House Bill 1215

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-9-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM RESTRICTING THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 45-9-51, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-9-51. (1) (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 45-9-53, no county or municipality may adopt any ordinance or enter into any contract or rental agreement that restricts the possession, carrying, transportation, sale, transfer or ownership of firearms or ammunition or their components.

(b) No state agency may adopt a rule or regulation or enter into any contract or rental agreement that restricts the possession, carrying, transportation, sale, transfer or ownership of firearms or ammunition or their components.

(2) No public housing authority operating in this state may adopt any rule or regulation restricting a lessee or tenant of a dwelling owned and operated by such public housing authority from lawfully possessing firearms or ammunition or their components within individual dwelling units or the transportation of such firearms or ammunition or their components to and from such dwelling.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.