---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances; revise Schedules I, II, and V."
description: "Controlled substances; revise Schedules I, II, and V."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1547 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Policy", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c91e7b82-ca0d-4218-9144-c5970a623943"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Paden.xml"
source_hash: "454756a73bd9e9ddba00cd6405424a1c46e959404f6ce2e0e715e3c97c01d5b9"
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 1547 (2019) — Controlled substances; revise Schedules I, II, and V.

## 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/1500-1599/HB1547IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1547_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1547_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 2 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1547_S_Amend_02_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Amendment No 3 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1547_S_Amend_03_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1547.pdf)
7. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1547PS.htm)
8. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1547_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
9. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1547SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **97–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Willis — primary (person)
- Paden — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **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`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Willis,Hood,Horan
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Simmons (12th),Fillingane
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+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/c91e7b82-ca0d-4218-9144-c5970a623943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).