---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baby Drop-off Law; revise."
description: "Baby Drop-off Law; revise."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "Mississippi HB 96 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f850d309-2b35-41cb-b6b8-c7a23c9c5bcd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "ee2b10b14cd5adff84b5d2d6d18021d77d77f937cd48e086dd1ca760dcc5ca13"
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 96 (2020) — Baby Drop-off Law; revise.

## 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/0001-0099/HB0096IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0096PS.htm)
3. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB0096_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0096SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **119–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `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/f850d309-2b35-41cb-b6b8-c7a23c9c5bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).