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legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-653.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Gold Star Father's Day; designate November 9th as."
+description: "Gold Star Father's Day; designate November 9th as."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 653"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 653 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Rules"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/707b884b-ab38-48db-abd7-d70e6170dd82"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Carpenter.xml"
+source_hash: "9246fed5b8287ff230ec776b4b8dfa85a2a527174bed3fa7aae0117df8c1b91f"
+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 653 (2026) — Gold Star Father's Day; designate November 9th as.
+
+## 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/0600-0699/HB0653IN.htm)
+2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0653PS.htm)
+3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0653SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carpenter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+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/707b884b-ab38-48db-abd7-d70e6170dd82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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