---
type: "Bill"
title: "Precinct boundaries; prohibit altering for certain time of."
description: "Precinct boundaries; prohibit altering for certain time of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 914"
citation: "Mississippi HB 914 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denny"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aea835df-5f0a-4265-b511-d92ceaca3cb3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Denny.xml"
source_hash: "d7b7e673c9364118ffd80bfae26bd6e1a40980c2c0ec389e393ef81f986acfd6"
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 914 (2019) — Precinct boundaries; prohibit altering for certain time of.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0914IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0914PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0914SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Denny — primary (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: EL To AC
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+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/aea835df-5f0a-4265-b511-d92ceaca3cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).