Mississippi 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 2322 — Driver's license; amend provision related to.

Last action — 04/08 Approved by Governor

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on April 06, 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 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER MAY ONLY PRESCRIBE THE FORM OF LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO LICENSEES WHO ARE NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR WHO DO NOT POSSESS A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IF THE LICENSEE IS LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH A LICENSE SHALL INCLUDE A DESIGNATION THAT THE PERSON IS NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND THAT THE LICENSE SHALL EXPIRE ON THE DATE THAT THE PERSON IS NO LONGER LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES; TO REQUIRE ANY NEW, RENEWAL OR DUPLICATE DRIVER'S LICENSE, TEMPORARY DRIVING PERMIT OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED TO A PERSON UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO BEAR A DESIGNATION OF THE SEX OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHICH SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SEX OF THE INDIVIDUAL DETERMINED AT BIRTH; TO PROVIDE THAT A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR OTHER PERMIT PURPORTING TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS, ISSUED BY ANOTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION TO A PERSON UNABLE TO PROVE LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN THE LICENSE OR PERMIT IS ISSUED, SHALL BE INVALID IN THIS STATE AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE; TO REQUIRE A PEACE OFFICER WHO STOPS A PERSON DRIVING OR USING SUCH AN INVALID LICENSE TO ISSUE A CITATION TO THE DRIVER AND REFER THE PERSON TO THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; TO REQUIRE A JUSTICE COURT JUDGE, LICENSE EXAMINER, OR ANY AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEE OF THE COMMISSIONER WHO ENCOUNTERS A PERSON USING SUCH AN INVALID LICENSE TO REFER THE PERSON TO THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. 04/08 Approved by Governor

  2. 04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. 04/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. 04/02 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  5. 04/01 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered

  6. 04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  7. 03/31 (S) Conference Report Adopted

  8. 03/31 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Watson, Hood, Yates)

  9. 03/31 (H) Conference Report Adopted

  10. 03/30 (H) Conference Report Filed

  11. 03/30 (S) Conference Report Filed

  12. 03/23 (H) Conferees Named Hood,Yates,Tullos

  13. 03/17 (S) Conferees Named Fillingane,Rhodes,Hill

  14. 03/16 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  15. 03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence

  16. 03/10 (H) Passed As Amended

  17. 03/10 (H) Amended

  18. 03/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  19. 02/16 (H) Referred To Judiciary A

  20. 02/12 (S) Transmitted To House

  21. 02/10 (S) Passed As Amended

  22. 02/10 (S) Amended

  23. 02/02 (S) Title Suff Do Pass

  24. 01/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 26 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.

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Votes

S. B. No. 2322 passed

Passed 76 Yea · 39 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 63004
Unaffiliated 121300
Independent 1001
Democrat 02602
Total 763907
% of votes cast 62%32%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
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Nay
Bailey (49th) — Nay
Bell (65th) — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Gibbs (72nd) — Nay
Holloway (27th) — Nay
Holloway (76th) — Nay
Jackson (11th) — Nay
Jackson (45th) — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Taylor — Nay
Thompson — Nay
Williams — Nay
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2322 do?
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER MAY ONLY PRESCRIBE THE FORM OF LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO LICENSEES WHO ARE NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR WHO DO NOT POSSESS A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IF THE LICENSEE IS LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH A LICENSE SHALL INCLUDE A DESIGNATION THAT THE PERSON IS NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND THAT THE LICENSE SHALL EXPIRE ON THE DATE THAT THE PERSON IS NO LONGER LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES; TO REQUIRE ANY NEW, RENEWAL OR DUPLICATE DRIVER'S LICENSE, TEMPORARY DRIVING PERMIT OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED TO A PERSON UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO BEAR A DESIGNATION OF THE SEX OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHICH SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SEX OF THE INDIVIDUAL DETERMINED AT BIRTH; TO PROVIDE THAT A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR OTHER PERMIT PURPORTING TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS, ISSUED BY ANOTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION TO A PERSON UNABLE TO PROVE LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN THE LICENSE OR PERMIT IS ISSUED, SHALL BE INVALID IN THIS STATE AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE; TO REQUIRE A PEACE OFFICER WHO STOPS A PERSON DRIVING OR USING SUCH AN INVALID LICENSE TO ISSUE A CITATION TO THE DRIVER AND REFER THE PERSON TO THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; TO REQUIRE A JUSTICE COURT JUDGE, LICENSE EXAMINER, OR ANY AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEE OF THE COMMISSIONER WHO ENCOUNTERS A PERSON USING SUCH AN INVALID LICENSE TO REFER THE PERSON TO THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Who sponsors SB 2322?
SB 2322 is sponsored by Angela Burks Hill (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2322?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2026. Enacted.
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