Mississippi 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 2588 — Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act; create.

Last action — 04/01 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 March 26, 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 BE KNOWN AS THE "SAFEGUARD HONEST INTEGRITY IN ELECTIONS FOR LASTING DEMOCRACY (SHIELD) ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH A REGISTRAR VERIFIES AN APPLICANT'S CITIZENSHIP UPON RECEIPT OF A COMPLETED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION; TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO ENTER EACH APPLICANT'S INFORMATION INTO THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE'S SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION FOR ENTITLEMENTS (SAVE); TO REQUIRE REGISTRARS TO MAKE ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE REGARDING THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FLAGGED BY A SAVE SYSTEM CHECK AND THE NUMBER REMOVED FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL COMPARISON OF THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RECORDS WITH THE SAVE DATABASE AND TO REPORT INELIGIBLE MATCHES TO THE APPROPRIATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE RESULTS ACHIEVED WITH THE SAVE SYSTEM; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH USE OF THE SAVE SYSTEM FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT OF 1983; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. 04/01 Approved by Governor

  2. 03/26 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. 03/26 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. 03/25 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  5. 03/24 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered

  6. 03/23 (S) Concurred in Amend From House

  7. 03/23 (S) Decline Concur/Inv Conf Lost

  8. 03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence

  9. 03/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  10. 03/04 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Johnson, Sanford, Tullos)

  11. 03/04 (H) Passed As Amended

  12. 03/04 (H) Amended

  13. 03/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  14. 03/03 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AC To AE

  15. 02/26 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AE To AC

  16. 02/13 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

  17. 02/09 (S) Transmitted To House

  18. 02/09 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  19. 02/05 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered

  20. 02/05 (S) Passed

  21. 02/05 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted

  22. 01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  23. 01/19 (S) Referred To Elections

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 28 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. 2588 passed

Passed 80 Yea · 41 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 66001
Unaffiliated 121300
Democrat 12700
Independent 1100
Total 804101
% of votes cast 66%34%0%1%
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 Nay
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
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 Nay
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
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 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

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2588 do?
AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SAFEGUARD HONEST INTEGRITY IN ELECTIONS FOR LASTING DEMOCRACY (SHIELD) ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH A REGISTRAR VERIFIES AN APPLICANT'S CITIZENSHIP UPON RECEIPT OF A COMPLETED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION; TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO ENTER EACH APPLICANT'S INFORMATION INTO THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE'S SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION FOR ENTITLEMENTS (SAVE); TO REQUIRE REGISTRARS TO MAKE ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE REGARDING THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FLAGGED BY A SAVE SYSTEM CHECK AND THE NUMBER REMOVED FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL COMPARISON OF THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RECORDS WITH THE SAVE DATABASE AND TO REPORT INELIGIBLE MATCHES TO THE APPROPRIATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE RESULTS ACHIEVED WITH THE SAVE SYSTEM; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH USE OF THE SAVE SYSTEM FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT OF 1983; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-165.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Who sponsors SB 2588?
SB 2588 is sponsored by Jeremy England (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2588?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2026. Enacted.
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