l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1600

Administrative forfeiture for seized property; bring forward section related to unlawful controlled substances.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REENACT AND AMEND SECTION 41-29-176, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH WAS REPEALED BY OPERATION OF LAW ON JULY 1, 2018; TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE FORFEITURE PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN SEIZED PROPERTY UNDER THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LAW THAT HAS A VALUE OF LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-160, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO UPDATE LANGUAGE IN THE SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 41-29-154, 41-29-155, 41-29-157, 41-29-159, 41-29-161, 41-29-163, 41-29-165, 41-29-167, 41-29-168, 41-29-169, 41-29-171, 41-29-173, 41-29-175, 41-29-176.1, 41-29-177, 41-29-179, 41-29-181, 41-29-183, 41-29-185, 41-29-187 AND 41-29-189, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR FORFEITURE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AS RESULT OF CRIMES RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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 February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 19 to Feb 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 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives