---
type: "Bill"
title: "Israel Support Act of 2019; create."
description: "Israel Support Act of 2019; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 761"
citation: "Mississippi HB 761 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b46d52d-03ed-4119-af69-6b539acfedc1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "7b6b09859717a88931fc14a4f62df6d28fc9434acf22b1cedd8968b6040fd9bd"
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 761 (2019) — Israel Support Act of 2019; create.

## 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/0700-0799/HB0761IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB0761_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0761PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0761SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **93–17** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **92–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snowden — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Zuber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Snowden, Read, Huddleston)
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+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/8b46d52d-03ed-4119-af69-6b539acfedc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).