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Proposed Mississippi Firearm Legislation SB2079

Legislation Overview

Title: MS School Safety Guardian Act; create.

Description: An Act To Create New Section 45-9-181, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enact The Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act; To Define Terms; To Establish The School Safety Guardian Training Program Within The Office Of Homeland Security Within The Department Of Public Safety; To Authorize The Governing Body Of A School To Establish A School Safety Guardian Program; To Provide Civil Immunity Under Certain Circumstances For School Safety Guardians Who Comply With The Act; To Exempt The Identity Of School Safety Guardians From Public Disclosure; To Provide Minimum Requirement For The Training Program; To Enact Standards; To Provide That Subject To Appropriation And Any Other Requirements Provided By Law, The Office Of Homeland Security May Contract With A Third-party Vendor For Mobile Phone Applications And/or Computer Equipment Or Services To Accomplish The Purposes Of This Act; To Amend Section 45-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Commissioner To Establish Guidelines For Active Shooter Situations; To Amend Section 97-3-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Instances Of Justifiable Homicide; To Amend Section 97-37-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Defenses To A Charge Of Unlawfully Carrying Of A Concealed Weapon; And For Related Purposes.

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Approved by Governor

Last Action Date: April 11, 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'.

15 sponsors: Angela Burks Hill (R); Jeff Tate (R); Neil Whaley (R); Jeremy England (R); Tyler McCaughn (R); Kevin Blackwell (R); Philip Moran (R); Joey Fillingane (R); Melanie Sojourner (R); Chris Caughman (R); Lydia Chassaniol (R); Jennifer Branning (R); Kathy Chism (R); Michael McLendon (R); Joseph Seymour (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 29% (15 of 52)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Apr 11, 2023	Approved by Governor
House	Mar 31, 2023	Enrolled Bill Signed
Senate	Mar 31, 2023	Enrolled Bill Signed
Senate	Mar 27, 2023	Conference Report Adopted
House	Mar 27, 2023	Conference Report Adopted
Senate	Mar 26, 2023	Conference Report Filed
House	Mar 26, 2023	Conference Report Filed
House	Mar 22, 2023	Conferees Named Bain,Horan,Ford (73rd)
Senate	Mar 17, 2023	Conferees Named DeBar,Hill,Polk
Senate	Mar 15, 2023	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
House	Mar 8, 2023	Returned For Concurrence
House	Mar 7, 2023	Amended
House	Mar 7, 2023	Passed As Amended
House	Feb 23, 2023	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
House	Feb 20, 2023	Referred To Judiciary B
Senate	Feb 9, 2023	Transmitted To House
Senate	Feb 8, 2023	Committee Substitute Adopted
Senate	Feb 8, 2023	Passed
Senate	Jan 31, 2023	DR - TSDPCS: ED To JA
Senate	Jan 31, 2023	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
Senate	Jan 9, 2023	Referred To Education;Judiciary, Division A

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	Mar 31, 2023	state link	bill text
Engrossed	Feb 9, 2023	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 1, 2023	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 9, 2023	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
House Committee Amendment No 1	Committee Amendment No 1	Nov 30, -0001	State Link	amendment text	No
House Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1	Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1	Nov 30, -0001	State Link	amendment text	Yes
House Amendment No 2 to Amendment No 1	Amendment No 2 to Amendment No 1	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
Senate Passed	02/8/2023	38	14	0	0	Yes
Barnett, Juan (D) Nay 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) 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) Yea 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
Senate Passed	02/8/2023	39	13	0	0	Yes
Barnett, Juan (D) Nay 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) Yea 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
House Passed As Amended	03/7/2023	79	35	7	0	Yes
Aguirre, Shane (R) Yea Anderson, Brent (R) Yea Anderson, Jeramey (D) Nay Anthony, Otis (N) Nay 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) NV 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) NV 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) Yea 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) NV Hood, Joey (R) Yea Hopkins, Steve (R) Yea Horan, Kevin (D) Yea Horne, Stephen (R) Yea Huddleston, Mac (R) NV Hulum, Jeffrey (D) Nay Jackson, Lataisha (D) Nay Jackson-McCray, Hester (D) Nay 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) NV McLeod, Doug (R) Yea Mickens, Carl (D) Nay 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) Yea 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) Nay 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) NV Watson, Percy (D) Nay Weathersby, Tom (R) Yea White, Jason (R) Yea Wilkes, Stacey (R) NV Williamson, Brady (R) Yea Yancey, Lee (R) Yea Yates, Shanda (D) Yea Young, Charles (D) Nay Zuber, Henry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Conference Report Adopted	03/27/2023	79	32	10	0	Yes
Aguirre, Shane (R) Yea Anderson, Brent (R) Yea Anderson, Jeramey (D) Nay Anthony, Otis (N) Nay 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) Yea Brown, William (D) Nay Burnett, Cedric (D) Nay 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) Yea 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) NV Hood, Joey (R) Yea Hopkins, Steve (R) Yea Horan, Kevin (D) Yea Horne, Stephen (R) Yea Huddleston, Mac (R) NV Hulum, Jeffrey (D) Nay 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) NV McKnight, Jay (R) Yea McLean, Dana (D) Yea McLeod, Doug (R) Yea Mickens, Carl (D) Nay 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) NV 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) NV 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) NV 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) NV Wallace, Price (R) Yea Warren McGee, Missy (R) NV 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) Yea Young, Charles (D) Nay Zuber, Henry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate Conference Report Adopted	03/27/2023	38	14	0	0	Yes
Barnett, Juan (D) Nay 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) 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