---
type: "Bill"
title: "Persons who violate final orders, resolutions or ordinances of local government; require to pay attorney fees to enforce orders, resolutions/ordinances."
description: "Persons who violate final orders, resolutions or ordinances of local government; require to pay attorney fees to enforce orders, resolutions/ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Mississippi HB 353 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Municipalities", "County Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a69db61f-b895-43cc-b979-b6901f42f9e7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Lamar.xml"
source_hash: "f2414f49520520749363b74853db11f9a03eb2dca5044b314f477ef8f4734ec1"
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 353 (2020) — Persons who violate final orders, resolutions or ordinances of local government; require to pay attorney fees to enforce orders, resolutions/ordinances.

## 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/0300-0399/HB0353IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB0353_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0353.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0353PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB0353_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0353SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **106–13** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: MU To CA
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+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/a69db61f-b895-43cc-b979-b6901f42f9e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).