l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1469

Boating; prohibit enforcement officers from performing vessel stops or boarding a vessel without probable cause.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ports and Marine Resources Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-21-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS AND THE COMMISSION ON MARINE RESOURCES FROM PERFORMING VESSEL STOPS OR BOARDING A VESSEL WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE; TO PROHIBIT ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM PERFORMING A VESSEL STOP OR BOARDING A VESSEL FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING A SAFETY OR MARINE SANITATION EQUIPMENT INSPECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 416 days

Marine ResourcesJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

Ports and Marine ResourcesFeb 16 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Marine Resources
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committees on Ports and Marine Resources and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Marine ResourcesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 16Referred To Ports and Marine Resources;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate