---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"The MS Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act\"; create."
description: "\"The MS Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act\"; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1532"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1532 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce", "Business and Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mansell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b093ca5b-b270-45f4-9c81-8bf58117ebc0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "406ff64fb147f99fe7086ce0570b6909fd1376e2cac380b87dabceb28ea891ff"
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 1532 (2026) — "The MS Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act"; create.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1532IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1532PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1532SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mansell — primary (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+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/b093ca5b-b270-45f4-9c81-8bf58117ebc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).