Mississippi - Session 2026
Title: Images or audio altered or created by digitization; criminalize dissemination of in certain circumstances.
AN ACT TO CRIMINALIZE THE UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE OR NONINTIMATE IMAGE OR AUDIO CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION WHERE THE IMAGE OR AUDIO IS DISSEMINATED OR PUBLISHED WITH INTENT TO CAUSE HARM TO THE EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL OR PHYSICAL WELFARE OF ANOTHER PERSON AND THE ACTOR KNEW OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE PERSON DEPICTED DID NOT CONSENT TO SUCH DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CRIMES INCLUDE THE USE OF IMAGES OR AUDIO CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION, WHERE SUCH PERSON MAY REASONABLY BE IDENTIFIED FROM THE IMAGE OR AUDIO ITSELF OR FROM INFORMATION DISPLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE IMAGE OR AUDIO; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE CRIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-03 | Status | failed |
| 2026-02-03 | Latest Action | (S) Died In Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1444 | DOC; require to provide inmates with protective equipment when using raw cleaning chemicals. | unknown |
| HB 1613 | Drug trafficking; revise dosage units and regulate abortion-inducing drugs. | enrolled |
| HB 1625 | Virtual currency kiosks; require licensure in accordance with Money Transmission Modernization Act. | enrolled |
| HB 1701 | Technical violations; clarify that certain sentencing limits shall not apply to intervention or drug court participants regarding. | enrolled |
| HB 377 | The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require input of missing persons in NamUs. | enrolled |
| SB 2110 | Child neglect; create crime related to the deprivation of necessary supervision. | enrolled |
| SB 2778 | Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on authority to collect fees from paroled offenders for deposit into. | enrolled |
| SB 3088 | Appropriation; Corrections, Department of. | enrolled |