---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Funds; authorize the transfer of certain to the Unemployment Compensation Fund."
description: "COVID-19 Funds; authorize the transfer of certain to the Unemployment Compensation Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1805"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1805 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rules", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fee29d55-eeb8-4986-8232-6b3ed2a188ee"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/White.xml"
source_hash: "7ec651b929643bc446328e5583123c3f9850311f835890a8b89a47bca16a2c28"
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 1805 (2020) — COVID-19 Funds; authorize the transfer of certain to the Unemployment Compensation Fund.

## 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/1800-1899/HB1805IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1800-1899/HB1805PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1800-1899/HB1805SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 69
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-08T05:00:00+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/fee29d55-eeb8-4986-8232-6b3ed2a188ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).