Mississippi established the Artificial Intelligence Regulation Task Force under Senate Bill 2426, which released its first report on January 13, 2026, marking the first of three required annual reports on AI regulation and policy. The task force is charged with developing comprehensive recommendations for state AI governance, ethics, and implementation.
The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) leads statewide AI strategy under Executive Order 1584, issued by Governor Tate Reeves in January 2025. ITS approved its AI Acceptable Use Policy on November 25, 2025, establishing the first comprehensive framework governing how AI may be used within state government. Additionally, ITS launched the ITS AI Innovation Hub on January 10, 2025, a statewide collaboration between ITS, MAIN, and AWS.
These governance structures position AI coordination at multiple levels: regulatory oversight through the task force, operational implementation through ITS, and workforce/education integration through MAIN, creating a comprehensive framework for state-level AI governance.
Scoring note: Dimension 10 (named government body with AI governance mandate) scores 2 for the multi-layered governance structure including the AI Regulation Task Force with statutory mandate, ITS with executive order directive, and the formal AI Innovation Hub creating institutional capacity for AI governance.