---
type: "Bill"
title: "State depositories; define \"investment quality\" with regard to bonds used for security for state funds."
description: "State depositories; define \"investment quality\" with regard to bonds used for security for state funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1355"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1355 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f22b54d-21ee-4ba7-9e03-64b193ebb5a3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1355.xml"
source_hash: "b7cc4d4942c9ba86cd5bc40520205abffa86826dc39ea57cd3ba67660218c6d4"
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 1355 (2018) — State depositories; define "investment quality" with regard to bonds used for security for state funds.

## 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/HB1355IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1355PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1355SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **115–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+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/7f22b54d-21ee-4ba7-9e03-64b193ebb5a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).