---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board on law enforcement officer standards and training; authorize to consider certain military training when determining qualification of applicant."
description: "Board on law enforcement officer standards and training; authorize to consider certain military training when determining qualification of applicant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1500"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1500 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Veterans and Military Affairs", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d33f7e-9fbf-4b91-93cd-a96737dd3920"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(73rd).xml"
source_hash: "8b3156713e60140fbf10bf0757bc214651f58123fbe5a127ede240915b7a7e50"
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 1500 (2020) — Board on law enforcement officer standards and training; authorize to consider certain military training when determining qualification of applicant.

## 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/1500-1599/HB1500IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1500PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1500SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Owen — 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`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: VM To JB
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+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/96d33f7e-9fbf-4b91-93cd-a96737dd3920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).