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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1197: The Safe Solicitation Act; create to regulate issuance of solicitation permits.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1197 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi House on January 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: The Safe Solicitation Act; create to regulate issuance of solicitation permits. Primary sponsor: Shanda Yates (Independent). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 21, 2025): Approved by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Independent 1 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shanda YatesPrimary sponsorIndependentHouse64
Chris BellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Grace Butler-WashingtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Ronnie CrudupCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Kevin FelsherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Jill FordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Stephanie FosterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse63
Justis GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Clay MansellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jonathan McMillanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Fabian NelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Gene NewmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Brent PowellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Fred ShanksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Lance VarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
WallaceCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lee YanceyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Hank ZuberCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse113

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Approved by Governor
  2. Enrolled Bill Signed
  3. Enrolled Bill Signed
  4. Returned For Enrolling
  5. Passed
  6. Title Suff Do Pass
  7. Referred To Judiciary, Division A
  8. Transmitted To Senate
  9. Passed As Amended
  10. Amended
  11. Tabled Subject To Call
  12. Committee Substitute Adopted

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source