIR Task Force, a study body created by SB 2426 (Laws 2025, ch. 385), a short definition of AI in HB 1723 (Laws 2026, ch. 311), and an election deepfake crime at Miss. Code 97-13-47.

This page covers Mississippi state law, with one short note on the federal layer. Bill statuses are as shown on the Legislature's bill status site on November 4, 2026. For how other states compare, see the US AI laws hub.

Mississippi AI Laws at a Glance

SB 2426: The AIR Task Force

Governor Reeves approved SB 2426 on March 18, 2025, and it took effect on passage. The Task Force has seven voting members: co-chairs appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker, the ITS executive director, the director of the Mississippi AI Network (MAIN), the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security, the Adjutant General and the Attorney General.

The act says the Task Force reports "annually not later than December 1 each year, and shall dissolve in December 31, 2027." It defines AI by reference to the federal definition at 15 U.S.C. 9401(3). It imposes no duties on private parties.

The Task Force adopted its first report on January 13, 2026, with two recommendations. The first asked the Legislature to adopt a state definition of AI, and HB 1723 followed. The second recommended that state agencies, boards and commissions and local governments clearly disclose when citizens are dealing with a conversational AI system such as a chatbot. That second item is a recommendation, not a law.

The report also records the Attorney General's finding that Mississippi "has not implemented an over-arching framework on AI through statute or regulation," and it listed four statutes that referenced AI as of January 1, 2026: the Task Force statute, the Technology Innovation Fund (25-53-263), computer science instruction (37-13-207) and 97-13-47.

HB 1723: Mississippi's Definition of Artificial Intelligence

HB 1723 passed the House on February 4, 2026, and the Senate on February 26. The Governor approved it on March 9, and it took effect July 1, 2026. It is codified in Title 1, Chapter 3, of the Mississippi Code.

The operative text reads: "The term 'artificial intelligence' means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. Artificial intelligence systems use machine- and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual environments; abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner; and use model inference to formulate options for information or action."

That is the whole substance of the act. It creates no obligation, ban, penalty or right.

Miss. Code 97-13-47: Election Deepfakes

SB 2577, approved April 30, 2024, and in force since July 1, 2024, created the crime of wrongful dissemination of a digitization. The crime requires knowing dissemination that takes place within 90 days of an election, without the depicted individual's consent, and with intent to injure the candidate, influence the results of an election or deter any person from voting.

A "digitization" is a realistic altered or created image or audio, including one made with "machine learning artificial intelligence." It covers a digital representation of speech or conduct that a reasonable person would believe depicts someone who did not engage in it, where production depended substantially on technical means rather than another person's ability to impersonate.

A violation carries up to one year or a fine up to $5,000, or both. The maximum rises to five years or $10,000, or both, where the person intends to incite or cause violence, cause bodily harm or deter voting, or has a conviction under the section within the last five years. The statute has a disclaimer defense, excludes satire or parody, has carve-outs for interactive computer service providers, bona fide news coverage, paid broadcasts and certain publishers that label the content, among others, and lets the Attorney General, a district attorney, the depicted person, a candidate or a political party seek an injunction.

On October 23, 2026, the Attorney General's office said it had notified the Scott Colom U.S. Senate campaign that "recent AI-generated ads posted by the campaign ... appear to violate State law against the use of 'deepfakes' to influence elections," and asked that the ads be removed "or else the office may file an injunction as authorized by law." That is the Attorney General's position, not a court ruling.

Mississippi's child exploitation statute, Miss. Code 97-5-31, also reaches "morphed" images, under changes made by HB 1126 (2024) and HB 1308 (2025). The Mississippi deepfake laws page has the detail.

Executive Order 1584 and State Agency AI

The Department of Information Technology Services says Governor Reeves issued Executive Order 1584 on January 8, 2025, and that the order directs ITS to inventory AI technologies across state government. ITS later approved an AI acceptable use policy on November 25, 2025, covering how AI may be used within ITS, and says the policy fulfills the order's directives. Its 2025 inventory report covers uses reported by 44 state agencies.

These are government-use measures. They do not regulate private companies.

AI in Schools, Insurance and Attorney General Action in Mississippi

SB 2294, the Mississippi Math Act (Laws 2026, ch. 479, in force July 1, 2026), requires a unit of computer science, or career and technical education with embedded computer science, for graduation beginning with the entering ninth-grade class of 2029-2030. It says computer science courses that fulfill the requirement "must include instruction on the fundamental concepts of emerging computer science technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI)." It governs curriculum, not AI tools.

Bulletin 2026-9, issued by the Mississippi Insurance Department on July 22, 2026, reminds insurers that decisions "made or supported by" AI systems "must comply with all applicable insurance laws and regulations," including unfair trade practice and unfair discrimination laws. It sets out the department's expectations for governance and the documents it may request in an examination. It is a regulator's statement of expectations under existing law, not a new law.

On October 16, 2026, the Attorney General announced that Mississippi was joining a coalition of state attorneys general filing a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind Character.AI. The release says Mississippi and other states began investigating the company. That is enforcement activity under existing law, not a chatbot statute.

Mississippi AI Bills That Died

The Legislature's report of all 2026 measures, last changed June 22, 2026, shows these as dead. Mississippi bills do not carry over to the next session.

AI in Hiring, Health Care and Chatbots in Mississippi

We found no Mississippi statute on AI in employment, AI in health care decisions, AI chatbots or frontier AI safety. That rests on the Attorney General's list of statutes referencing AI as of January 1, 2026, in the Task Force report, a scan of the titles of the 4,116 measures in the Legislature's 2026 report, and a full-text term search of 374 of the 375 House and Senate bills enacted in the 2026 regular session, using the terms artificial intelligence, machine learning, chatbot, generative, algorithm, automated decision and deepfake.

We did not read the remaining enactment, an appropriation (SB 3071), in full text, and we did not search the current Mississippi Code or exhaustively search special sessions. A provision that uses none of those terms would not surface.

AI Note-Takers and Mississippi Recording Law

Whether an AI note-taker may record a meeting turns on recording consent, and this site classifies Mississippi as a one-party consent state. See Mississippi AI meeting recording laws.

Federal AI Policy and Mississippi

As of November 4, 2026, we found no federal statute in the public laws of the 119th Congress that sets general rules for private AI systems or generally preempts state AI laws. In December 2025, Executive Order 14365 directed federal agencies to challenge or discourage state AI laws the administration views as conflicting with national policy, and called for a federal framework from Congress. The order itself does not declare any state law invalid.

See Trump's AI executive orders and state AI law preemption for what has happened since.

What Changes in Mississippi AI Law in 2027

As of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Mississippi in 2027. That rests on the same search described above, with the same limits.

Three items to watch:

• Next Task Force report. SB 2426 calls for an annual report by December 1, so reports are due December 1, 2026, and December 1, 2027. The first report says the Task Force plans subcommittees on subjects including education, state government, health care, and ethics and transparency.
• Task Force sunset. SB 2426 dissolves the Task Force on December 31, 2027.
• Possible enforcement. The Attorney General's October 23, 2026 statement raised a possible injunction under 97-13-47. As of November 4, 2026, the office's press release list showed no later statement on the ads. We did not search court dockets.

More Mississippi Laws

• Mississippi Recording Laws
• Mississippi Data Privacy Laws
• Mississippi Surveillance Camera Laws
• Mississippi Background Check Laws
• Mississippi Sexting Laws
• Mississippi Whistleblower Laws
• All US AI Laws
• Mississippi Deepfake Laws
• Mississippi AI Meeting Recording Laws

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Mississippi have an AI law?

We found no comprehensive one as of November 4, 2026. Mississippi has a study task force (SB 2426), a short definition of artificial intelligence (HB 1723) and an election deepfake crime (Miss. Code 97-13-47). None of them sets general rules for companies that build or use AI.

What does Mississippi HB 1723 do?

It defines 'artificial intelligence' mainly as a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. It took effect July 1, 2026, and creates no duty, ban or penalty.

What is the Mississippi AIR Task Force?

The Artificial Intelligence Regulation Task Force was created by SB 2426 in 2025 to study AI and report to the Legislature each year. Its first report, adopted January 13, 2026, recommended a state definition of AI and disclosure when citizens deal with government chatbots. It dissolves December 31, 2027.

Are election deepfakes illegal in Mississippi?

Some are. Miss. Code 97-13-47 makes it a crime to knowingly disseminate a digitization within 90 days of an election, without the depicted person's consent, with intent to injure a candidate, influence the results or deter voting. A disclaimer defense applies, and the statute excludes satire or parody, online service providers, bona fide news coverage, paid broadcasts and certain labeled publications, among others.

Does Mississippi regulate AI in hiring?

We found no Mississippi statute on AI in employment. That rests on the Attorney General's January 2026 list of statutes that reference AI, a scan of 2026 bill titles and a full-text term search of 374 of the 375 bills enacted in the 2026 regular session, so a provision elsewhere could be missed.

Does Mississippi have a law on AI chatbots?

We found none as of November 4, 2026, in the Attorney General's January 2026 list of statutes that reference AI, 2026 bill titles and a full-text term search of 374 of the 375 bills enacted in the 2026 regular session. The AIR Task Force has recommended that government bodies disclose when citizens are dealing with a chatbot, but that is a recommendation, not a law.

Will Mississippi pass new AI laws in 2027?

We cannot predict that. As of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Mississippi in 2027, in the records we searched. The AIR Task Force is due to report by December 1 and dissolves December 31, 2027.