Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 11, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 520
Gaming Commission; authorize to collaborate with DHS for collection of child support.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH RULES TO WITHHOLD GAMING WINNINGS OF PERSONS WITH OUTSTANDING CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-19-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A PROCEDURE TO ENCUMBER GAMING WINNINGS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 75-76-33 AND 93-11-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 12 to March 11, 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.
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 10
- Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Gaming
- Feb 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 10Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 11 – Mar 11
- Feb 11Sent to the Senate
- Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Gaming
- Mar 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 11Died on the calendar in the Senate