Proposed Mississippi Firearm Legislation HB1477
Legislation Overview
Title: Safe deposit boxes; provide escheatment process for.
Description: An Act To Provide For A Safe Deposit Box Escheatment Process; To Require Banks And Financial Organizations To Provide Certain Notice To Persons Who Have Not Paid Rent For Their Safe Deposit Boxes; To Authorize Such Banks And Financial Organizations To Open The Safe Deposit Box After Proper Notice; To Authorize The State Treasurer To Receive Contents From The Abandoned Safe Deposit Box And Sell The Contents At Public Auction; To Amend Section 89-12-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "last Known Address" And "lawful Charges" For The Purposes Of This Act; To Amend Section 89-12-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modernize Certain Provisions Relating To Abandoned And Unclaimed Property Under The Uniform Disposition Of Unclaimed Property Act; To Bring Forward Section 81-5-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred To Banking and Financial Services
Last Action Date: January 19, 2026
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Shane Aguirre (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 122)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 19, 2026 | Referred To Banking and Financial Services |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 21, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
