l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 434

Unserialized firearms ("ghost guns"); create crime of possession of.

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 CREATE THE CRIME OF POSSESSING AN UNSERIALIZED FIREARM OR UNSERIALIZED UNFINISHED FIREARM FRAME OR RECEIVER, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "GHOST GUN"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE A FIREARM MANUFACTURED USING 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY TO BE SERIALIZED; TO PRESCRIBE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SERIALIZATION OF FIREARMS; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FIREARMS FROM THE SERIALIZATION REQUIREMENTS; TO ESTABLISH CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; 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 12 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 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days

Judiciary BJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 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 12 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published