---
type: "Bill"
title: "Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish."
description: "Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1075"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1075 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e7cb7c-6fb9-4f6a-9f8b-4f9c6aa08f16"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Baria.xml"
source_hash: "29c2b751fd3dad1cc86f680ae7df6084204526d8f569453c491140c0a173ead4"
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 1075 (2019) — Felony abuse of a vulnerable person; expand crime to include the willful infliction of severe mental anguish.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1075IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1075_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1075** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1075.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1075PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1075_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1075SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Baria — cosponsor (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Hines — cosponsor (person)
- Paden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+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/c2e7cb7c-6fb9-4f6a-9f8b-4f9c6aa08f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).