We fight to protect civil liberties for all Mississippians through our work at the state legislature. The 2022 legislative session began on January 4, 2022.
During the session, use our legislative bill tracker to learn more about bills that affect your civil liberties. Sign up to recieve our action alerts when civil liberties are under attack.
This bill prohibits incarcerated persons for petitioning for name changes and gender marker changes. Just like SB 2356, it will directly impact transgender individuals who are incarcerated.
This bill prohibits incarcerated persons from filing petitions in Chancery Court to change their names. Much like HB 1099, it will negatively impact transgender individuals who are incarcerated.
This bill proposes ammendments to our state Constitution, creating a ballot initative process that would allow people to propose new statues and ammend or repeal existing statues.