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Proposed Mississippi Firearm Legislation HB912

  this is an pro-gun bill
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
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
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
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
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

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