---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking; exclude from expungement felony violations of."
description: "Human Trafficking; exclude from expungement felony violations of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1546 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McLean"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a522af9-cf3d-4af9-ad47-7f48195c44d3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Hale.xml"
source_hash: "43e84bcca1fddbce87f84d912e24419e19245ff4fa6ebf252980b0294cd33d2a"
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 1546 (2026) — Human Trafficking; exclude from expungement felony violations 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/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1546IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1546.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1546PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1546_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1546CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1546SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **110–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McLean — primary (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+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** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+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`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+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
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+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/2a522af9-cf3d-4af9-ad47-7f48195c44d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).