SB 2046 - Mississippi Senate (2026) - Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact. - Bill Sponsor

Mississippi Senate Bill 2046

Session 2026

Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact.

Introduced

Introduced in Senate on Feb 16, 2026

Sponsor

Blackmon

First Action

Jan 8, 2026

Latest Action

Feb 16, 2026

Origin Chamber

Senate

Type

Bill

Bill Number

2046

State

Mississippi

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Blackmon

Primary

Barnett

Cosponsor

Daniel H. Sparks

Cosponsor

Derrick T. Simmons

Cosponsor

Jackson

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Pope

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Sollie B. Norwood

Cosponsor

Senate Votes (1)

checkPassed on February 11, 2026

Motion Text

Passage as Amended

Senate Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Yes

Angela Burks Hill

Yes

Angela Turner-Ford

Yes

Barbara Blackmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Daniel H. Sparks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dennis DeBar, Jr.

Yes

Derrick T. Simmons

Yes

DuPree

Yes

Yes

Gillespie Isom

Yes

Hartness

Yes

Hillman Terome Frazier

Yes

Yes

J. Walter Michel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Joel R.Carter, Jr.

Yes

Joey Fillingane

Yes

Johnson

Yes

Joseph M. Seymour

Yes

Joseph Thomas, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kevin Blackwell

Yes

Lydia Graves Chassaniol

Yes

Michael McLendon

Yes

Yes

Mumford

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pope

Yes

Rita Potts Parks

Yes

Robert L. Jackson

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sollie B. Norwood

Yes

Taylor

Yes

Yes

W. Briggs Hopson III

Yes

Summary

Unavailable

Text (4)

Current version

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2046PS.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2046PS.pdf

As Introduced

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2046IN.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2046IN.pdf

Committee Substitute

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2046CS.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2046CS.pdf

Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/SB2046_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/sam/SB2046_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm

Actions (7)

Show Only Major Actions

02/16/2026

House

Referred To Judiciary A

02/16/2026

Senate

Transmitted To House

02/11/2026

Senate

Passed As Amended

02/11/2026

Senate

Amended

02/11/2026

Senate

Committee Substitute Adopted

02/02/2026

Senate

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

01/08/2026

Senate

Referred To Universities and Colleges

Sources

MS Legislature

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2046PS.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/Senate_authors/Blackmon.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Sparks.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/England.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/DeLano.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Jackson.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Pope.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Norwood.xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(12th).xml

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(13th).xml

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2046.xml

Open States

https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2046/

Record Created

Jan 8, 2026 11:06:46 PM

Record Updated

Feb 17, 2026 12:08:35 AM