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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "MS Office of Apprenticeship; create under State Workforce Investment Board."
+description: "MS Office of Apprenticeship; create under State Workforce Investment Board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1696"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1696 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations A", "Economic and Workforce Development", "Workforce Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a55dbeca-5954-4f0a-8e64-374741f30b7d"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
+source_hash: "ce95b023d7a514254bc052a3f4cfd25e9d5686cb9ff6429692892880743335df"
+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 1696 (2026) — MS Office of Apprenticeship; create under State Workforce Investment Board.
+
+## 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/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1696IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1696_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1696.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1696PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1696_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1696CS.htm)
+7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1696SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **114–4** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: WD To AP
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: AP To WD
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Economic and Workforce Development `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bell (21st),Lott,Arnold
+- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Sparks,Suber,Berry
+- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/a55dbeca-5954-4f0a-8e64-374741f30b7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+