The latest push to secure state funding for a new multi-purpose stadium for Jackson State University has stalled once again. According to a report from WLBT 3 in Jackson, House Bill 117 — introduced during the 2026 Mississippi Legislative Session by Representative Robert Johnson — has died in committee. The measure would have appropriated $40 million from the State General Fund to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. The funding was designed to serve as “seed money for planning, design, and initial building stages” of a proposed new stadium project. The appropriation would have taken effect on
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