---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money transmitters; require to implement certain data security measures and customer protections."
description: "Money transmitters; require to implement certain data security measures and customer protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1596"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1596 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Banking and Financial Services", "Business and Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguirre"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0171fa8-def0-4949-aa0d-b4d3e267f663"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Aguirre.xml"
source_hash: "5d7d5262ac13fdcd000320a1a230162cd552f0fe507ae7fd5f788a33e540143f"
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 1596 (2026) — Money transmitters; require to implement certain data security measures and customer protections.

## 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/HB1596IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1596_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1596.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1596PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1596_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1596SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aguirre — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Banking and Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: BF To AC
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Aguirre,Boyd (37th),Varner
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Johnson,Blackwell,Brumfield
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+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/f0171fa8-def0-4949-aa0d-b4d3e267f663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).