---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room."
description: "Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1581"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1581 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4901301-bc64-4263-94d5-9a19a9a494a6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "f65bc5e4bc61424cc1209a7a99b48156a739737ed1efd7846ab6edb8e5ca166b"
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 1581 (2019) — Firearms; clarify that courtroom includes a judge's chamber, witness room and jury room.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1581IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1581_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1581PS.htm)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1581CS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1581SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Baria, Cockerham, Bailey)
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+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/b4901301-bc64-4263-94d5-9a19a9a494a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).