---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NamUs."
description: "The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NamUs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Mississippi HB 377 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKnight"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1140285-d900-40c5-af3a-9e3000d5d8b7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McKnight.xml"
source_hash: "23fae9b2da7c25ea42ab2db7e23bda6a8cad8a0efcb7c00e7c9588ba0638862f"
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 377 (2026) — The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NamUs.

## 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/0300-0399/HB0377IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0377.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0377PS.htm)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0377CS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0377SG.htm)
6. **Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB0377_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKnight — primary (person)
- Shanks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Grady,McKnight
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Barrett,Hickman
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/e1140285-d900-40c5-af3a-9e3000d5d8b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).