---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Fire Academy; designate as an authorized medical first responder training program."
description: "State Fire Academy; designate as an authorized medical first responder training program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1253"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1253 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shanks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82062d3d-3a4c-4726-b726-afbd487bab95"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Hale.xml"
source_hash: "1009fe1d5c463337e3a2b2682f0f4592528d2735a86c4c91deaf4ef747a586ec"
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 1253 (2020) — State Fire Academy; designate as an authorized medical first responder training program.

## 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/1200-1299/HB1253IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB1253_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1253.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1253PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1253SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shanks — primary (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+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/82062d3d-3a4c-4726-b726-afbd487bab95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).