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Passed Mississippi Firearm Legislation HB912

Legislation Overview

Title: Firearm suppressors; authorizing manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing.

Description: An Act To Provide That A Firearm Suppressor Manufactured And Remaining In The State Of Mississippi Is Not Subject To Federal Laws And Regulations Governing Firearm Suppressors; To Prohibit State And Local Governmental Authorities From Enforcing Federal Regulations On Suppressors Made In Mississippi; To Require State Funding To Be Withheld From Any Governmental Entity That Adopts A Rule Or Policy Enforcing The Federal Laws Governing Firearm Suppressors; To Require The Dismissal Of Charges Of Illegally Carrying A Muffler Or Silencer Which Are Pending On July 1, 2023; To Amend Sections 11-1-67 And 97-37-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Repeal Section 97-37-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Misdemeanor Offense Of Making, Manufacturing, Selling Or Possessing A Device That Will Muffle The Report Of A Firearm By A Person Not Authorized To Do Such Under Federal Law; And For Related Purposes.

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Approved by Governor

Last Action Date: April 13, 2023

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

36 sponsors: Brent Anderson (R); William Arnold (R); Nick Bain (R); Chris Brown (R); Larry Byrd (R); Billy Calvert (R); Lester Carpenter (R); Sam Creekmore (R); Casey Eure (R); Karl Gibbs (D); Dale Goodin (R); Jeff Hale (R); Steve Hopkins (R); Timmy Ladner (R); Jon Lancaster (D); Vince Mangold (R); Steve Massengill (R); Jay McKnight (R); Tom Miles (D); Gene Newman (R); Randal Rushing (R); Robert Sanders (D);Donnie Scoggin (R); Fred Shanks (R); Troy Smith (R); Mark Tullos (R); Jerry Turner (R); Price Wallace (R); Brady Williamson (R); Henry Zuber (R); Jody Steverson (R); Joey Hood (R); Cedric Burnett (D); Stephen Horne (R); Scott Bounds (R); De Stamps (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 30% (36 of 122)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Apr 13, 2023	Approved by Governor
Senate	Apr 3, 2023	Enrolled Bill Signed
House	Mar 31, 2023	Enrolled Bill Signed
House	Mar 28, 2023	Conference Report Adopted
Senate	Mar 28, 2023	Conference Report Adopted
Senate	Mar 27, 2023	Conference Report Filed
House	Mar 27, 2023	Conference Report Filed
Senate	Mar 22, 2023	Conferees Named Fillingane,McCaughn,Thompson
House	Mar 21, 2023	Conferees Named Bain,Barnett,Owen
House	Mar 14, 2023	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
Senate	Mar 9, 2023	Returned For Concurrence
Senate	Mar 8, 2023	Passed As Amended
Senate	Mar 8, 2023	Amended
Senate	Feb 28, 2023	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
Senate	Feb 14, 2023	Referred To Judiciary, Division B
House	Feb 10, 2023	Transmitted To Senate
House	Feb 9, 2023	Passed
House	Feb 8, 2023	Point of Order Raised
House	Feb 8, 2023	Point of Order Withdrawn
House	Feb 8, 2023	Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
House	Feb 8, 2023	Committee Substitute Adopted
House	Jan 26, 2023	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
House	Jan 16, 2023	Referred To Judiciary B

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	Apr 1, 2023	state link	bill text
Engrossed	Feb 10, 2023	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Jan 31, 2023	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 17, 2023	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment No 1	Committee Amendment No 1	Nov 30, -0001	State Link	amendment text	No

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
House Passed	02/9/2023	86	29	5	0	Yes
Aguirre, Shane (R) Yea Anderson, Brent (R) Yea Anderson, Jeramey (D) Nay Anthony, Otis (N) Yea Arnold, William (R) Yea Bailey, Willie (D) Nay Bain, Nick (D) Yea Banks, Earle (D) Nay Barnett, Shane (R) Yea Barton, Manly (R) Yea Bell, Christopher (D) Yea Bell, Donnie (D) Yea Bennett, Richard (R) Yea Blackmon, Edward (D) Nay Bomgar, Joel (R) Yea Bounds, C. Scott (R) Yea Boyd, Andy (N) Yea Boyd, Randy (R) Yea Brown, Chris (R) Yea Brown, William (D) Nay Burnett, Cedric (D) Yea Busby, Charles (R) Yea Byrd, Larry (R) Yea Calvert, Billy (R) Yea Carpenter, Lester (R) Yea Clark, Bryant (D) Nay Clarke, Alyce (D) Nay Cockerham, Angela (D) Yea Crawford, Carolyn (R) Yea Creekmore, Sam (R) Yea Criswell, Dana (R) Yea Crudup, Ronnie (N) Nay Currie, Becky (R) Yea Darnell, Jerry (R) Yea Denton, Oscar (D) Nay Deweese, Clay (R) Yea Eubanks, Dan (R) Yea Eure, Casey (R) Yea Evans, Bob (D) Nay Evans, Michael (D) Yea Faulkner, John (D) Nay Felsher, Kevin (R) Yea Ford, Jill (R) Yea Ford, Kevin (R) Yea Foster, Stephanie (D) Nay Gibbs, Karl (D) Yea Goodin, Dale (R) Yea Guice, Jeffrey (R) Yea Gunn, Philip (R) Yea Hale, Jeff (R) Yea Haney, Greg (R) Yea Harness, Jeffery (N) Nay Hines, John (D) Nay Holloway, Gregory (D) Nay Hood, Joey (R) Yea Hopkins, Steve (R) NV Horan, Kevin (D) Yea Horne, Stephen (R) Yea Huddleston, Mac (R) Yea Hulum, Jeffrey (D) NV Jackson, Lataisha (D) Nay Jackson-McCray, Hester (D) NV Johnson, Robert (D) Nay Karriem, Kabir (D) Nay Kinkade, Bill (R) Yea Ladner, Timmy (R) Yea Lamar, John (R) Yea Lancaster, Jon (D) Yea Mangold, Vince (R) Yea Massengill, Steve (R) Yea McCarty, Kent (R) Yea McKnight, Jay (R) Yea McLean, Dana (D) Yea McLeod, Doug (R) Yea Mickens, Carl (D) Yea Miles, Tom (D) Yea Mims, Sam (R) Yea Morgan, Ken (R) Yea Newman, Gene (R) Yea Oliver, Karl (R) Yea Osborne, Solomon (N) Nay Owen, Jansen (R) Yea Paden, Orlando (D) Nay Patterson, Randall (D) Yea Pigott, Bill (R) Yea Porter, Daryl (D) Yea Powell, Brent (R) Yea Read, John (R) Yea Reynolds, Thomas (D) NV Roberson, Rob (R) Yea Robinson, Robin (N) Yea Rosebud, Tracey (D) Yea Rushing, Randal (R) Yea Sanders, Robert (D) Nay Sanford, Noah (R) Yea Scoggin, Donnie (R) Yea Scott, Omeria (D) Nay Shanks, Fred (R) Yea Smith, Troy (R) Yea Stamps, De'Keither (D) Yea Steverson, Jody (R) Yea Straughter, Rufus (D) Nay Summers, Zakiya (D) Nay Taylor, Cheikh (D) Nay Thompson, Rickey (D) Nay Tubb, Joseph (R) Yea Tullos, Mark (R) Yea Turner, Jerry (R) Yea Walker, Kenneth (D) Nay Wallace, Price (R) Yea Warren McGee, Missy (R) Yea Watson, Percy (D) Nay Weathersby, Tom (R) Yea White, Jason (R) Yea Wilkes, Stacey (R) Yea Williamson, Brady (R) Yea Yancey, Lee (R) Yea Yates, Shanda (D) NV Young, Charles (D) Nay Zuber, Henry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate Passed As Amended	03/8/2023	38	12	0	0	Yes
Barrett, Jason (R) Yea Blackmon, Barbara (D) Nay Blackwell, Kevin (R) Yea Blount, David (D) Nay Boyd, Nicole (R) Yea Branning, Jennifer (R) Yea Bryan, Hob (D) Yea Burks Hill, Angela (R) Yea Butler, Albert (D) Nay Butler, Kelvin (D) Nay Carter, Joel (R) Yea Caughman, Chris (R) Yea Chassaniol, Lydia (R) Yea Chism, Kathy (R) Yea DeBar, Dennis (R) Yea DeLano, Scott (R) Yea England, Jeremy (R) Yea Fillingane, Joey (R) Yea Frazier, Hillman (D) Nay Harkins, Josh (R) Yea Hickman, Rod (D) Nay Hopson, W. Briggs (R) Yea Horhn, John (D) Nay Jackson, Robert (D) Yea Johnson, Chris (R) Yea Jordan, David (D) Nay Kirby, Dean (R) Yea McCaughn, Tyler (R) Yea McDaniel, Chris (R) Yea McLendon, Michael (R) Yea Mcmahan, Chad (R) Yea Michel, Walter (R) Yea Moran, Philip (R) Yea Norwood, Sollie (D) Nay Parker, David (R) Yea Polk, John (R) Yea Potts Parks, Rita (R) Yea Seymour, Joseph (R) Yea Simmons, Derrick (D) Nay Simmons, Sarita (D) Nay Sojourner, Melanie (R) Yea Sparks, Daniel (R) Yea Suber, Benjamin (R) Yea Thomas, Joseph (D) Yea Thompson, Mike (R) Yea Turner-Ford, Angela (D) Nay Whaley, Neil (R) Yea Wiggins, Brice (R) Yea Williams, Bart (R) Yea Younger, Charles (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Conference Report Adopted	03/28/2023	87	26	8	0	Yes
Aguirre, Shane (R) Yea Anderson, Brent (R) Yea Anderson, Jeramey (D) Nay Anthony, Otis (N) Yea Arnold, William (R) Yea Bailey, Perry (R) Yea Bailey, Willie (D) Nay Bain, Nick (D) Yea Banks, Earle (D) Nay Barnett, Shane (R) Yea Barton, Manly (R) Yea Bell, Christopher (D) Nay Bell, Donnie (D) Yea Bennett, Richard (R) Yea Blackmon, Edward (D) Nay Bomgar, Joel (R) Yea Bounds, C. Scott (R) Yea Boyd, Andy (N) Yea Boyd, Randy (R) Yea Brown, Chris (R) NV Brown, William (D) Nay Burnett, Cedric (D) Yea Busby, Charles (R) Yea Byrd, Larry (R) Yea Calvert, Billy (R) Yea Carpenter, Lester (R) Yea Clark, Bryant (D) Nay Clarke, Alyce (D) Nay Cockerham, Angela (D) Yea Crawford, Carolyn (R) Yea Creekmore, Sam (R) Yea Criswell, Dana (R) Yea Crudup, Ronnie (N) Nay Currie, Becky (R) Yea Darnell, Jerry (R) Yea Denton, Oscar (D) Nay Deweese, Clay (R) Yea Eubanks, Dan (R) Yea Eure, Casey (R) Yea Evans, Bob (D) Nay Evans, Michael (D) Yea Faulkner, John (D) Nay Felsher, Kevin (R) Yea Ford, Jill (R) Yea Ford, Kevin (R) Yea Foster, Stephanie (D) Yea Gibbs, Karl (D) Yea Goodin, Dale (R) Yea Guice, Jeffrey (R) Yea Gunn, Philip (R) Yea Hale, Jeff (R) Yea Haney, Greg (R) Yea Harness, Jeffery (N) Nay Hines, John (D) NV Holloway, Gregory (D) Yea Hood, Joey (R) Yea Hopkins, Steve (R) Yea Horan, Kevin (D) Yea Horne, Stephen (R) Yea Huddleston, Mac (R) NV Hulum, Jeffrey (D) Yea Jackson, Lataisha (D) Nay Jackson-McCray, Hester (D) Yea Johnson, Robert (D) NV Karriem, Kabir (D) Nay Kinkade, Bill (R) Yea Ladner, Timmy (R) Yea Lamar, John (R) Yea Lancaster, Jon (D) Yea Mangold, Vince (R) Yea Massengill, Steve (R) Yea McCarty, Kent (R) Yea McKnight, Jay (R) Yea McLean, Dana (D) Yea McLeod, Doug (R) Yea Mickens, Carl (D) Yea Miles, Tom (D) Yea Mims, Sam (R) Yea Morgan, Ken (R) Yea Newman, Gene (R) Yea Oliver, Karl (R) Yea Osborne, Solomon (N) Nay Owen, Jansen (R) Yea Paden, Orlando (D) Nay Patterson, Randall (D) Yea Pigott, Bill (R) Yea Porter, Daryl (D) Nay Powell, Brent (R) Yea Read, John (R) Yea Reynolds, Thomas (D) Yea Roberson, Rob (R) Yea Robinson, Robin (N) NV Rosebud, Tracey (D) Nay Rushing, Randal (R) Yea Sanders, Robert (D) Nay Sanford, Noah (R) Yea Scoggin, Donnie (R) Yea Scott, Omeria (D) Nay Shanks, Fred (R) Yea Smith, Troy (R) Yea Stamps, De'Keither (D) Yea Steverson, Jody (R) Yea Straughter, Rufus (D) Nay Summers, Zakiya (D) Nay Taylor, Cheikh (D) Yea Thompson, Rickey (D) Nay Tubb, Joseph (R) Yea Tullos, Mark (R) Yea Turner, Jerry (R) Yea Walker, Kenneth (D) NV Wallace, Price (R) NV Warren McGee, Missy (R) Yea Watson, Percy (D) Nay Weathersby, Tom (R) Yea White, Jason (R) Yea Wilkes, Stacey (R) Yea Williamson, Brady (R) Yea Yancey, Lee (R) Yea Yates, Shanda (D) NV Young, Charles (D) Nay Zuber, Henry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate Conference Report Adopted	03/28/2023	38	14	0	0	Yes
Barnett, Juan (D) Yea Barrett, Jason (R) Yea Blackmon, Barbara (D) Nay Blackwell, Kevin (R) Yea Blount, David (D) Nay Boyd, Nicole (R) Yea Branning, Jennifer (R) Yea Bryan, Hob (D) Nay Burks Hill, Angela (R) Yea Butler, Albert (D) Nay Butler, Kelvin (D) Nay Carter, Joel (R) Yea Caughman, Chris (R) Yea Chassaniol, Lydia (R) Yea Chism, Kathy (R) Yea DeBar, Dennis (R) Yea DeLano, Scott (R) Yea England, Jeremy (R) Yea Fillingane, Joey (R) Yea Frazier, Hillman (D) Nay Harkins, Josh (R) Yea Hickman, Rod (D) Nay Hopson, W. Briggs (R) Yea Horhn, John (D) Yea Jackson, Robert (D) Nay Johnson, Chris (R) Yea Jordan, David (D) Nay Kirby, Dean (R) Yea McCaughn, Tyler (R) Yea McDaniel, Chris (R) Yea McLendon, Michael (R) Yea Mcmahan, Chad (R) Yea Michel, Walter (R) Yea Moran, Philip (R) Yea Norwood, Sollie (D) Nay Parker, David (R) Yea Polk, John (R) Yea Potts Parks, Rita (R) Yea Seymour, Joseph (R) Yea Simmons, Derrick (D) Nay Simmons, Sarita (D) Nay Sojourner, Melanie (R) Yea Sparks, Daniel (R) Yea Suber, Benjamin (R) Yea Tate, Jeff (R) Yea Thomas, Joseph (D) Nay Thompson, Mike (R) Yea Turner-Ford, Angela (D) Nay Whaley, Neil (R) Yea Wiggins, Brice (R) Yea Williams, Bart (R) Yea Younger, Charles (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page