---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honey and honey products; transfer authority to inspect from State Department of Health to the MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce."
description: "Honey and honey products; transfer authority to inspect from State Department of Health to the MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1333"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1333 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94840c6f-e00f-4ccb-99d0-f88713f8acc2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1333.xml"
source_hash: "7a716b31b73b42eec07cce55aacaa8d990d1e6015eecd1dcd934ce2f303570ed"
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 1333 (2018) — Honey and honey products; transfer authority to inspect from State Department of Health to the MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

## 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/1300-1399/HB1333IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1333PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1333SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **114–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2018-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-16T05:00:00+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/94840c6f-e00f-4ccb-99d0-f88713f8acc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).