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type: "Bill"
title: "Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act; create."
description: "Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2588"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2588 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7650152-d795-4c6c-9ca4-74f56705905b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McLendon.xml"
source_hash: "1a9ff9124812350a163eaa829c37ec8a91d2f10457c63489ca48c3dca4902143"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2588IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2588.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2588PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2588_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2588CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2588SG.htm)
## Votes
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **3116** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **8041** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **3317** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7650152-d795-4c6c-9ca4-74f56705905b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).