republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-858.md

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Bill	OMR voting equipment; prohibit from being capable of establishing wireless connections during an election.	OMR voting equipment; prohibit from being capable of establishing wireless connections during an election.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 858	Mississippi HB 858 (2026)	bill	Apportionment and Elections Elections	enacted	Sanford	3	11	2	2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/de177b0d-b8a8-41ae-b10d-9efac918148c	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Sanford.xml	b7aee2f029a30df6ed52c4a30397c055962f20aba03531c18bae571f0e11c247	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 858 (2026) — OMR voting equipment; prohibit from being capable of establishing wireless connections during an election.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 116–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sanford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Apportionment and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Elections referral-committee
• 2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de177b0d-b8a8-41ae-b10d-9efac918148c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).