---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-state lawyers; disclosure required in certain advertisements if not licensed to practice law in Mississippi."
description: "Out-of-state lawyers; disclosure required in certain advertisements if not licensed to practice law in Mississippi."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2382"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2382 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c19c62a0-b41b-40b2-abb9-b69eb8be5669"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Wiggins.xml"
source_hash: "6b4c3e150f37e268a7d4460bad0cabf4da3763df02736ba6aa904459be60df12"
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 2382 (2023) — Out-of-state lawyers; disclosure required in certain advertisements if not licensed to practice law in Mississippi.

## 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/SB/2300-2399/SB2382IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2382.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2382PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2382_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2382SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **34–8** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **113–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Simmons (12th),Barrett
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Oliver
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+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/c19c62a0-b41b-40b2-abb9-b69eb8be5669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).