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MS SB 2801

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Hand-held mobile telephones; increase civil penalties for texting while driving.

Mississippi · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
2026-02-16
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-11 — Died On Calendar
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Fillinganeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-19

    Referred To Judiciary, Division B

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-02

    Title Suff Do Pass

    committee-passage

  3. 2026-02-11

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-02-11

    Passed As Amended

    passage

  5. 2026-02-16

    Transmitted To House

    introduction

  6. 2026-02-16

    Referred To Judiciary A

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-03-03

    Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

    committee-passage

  8. 2026-03-10

    Read the Third Time

    reading-3

  9. 2026-03-11

    Died On Calendar

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage as Amended

    2026-02-11 · pass · 51-1

    Member-level votes (52)
    • Barnett: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Blackmon: yes
    • Blackwell: yes
    • Blount: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Brumfield: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Chassaniol: yes
    • Chism: yes
    • DeLano: yes
    • DuPree: yes
    • England: yes
    • Fillingane: yes
    • Frazier: yes
    • Gillespie Isom: yes
    • Harkins: yes
    • Hartness: yes
    • Hickman: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hopson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kirby: yes
    • Ladner: yes
    • McCaughn: yes
    • McLendon: yes
    • McMahan: yes
    • Michel: yes
    • Mumford: yes
    • Norwood: yes
    • Parks: yes
    • Pope: yes
    • Rhodes: yes
    • Seymour: yes
    • Simmons D. T. (12th): yes
    • Simmons S. (13th): yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Suber: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner-Ford: yes
    • Whaley: yes
    • Wiggins: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Younger: yes
    • DeBar: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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