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type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic search warrants; authorize issuance of in investigations of certain sex offenses against children."
description: "Electronic search warrants; authorize issuance of in investigations of certain sex offenses against children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2246"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2246 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5401d5b0-722f-45e0-b5b0-079140a71bf4"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "cb1066c98de1ee6c400ec5ff33395fe2dd96fd689eda83354ad4cf5798a3a46f"
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 SB 2246 (2022) — Electronic search warrants; authorize issuance of in investigations of certain sex offenses against children.
## 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/2022/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2246IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/SB2246_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2246_H_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2246.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2246PS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2246SG.htm)
## Votes
- Adopt Conference Report — **1182** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **1200** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **1193** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **520** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fillingane — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,McCaughn,Thompson
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Sanford,Yates
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+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/5401d5b0-722f-45e0-b5b0-079140a71bf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).