republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/sb-2588.md

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Bill	Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act; create.	Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act; create.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	SB 2588	Mississippi SB 2588 (2026)	bill	Accountability Efficiency Transparency Apportionment and Elections Elections	enacted	England	6	23	3	2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00	2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b7650152-d795-4c6c-9ca4-74f56705905b	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McLendon.xml	1a9ff9124812350a163eaa829c37ec8a91d2f10457c63489ca48c3dca4902143	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2588 (2026) — Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act; create.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2588 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurrence in Amendment From House — 31–16 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 80–41 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• England — primary (person)
• McLendon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Elections referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency referral-committee
• 2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDPAA: AE To AC
• 2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDPAA: AC To AE
• 2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered (Johnson, Sanford, Tullos)
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Decline Concur/Inv Conf Lost
• 2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From House
• 2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered
• 2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7650152-d795-4c6c-9ca4-74f56705905b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).