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+type: "Bill"
+title: "MDHS fraud investigators; provide they shall be law enforcement officers."
+description: "MDHS fraud investigators; provide they shall be law enforcement officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 87"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 87 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a2f5f9-5a97-4f91-9cf8-e03cd9292341"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
+source_hash: "1dda018c367e4ea3a6e224a539e1f1c9e817ceef0b12d361ca7341f85af71089"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 87 (2021) — MDHS fraud investigators; provide they shall be law enforcement officers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0087IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0087.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0087PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0087_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0087SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **112–8** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **105–12** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bain — primary (person)
+- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Sanford,Miles
+- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Barrett,Kirby
+- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a2f5f9-5a97-4f91-9cf8-e03cd9292341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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