---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Public Records Act; authorize public bodies to continue to contract even though right to protest still available."
description: "Mississippi Public Records Act; authorize public bodies to continue to contract even though right to protest still available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1204"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1204 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6bcd1b-cbbf-4f32-ac20-819485d97588"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Turner.xml"
source_hash: "30bd239e868eafee04268875a80045dd4231f5d360fa1c6fc49f849ffaa58705"
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 1204 (2019) — Mississippi Public Records Act; authorize public bodies to continue to contract even though right to protest still available.

## 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/1200-1299/HB1204IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1204PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1204CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1204SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+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/8f6bcd1b-cbbf-4f32-ac20-819485d97588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).