---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from."
description: "Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2321"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2321 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaughn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24c1ff3-c329-4f2e-acc9-3cba2585cb47"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "0d3d3bf857d38b661386b71f497ac3f2761f1962afa22019c914340e2df893c3"
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 2321 (2022) — Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.

## 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/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2321IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2321.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2321PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2321_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2321CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2321SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaughn — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Butler (38th) — cosponsor (person)
- Caughman — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- McDaniel — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Sojourner — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,McCaughn,Parker
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Hood
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Blackmon
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+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/f24c1ff3-c329-4f2e-acc9-3cba2585cb47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).