---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational licensing; provide for recognition of out-of-state licenses if applicants satisfy certain conditions."
description: "Occupational licensing; provide for recognition of out-of-state licenses if applicants satisfy certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1263"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1263 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Currie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8e8c038-48ac-4371-91ca-04a0d34d4245"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Brown_(20th).xml"
source_hash: "bdeb1381be2cddc3a96721e23ee25d7e23224bb0f0509d808227d72087ade7ed"
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 1263 (2021) — Occupational licensing; provide for recognition of out-of-state licenses if applicants satisfy certain conditions.

## 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/1200-1299/HB1263IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB1263_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1263.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1263PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB1263_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1263SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Currie — primary (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (70th) — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `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** 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
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+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/d8e8c038-48ac-4371-91ca-04a0d34d4245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).