---
type: "Bill"
title: "Church Protection Act; revise how a church is required to maintain reords of its security team."
description: "Church Protection Act; revise how a church is required to maintain reords of its security team."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1018 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5225561-4b5e-45e0-9c75-12aa89ddb385"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "43d07469d18dbb64fccda030026e9409d69a2f0f94cca314363fcd34bf52fb84"
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 1018 (2020) — Church Protection Act; revise how a church is required to maintain reords of its security team.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB1018_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB1018_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1018.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018PS.htm)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bounds — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/d5225561-4b5e-45e0-9c75-12aa89ddb385`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).