---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digitizations; create a criminal penalty for the wrongful dissemination of."
description: "Digitizations; create a criminal penalty for the wrongful dissemination of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2577"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2577 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6950ef0e-4480-4606-927e-97d928aa5cd7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/England.xml"
source_hash: "4c1dac00a252f5a667012fc96f5f0d5acf9702e8ccf459afec374ae92ab6320c"
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 2577 (2024) — Digitizations; create a criminal penalty for the wrongful dissemination of.

## 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/SB/2500-2599/SB2577IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/SB2577_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2577.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2577PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2577_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2577CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2577SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **38–14** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **35–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections;Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: EL To JB
- **2024-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named England,Fillingane,Parker
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Sanford,Ford (73rd),Butler-Washington
- **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
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+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/6950ef0e-4480-4606-927e-97d928aa5cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).