---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contraband cell phones; authorize circuit court to issue order to disable service from carrier."
description: "Contraband cell phones; authorize circuit court to issue order to disable service from carrier."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2704"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2704 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01e6f4a5-b54e-4d6f-8f7a-07e82632db33"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Moran.xml"
source_hash: "7332fd59420503fbb53338523aa7e698f1bb53afc703bff1a124936947995716"
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 SB 2704 (2019) — Contraband cell phones; authorize circuit court to issue order to disable service from carrier.

## 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/SB/2700-2799/SB2704IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2704.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2704PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2704_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2704CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2704SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+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/01e6f4a5-b54e-4d6f-8f7a-07e82632db33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).