republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/sb-2305.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.	Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	SB 2305	Mississippi SB 2305 (2019)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division A	enacted	Watson	6	23	4	2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00	2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/791cfb14-e41f-45a0-ad07-21f7e255bda3	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml	6517c5aac9c331cd9d67a65769feaaea7fdc15219d78832697b9aa2ad9fe07ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2305 (2019) — Human trafficking; increase certain penalties.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2305 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Watson — primary (person)
• Barnett — cosponsor (person)
• Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
• Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
• Branning — cosponsor (person)
• Browning — cosponsor (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Carmichael — cosponsor (person)
• Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Caughman — cosponsor (person)
• Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
• Clarke — cosponsor (person)
• Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
• DeBar — cosponsor (person)
• Dearing — cosponsor (person)
• Frazier — cosponsor (person)
• Gollott — cosponsor (person)
• Harkins — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Hopson — cosponsor (person)
• Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson_(15th) — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson_(32nd) — cosponsor (person)
• Jolly — cosponsor (person)
• Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Kirby — cosponsor (person)
• Massey — cosponsor (person)
• McDaniel — cosponsor (person)
• Michel — cosponsor (person)
• Moran — cosponsor (person)
• Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Parks — cosponsor (person)
• Seymour — cosponsor (person)
• Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Whaley — cosponsor (person)
• Wilemon — cosponsor (person)
• Witherspoon — cosponsor (person)
• Younger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division A referral-committee
• 2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2019-02-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary B referral-committee
• 2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Read the Third Time reading-3
• 2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered (Cockerham, Bailey)
• 2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Hopson,DeBar,Watson
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Cockerham,White,Ford
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/791cfb14-e41f-45a0-ad07-21f7e255bda3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).