republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-538.md

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Bill	Sanctuary policies; prohibit certain government entities and employees from adopting or interfering with federal immigration enforcement.	Sanctuary policies; prohibit certain government entities and employees from adopting or interfering with federal immigration enforcement.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 538	Mississippi HB 538 (2026)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division B	enacted	Yancey	6	22	4	2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00	2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f81908c0-1e65-4ff0-a8b2-96e878dcaad6	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Hall.xml	33aa4e8ecb71788fdff0a7270193ba7f3aed2af6017c292be4e106b3c82df913	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 538 (2026) — Sanctuary policies; prohibit certain government entities and employees from adopting or interfering with federal immigration enforcement.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 538 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 77–40 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 76–39 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 30–14 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 36–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Yancey — primary (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Sanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Read the Third Time reading-3
• 2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division B referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+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 Hood,Blackwell,Yancey
• 2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Fillingane,Sparks,Hill
• 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+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
• 2026-04-02T05:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/f81908c0-1e65-4ff0-a8b2-96e878dcaad6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).