---
type: "Bill"
title: "The \"Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019\"; enact."
description: "The \"Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019\"; enact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1283"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1283 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0042f1-ab40-4859-8b30-e213108a3b85"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "2a4e25b5a605c7587d278fe4e485eca6dd60d85c16f320e77de31a705faf5eba"
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 1283 (2019) — The "Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019"; enact.

## 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/HB1283IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1283_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1283_S_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 3 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1283_S_Amend_03.pdf)
5. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1283.pdf)
6. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1283PS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1283SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **115–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **78–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: ED To AP
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `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** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Paden, Bennett, Roberson)
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+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/9c0042f1-ab40-4859-8b30-e213108a3b85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).