HB1157 • 2026

Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL PAY PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE COMPENSATION NOW PAID BY ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY TO ANY SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, EVERY SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER EMPLOYED BY ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY WHICH EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO DEVOTES HIS OR HER FULL WORKING TIME TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE EXTRA COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR EACH FULL-TIME MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO HAS COMPLETED OR WHO HEREAFTER COMPLETES FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS A SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Labor

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Owen
Last action: 2026-02-03
Official status: Dead
Effective date: July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was stopped in committee, so its provisions are not currently law.

Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program

This bill creates a program to provide extra state-funded pay of $2,000 per year for full-time certified law enforcement officers who have completed five years of service.

What This Bill Does

Creates the Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program run by the Department of Public Safety.
Provides an additional $2,000 yearly payment to full-time certified law enforcement officers after they complete five years of service.
Ensures that this extra pay does not reduce other compensation or benefits for police officers.

Who It Names or Affects

Sworn, certified law enforcement officers in municipalities and counties who work full time.
The Department of Public Safety which will manage the program.

Terms To Know

Certified Law Enforcement Officer: A police officer who has completed required training and meets state standards for working as a law enforcement officer.
Supplemental Pay Program: An additional payment program that provides extra money to employees on top of their regular salary or benefits.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was stopped in committee.
It is unclear how much the state will spend on this program if it were to be implemented.

Bill History

2026-02-03 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/03 (H) Died In Committee
2026-01-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/19 (H) Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations A

Official Summary Text

Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create.

Current Bill Text

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H. B. No. 1157 *HR43/R1668* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2
26/HR43/R1668
PAGE 1 (DJ\KP)

To: Judiciary B;
Appropriations A
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Owen

HOUSE BILL NO. 1157

AN ACT TO CREATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL PAY PROGRAM 1
TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO PROVIDE 2
THAT IN ADDITION TO THE COMPENSATION NOW PAID BY ANY MUNICIPALITY 3
OR COUNTY TO ANY SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, EVERY 4
SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER EMPLOYED BY ANY 5
MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY WHICH EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE SWORN, CERTIFIED 6
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO DEVOTES HIS OR HER FULL WORKING TIME 7
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE EXTRA COMPENSATION 8
IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR EACH FULL-TIME 9
MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO 10
HAS COMPLETED OR WHO HEREAFTER COMPLETES FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS 11
A SWORN, CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND FOR RELATED 12
PURPOSES. 13
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 14
SECTION 1. (1) There is created a Law Enforcement 15
Supplemental Pay Program to be administered by the Mississippi 16
Department of Public Safety to provide supplemental pay to local 17
law enforcement officers. 18
(2) In addition to the compensation now paid by any 19
municipality or county to any sworn, certified law enforcement 20
officer, every sworn, certified law enforcement officer employed 21
by any municipality or county which employs one or more sworn, 22
certified law enforcement officers who devotes his or her full 23
H. B. No. 1157 *HR43/R1668* ~ OFFICIAL ~
26/HR43/R1668
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ST: Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program;
create.
working time to law enforcement, shall be paid by the state extra 24
compensation in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per 25
year for each full-time municipal or county sworn, certified law 26
enforcement officer who has completed or who hereafter completes 27
five (5) years of service as a sworn, certified law enforcement 28
officer. 29
(3) The five (5) years of service required under this 30
section shall include any service as a sworn, certified law 31
enforcement officer in the State of Mississippi. 32
(4) The supplemental pay provided by the state under this 33
section shall be supplemental to any other pay the law enforcement 34
officer has or would receive, and such supplemental pay may not be 35
used to reduce or in any way diminish the pay for that law 36
enforcement officer from any other funding sources. 37
(5) The Department of Public Safety shall adopt any rules or 38
regulations necessary to administer this section. 39
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 40
and after July 1, 2026. 41