---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to."
description: "Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 571"
citation: "Mississippi HB 571 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa907b8-32d9-4ba4-9e5c-c3adf16e4a14"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "913ed6510ae229deea5e33f9ad3a9a7112e0f5c6f773670f0efca91e18aa2e11"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 571 (2019) — Commercial sexual exploitation of children; decriminalize for minors and improve response and support services of government agencies to.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0571IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB0571_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 571** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0571.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0571PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0571CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0571SG.htm)
7. **Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0571_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **42–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- Corley — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs_(36th) — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs_(72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson_(94th) — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- Ladner — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Snowden — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2019-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Cockerham, Bailey)
- **2019-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa907b8-32d9-4ba4-9e5c-c3adf16e4a14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).