---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sextortion; create crime of."
description: "Sextortion; create crime of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1196 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97983f00-33d8-449e-96a7-920808baec75"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Boyd_(37th).xml"
source_hash: "947d739153bb5837c133b08e090fa73ca42b1d75cf50ef2fcd046679239d9f4a"
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 1196 (2024) — Sextortion; create crime 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/HB/1100-1199/HB1196IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1196_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1196.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1196PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1196_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1196SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberson — primary (person)
- Boyd (37th) — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+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/97983f00-33d8-449e-96a7-920808baec75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).