---
type: "Bill"
title: "Name change; prohibit for persons convicted of a crime of violence and for sex offenders."
description: "Name change; prohibit for persons convicted of a crime of violence and for sex offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2126"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2126 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db75150-d497-4bae-aa80-462af2019e70"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McLendon.xml"
source_hash: "125a2853ead3809301b26465d61c11fcf5f2f74e993ed1ef9844fa25a5afd6e3"
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 2126 (2026) — Name change; prohibit for persons convicted of a crime of violence and for sex offenders.

## 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/SB/2100-2199/SB2126IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2126.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2126PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2126_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2126CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2126SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+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/8db75150-d497-4bae-aa80-462af2019e70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).