---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm suppressors; authorizing manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing."
description: "Firearm suppressors; authorizing manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 912"
citation: "Mississippi HB 912 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc08c6a-760f-412b-bf05-2db93aacd9ba"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Anderson_(122nd).xml"
source_hash: "88503657f9424f7c15918f0811512f99017e6211bc8117c7780df7e9e0900a1d"
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 912 (2023) — Firearm suppressors; authorizing manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing.

## 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/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0912IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0912.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0912PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0912_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0912CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0912SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **38–14** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **86–29** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **87–26** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **38–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bain — cosponsor (person)
- Bounds — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Calvert — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Creekmore IV — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Goodin — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Horne — cosponsor (person)
- Ladner — cosponsor (person)
- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
- Mangold — cosponsor (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Rushing — cosponsor (person)
- Sanders — cosponsor (person)
- Scoggin — cosponsor (person)
- Shanks — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Tullos — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Zuber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Withdrawn
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Barnett,Owen
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,McCaughn,Thompson
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+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/1bc08c6a-760f-412b-bf05-2db93aacd9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).