---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualification deadline; change to February 1 for certain statewide, state district, county and county district offices."
description: "Qualification deadline; change to February 1 for certain statewide, state district, county and county district offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1048 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e7cec3-459b-401f-a0be-0a0c6867f1da"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Aguirre.xml"
source_hash: "680e7910e4f30ec19cd6a199609ae09d91e20750214c40b17f323987cada6143"
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 1048 (2021) — Qualification deadline; change to February 1 for certain statewide, state district, county and county district offices.

## 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/HB1048IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB1048_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1048.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1048PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1048SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **118–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steverson — primary (person)
- Aguirre — cosponsor (person)
- Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Bell (21st) — cosponsor (person)
- Calvert — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Creekmore IV — cosponsor (person)
- Deweese — cosponsor (person)
- Evans (45th) — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Horan — cosponsor (person)
- Lamar — cosponsor (person)
- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pigott — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Wallace — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+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/96e7cec3-459b-401f-a0be-0a0c6867f1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).