---
type: "Bill"
title: "State buildings; name DPS Gulf Coast Regional Forensics Laboratory as the \"Gary T. Hargrove Memorial Forensic Laboratory.\""
description: "State buildings; name DPS Gulf Coast Regional Forensics Laboratory as the \"Gary T. Hargrove Memorial Forensic Laboratory.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1018 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40481236-c223-4dcc-ad81-803785ce3a91"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Haney.xml"
source_hash: "100210ee49d2b05ed3ba1c42835dc0b3818d9fd7e5e74c4b280b26efc1197fc2"
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 1018 (2021) — State buildings; name DPS Gulf Coast Regional Forensics Laboratory as the "Gary T. Hargrove Memorial Forensic Laboratory."

## 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/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Ruled Improper
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/40481236-c223-4dcc-ad81-803785ce3a91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).