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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual battery; create a mandatory minimum for penalties."
description: "Sexual battery; create a mandatory minimum for penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 525"
citation: "Mississippi HB 525 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Remak"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7246248-75df-4d99-8c38-55f8f257409a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Hall.xml"
source_hash: "d4bb43a7a0917869522ec1222ca1aeca1e8d3e47a9b902cae587ce318eab48a6"
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 HB 525 (2026) — Sexual battery; create a mandatory minimum for penalties.
## 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/HB/0500-0599/HB0525IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0525.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0525PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB0525_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0525CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0525SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **1141** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **447** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **352** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Remak — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hulum — cosponsor (person)
- Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+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
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Owen,Burch
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Sparks,Suber
- **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
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7246248-75df-4d99-8c38-55f8f257409a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).