Mississippi 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 547 — Check cashers and MS Credit Availability licensees; authorize to pass credit/debit card fees to customers.

Last action — 03/17 Approved by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on March 10, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-67-517, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A CHECK CASHING BUSINESS TO PASS A THIRD-PARTY PROCESSING COMPANY'S FEES FOR THE USE OF A DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD ON TO THE CUSTOMER; TO AMEND SECTION 75-67-619, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSEE WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CREDIT AVAILABILITY TRANSACTIONS TO PASS A THIRD-PARTY PROCESSING COMPANY'S FEES FOR THE USE OF A DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD ON TO THE CUSTOMER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. 03/17 Approved by Governor

  2. 03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. 03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. 03/09 (S) Returned For Enrolling

  5. 03/05 (S) Passed

  6. 02/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass

  7. 02/18 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions

  8. 02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate

  9. 02/10 (H) Passed

  10. 02/10 (H) Tabled Failed

  11. 01/29 (H) Title Suff Do Pass

  12. 01/12 (H) Referred To Banking and Financial Services

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 43 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

On motion of Senator Johnson, the rules were suspended, the bill considered engrossed, read the third time and, the yeas and nays being taken, it passed, title standing as stated,

Passed 34 Yea · 18 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10600
Republican 20600
Democrat 4700
Total 341900
% of votes cast 64%36%0%0%
How each member voted (53)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Younger. Total — Yea
Blackmon — Nay
Gillespie Isom — Nay
Simmons D. T — Nay
(12th) — Nay
Turner-Ford — Nay
Williams — Nay
Albert Butler Democrat Nay
David Blount Democrat Nay
Gary Brumfield Democrat Nay
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Nay
Hob Bryan Democrat Nay
Johnny DuPree Democrat Nay
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Justin Pope Democrat Yea
Kamesha Mumford Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Nay
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Nay
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Nay
Don Hartness Republican Nay
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Nay
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Nay
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Nay
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

H. B. No. 547 passed

Passed 71 Yea · 44 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 61303
Unaffiliated 101401
Democrat 02701
Independent 0002
Total 714407
% of votes cast 58%36%0%6%
How each member voted (122)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Bailey (23rd) — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd (19th) — Yea
Boyd (37th) — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Nay
Bailey (49th) — Nay
Bell (65th) — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Gibbs (36th) — Nay
Gibbs (72nd) — Nay
Holloway (27th) — Nay
Holloway (76th) — Nay
Jackson (11th) — Nay
Jackson (45th) — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Taylor — Nay
Thompson — Nay
Williams — Nay
Ford (73rd) — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Nay
Bob Evans Democrat Nay
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Nay
Carl Mickens Democrat Not Voting
Cedric Burnett Democrat Nay
Daryl Porter Democrat Nay
Earle S. Banks Democrat Nay
Fabian Nelson Democrat Nay
Gregory Elliott Democrat Nay
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Nay
Jeffery Harness Democrat Nay
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Nay
John G. Faulkner Democrat Nay
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Nay
Justin Crosby Democrat Nay
Kabir Karriem Democrat Nay
Omeria Scott Democrat Nay
Oscar Denton Democrat Nay
Otis Anthony Democrat Nay
Percy W. Watson Democrat Nay
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Nay
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Nay
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Nay
Stephanie Foster Democrat Nay
Tamarra Butler-Washington Democrat Nay
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Nay
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Nay
Zakiya Summers Democrat Nay
Angela Cockerham Independent Not Voting
Shanda Yates Independent Not Voting
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Beth Luther Waldo Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brad Mattox Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Nay
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Elliot Burch Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Not Voting
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jim Estrada Republican Yea
Jimmy Fondren Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Not Voting
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Jonathan McMillan Republican Yea
Joseph Tubb Republican Yea
Josh Hawkins Republican Yea
Justin Keen Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Nay
Kevin Felsher Republican Not Voting
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Kimberly Remak Republican Yea
Lance Varner Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Rodney Hall Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Nay
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Lott Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
W.I. "Doc" Harris Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea
Zachary Grady Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 547 do?
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-67-517, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A CHECK CASHING BUSINESS TO PASS A THIRD-PARTY PROCESSING COMPANY'S FEES FOR THE USE OF A DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD ON TO THE CUSTOMER; TO AMEND SECTION 75-67-619, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSEE WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CREDIT AVAILABILITY TRANSACTIONS TO PASS A THIRD-PARTY PROCESSING COMPANY'S FEES FOR THE USE OF A DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD ON TO THE CUSTOMER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Who sponsors HB 547?
HB 547 is sponsored by Henry Zuber III (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 547?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2026. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 547?
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