---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime lab fees; clarify who is required to pay."
description: "Crime lab fees; clarify who is required to pay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1288 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Policy", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c802f81d-4d46-4f23-985c-f18f2fe993d0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1288.xml"
source_hash: "ec75308c631a5e198447a10923f84d15c255ed158daa2cb0098f623ea4fa53a4"
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 1288 (2018) — Crime lab fees; clarify who is required to pay.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **114–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **112–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Willis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+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/c802f81d-4d46-4f23-985c-f18f2fe993d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).