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Passed Mississippi Firearm Legislation HB1581

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room.

Description: An Act To Amend Section 97-37-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Courtroom Includes A Judge's Chamber, Witness Room And Jury Room, For Purposes Of Concealed Carry; And For Related Purposes.

Session: 2019 Regular Session

Last Action: Approved by Governor

Last Action Date: March 15, 2019

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'.

4 sponsors: Angela Cockerham (D); Jason White (R); Kathy Sykes (D); John Faulkner (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (4 of 122)

History
Chamber Date Action
Mar 15, 2019 Approved by Governor
Senate Mar 11, 2019 Enrolled Bill Signed
House Mar 8, 2019 Enrolled Bill Signed
Senate Mar 7, 2019 Returned For Enrolling
Senate Mar 6, 2019 Passed
Senate Mar 5, 2019 Title Suff Do Pass
Senate Feb 26, 2019 Referred To Judiciary, Division A
House Feb 15, 2019 Transmitted To Senate
House Feb 14, 2019 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
House Feb 13, 2019 Motion to Reconsider Entered (Baria, Cockerham, Bailey)
House Feb 13, 2019 Passed As Amended
House Feb 13, 2019 Amended
House Feb 13, 2019 Committee Substitute Adopted
House Feb 5, 2019 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
House Jan 21, 2019 Referred To Judiciary B
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled Mar 8, 2019 state link bill text
Engrossed Feb 15, 2019 state link bill text
Comm Sub Feb 6, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 1, 2019 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
House Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text Yes
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/13/2019 113 0 6 0 Yes
  • Aguirre, Shane (R) Yea
  • Anderson, Jeramey (D) Yea
  • Anthony, Otis (N) Yea
  • Arnold, William (R) Yea
  • Bailey, Willie (D) Yea
  • Bain, Nick (D) Yea
  • Baker, Mark (R) Yea
  • Banks, Earle (D) Yea
  • Baria, David (D) Yea
  • Barnett, Shane (R) Yea
  • Barton, Manly (R) Yea
  • Beckett, Charles (R) Yea
  • Bell, Christopher (D) Yea
  • Bell, Donnie (D) Yea
  • Bennett, Richard (R) Yea
  • Blackmon, Edward (D) Yea
  • Bomgar, Joel (R) Yea
  • Bounds, C. Scott (R) Yea
  • Boyd, Randy (R) Yea
  • Brown, Chris (R) Yea
  • Burnett, Clara (D) Yea
  • Busby, Charles (R) Yea
  • Butler Dixon, Deborah (D) Yea
  • Byrd, Larry (R) Yea
  • Calhoun, Credell (D) Yea
  • Carpenter, Lester (R) Yea
  • Chism, Gary (R) Yea
  • Clark, Bryant (D) Yea
  • Clarke, Alyce (D) Yea
  • Cockerham, Angela (D) Yea
  • Corley, John (R) Yea
  • Crawford, Carolyn (R) Yea
  • Criswell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Currie, Becky (R) Yea
  • DeLano, Scott (R) Yea
  • Denny, William (R) Yea
  • Denton, Oscar (D) Yea
  • Dortch, Jarvis (D) NV
  • Eubanks, Dan (R) Yea
  • Eure, Casey (R) Yea
  • Evans, Bob (D) Yea
  • Evans, Michael (D) Yea
  • Faulkner, John (D) Yea
  • Ford, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Foster, Robert (R) NV
  • Gibbs, Debra (D) Yea
  • Gibbs, Karl (D) Yea
  • Guice, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Gunn, Philip (R) Yea
  • Hale, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Haney, Greg (R) Yea
  • Harness, Jeffery (N) Yea
  • Henley, Ashley (R) Yea
  • Hines, John (D) NV
  • Holland, D. Stephen (D) Yea
  • Holloway, Gregory (D) Yea
  • Hood, Joey (R) Yea
  • Hopkins, Steve (R) Yea
  • Horan, Kevin (D) Yea
  • Horne, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Huddleston, Mac (R) Yea
  • Hudson, Abe (D) Yea
  • Hughes, Jay (D) Yea
  • Jackson, Lataisha (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Chris (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Robert (D) Yea
  • Karriem, Kabir (D) Yea
  • Kinkade, Bill (R) Yea
  • Ladner, Timmy (R) Yea
  • Lamar, John (R) Yea
  • Mangold, Vince (R) Yea
  • Massengill, Steve (R) Yea
  • McLeod, Doug (R) Yea
  • McNeal, Roun (R) Yea
  • Mettetal, Nolan (R) Yea
  • Mickens, Carl (D) Yea
  • Miles, Tom (D) Yea
  • Mims, Sam (R) Yea
  • Morgan, Ken (R) Yea
  • Myers, David (D) NV
  • Oliver, Karl (R) Yea
  • Paden, Orlando (D) Yea
  • Patterson, Randall (D) Yea
  • Pigott, Bill (R) Yea
  • Powell, Brent (R) Yea
  • Read, John (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, Thomas (D) Yea
  • Roberson, Rob (R) Yea
  • Rogers, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Rogers, Ray (R) Yea
  • Rosebud, Tracey (D) Yea
  • Rushing, Randal (R) Yea
  • Sanford, Noah (R) Yea
  • Scoggin, Donnie (R) Yea
  • Scott, Omeria (D) Yea
  • Shanks, Fred (R) Yea
  • Shirley, William (R) Yea
  • Smith, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Snowden, Greg (R) Yea
  • Staples, Gary (R) Yea
  • Steverson, Jody (R) Yea
  • Straughter, Rufus (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Preston (D) Yea
  • Sykes, Kathy (D) Yea
  • Taylor, Cheikh (D) Yea
  • Tullos, Mark (R) Yea
  • Turner, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Walker, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Wallace, Price (R) Yea
  • Warren McGee, Missy (R) Yea
  • Watson, Percy (D) Yea
  • Weathersby, Tom (R) Yea
  • White, Jason (R) Yea
  • Wilkes, Stacey (R) Yea
  • Williams-Barnes, Sonya (D) NV
  • Willis, Patricia (R) Yea
  • Wilson, Cory (R) NV
  • Young, Charles (D) Yea
  • Zuber, Henry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/6/2019 52 0 0 0 Yes
  • Barnett, Juan (D) Yea
  • Blackmon, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Blackwell, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Blount, David (D) Yea
  • Branning, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Browning, Nickey (R) Yea
  • Bryan, Hob (D) Yea
  • Burks Hill, Angela (R) Yea
  • Burton, Terry (R) Yea
  • Butler, Kelvin (D) Yea
  • Carmichael, Videt (R) Yea
  • Carter, Joel (R) Yea
  • Caughman, Chris (R) Yea
  • Chassaniol, Lydia (R) Yea
  • Clarke, Eugene (R) Yea
  • Dawkins, Deborah (D) Yea
  • DeBar, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Dearing, Bob (D) Yea
  • Doty, Sally (R) Yea
  • Fillingane, Joey (R) Yea
  • Frazier, Hillman (D) Yea
  • Gollott, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Harkins, Josh (R) Yea
  • Hopson, W. Briggs (R) Yea
  • Horhn, John (D) Yea
  • Hudson, Billy (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Robert (D) Yea
  • Jackson, Sampson (D) Yea
  • Jolly, Russell (D) Yea
  • Jordan, David (D) Yea
  • Kirby, Dean (R) Yea
  • Massey, Chris (R) Yea
  • McDaniel, Chris (R) Yea
  • Mcmahan, Chad (R) Yea
  • Michel, Walter (R) Yea
  • Moran, Philip (R) Yea
  • Norwood, Sollie (D) Yea
  • Parker, David (R) Yea
  • Polk, John (R) Yea
  • Potts Parks, Rita (R) Yea
  • Seymour, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Simmons, Derrick (D) Yea
  • Simmons, Willie (D) Yea
  • Tollison, Gray (D) Yea
  • Turner-Ford, Angela (D) Yea
  • Watson, Michael (R) Yea
  • Whaley, Neil (R) Yea
  • Wiggins, Brice (R) Yea
  • Wilemon, J. P. (D) Yea
  • Witherspoon, Tammy (D) Yea
  • Younger, Charles (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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