---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act\"; establish to protect minors from harmful content."
description: "\"Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act\"; establish to protect minors from harmful content."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1126 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A", "Judiciary", "Division B", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6068a424-793e-44f1-b8b6-8f18e0e3c204"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "d569dee15bb947562ff8f98c1b6e761c42698de3e905ba8b90b77c4ff94e5eed"
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 1126 (2024) — "Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act"; establish to protect minors from harmful content.

## 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/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1126IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/HB1126_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1126_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1126.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1126PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1126_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1126CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1126SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Technology;Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: TE To JB
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: JB To TE
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B;Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: JB To JA
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Ford (73rd),Mansell,Horan
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,DeBar,Williams
- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+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/6068a424-793e-44f1-b8b6-8f18e0e3c204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).